yesterday i learned about the scheming Heliconia species which has a slot machine pay-off way of doing business -- some slots on the flower have extra sugar, most have none, it keeps the hummingbirds hooked on coming back in hopes of a big pay off...same psychology that gets humans hooked on slot machines & lotteries...
see how he spins? he's thinking, "this is the one, I am SO due"
#AnimalBehavior #Hummingbird #Bird #Heliconia #Nature #Psychology #BirdsOfMastodon #Neotropics
Barbados March, 1970.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)
Toni Frissell Photograph Collection
The Toni Frissell photograph collection consists of black and white and color photographs taken by photographer Toni Frissell from 1970 to the present.
Biographical information on Toni Frissell is not available, however it can be found at the library of Congress website https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/coll.090
The collection is primarily based in New York City but locations are mentioned within the photograph captions and descriptions.
Title: The title of this collection is not specified but it can be found on individual items by searching their metadata.
Date: 1970
Keywords: Toni Frissell, photographer, Toni Frissell Photograph Collection
#Barbados #ToniFrissell #Congress #NewYorkCity #Heliconia #ToniFrissell’s #American #Frissell #barbados #photography
Unique Egg-Laying Behavior Re-Discovered in #Culex Mosquito Species https://entomologytoday.org/2025/10/16/unique-egg-laying-behavior-rediscovered-culex-antillummagnorum-mosquito/
"I began hiking out at dusk, night after night, to sit and observe the same cluster of #Heliconia... included in the article is the recording of an entirely new egg-laying method in any known #mosquito species. We call it barrage oviposition: females perch just above the water’s surface and fire eggs directly from the abdomen into the bract below."
🌿🔥 Meet the Parakeet Flower! 🔥🌿
This tropical (Heliconia psittacorum) brings vibrant orange & yellow blooms that hummingbirds can’t resist!
RT if you love exotic plants! 🌺👇https://www.cernunnosfoundation.com/uncategorized/heliconia-psittacorum/ #Heliconia #TropicalVibes #GardenGoals #BotanyLovers
Estas son las novedades de la Editorial Minotauro para el mes de Abril
https://powerups.es/estas-son-las-novedades-de-la-editorial-minotauro-para-el-mes-de-abril/
#Noticias #Random #EdicionesMinotauro #ElSeorDeLosAnillos #Heliconia #Tolkien #Warhammer
"A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction".
#extinction #tropical #heliconia
A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for their bright, beak-shaped flowers, are threatened with extinction.
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