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In #LosAngeles and #griffithpark I was shooting for a doc I'm wrapping up when I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. Five coyotes! I tracked them for about half a mile and was about to get ahead of them enough times to shoot this. Very exciting! #wildlife #nature #Predator #LosAngeles #coyote #environment #natgeo #natgeowild https://www.instagram.com/p/B51IL-2pigm/?igshid=1apyw36a9mymd
Какая-то я продуктивная нынче.
Гр гр гр гыр...
Он не кусается, можно погладить.
Люблю своих детей. Ярун-де и Якоб ❤️❤️❤️
THE WHITE DOE
The white doe, surrounded only by the darkness. It's not even darkness, it's just the stark contrast of difference her skin makes to the naked eye. A pure being, probably being watched by the shadows lurking in the darkness. She wouldn't bat an eye. She knew it all too well, that when you shine so bright envy will strike.
She didn't protect herself. She knew it would be pointless. Instead she lied down into the cold comfort of the ground beneath her hooves.
Her old friend, the ground, the dirt and the grass. The only thing she long knew. She knew the sounds the ground would make when she walked, trotted or ran. The way the sound would bounce off between her hooves and the solid ground.
The sound that let her determine weather she was going in the right way or not.
For she was blind.
The only purity in the whole forest and she couldn't see it herself. It only made sense to me as I observed her. She wasn't scared.
She was used to this life. Being blind, being pure yet untouchable.
But we both knew it wouldn't last long. I could see them, she could hear them. No matter how fast she would be she didn't have the energy to run.
I sat there and watched as her head softly rested on the ground. She gave up. It was a long run. I've watched her for awhile and I've noticed she was aware of my presence.
We never spoke yet we went on so many advantures together. I could say I learned from her. Watching her graceful, fast steps. Her purity and kindness. She inspired me.
Because of her I'm kind today, kinder to myself.
Now I have to watch her die.
Could I save her? No, I couldn't.
Because I am one of them. The one she gave up from.
She changed my mind, I was hesitant to do anything to her. She was so beautiful.
On the other hand, my kind striked the moment her head laid down. It was over for her.
I saw her pale white skin turn to a nice shade of black as each one of them bit into her, consuming her, changing her. She became something I am, something I was always afraid of and something I secretly disliked.
Her eyes gained color and she gained sight. It was painful, but only for a short while, I promise.
I heard her screams no matter how much she tried to stay silent and not care about the pain. I saw those beautiful tears that quickly changed their color to a darker shade.
She was consumed completely.
I stepped out of my shadow, in shame, walking to her. It was time to meet my hero. I knew it was her. She changed but it's still her, I hoped.
That hope died quickly. She wasn't herself anymore. We ruined her. I ruined her.
She stood up and took a good look at us. Dark skin, short white tails and antlers as big as the sky.
I could see the confusion on her face.
Why would her own kind consume her?
Tweeting Action Films With Respect
I don't understand Twitter. Well I understand how it works and the purpose it serves but I guess I find it hard to utilize it or get too swept up in it. Thinking about it as a new phenomenon, here are a few classic Action film characters if they had been tweeting about their famous adventures. Die Hard- John McClane @yippeekiyayroyrogers
You could say I had a pretty "Hans on" weekend. My wife took me back but only after some serious bloodletting on both our parts. #sockittomeplaza Terminator- Sarah Connor @skynetsucks Met a great man but unlike my usual type, the no hopers who have no future, this guy was the only hope from the future. Why are the all the good ones from an alternate timeline? FML. #judgementdaze The Matrix- Neo @theone55 Stressful few days. Had a lot of trouble with my Agent. Face Off- Sean Archer @wooingdoves I'm glad I have my original face back..but man Castor Troy had some good cheekbones. Predator- Major Alan Schaefer (Arnie) @notpredator2
Never going back into the jungle again. The mosquitoes are murder. Met an...out of towner. We had words. #wtfwasthatthing?
Kill Bill- The Bride @bridalpower I know, I know. Volume 2 kind of sucked. And Bill was totally wrong about Superman #buddandellesdeathsaresodisappointing Aliens- Ripley @ripleybelieveitornot @alienqueen4realz @Newt says hi! I hope there's no hard feelings about that whole blasting you into space thing. #INSPACENOONECANHEARYOUTWEET
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
BirthDay : 74
Taking part in a predator study in the Mount Hood National Forest. Got some great pics including blurry picture of an endangered subspecies of Red Fox!
From Nature:
“[U]nlike the other [large American] predators, coyotes have thrived in the past 150 years. Once restricted to the western plains, they now occupy most of the continent and have invaded farms and cities, where they have expanded their diet to include squirrels, household pets and discarded fast food.
Researchers have long known the coyote as a master of adaptation, but studies over the past few years are now revealing how [they] succeed where many other creatures have suffered. Coyotes have flourished in part by exploiting the changes that people have made to the environment.
Also, fun fact:
The [coyotes] that arrived in the northeastern United States and Canada in the 1940s and 50s were significantly larger on average than those on the Great Plains... [Researchers] found that these northeastern coyotes carried genes from Great Lakes wolves, showing that the two species had interbred as the coyotes passed through that region. “Coyotes mated with wolves in the 1800s, when wolf populations were at low density because of human persecution,” says Kays. In those circumstances, wolves had a hard time finding wolf mates, so they settled for coyotes.
Compared with the ancestral coyotes from the plains, the northeastern coyote–wolf hybrids have larger skulls, with more substantial anchoring points for their jaw muscles. Thanks in part to those changes, these beefy coyotes can take down larger prey.
Chibi Predator digital model kit by the amazing Willy Kao. Painted by me using enamel paints.
I had a lot of fun painting this. The details and quality of this figure are truly amazing! It is solid resin giving it a nice, solid little heft. I used tamiya translucent red mixed with smoke to get the blood on the skull and blades. I am very happy with how it turned out. It even has a natural gloss to it, making it look like a nice wet, freshly skinned look.
Figure is available through Kao’s Etsy shop: Digitalmodelkit
I wanna do an experiment and see how this goes.
Reblog if the Yautja (Predator) community is inclusive to LGBT+ people.
If it’s not, please explain why in the comments if you disagree and how we can fix that. :)