Club Q Q107-Loyalty Club (Southern ON Only) v4

[kenrod]

Happy Mothers Day fellow Canucks!

[ecat444]

Patience is a virtue, especially when it comes to being a cheetah mom. At any given time, females usually have four to six cubs to care for, but these kids aren't born with survival instincts. It's up to mom to teach them how to hunt prey and avoid other predators, and this training can take nearly two years to sink in and stick. Once the cubs learn to fend for themselves, Mom moves on to start a new family, while her offspring left behind form a sibling or "sib" group. The boys will stay together for life, but the females will leave the group six months or so later, as they tend to be solitary and avoid each other. Ladies, ladies, ladies — can't we just all get along?


Cheetah

[ecat444]

The highly intelligent orangutan is the ultimate do-it-yourself mom. She spends nearly all her life high up in the trees, where she builds a new nest every single night from branches and foliage, fashioning more than 30,000 homes in her lifetime! She also never puts her babies down, generally nursing offspring until they reach the age or 6 or 7 — that's the longest dependence of any animal on Earth. For the most part, males come around only to mate, and even the baby boys break away more quickly from their mothers than their female counterparts, who often stay longer to learn child-rearing skills. Orangutan Home Ec, anyone?
Orangutan

[ecat444]

This a woman who is large and in charge, as the female elephant seal generally weighs in at up to 1,700 pounds! However, that's nothing compared to her male suitor, who is usually four times her size (and tends to get around town if you get the drift). Once pregnant, these moms-to-be immediately start to bulk up even more, putting on additional weight during every day of the 11-month gestation period. However, after giving birth, she'll drop about 600 pounds while nursing her cubs in less than a month — sort of like all those Hollywood celebrity moms who get their shape back in a ridiculously short period of time (though that might have something to do with personal trainers and regimented meals as well).
Elephant Seal

[The Jester]

Beauty track from Stephen Stills "Manassas" album (never heard it before until today on Sirius/Xm)
Just perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon

https://youtu.be/thdSORQn0eY

[ecat444]

Octopus



When it comes to having babies, the female octopus doesn't mess around — she lays over 50,000 eggs, and that's without any fertility drugs! It takes around 40 days for the eggs to develop before hatching, and the mom stays close to them the entire time, protecting them from predators while gently blowing currents of water over them to provide oxygen. But playing bodyguard to the eggs also prohibits her from hunting for herself, so what's a mom to do? Well let's see — with eight arms, surely that's more than any octopus really needs, so what's the harm in eating one? Pass the salt and pepper, please.

[ecat444]

Sure, she may be just a small aquatic crustacean, but the female sea louse is No. 1 on our list and here's why. First, she's lured by the male into his bachelor burrow for mating where — surprise! — she discovers that she's actually in a harem with 25 other pregnant females! If that wasn't bad enough, once the babies are ready to be born, they make their way into the world by eating her from the inside out. Worst. Childbirth. Ever.
Sea Louse

[ecat444]

Heading over to the Hot House for a dinner buffet.

Have a good night everyone!

[the H team]

Hope everyone had a great day. mine was pretty productive. got the laundry done & dried on the line before the t-storms came. was able to cut my field of dandelions, so my grass is green instead of yellow & weed wack the ditches & enjoy some chilaxing time on the deck with a cold bevy. now with the rain, i'm inside getting my lunches made for the week. will bee BBQing some lamb chops & veggies for dinner tonight.

[The Jester]

https://youtu.be/XbBOS7HosaY

Renaissance: The incomparable Annie Haslam and band- including a guitar solo from one of Wishbone Ash’s guitarist who guested on this one track “Ashes are Burning”

[The Jester]

Traffic: “Crying to be heard”
Written by Dave Mason whose birthday is today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbDA7bkhe8Q

[The Jester]

And Wishbone Ash - "Handy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNJqVW2L5is

[dededi]

1 Member (me) and 11 guest, it looks like I will have to enjoy this by myself.

[the H team]

I have my glass too.

[Lee03]

Thought of you ecat when I saw this....

http://www.pawmygosh.com/mama-and-pups/