Nymphes myrmeleonoides
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The smooth newt, aka common newt, European newt, or northern smooth newt, can be found throughout Europe and portions of western Asia. They have also been introduced to Australia. These adaptable newts can tolerate a range of habitats like standing water with numerous weeds for breeding, such as lake margins, ponds, ditches, vernal pools (that have standing water for at least 3 months out of the year), deciduous woodlands, wet heathlands, bogs, marshes, gardens, parks, and even farmlands. Due to their abundant and stable populations, these critters are listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.
First the Stats...
Scientific name: Lissotriton vulgaris
Weight: Up to .183 ounce
Length: Up to 4.3 inches
Lifespan: Up to 14 years
Now on to the Facts!
1.) Even though they're listed as Least Concern, they do face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of logging and dam construction; hunting; trapping; and invasive species, which brings about predation, disease, competition for food, and interbreeding.
2.) Carl Linnaeus initially described these amphibians as a type of lizard.
3.) There are 5 additional species of smooth newt which were initially described as subspecies: the Greek smooth newt, caucasian smooth newt, Kosswig's smooth newt, Schmidtler's smooth newt, and the carpathian newt.
4.) Hybridization occurs between these species.
5.) These newts are predominantly nocturnal (active at night).
But wait, there's more on the smooth newt!
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Made with the Bing Image Creator, powered by DALL-E 3.
I think that AI image generation is similar in many ways to photography. The camera itself handles all the fine details, but the photographer is in charge of curating the types of images that will be created.
Ultimately, it is all about maximizing the probability that something good will be created.
This is very similar to AI image generation, in terms of the skills involved and what the human does vs. what the machine does.
You can't compare AI image generation to the process of actually making these images from scratch with 3D software or paint/pencils, where the human controls every detail.
However, I think the process really is very similar to that of photography, as I made the case for above.
- Josh