Run

In her attempt to run from her pursuer, Daphne turns back, horror-stricken as she feels the hand of Apollo. She is unaware of the simultaneous transformation. Apollo, however, notices with amazement the transformation at the very moment when he seemed to be sure of his victim; but his body has not had the time to react and he is still chasing what he suddenly sees to be unatainable.

Match

Courtship among dragonflies can be a tumultuous, fiery process. Competition among males is extremely high and no-one more than the females bear the brunt of this heat. Swirling to and fro, submerging into the water, zig-zagging among the reeds, a female will make this "chase" a true challenge for her male counterpart. Here, the male clasps onto the female, keeping close guard of from fellow competitors during the process of egg-laying.

It is not uncommon for females to drown as a result of this conflagrate courtship.

Play

Those unwilling to risk moving from their safe little worlds run a great chance of failing.

The pleasure of risk is in the control needed to ride it with assurance so that what appears dangerous to the outsider is, to the participant, simply a matter of intelligence, skill, intuition, coordination - in a word, experience. Climbing, in particular, is a paradoxically intellectual pastime, but with this difference: you have to think with your body. Every move has to be worked out in terms of effort, balance and consequences. It is like playing chess with your body. If I make a mistake, the consequences are immediate, obvious, embarrassing and possibly painful. For a brief period, I am directly responsible for my actions. In that beautiful, silent world of the mountains, it seems to me worth a little risk.

Capture

As is usually the case in nature, the American White Pelican's beauty of form stems from roots of plain function. The pouched beak is designed exquisitely to capture: a 3-gallon pouch can easily hold a large fish, which will be amazingly guzzled whole.

Clean

Make one wrong move, he may scar your face. If you do not respect him, he will rip your arm clean-off!