An Emperor with disappearing empire
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| Art for Earth, Watercolour painting, Emperor Penguin |
The more I learnt about the birds the more I love them. They show me the amazement and secret of nature That once they disappear their secret (our knowledge) will be lost forever. They are wonderful treasure. By chance, I tumble on the subject of painting birds. Through painting I learnt to connect with them.
The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes
forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is
endemic to Antarctica. The ice sheet
becomes smaller and so is his kingdom. His ability to adapt to cold is
remarkable. The emperor penguin breeds
in the coldest environment of any bird species; air temperatures may reach -40
°C (-40 °F), and wind speeds may reach 144 km/h (89 mph). Water temperature is
a frigid -1.8 °C (28.8 °F), which is much lower than the emperor penguin's
average body temperature of 39 °C (102 °F). Emperor penguin adapts comfortably
to pressure and low oxygen pressure of up to 40 times that of the surface,
which in most other terrestrial organisms would cause barotraumas. The bones of
the penguin are solid rather than air-filled, which eliminates the risk of
mechanical barotraumas.
Emperor penguin is really famous. It appeared in movies, Life in the Freezer,
Planet Earth, Frozen Planet,. Happy Feet, Surf's Up and More than 30 countries
have depicted the bird on their stamps.
Bringing attention to the fact that these birds are under threats from
global warming and depletion of food sources by overfishing.
Bryn ArtNov 19, 2014+1
ReplyDeleteGreat painting. Global warming is also having a disastrous impact on the polar bear population in the northern arctic, their population numbers have been reduced by half. The ice flows they need to hunt on are not stable enough to stand on anymore so they can't get to their food supply.
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Phong TrinhNov 20, 2014+1
+Bryn Art I know...Dolphins turn up on our shore and died. Recently I saw them rescued in close by bay! ..I am trying to raise awareness but not despair, fear or anxiety, not to disturb even a baby. What would happen to us? I am learning how to... everyday!
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Bryn ArtNov 21, 2014+1
+Phong Trinh That's awful news, dolphins are the best. I'm glad to read that a bunch of people rescued some of them, it's good to know there are people out there that care.
Phong TrinhNov 22, 2014+1
+Bryn Art Do you know that Birds and Dolphins are the Kiwi (New Zelanders) Eiffel Tower! :-)
Bryn ArtNov 23, 2014+1
+Phong Trinh "Birds and dolphins are the Kiwi Eiffel Tower" I'm not exactly sure what this means. Does it mean that birds and dolphins are a tourist attraction in New Zealand?
Phong TrinhNov 23, 2014+1
+Bryn Art The Kiwi's Pride in their love of nature stands tall as the Eiffel in Paris. Not a tourist attraction as such because many do not want to use animals as commercial venture! Scenic is more of NZ attraction. Look at the movies made in NZ!
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Bryn ArtNov 24, 2014+1
Okay, I see what you mean. Yes they do have beautiful country down there. I think the lord of the rings series was filmed there and the scenery shots were fantastic.
Phong TrinhNov 24, 2014+1
+Bryn Art NZ's the big blue backyard! quirky raw and fresh. A small version of perhaps Canada!
Dalene DetzlerNov 19, 2014+1
ReplyDeleteBeautiful
Phong TrinhNov 20, 2014
+Dalene Detzler thank you!