13820458 - The American Southwest is famous for its dramatic scenery and aboriginal art. Petroglyphs abound on canyon walls and rock faces, and they date back in antiquity for hundreds and even thousands of years. They are not as ancient as the stone formations, but are a historical record of native artistry and communication.71325252 - Young northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, tangled in a nylon rope, and dragging grimly behind her a string of nets, cables, and fishing wires. Is doomed to die of hunger or to infect the wound in the neck. Hundreds of thousands of marine animals (fish, reptiles, birds and mammals) die every year in abandoned fishing gear in the ocean; cables, ghost nets, fishing lines, etc. Some of them die of drowning, others of hunger, because they are unable to feed themselves and others suffer from infected wounds. It is difficult for animals to defend themselves against these modern dangers for which 71325251 - California sea lion, Zalophus californianus, with nylon strings wrapped around his neck that caused him a deep wound. Hundreds of thousands of marine animals (fish, reptiles, birds and mammals) die every year in abandoned fishing gear in the ocean; cables, ghost nets, fishing lines, etc. Some of them die of drowning, others of hunger, because they are unable to feed themselves and others suffer from infected wounds. It is difficult for animals to defend themselves against these modern dangers for which evolution has not had time to prepare them. USA
