white-headed langurs are soo cuteee fjlskdf!!!!

The white-headed langur, one of many endangered species of primates in Asia, is found only in Guangxi province in southern China. Langurs are also known as leaf monkeys, after their vegetarian diet of leaves and fruits. Conservation efforts have successfully lifted the population of langurs within the nature from 96 in 1996 to more than 500 today. The total population is estimated at 800.

White-headed langurs are born canary yellow. Here, a newborn langur clings to its mother. Female langurs can give birth once every two years. After a six-month pregnancy, a mother breast-feeds the baby for one year.

At three months, a young langur's face and ears have changed from a whitish pinkish color to black. The juveniles begin exploring independently of their mothers, although they will still cling to their mothers' chests when moving any significant distance.

A baby, its mother and another adult female. The monkeys travel in family groups of an alpha male, several females and their offspring, typically totaling 10 to 20 individuals.

via NYTimes Slideshow.

Posted by Madame Lamb on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 9:03 AM 4 comments

good morning, happy tuesday august 12th

today is going to be a good day!

Posted by Madame Lamb on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 8:22 AM 2 comments

California on Fire

A firefighting airtanker drops Phos-Check fire retardant over the Gap fire as more than 1,000 wildfires continue burning across about 680 square miles of central and northern California, on July 3, 2008 near Goleta, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

(via The Big Picture)

Posted by Pan Tostado on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 11:09 AM 0 comments

puffer fish puffed up

via BuzzFeed

Posted by Madame Lamb on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 10:45 AM 0 comments

I'm Lookin at the Man in the Mirror

Monkey see monkey do?

Posted by Pan Tostado on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 6:15 AM 0 comments

elephant art

The Asian Elephant Art & Conservation Project is a not for profit that sells artwork made by elephants in an effort to improve the welfare of domesticated elephants by facilitating appropriate standards of training, care, food and habitat, and help support the efforts of conservation organizations working to sustain and protect wild elephant populations.

here's a video of an elephant making a painting. look how jolly this guy on the right looks...such a nice grin. his face is so full of emotion! (please add a caption for the photo in the comments section below)

consider getting one of these next time you're considering one of those played-out Leonetto Cappiello posters, or whatever it is the kids are buying these days. not only are the paintings (which starts at about $300) for the benefit these amazing creatures, but they're beautiful and suuuuper unique...not to mention a great conversation starter.

feel free to add a caption to the picture above. his face is so full of emotion!

Posted by Madame Lamb on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 8:17 AM 0 comments

camouflage in the ocean

how do cuddle fish camouflage ? NYTimes reports. watch the entire thing when you have a chance. very interesting.

Posted by Madame Lamb on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 10:49 AM 0 comments

an email from my mom

my mom just sent out this email to me, my brother, my dad, my brothers wife, and some family members in spain. my moms not scared of ANYTHING

Posted by Madame Lamb on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 12:14 PM 1 comments

alien?

A lamprey (sometimes also called lamprey eel) is a jawless fish with a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth.


they have them in the deerfield river, fyi.

Posted by Madame Lamb at 8:20 AM 2 comments

miniature pigs

Posted by Madame Lamb on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 5:50 PM 0 comments

cute little guy

Posted by Madame Lamb on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 11:46 AM 3 comments

baby elephant

national geographic footage of a baby elephant monkeying around in the water. when i was in africa i saw a baby elephant that had been abandoned by its mother. a camp had taken it under its care but the elephant didn't know how to use its trunk yet and it kept spraying water all over the place. his trunk was thin and not strong yet. the elephant was the cutest baby mammal i have ever seen. even cuter than the seven-legged lamb, or baby pandas.

did you know that elephants wander thousands of miles throughout their life, but when they are ready to die they remember to go back to where their ancestor's died and wait to die there...pretty unbe.

Posted by Madame Lamb on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 7:17 AM 0 comments

battle at kruger

this video came up at dinner tonight and my dad hadn't seen it... the footage is quite spectacular.

taken at kruger national park in south africa. i've actually had the pleasure of both being there and witnessing ferociously awesome lion kills but this one takes the cake & eats it too. it was taken by amateur photographers ( i believe). i know a national geographic special about the making of the video was in the mix when the video first came out a year or two ago.

a synopsis, to entice you to watch the entire video because it is 8 minutes and 23 seconds. and trust me, there are a mere handful of people who i trust enough to actually watch all the youtube links they send me. there is nothing worse than a youtube upset...

so this pride of lions attacks a herd of water buffalo. one gets caught, the lions are attacking it, it falls into the nearby crocodile infested pond. crocs try to steal the water buffalo away from the pride of lions, then the herd of water buffalo come back to get their little buddy.

turns into a sort of epic natural spectacle, the type that makes you want to dig your teeth into the raw flesh of an animal. the type that i had anticipated 1000 BC to own (rotten tomatoes confirmed otherwise)

Posted by Madame Lamb on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 6:09 PM 0 comments