Earth Day 2016 - New Resolutions

The Earth's Sun rising over Tsavo East National Park in Kenya

We live on a really tiny dot somewhere in this expansive unexplored universe.

This little earth has in many ways been good to us and during the course of time, its surface has now fully come into our hands to care for. So we must honor this privilege by being the planets best custodians, for our sake and for the well being all the living things coexisting with us, today and everyday.

Earth Day is a reason for us to begin a new resolution, try to find something that will make some part of this planet a cleaner and greener place, and do your best to commit yourself to it either daily, weekly or monthly. Even if mankind does begin to settle on mars by 2020, it still doesn't look as green and beautiful as our original home... Earth.

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Lions Mating Up Close In Kenya

This lion and lioness are mating really close to the road.

The Unique Looking Guitar Fish

Guitar Fish resting on the sea bed One of the most interesting characteristics about the guitar fish is its unique body shape. It seemingly looks like a cross between a shark and a ray - with its flattened ray like head yet it has a long shark like body with dorsal fins - but this fish is actually a classification of its own and has about 50 subspecies. The guitar fish prefers to remain tranquil on the sea bed, partly covering itself with sand to camouflage itself for any unsuspecting prey such as crabs or small fish that may come past it. Reaching sizes of approximately two meters in length, they are quite docile so can easily be approached by underwater photographers.

The Roughness Of A Lions Tongue

A lions tongue has numerous tiny spines called papillae Pet lovers with a domestic cat at home will relate to this story quite well, as they would have had their hands or fingers licked by their cat's tongue at some point or another. A lion’s tongue is no less different in design to that of a house cats, with the exception that its sheer size and heaviness would make a lions tongue as rough and harsh as sandpaper! But why is the lions tongue so rough and how is this beneficial? The reason for its roughness is that the surface of the lions tongue is covered in many tiny spines called papillae, which are further divided into 3 types namely; Filiform, Fungiform and Vallate papillae. The cats filiform papillae which is located on the tongues dorsal surface, is the main reason for the roughness, and these can also be compared to barbs since they face backwards in the direction of the throat. Having a barbed tongue is beneficial to the lion for a number of reasons. I...

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