#Europe in Asia

[herpsandbirds]

Common or Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra), family Rallidae, order Gruiformes, found across much of Eurasia, northern Africa, and Oceania, Australia and New Zealand

The remarkable feet of coots are fissipalmate (lobed/partially webbed), which help them swim and walk across soft mud (without sinking).

Coots are not ducks, but are more closely related to rails and gallinules/swamphens (and more distantly, cranes).

photograph by Pat L. on flickr

#coot #waterfowl #fulica #rallidae #rail #gruiformes #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #europe #asia #australia #africa

[tumbler-polls]

#travelling #foreign travel #backpacking #geography #tumblr polls #Europe #America #Africa #Asia #Australia #tumbler polls

[loveisinthebat]

SCREAM NUGGET

#Ikonnikov's Bat #Bats of Asia #Bats of Europe #Daily Bat #bat #Batposting #bat of the day #Cute bat #Cute animals #I love them #lil scream nuggy

[wgm-beautiful-world]

GALATA TOWER - TURKEY

#galata tower #torre #istanbul #estambul #türkiye #turkey #turquia #europe #europa #asia

[kemetic-dreams]

#kemetic dreams #iceland #Asia #europe #africa #east africa #Ethiopia #epic video #nature video #nature photography #nature #nature aesthetic

[paleoart]

Panthera spelaea

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#paleoart #palaeoblr #asia #europe #pole #mammals #panthera

[mapsontheweb]

The September 2013 issue of National Geographic Magazine published these maps showing the world as it is now, but with all the ice on land melted and drained into the sea, raising it 216 feet and creating new shorelines for our continents and inland seas.

by NatGeoMaps

#maps #NatGeoMaps #twsourced #sea level rise #europe #north america #south america #asia

[allthingseurope]

Istanbul, Turkey (by Mehmet)

#istanbul #turkey #europe #travel #travel blog #asia #vertical #skyline #architecture

[countriesgame]

Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

If you have any fun fact about Georgia, please tell us and I'll reblog it!

Be respectful in your comments. You can criticize a government without offending its people.

#georgia #საქართველო #europe #asia #country polls #polls

[illustratus]

View of the Bosphorus in the Moonlight

by Ivan Aivazovsky

#bosphorus #bosporus #art #ivan aivazovsky #moon #moonlight #moonlit #europe #asia #sea #constantinople #istanbul #turkey #thrace #anatolia

[pleistocene-pride]

Rüppell's vulture also called Rüppell's griffon vulture, named after Eduard Rüppell, is a large bird of prey in the genus Gyps which is native throughout the sahel and eastern Africa including the countries of Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, The Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Here they tend to inhabit grasslands, mountains, and open woodland. Rüppell's vultures are diurnal and very social birds, roosting, nesting, and feeding in large flocks. They spend much of their time flying at great altitudes, using strong winds and thermals to efficiently soar they are known to regular cruise at upwards of 20,000ft (6,000m) above the ground with some known to go as high as 37,000ft (11,300m) making them the highest flying bird. These vultures locate food by sight only, and often follow herds of animals. Once they find a carcass they swoop down, land a little way off, then bound forward with wings spread and their long neck outstretched. Even amongst old world vultures, Rüppell's vultures are specialized feeders with a spiked tongue and strong beak they can strip flesh with ease, and feed upon pelts, hides, and even the bones themselves.  Reaching around 33 to 41in (85 -103cms) long, 14 – 20lbs in weight, with a 7.5-8.6ft (2.26 -2.6m) wingspan. They are one of the largest vultures in Africa, both sexes sport mottled brown or black feathering overall with a whitish-brown underbelly and thin, dirty-white fluff covering the head and neck. The base of the neck has a white collar, the eye is yellow or amber, the crop patch deep brown. The head does not have feathers. This species of vulture is considered to be monogamous, forming lifelong breeding pairs. They nest on cliffs in colonies up to a 1,000 strong. After courtship a pair will work together to build a nest using sticks, grass, and leaves that they have gathered or stolen from other nests, here the mother will lay 1 egg. Both parents share in incubation of their egg over a period of 55 days. Once the chick hatches, both parents will feed and tend to it for about 150 days when it fledges. Young remain dependent on their parents after fledging, not reaching independence until the next breeding season. Under ideal conditions a ruppells vulture may live up to 50 years.

