NEW RULES- Open photo assignment- Share your favorite random pics

[musashi]

Certainly on a higher tier than mushrooms and cactus, Banisteriopsis caapi derives its strength from the catalyst used. Yet it is still not as powerful. Batrachotoxin is a deadly neurotoxin. I understand these frogs can live 15 years. The more aposematic ones are the deadliest. This guy has enough toxin to kill 20 people in 2 minutes!

*edit- in my readings batrachotoxin is 15x more powerful than curare and 10x more powerful than a puffer fish (tetrodotoxin)

mu

 

[Cannalicous]

They make a comforting sound, but are not poisonous in captivity. Thank God.
Here is my selection of living beings. Lost the dedication though, gonna sell them. They were the chicken with the golden eggs. Sold so many offspring I lost count.

 

[Swifty]

Had these fire belly newts since they where a larva.
Spent many hours looking at them when baked.

 

[longball]

@musashi said: "I've been fascinated with frogs and toads lately."

You might like this one then.Thought to be extinct but clearly it's not.

 

[Deach69]

3 Little Birds

 

[longball]

What do we have here, Deach69?

The bird on the right looks like a Black-Capped Chickadee.The middle bird looks like it has a tuft, looking a bit like a Tufted Titmouse but they don't have orange bellies. They do have a splash of orange under their wings so maybe it is the angle? The bird on the left....looks angry!

Longball

 

[Deach69]

From left to right there's a Starling, a Cardinal and finally a sparrow through a dirty window. If you noticed the white squiggle across the bottom of the photo, that's from a bar of soap. I drew squiggly lines across my windows to show the stupid buggers that it's there. Looks awful but works like a charm, no dead birds

 

[longball]

0 for 3! I've done worse!

 

[Deach69]

*Deach wonders if he should've lied*

 

[longball]

Nah, it is good to be occasionally humbled and to learn. The Starlings in my area are longer and leaner, I am guessing that is a European Starling(here we go again ) , that does look like a female Cardinal and they do have 'tufts' like the Tufted Titmouse. America's pretty weird about sex so when you say 'Titmouse', everyone giggles. We usually have fat brown house sparrows, not white sparrows, so that threw me off. After that beating, I will double my bets and say this is a Tufted Titmouse Some feet fer ya, @TGTDE

 

[Mr. Brown]

Nah, it is good to be occasionally humbled and to learn. The Starlings in my area are longer and leaner, I am guessing that is a European Starling(here we go again ) , that does look like a female Cardinal and they do have 'tufts' like the Tufted Titmouse. America's pretty weird about sex so when you say 'Titmouse', everyone giggles. We usually have fat brown house sparrows, not white sparrows, so that threw me off. After that beating, I will double my bets and say this is a Tufted Titmouse Some feet fer ya, @TGTDE
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Here in the old world starlings look like this

 

[Deach69]

Beautiful colors, that's what they look like here in the New World, when it's warmer out. I find a lot of my birds get puffy in the winter. They are considered a pest to many here, since they aren't native

 

[longball]

Yes, that is what the 'New Kidz on the Block' world calls a European Starling. Now, I think the one Deach showed is called a Common Starling. However, as I did not make any of this up, it is hard to tell if any of it is true.
Again, Science meets Philosophy.

Longball

 

[longball]

The Great Blue Pumpkin



Jack Cotton's Great Orange Pumpkin - yes, he broke a few front end parts after landing.




It is not hard for Jack Cotton to get new parts if he breaks a few!



Longbud and Jack Cotton




Wouldn't it be awesome to see a Mr. Nice Seeds Ad here?

 

[Islandgrower]

The Great Blue Pumpkin

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Jack Cotton's Great Orange Pumpkin - yes, he broke a few front end parts after landing.

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It is not hard for Jack Cotton to get new parts if he breaks a few!

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Longbud and Jack Cotton

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Wouldn't it be awesome to see a Mr. Nice Seeds Ad here?

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It could read get high with Mr nice

 

[longball]

Early Queen #2 - shortly before being chopped 10/18/22. Jury-rigging a 'finishing room' in the garage allowed me an extra 3 weeks to finish my outdoor plants. After I got out of hospital I noticed this plant had topped itself while I was in hospital. Double my pleasure, double my fun!. Looking forward to growing more Early Queen in 2023.

 

[longball]

 

[Deach69]

@longball , pretty, for the auto girls?

 

[longball]

Deach69 said: "@longball , pretty, for the auto girls?"

Thanks ,Deach69! Yes, pretty flowers keep the 'auto girls' smiling! My friend says it is the same for 'regular girls'. I am not so sure for 'fem girls' or 'hermie girls'. I would have to ask another friends brother. Sometimes it is best to not know things!

Longball

 

[longball]

1963 Split Window Corvette

As always, picture taken at annual Adirondack Nationals Car Show in Lake George, NY. Not sure which one as this year's will be the 34th annual.

In 1963, Chevrolet's Corvette Division came out with a split rear window option. It was the only year ever offered and back then it was not nearly as desirable as it is today. Of the @1.8 million Corvettes ever made, only 278 people took the gamble and ordered the split window option in 1963. Many owners did not like the split window and removed it and replaced it with a single piece of plexiglass. In fact some dealers even set up an option where you could have the split window removed and replaced with a single rear window It is unknown how many split window corvettes have survived but you can be sure that they are pretty rare.

All 1963 cars had 327cid engines, which made 250 hp standard, with optional variants that made 300 hp, 340 hp and 360 hp. The most powerful engine was the Rochester fuel injected engine.

Not sure why, but it appears that my dumb-ass(means stupid) only took one picture of the car. But, she's still a beauty!

1963 Split-Window Corvette Stingray


Longball