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Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Part III)
In the River Journey building, you start your tour in the lower levels where there is a wonderful display of seahorses but first I had to get past the Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) which, I guess, was the display creature … Continue reading
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Tagged amoebocytes, big fish, building, chattanooga tennessee, creatures, dwarf seahorses, E. coli, endotoxin, fresh water, freshwater tanks, frogs, Ghattanooga, habitat area, horseshoe crab, image, Limulus amoebocyte lysate, Limulus polyphemus, lippopolysaccharide, little fish, lots of fun, nice ride, parenteral drugs, pharmaceitical, photography, photos, poisonous frogs, public aquarium, ramps, river journey, seahorses, tennessee aquarium, Tennessee River, test, testing, travel, unique construction, Vacation, validation, water ecosystems
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Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Part II)
The first part of this multi-part posting of my visit to the Tennessee Aquarium focused on the orchids and butterflies exhibits and a few of stingrays on exhibit. This Part II highlights the reefs and the jelly fish displays. The … Continue reading
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Tagged aquarium tanks, beams of light, Butterflies, Chattanooga, chattanooga tennessee, constant motion, coral, deep space, grotto, Jelly Fish, jellyfish, lots of fun, marine, marine animals, marine fish, marine specimens, natural beauty, orchids, photography, public aquarium, reef, reefs, saltwater, skulls, space experiment, Tennessee, tennessee aquarium, Tennessee River, travel, Vacation
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Florida Trip – Crossing the Border
We left Toronto early Wednesday morning and headed for the Windsor/Detroit border crossing. The roads in Toronto were pretty messy with a combination of ice and slush making loading the bikes onto the truck and general packing activities a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, Michigan, USA
Tagged bikes, crossing the border, detroit, detroit area, detroit pistons, economic downturn, Florida, florida trip, fog, Gainesville, I-75, industry, Michigan, night time, pistons, plows, slush, smoke, Toronto, travel, trucks, tunnel, windsor
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On the Road Again
5:05 PM Arriving in Toronto. Looks pretty miserable and wet out the train window. Raining and 4 C with quite a bit of snow on the ground.
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged baggage, bike box, brockville, departure area, images, kingston, loading area, Ottawa, photography, photos, pictures, platform, station, train, train station, travel, Vacation, VIA, VIARAIL
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African Safari – Serengeti – Morning Drive, part one
Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) African Safari – Serengeti – Morning Drive This morning out on the Serengeti, we were all prepared to stay on our toes and keep a close look-out for the elusive Leopard.
Posted in African Safari, Tanzania
Tagged Acinonyx jubatus, africa, Alcelaphus buselaphus, Bucorvus leadbeateri, Buphagus africanus, cheetah, copyright all rights reserved, Equus burchelli, Equus quagga, Eudorcas thomsonii, gazelle, Grant's Gazelle, Grey Hornbill, Ground Hornbill, hartebeest, images, Nanger granti, photographs, photos, pictures, RJHay, Ron Hay, serengeti, tanzania, Thompson's Gazell, Thomson's Gazelle, Tockus nasutus, travel, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, zebra
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African Safari – Serengeti – Getting Going Again
African Safari – Serengeti – Getting Going Again I thought that I might like to get the “Sunrise over the Serengeti” shot this AM but I guess ten days of safari was beginning to wear me down and the sunrise … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, copyright all rights reserved, dwarf mongoose, Hyrax, images, mongoose, photographs, photos, pictures, RJHay, Rock Hyrax, Ron Hay, serengeti, tanzania, travel
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African Safari – Serengeti moths
African Safari – Serengeti moths I found, at the end of a day bouncing around in a safari van at 6,000 feet. that I was rather tired but, one evening on the way back from supper, I decided to stop … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, africa, copyright all rights reserved, images, Moth, photographs, photos, pictures, RJHay, Ron Hay, safari, tanzania, travel
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African Safari – Serengeti – Hyenas
African Safari – Serengeti – Hyenas After we left the buffalo carcass and the vultures and headed on toward our accommodation for the evening, we passed by a family of hyenas. Tough to see them in the grass at first … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, africa, Black-bellied Bustard, copyright all rights reserved, Eupodotis melanogaster, hyena, images, Moth, photographs, photos, pictures, RJHay, Ron Hay, safari, spotted hyena, tanzania, travel
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African Safari – Serengeti Leftovers – Digging Right In
Marabou Stork, (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) + White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) African Safari – Serengeti Leftovers – Finger-lickin’ Good Once the lions have had their fill, all of the clean-up crew arrives at the table and squabble over what is left behind. … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, africa, african buffalo, african safari, carcass, copyright all rights reserved, Gyps ruppellii, Hooded Vulture, images, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, lion, Marabou Stork, Moth, Necrosyrtes monachus, photographs, photos, pictures, RJHay, Ron Hay, Ruppell's Vulture, safari, serengeti, Serengeti Leftovers, stork, Tansania, tanzania, travel, vulture
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