#pleistocene #pleistocene pride #pliestocene pride #pliestocene #bird #dinosaur #vulture #ruppells vulture #africa #asia #europe #eurasia #flying #griffon #griffin #griffon vulture

[herpsandbirds]

Lammergeier aka Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, found in mountainous areas of Africa, Europe, and Asia

photograph by Eduard Villar Lleonart @edville

#vulture #bird #ornithology #gypaetus #accipitridae #accipitriformes #africa #europe #asia #animals #nature

[mysharona1987]

#Europe #texas #news #gun control #asia #cuba #scandanavia #politics #democrats #republicans #donald trump #Uv #uvalde

[loveisinthebat]

It's Smug Aura

#Botta's Serotine #bats of Europe #Bats of Asia #Bat of the day #daily bat #bat #bats #batposting #cute bats #cute animals #LOOK AT THEM #smug

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Cinnabar moth

A poisonous moth? Yes. The cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae), found in Europe and Asia, has wings decorated with bright-red patches that scream, "Do not eat!"

(Image credit: Roger Tidman)

#roger tidman #photographer #cinnabar moth #moth #insect #poisonous #tyria jacobaeae #europe #asia #nature

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Open Your Home to the Common House Centipede

A common sight in homes throughout Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Australia the common house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) is a medium-sized species of centipede originally from the Mediterranean. In the wild, they prefer grasslands and deciduous forests where they can hide under rocks, logs, or leaf litter. These insects have also adapted well to urban development, and are frequently found in basements, bathrooms, and garages,  as well as gardens and compost piles.

Like other centipedes, the common house centipede has less than 100 legs; in fact, they only have 15 pairs, with the front pair used only for holding prey or fending off threats. All those legs let the common house centipede move up to 0.4 meters per second (1.3 ft/s) over a variety of surfaces, including walls and ceilings. The actual body of S. coleoptrata is only 25 to 35 mm (1.0 to 1.4 in) long, but the antennae are often as long as the body which can give this insect a much larger appearance. However, they can be hard to spot, especially in their natural environments; their tan and dark brown coloration allows them to blend in seamlessly to surrounding vegetation.

Though they pose little threat to humans, house centipedes are predatory. Their primary food source is other arthropods, including cockroaches, silverfish, bed bugs, ticks, ants, and insect larvae. S. coleoptrata is a nocturnal hunter, and uses its long antennae to track scents and tactile information. Their compound eyes, unusual for centipede species, can distinguish daylight and ultraviolet light but is generally used as a secondary sensory organ. When they do find prey, house centipedes inject a venom which can be lethal in smaller organisms, but is largely harmless to larger animals. This makes them important pest controllers. In the wild, house centipedes are the common prey of rodents, amphibians, birds, and other insects.

The mating season for S. coleoptrata begins in the spring, when males and females release pheromones that they can use to find each other. Once located, the male spins a silk pad in which he places his sperm for the female to collect. She then lays fertilized eggs in warm, moist soil in clutches of 60-150. These eggs incubate for about a month, and the young emerge with only four pairs of legs. Over the next three years, juvenile house centipedes molt 7 times, each time gaining new pairs of legs. After they grow their last pair of legs, immature house centipedes molt an additional 3 times, at which time they become sexually mature. If they can avoid predation, individuals can live up to 7 years in the wild.

Conservation status: The common house centipede has not been evaluated by the IUCN, as it is relatively common both in the wild and in urban areas. Although they have been introduced to areas outside their native range, no detrimental environmental effects have been associated with their spread.

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Photos

Joseph Berger

David Paul

Conrad Altman via iNaturalist

#common house centipede #Scutigeromorpha #Scutigeridae #centipedes #myriapoda #myriapods #insects #arthropods #deciduous forests #deciduous forest arthropods #grasslands #grassland arthropods #urban fauna #urban arthropods #europe #north america #south america #asia #australia #oceania #animal facts #zoology #biology