Madagascar
Nov 4, 2019 11:16:38 #
Nov 4, 2019 12:00:22 #
capmike wrote:
We have just returned from a 30 day visit to either A: The Red Island, or B: Galapagos of the East, or just plain Madagascar. We have done quite a bit of traveling, and we have never been to anyplace similar in any fashion. Photos everywhere, I had to force myself to stop pressing the shutter release. Still ended up with 8,000+. Here is a small sample.
Fine series, is that a hedgehog at the end?
Nov 4, 2019 15:03:34 #
capmike wrote:
We have just returned from a 30 day visit to either A: The Red Island, or B: Galapagos of the East, or just plain Madagascar. We have done quite a bit of traveling, and we have never been to anyplace similar in any fashion. Photos everywhere, I had to force myself to stop pressing the shutter release. Still ended up with 8,000+. Here is a small sample.
Excellent set! #2,3, and 7 my favorite, thanks for sharing!a
Nov 4, 2019 15:48:56 #
Nov 4, 2019 16:27:06 #
If the other 8,000 are as good as these you're going to have a tough time culling any. Superb images!
Nov 4, 2019 16:39:01 #
Yes, My very first hedgehog. We didn’t have long before she, (she was pregnant), scurried away.
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Nov 4, 2019 21:20:17 #
Mary Kelley
Loc: San Diego, CA
Great photos! Exposure to them should be more widespread. So, write a story about them & send it with the photos to National Geographic.
Nov 4, 2019 21:48:35 #
Stan Wieg
Loc: Fair Oaks, CA
Swamp-Cork wrote:
Excellent and really enjoyed viewing!
Really liked the baobabs !
Nov 5, 2019 01:31:40 #
Ksocha wrote:
Please share some info about your dogs. Photos would be great.
Their breed, Coton de Tulear, is referred to as the Royal Dog of Madagascar because at one time the only people who were allowed to keep them as pets were members of the Malagasy royal family. This began to change after Madagascar became a French protectorate in the late 19th century. The dogs were exported to France for a while in the 20th century but after Madagascar gained full independence from France in the 1950's, it became illegal to export the dogs. In the mid 1970's an American scientist named Robert Jay Russell smuggled breeding pairs of the dogs into the USA. Soon after, USA breeders began importing the dogs from France. In 1988 the Malagasy government lifted the embargo on exporting the Coton de Tulear.
Although all Coton's are rooted in Madagascar, there are basically three breed sources of Coton de Tulear dogs in the USA, Dr Russell's dogs, France and direct lineage from Madagascar. Our two Coton's, Teddy Bear and Angel Bear, aka Bert and Missy, who are brother and sister and 3 and a half years old, are 100% pure bred Coton de Tulear. Normally the male is obviously larger than the female, but our female, Angel Bear, is a rare genetic anomaly known as a "Tall Coton" and although she weighs a few ounces less than her brother, she is larger than her brother.
The AKC didn't officially recognize the Coton de Tulear until just a few years ago.
Angel Bear & Teddy Bear AKA Missy & Bert when they were puppies.
Missy & Bert full grown
Bert & Missy
Nov 5, 2019 12:26:08 #
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