You may have heard of whale falls - when the behemoths decompose at the bottom of the ocean they sustain life for decades. Now meet elephant fall - an equally poignant story of life after death
Me for BBC #Wildlfe
#science 🧪
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A Cape ormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis) from a pelagic South of #CapeTown #SouthAfrica on the 25th October 2015 #Wildlfe #Photography #Seabirds
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A great shearwater (Ardenna gravis) cruises by from a pelagic South of #CapeTown #SouthAfrica on the 25th October 2015 #Wildlfe #Photography #Seabirds
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An adult Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) at #Radipole, #Weymouth, #Dorset on the 4th March 2018. #DirtyTwitching #Seabirds #Wildlfe #Photography
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A pen and ink of the black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) at #Bempton July 2021 #Seabirds #Wildlfe #Art
It is now at dahaawatsness.co.uk guesthouse, #Shetland
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Who doesn't love a Glasgow Roll??
#Glasgow
#wildlfe
#gardens

This is how you do it. The Elk has the right away, always. Stay in your car and take your video or pictures. #bullelk #wildlfe

Hartlaub's Gull (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii) at Strandfontein #SouthAfrica on 28th October 2012. Half of the World's population lives at #CapeTown #Wildlfe #Photography
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