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Cueva de las Golondrinas / Cave of Swallows, Mexico

The Cave of Swallows, also called Cave of the Swallows is an enormous pit cave situated in a rainforest in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The low point of the entrance provides a 1094 feet (333 m) freefall drop to the bottom of the cave while the high point provides a 1220 feet (372 m) freefall drop. The cave is known by the native name of Sótano de las Golondrinas, which means Basement of the Swallows, because of the large number of birds living in holes in the cave's walls. To free themselves from the cave, the birds fly in circles around the cave, gradually flying upwards until they are able to reach the surface and the sky.

 

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The ancient city of Petra, Jordan

 

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woow thy r amazing..

 

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thnx for sharing mchng +rep added!!

 

[Zodiac]

Nice sharing

 

[Rovin]

Maxxa bro

 

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Serengeti, Tanzania

 

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Taj Mahal, India

 

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Hoher Dachstein and Vorderer Gosausee, Salzkammergut, Austria

 

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Taipei 101, Taiwan

 

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A Humpback Whale, somewhere in the ocean

Imagine a 4-metre-wide mouth coming out of the water. With its 40-ton enormous body, the Humpback Whale is able to swallow a ton of water and thousands of fish in just one gulp.
Humpback whales feed on invertebrates and fish. Every summer, they use to swim in cold seas and they suddenly jump out of the water, mouths agape.
During a feeding unge, the whale's throat expands tremendously. This expansion is aided by throat pleats, or folds, which open up, accordionlike, to as far back as the navel. The whale closes its mouth around tons of water and prey and then pushes the water out through about 300 baleen plates that hang from the upper jaw and act as a sieve.
The Humpback has the most diverse repertoire of feeding methods of all baleen whales. Its most inventive technique is known as bubble net fishing: a group of whales blows bubbles while swimming to create a visual barrier against fish, while one or more whales in the group make vocalizations that drive the fish against the wall. The bubble wall is then closed, encircling the fish, which are confined in an ever-tighter area. It is one of the more spectacular acts of collaboration among marine mammals.
As the whales approach the surface, they open their mouths wide and aspirate from their blowholes. As humpbacks open their mouths, their jaws are able to "unhinge" and extend to create a larger area for consuming prey. The frightened prey turn, once again toward the surface of the water and are in perfect position to be consumed by a big gulp of water and prey as the whales break through the surface of the water in an awsome spectacle of whales exploding out of the water.
Evidence suggests that there is one whale that blows the bubbles that manipulate the prey. The responsibility of that whale is to produce a curtain of ascending bubbles that create a wall through which the school of fish will not pass.

Finally, a video you must see:

 

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Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

 

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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA

 

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Mount Titlis, Urner Alps, Engelberg, Switzerland

 

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Perito Moreno Glacier, Patagonia, Argentina

 

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Buffaloes, Kruger National Park, South Africa

 

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Banaue Rice Terraces, Ifugao, Philippines

 

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Mount Cook, New Zealand

 

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Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska

 

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Tadrart Acacus, Libya