Change here for Wassaic

today, they reside high in mountains in southwest and central asia, east africa, but their range used to expand throughout south europe. in europe in the 1800s-1930s, bearded vultures were rumored to eat children and lambs (hence the german name "lämmergeier" - lamb vulture), and as a result of this negative reputation, were hunted to extinction in the alps. there have been successful reintroduction programs for bearded vultures in europe, but altogether they are still classified as "near threatened" for the same reasons as many vultures - declining food resources and poisoned carcasses.

GOOD NIGHT

(x)

The Arabian Commission to the Peace Conference at Versailles and its advisors. Emir Feisal with, from left to right, Mohammed Rustum Bey Haidar of Baalbek, Brigadier General Nuri Pasha Said, Captain Rosario Pisani, T. E. Lawrence, Feisal’s servant and Captain Hassan Bey Kadri. 22nd January 1919. “The whole history of the Middle East in the half century between 1919 and 1969 is a history of the undoing of the work of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and the settlements made after the First World War.” — Jon Kimche, Swiss journalist and author

Weighing in at up to 700 pounds, the elk stands as one of the biggest deer species on earth. But don’t think that just because an elk is large that it’s slow. A mature bull can run as fast as 40 miles per hour – they’ve even been able to outrun horses in short races.