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Re: Pics of the day - Asia [Re: lancaster]
      #280784 - 12/04/16 01:39 PM

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36014614


"'Longest-ever' captured python dies in Malaysia

11 April 2016
From the section Asia


The snake was captured by civil defence officials

A giant python found on a Malaysian building site, that may be the longest ever caught, has died, officials say.

The estimated eight-metre-long (26ft) snake was spotted Thursday under a fallen tree on the island of Penang.

It died on Sunday after laying eggs, Herme Herisyam, operations chief for Penang's Civil Defence Department's southwest district told the BBC.

The current record for longest snake ever caught is 7.67m (25ft), Guinness World Records says.



Construction workers building a flyover spotted the snake



The snake died three days later after giving birth

Medusa, a reticulated python weighing 158kg (24st 12lb), is kept at a haunted house in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Malaysian snake, also thought to be a reticulated python, has not been officially measured by record keepers.

Mr Herisyan said it weighed 250kg (39st 5lb) and took 30 minutes to rescue.

Another civil defence official said that the snake's capture and the attention it received likely compounded the stress of laying eggs.

Muhammad Aizat said the snake laid one egg, before going "quiet".

It was due to be transferred to the government's Department of Wildlife before it died."

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      #281760 - 30/04/16 03:50 PM

american research and hunting expidtion mongolia 1928







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      #285328 - 16/07/16 10:44 AM

Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and 2nd wife empress Soraya during tiger hunt in India february 24, 1956.

http://www.gettyimages.de/ereignis/the-iranian-royal-family-107873944#-picture-id107154295

circa 1960, The Shah of Iran (Persia) indulging in one of his favourite pastimes of shooting rabbits at his hunting lodge,


http://www.gettyimages.de/ereignis/the-iranian-royal-family-107873944#-picture-id78951316

leopard hunt iran, maybe around 1920



Iran, 1900, Lunch of Shah of Persia, Mozaffer-ed-Din, at mouflon hunting, in Djadjeroud near Teheran


http://www.gettyimages.de/pictures/iran-...photo-152239909


http://www.3jokes.com/images/2011/09/old_iran_photos.htm

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      #287334 - 03/09/16 02:51 PM

sumatra



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Re: Pics of the day - Asia [Re: lancaster]
      #287335 - 03/09/16 07:20 PM

If you did that in Australia ,the doo gooders would attack you !!!!!!!!!

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      #287548 - 08/09/16 07:05 AM



A tiger is carried by Burmese villagers in 1922 after it was killed following an attack on their village.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/pandas-vulnerable-endangered-species/

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      #297057 - 15/03/17 12:24 AM

Thailand celebrates National Elephant Day http://www.thehindu.com/news/internation...cle17455677.ece


Thai mahouts take part in an elephant fighting demonstration.



looks pretty elegant

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      #300775 - 25/05/17 05:15 AM

Java, dutch east india



https://javapost.nl/page/26/

hunting party, dutch east india



https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...nr_60050193.jpg



https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...nr_60050194.jpg

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      #302869 - 08/07/17 05:58 AM

Exceptionally rare 'pale tiger' photographed in the wild

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/j...-the-wild#img-2






"A rare “pale tiger”, whose fur conservationists say could be the fairest of any in the wild, has been photographed in southern India.

“It is the palest tiger I have ever seen on the record or heard about in literature,” said Belinda Wright, the founder of the Wildlife Protection Society of India.

The animal was spotted last week by wildlife photographer Nilanjan Ray while driving in Nilgiri biosphere reserve in Tamil Nadu state.

Pale tigers, distinct from white tigers, are thought to have a genetic mutation that results in what biologists call colour morphism. It occurs in environments with large, random mating pools that allow for the varied exchange of genes.

Parvish Pandya, a doctor of zoology, said the birth of a tiger with pale fur was “quite a genetic chance”. He ruled out the possibility the tiger was albino, citing the lack of pinkish hue around its eyes.

Wright, who has spent decades in India tracking tigers, said she recalled only ever seeing one before, in the Ranthambore national park in Rajasthan in the 1980s. “But it wasn’t nearly as pale as this one,” she said.

The last white tiger in the wild was shot in 1958, and though some still live in public and private zoos, many suffer severe health problems due to a lack of genetic mixing.

Wright said the absence of white tiger genes in the wild meant the pale tiger in Tamil Nadu could be the fairest known tiger living outside captivity.

“You occasionally see lighter-coloured tigers, but they’re nothing compared to this one,” she said. “There are also some pale tigers in captivity, particularly in the US, but these are ‘cocktail’ tigers that are bred that way, with genes from white tigers.”

Ray said he was driving through the national park when he encountered an ordinary coloured tiger on the road around 200 feet away. The animal quickly fled.

“As we were slowly driving past that stretch, we saw a white-looking tiger sitting on the hillside, half concealed by the undergrowth, and looking at us.

“It looked curious and cute, rather than scared or aggressive. And then another tiger, a normal orange one, appeared much closer to us,” he said. “They could be siblings, or mother and cub.

