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superman3384 uploaded a new video
(5 days ago)
A big elephant is drinking near a river,beautiful video!
Un Elefante si a...
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A big elephant is drinking near a river,beautiful video!
Un Elefante si abbevera vicino ad un fiume!
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct. Three species of elephant are recognized: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Indian or Asian elephant; although some group the two African species into one and some researchers also postulate the existence of a fourth species in West Africa. All other species and genera of Elephantidae are extinct. Most have been extinct since the last ice age, although dwarf forms of mammoths might have survived as late as 2,000 BCE. Elephants and other Elephantidae were once classified with other thick-skinned animals in a now invalid order, Pachydermata.
Elephants are the largest living land animals on Earth today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth, an elephant calf typically weighs 105 kilograms (230 lb). They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1955. This male weighed about 10,900 kg (24,000 lb), with a shoulder height of 3.96 metres (13.0 ft), 1 metre (3.3 ft) taller than the average male African elephant. The smallest elephants, about the size of a calf or a large pig, were a prehistoric species that lived on the island of Crete during the Pleistocene epoch.
Elephants are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their memory and intelligence, where their intelligence level is thought to be equal to that of dolphins and primates. Aristotle once said the elephant was "the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind." The word "elephant" has its origins in the Greek ἐλέφας, meaning "ivory" or "elephant".
Healthy adult elephants have no natural predators, although lions may take calves or weak individuals. They are, however, threatened by human intrusion and poaching.
Great videos
"Battle at Kruger"
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superman3384 uploaded a new video
(2 weeks ago)
Lions footage while eating a wildebeest in Africa!
The lion (Panthera leo...
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Lions footage while eating a wildebeest in Africa!
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with an endangered remnant population in Gir Forest National Park in India, having disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times. Until the late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, across Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru. The lion is a vulnerable species, having seen a possibly irreversible population decline of thirty to fifty percent over the past two decades in its African range. Lion populations are untenable outside designated reserves and national parks. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are currently the greatest causes of concern. Within Africa, the West African lion population is particularly endangered.
Lions live for ten to fourteen years in the wild, while in captivity they can live longer than twenty years. In the wild, males seldom live longer than ten years, as injuries sustained from continual fighting with rival males greatly reduce their longevity. They typically inhabit savanna and grassland, although they may take to bush and forest. Lions are unusually social compared to other cats. A pride of lions consists of related females and offspring and a small number of adult males. Groups of female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. Lions are apex and keystone predators, although they scavenge as opportunity allows. While lions do not typically hunt humans, some have been known to do so.
Highly distinctive, the male lion is easily recognised by its mane, and its face is one of the most widely recognised animal symbols in human culture. Depictions have existed from the Upper Paleolithic period, with carvings and paintings from the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves, through virtually all ancient and medieval cultures where they once occurred. It has been extensively depicted in sculptures, in paintings, on national flags, and in contemporary films and literature. Lions have been kept in menageries since the time of the Roman Empire and have been a key species sought for exhibition in zoos the world over since the late eighteenth century. Zoos are cooperating worldwide in breeding programs for the endangered Asiatic subspecies.
Other videos
"Leeuwen pakken reiger in Artis."
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superman3384 uploaded a new video
(4 weeks ago)
A video collection of beautiful sunsets over the sea!
Music by Simon e Ga...
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A video collection of beautiful sunsets over the sea!
Music by Simon e Garfunkel :Sound of silence (remix)
Una serie di filmati di tramonti sul mare! ☺
Lyrics of the song:
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools", said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whispered in the sounds of silence
Other
"Enya - Caribbean Blue"
"The Mountain"
"Desert Symphony - The Piano Guys (Southern Utah's Landscape)"
"MICHAEL BUBLÉ - HOME - (traduzida)"
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superman3384 uploaded a new video
(1 month ago)
Dromedaries in the desert of Sahara,and 2 white dromedaries,beautiful!
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Dromedaries in the desert of Sahara,and 2 white dromedaries,beautiful!
Interesting videos
"The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (original narration by Randall)"
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superman3384 uploaded a new video
(1 month ago)
Amazing cloud formations, with beautiful colors,phenomenon recorded the ...
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Amazing cloud formations, with beautiful colors,phenomenon recorded the day after Christmas 2011,in the afternoon!
Sorry for the background noise!
Stupefacenti formazioni nuvolose con colori bellissimi,fenomeno registrato il giorno dopo natale 2011,di pomeriggio!
Scusate per il rumore di sottofondo!
Other clouds videos
"Strange clouds form over Florida beach"
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ora mi tocchera ricambiare,,,,ma nn subito
sto raccogliendo nuove immagini nello sconfinato web
anche se oramai,,,,ho + foto del dovuto
mi piacere cercarne di nuove
se avessi mano libera,,,,farei uno slide con delle strafighe,,,,ma son certo che in meno di 1 giorno il video colerebbe a picco..( lo faro cmq in un canale secondario) XDDDD
fai come vuoi,,,,e già che ci sei,,,fammi un bonifico XD
Happy week end
love Animals *** big hugs