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Filming Tigers in the Wild
Are tigers protective of cubs, as are bears, so being too close would be dangerous?
Also, are drones allowed for aerial photographs and getting over inaccessible areas? The noise could disturb the tigers and any other animals, so perhaps they ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/04/2021
History of Iron Works
Historical events are better recorded in Europe than in India, and chronological overlaps are in a haze here.!
pateluday, on 10/04/2021
History of Iron Works
Quite correct, but there was a period when technologies overlapped. In Britain bronze was an elite alloy so ordinary people used stone weapons. Iron is easier to handle than bronze is, so became the metal of choice, but flint tools continued to ...
frankbeswick, on 10/03/2021
Let's Go Birding
Birding is a healthy recreation and creates interest in conservation among the people. I have been birding for many years as a nature guide. I get little time now but thanks for this wonderful page.
https://indian-birds-guide.blogspot.com/
pateluday, on 10/02/2021
History of Iron Works
Yes true but I believe as soon use of metals became popular wood was used as support may to make a base or handle of swords and daggers etc.
pateluday, on 10/01/2021
History of Iron Works
Archaeological evidence of wooden weapons is hard to find, as wood decays, whereas metal is more durable.
frankbeswick, on 10/01/2021
British Bullion Worth Consideration
The British queen has been aged in the effigies used, and we are now in, I believe, the fifth effigy. This is unique in that she has had such a long reign. Not every country has a monarch, and the ones that do have a monarch with a much ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/01/2021
British Bullion Worth Consideration
blackspanielgallery, Thank you for practical information, pretty pictures and product lines.
Are other mints whose countries are monarchical aging their sovereigns like the Brit Mint does with the lines around the corners of the mouth and around ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/30/2021
History of Iron Works
Tribals in India do use bows and arrows made of wood. So wooden weapons may have been common in the country, but widespread mention is not there. Thanks for the information.
pateluday, on 09/27/2021
History of Iron Works
Weapons made of wood were used in the British Isles. One version of the King Arthur legend [500 CE] has Arthur being killed with a spear made of ash wood, a wood that made hard, sharp spears.
frankbeswick, on 09/23/2021
History of Iron Works
Iron age was between 1300 TO 300 bc Post-Harappan Period in India. Wood was used in conjunction with metal but there is no record of weapons made entirely of wood. But wooden artifacts have been used all over the world since prehistoric times. ...
pateluday, on 09/23/2021
Facing Chronic Illness in a Christian Way
Trying to see my health issues in perspective was made easier by an email from a friend telling me that he is dying of cancer. At my ailment does not kill.
frankbeswick, on 09/22/2021
Cruising to Shetland
Derdriu, the ponies were taken down the mine to pull coal waggons.
frankbeswick, on 09/21/2021
Cruising to Shetland
Orcadians consider themselves Brits of Norwegian descent.
The photo was taken by a member of the crew.
Small bushes can survive in these northern isles, particularly in sheltered gardens. It is the same with shrubs. I saw no vines. I imagine ...
frankbeswick, on 09/21/2021
Cruising to Shetland
Also, people from Orkneys are known as Orcadians here.
Veronica, on 09/20/2021