A Savannah cat is a cross between a domestic cat and the Serval, a medium-sized, large-eared wild African cat. The unusual cross became popular among breeders at the end of the 90’s, and in 2001 the International Cat Association accepted it as a new registered breed. Savannahs are much more social than typical domestic cats, and they are often compared to dogs in their loyalty. They can be trained to walk on a leash and even taught to play fetch.
Bengal breeder Judee Frank crossbred a male serval, belonging to Suzi Woods, with a Siamese (domestic cat) to produce the first Savannah cat (named Savannah) on April 7, 1986.[1] Frank’s Savannah attracted the interest of Patrick Kelley, who purchased one of Savannah’s kittens in 1989.[2] Kelley was one of the first enthusiasts who worked towards establishing a new domestic breed based on a serval/domestic cat cross. He approached many serval breeders to help in the development of this new breed, and finally garnered the help of breeder Joyce Sroufe to work with him in taking the steps needed to have the new breed recognized.

Glaucus atlanticus (common names sea swallow, blue glaucus, blue sea slug and blue ocean slug) is a species of small-sized blue sea slug, apelagic aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Glaucidae. This is the only species in the genus Glaucus,^[1] but is closely related to Glaucilla marginata, which sometimes is included in Glaucus.^[2]

Description

The normal size of this species is up to 3 cm.^[3] It is silvery grey on its dorsal side and dark and pale blue ventrally. It has dark blue stripes along the edge of its foot. It has a tapering body which is flattened and has six appendages which branch out into rayed cerata.^[4] Its radular teeth bear serrated teeth on their blades.^[5]

Distribution and habitat

This nudibranch is pelagic, and is distributed throughout the world’s oceans, in temperate and tropical waters. Regions where this slug is found include the East and South Coast of South Africa, European waters, the east coast of Australia and Mozambique.^[2] This species floats upside down on thesurface tension of the ocean.

The Great White Shark

 the serene beauty of the scene captured in the waters of the Solomon Islands

Fish Out of Water

Photograph by Jeanette Warner

A fish out of water surveys the scene at old Bluffton, a Texas town that was flooded in 1937-38 during the creation of Lake Buchanan. As lakes across the Lone Star State have shrunk in the current drought, they’ve left some wildlife high and dry but also revealed ruins, gravestones, fossils, ancient tools, and other artifacts.

Though many of these relics were submerged by 20th-century dams, some ancient artifacts date to a time when Southwest droughts were far more common, Postel said.

“If you go way back you find these mega droughts that are believed to have undone civilizations like those in Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde,” she said. “It’s in our history to have much more serious drought than we’ve had in the last century.”

June 29, 2012. Indian Hindu pilgrims line up to enter the Amarnath cave, near Sangam, India. Thousands of pilgrims annually go to the remote Himalayan shrine of Amarnath at 3,888 meters (12,756 feet) above sea level to worship an icy stalagmite representing Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.

* on a side note, those eyes are creepy!!!!

Dye Worker’s Hands

Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie

A teenage worker uses dye-stained hands to hold a tangled nest of red yarn. The boy lives in Khulm (formerly Tashkurgan), Afghanistan, a town noted for trade in sheep and wool.