Picture Blog: The not so wild west.

Rodeo? I don't think so. But it's still a pretty cool pic.

By the way the tortoise is a Aldabra Giant Tortoise.

Source: Wikipedia

Social Studies Picture Blog: Kazimierez Nowak

A a stereotypical explorer, Kazimierez Nowak was a Polish traveller, correspondent and photographer, born in Stryi. From 1931 to 1936, he travelled alone, on foot and by bicycle across Africa, covering a distance of 40,000 km. He was probably the first man in the world to do this.

Biology Picture Blog: Land Crabs

Crabs walking through the grass. I knew crabs could come on land but I never thought they could live on it. These are Cardisoma guanhumi a type of land crab. It lives along the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Brazil and Colombia, through the Caribbean, to Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and as far north as Vero Beach, Florida. The species varies in colour from dark blue to brown or pale grey, and may grow to 11 cm in width and weigh over 500 g.


Sources: Wikipedia