“They played hide and seek with us for a while before vanishing, but not before I had taken some photos.”

Experts he has consulted have speculated that the tiger had not yet reached adulthood and they were unable to determine its sex.

The local forest department has been informed of the spot where the animal was sighted and have said they will install camera traps.

Ray said department officials had asked him not to reveal exactly where he saw the tiger, to avoid encouraging tourists or poachers."

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      #303400 - 28/07/17 07:28 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4308466/Fascinating-photos-reveal-life-heyday-Raj.html



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Re: Pics of the day - Asia [Re: lancaster]
      #306584 - 18/10/17 05:13 PM

Johnny's Cat -


John F. Easton, at center, with Mannlicher Schoenauer M1910 Takedown and leopard



Mr. Easton, my Grandfather, was a buyer of rubber for Goodyear at Colombo, Ceylon, when this was taken (ca. 1932-34). I have the MS with claw mounted Gerard scope. The leopard's claws are in its fitted case.



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Photos fixed - NitroX

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      #306830 - 26/10/17 07:03 AM

Quote:

Johnny's Cat -


John F. Easton, at center, with Mannlicher Schoenauer M1910 Takedown and leopard



Mr. Easton, my Grandfather, was a buyer of rubber for Goodyear at Colombo, Ceylon, when this was taken (ca. 1932-34). I have the MS with claw mounted Gerard scope. The leopard's claws are in its fitted case.



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Daryl's photobucket "fix" is not working for me. Is it still working for anyone else? Thanks.

Photos resupplied and fixed - NitroX

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      #306831 - 26/10/17 07:08 AM

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4308466/Fascinating-photos-reveal-life-heyday-Raj.html






WOW!

Lots of very interesting photos. Will later have a good read and ponder on the photos in thr article. A benefit of net newpaper articles is that can include some many photos now, and especially nice for historical accounts. Bring it back to life, decades later using the old photos.

Again I wish I was born 70 years earlier .... and filthy rich as well .... to be able to enjoy some of these happenings. Now only possible through the photographs and articles and written accounts.

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      #306953 - 29/10/17 02:13 AM

Quote:

Johnny's Cat -


John F. Easton, at center, with Mannlicher Schoenauer M1910 Takedown and leopard



Mr. Easton, my Grandfather, was a buyer of rubber for Goodyear at Colombo, Ceylon, when this was taken (ca. 1932-34). I have the MS with claw mounted Gerard scope. The leopard's claws are in its fitted case.



BR.


Photos fixed - NitroX




What a nice memento from your family history. The photo(s), claws and rifle. Nice to have a rifle with family history attached.

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      #310231 - 11/01/18 12:39 AM

Superb bird-of-paradise



during courtship display with female (brown plumage)
it was found his feathers having the deepest balck in nature"super black bird of paradise feathers structurally absorbs up to 99.95% of directly incident light"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02088-w

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Re: Pics of the day - Asia [Re: NitroX]
      #325594 - 08/03/19 10:40 PM

Quote:

Quote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4308466/Fascinating-photos-reveal-life-heyday-Raj.html






WOW!

Lots of very interesting photos. Will later have a good read and ponder on the photos in thr article. A benefit of net newpaper articles is that can include some many photos now, and especially nice for historical accounts. Bring it back to life, decades later using the old photos.

Again I wish I was born 70 years earlier .... and filthy rich as well .... to be able to enjoy some of these happenings. Now only possible through the photographs and articles and written accounts.




Shouldn't that tiger be in the tank?

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      #325606 - 09/03/19 07:22 AM



https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2014/03/10/a-concise-history-of-tiger-hunting-in-india/

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      #325630 - 10/03/19 12:50 AM

Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4308466/Fascinating-photos-reveal-life-heyday-Raj.html






WOW!

Lots of very interesting photos. Will later have a good read and ponder on the photos in thr article. A benefit of net newpaper articles is that can include some many photos now, and especially nice for historical accounts. Bring it back to life, decades later using the old photos.

Again I wish I was born 70 years earlier .... and filthy rich as well .... to be able to enjoy some of these happenings. Now only possible through the photographs and articles and written accounts.




Shouldn't that tiger be in the tank?

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      #325657 - 10/03/19 03:20 PM

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An early example of the "Cow Hide".

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      #346405 - 01/11/20 09:30 PM















india
































maybe iran




dutch east india
bali 1925?






korea 1896


jindo islands korea




french indochine



modern india!


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      #346417 - 02/11/20 04:16 AM

WOW - some of those cats are quite large.

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      #346434 - 02/11/20 05:27 PM

Love that old photo of Caldwell standing behind the 400lb tiger he shot in China with a Savage 99 lever-gun, and holding up a .22 Savage Hi-power cartridge with which the deed was done!

Used that photo a few years ago in an Arms Collectors Journal article on the Savage 99 rifle in my gunsafe. S'pose I should toss a link onto the 'Rifles' forum at some point...

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      #346899 - 16/11/20 03:13 PM

Man, I would have loved to go on one of these famous tiger hunts. It would be so thrilling! Especially seeing as the cats would often stalk you back. Must have been a real rush.

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