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By: Yamil Saenz

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Photographer	Yamil Saenz {Karma:12434}
Project	#56 Wildlife and Insects	Camera Model	Canon EOS 20 D
Categories	From The Field Wildlife Nature	Film Format
Portfolio	Ducks Best images Shoreline and San Antonio Rd	Lens	Canon 400 mm
Uploaded	2/16/2007	Film / Memory Type	Digital
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Critiques	2	Rating	Pending / 1 Ratings
Location	City - Mountain View State - CA Country - United States
About	I did a search about the meaning of the word Bucephala and found something very interesting. Bucephala was a city founded by Alexander the Great and named in honor of his horse, Bucephalus. Bucephala lay on the west bank of the Hydaspes river. Bucephalus died during, or shortly after, the Battle of the Hydaspes, in 326 BC. Some versions say that he was killed in the battle, other versions say that he died afterwards, either of wounds or natural causes, at the great age of 30. Such was Alexander’s grief at the loss of his horse that he had the city founded around Bucephalus’ tomb. Now, what the heck were the taxonomist thinking when they decided to name this little fella with such an unrelated word?

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David Rodriguez {K:11965} 2/16/2007

Excelente foto! los colores y la definicion es genial. Buena captura Yamil

Dave Stacey

{K:150877} 2/16/2007

Who knows why they name them like that, Yamil? He was probably working on his kid's homework assignment at the time! Great shot though, no matter what the name!
Dave.

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