Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
The Comedy Wildlife Photography awards are a reliable source of animal LOLs (I posted last year’s winners here). Now this year’s awards are out, and D|Y Photography presents the finalists. Here seven to whet your appetite, but I’m sure I’ll miss some of your favorites. Go over and see the rest.
I never realized how thin the beaks of the Black Skimmers are. Makes sense; they fly all day with the lower mandible cutting the surface of the water. Water drag minimization would be very important.
OK, so in that last one, the black skimmers are reenacting a famous scene from Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, right? That makes it my favorite by default.
Good call, droogie.
They really do look ominous.
Yes, not comic, but ominous indeed. What a brilliant photograph!
-al
I mean, if we hadn’t been ‘primed by the film, they definitely look the way we could have imagined Vogons.
My favorite: the lions (with the lionesse prostrate). I suppose the caption is “not today, I am having a headache”.
Excellent!
John Hucul
Heart cockle warming and rip snorting! Thanks.
The owl is my favourite.
I never realized how thin the beaks of the Black Skimmers are. Makes sense; they fly all day with the lower mandible cutting the surface of the water. Water drag minimization would be very important.
OK, so in that last one, the black skimmers are reenacting a famous scene from Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, right? That makes it my favorite by default.
Good call, droogie.
They really do look ominous.
Yes, not comic, but ominous indeed. What a brilliant photograph!
-al
I mean, if we hadn’t been ‘primed by the film, they definitely look the way we could have imagined Vogons.
My favorite: the lions (with the lionesse prostrate). I suppose the caption is “not today, I am having a headache”.