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Post by etana on Jul 10, 2015 10:21:10 GMT
Amazing photo Zorst. And thanks Jo!
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Post by Zorst on Jul 10, 2015 11:07:05 GMT
Thanks Etana, what I still can't belive to this day it was all over a manky old cooking apple which in all the bikering n fighting they even managed to trample into the ground so now one got it in the end lol. Still love the photo n it sure was a shame I didn't have anymore photo's left on that film to take more.
Then talk about a longgggg nail biteing fot 2 days waiting ofor the film to be processed wondering if I giot a good photo. LOL I love my digital camera now becuase i can see instyantly if I have good photo's and I can take 50 or more photo's at one time BIG GRIN just to get a few really good ones.
Zorst
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Post by etana on Jul 10, 2015 13:46:44 GMT
Haha oh man. Sounds very human though, for best buddies to fight over some little thing that actually ceases to exist during the fight. I do the same with my digital camera, I'll take a couple dozen pics of a snail and then end up deleting the shaky ones, the ones with my thumb in them, the ones with the focus on the wrong thing, and THEN come the handful of good ones I can use. I was much more careful when I used film cameras, but it was very hard to be spontaneous with them because you had to think of the cost!
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Post by Zorst on Jul 10, 2015 14:26:17 GMT
Yeah they can act very human at times or is it that humans have never lost those instincts lol.
Ahh for sure I found it much more restrictive with my old camera n the new digital one really opened up the opertunity to a whole new world of photography. saying that my digital Camera is 12 yrs old but a great camera.
Zorst
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Post by jolovessnailies on Jul 10, 2015 19:18:25 GMT
You are welcome Etana. I think you are right Zorst love, people haven't basically lost those instincts and civilisation is just a veneer.
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by etana on Jul 11, 2015 6:29:57 GMT
Hehe yes, so often we'll look at even the snails and laugh "that's so human" and then continue, "or maybe it's the other way round, we're more like snails than most would care to admit..."
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Post by Zorst on Jul 11, 2015 14:23:10 GMT
We sure are more like all the animal world than most humans would care to admit. I'm lucky enough to have lived in places where if I hadn't known my place in the eco system there chances are I wouldnt have survived long. as a result I learn't so much and to this day know what and where my place is in that natural world. the false vaneer that the human race puts on things is just that a false vaneer, really living away from all that is a huge eye opener and a very valuable one I'm sure glad I had the opertunity to experience.
I'll say one thing more as a result of it I now dont look at the world through rose colored glasses instead I see and respect it and each life form on it for what it is and know my place in it all which isn't at the top.
Zorst
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Post by jolovessnailies on Jul 11, 2015 19:24:53 GMT
Very true Etana hun, there seem to be some marked similarities. Can you imagine telling most people that as you say Zorst love, the reaction. Me too, I am such a softie and like my comforts, I would not survive for very long either if it was the survival of the fittest. I too respect all living creatures, I am always having arguments on you tube and other places about insects having feelings etc. I love bugs and would never hurt one.
Hugs JO xx
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Post by etana on Jul 12, 2015 6:05:54 GMT
I love insects too. For example, bumble bees are adorable. I used to tickle them with a blade of grass when I was very small, and then watch them comb their hair. As an adult I studied a bit and laughed so hard when I found out that they too have some members of the nest that are like lazy rich human bachelors - they CAN'T do anything but drink and chase girls, their legs don't have the honey collecting equipment at all so they couldn't work even if they wanted to!
I think it's sad that some people are so distanced from nature that they can't relax in a forest, they need a human-designed park. I don't know how long I could survive in a forest either, but I find it very, very calming to go into one and just sit there observing all the life. I have made the mistake of trying to live in a place that didn't have trees showing from the windows, and it was horrible. Thankfully now I live next to a very large park and a walking distance from a forest.
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Post by jolovessnailies on Jul 12, 2015 19:37:30 GMT
I adore them too Etana and let them crawl onto my hand when I can. I don't get out much anymore but I love the big fat bumblers, they are so cute and fluffy. Are you a member of the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust? Oh how sweet, watching them have a groom after you had groomed them LOL!! Ha ha, that is true of nests although I have never heard it put that way before Etana but it is bang on. I can think of a few people who would fit in there quite nicely.
You are right, some people are so removed from nature it is untrue. I remember seeing a documentary about some flats in London and a tree was very near to one of the windows and the woman complained saying that there could be anything lurking in that true. I didn't now whether to laugh or cry. I too love woodlands and forests and are far happier there than in a town.
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by etana on Jul 26, 2015 19:16:36 GMT
Actually I didn't know such a Trust exists, I'll have to see about joining it because bumble bees are so lovely. Just the other day I was admiring the workers with their little hind legs carrying the pollen.
What, a person scared of one tree?! Just when I thought I'd heard it all.
Anyhow, I have a snail photo to post... Just a sec.
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Post by etana on Jul 26, 2015 19:19:56 GMT
It's a thumb nail again, click on it for a bigger version. Cepaea love, plus a shady mysterious snail in the background. Once again one of those photos that had me like "Oh I've taken THIS?". I love how Cepaea hold each other and just kiss and kiss and kiss, and dance in circles and then kiss again.
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Post by jolovessnailies on Jul 26, 2015 20:14:30 GMT
They are absolutely adorable, thanks for sharing this with us Etana love. Their little shells are beautiful.
Hugs Jo xx
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Post by etana on Jul 30, 2015 22:22:26 GMT
Thanks Jo, yeah Cepaea are very good snails, they're pretty and have a lot of character. Their very long hibernation is their only "con", it gets a bit boring to just see them sleep for months. Also... I don't have pics of this but this is a moment of snail beauty. Taavetti has been ill again and deep retracts worryingly. I put him into the smaller, warmer tank so I can keep a better eye on him. Halonen was in her shell too and when I took her into the kitchen for a yummy snack, she pushed just only one eye out of her shell and patted the food with it slowly and sadly, when usually she rushes out to eat. I was thinking, "She's sad, missing Taavetti perhaps...?" and put him on the same dish with her. He was very deep retracted. She came out of her shell very fast when her one eye found him, and she patted on Taavetti with an eye just a couple times. He came out very fast, I'd never seen a deep retracted snail come out so fast really, and as he did, Halonen started eating with good appetite. Then Taavetti kissed Halonen all over. No one had better try telling me they don't care about each other. It was a little magical moment that made my heart flutter a bit. I only wish Taavetti would stop doing the retraction.
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Post by jolovessnailies on Jul 31, 2015 19:31:05 GMT
Oh Etana love that sounds absolutely wonderfully cute. I was imagining it in my mind as you described it. That is a special moment which will stay with you for ever and hopefully you will see many more. Hopefully I will too when I get my little babies.
Hugs Jo xx
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