.jpg)
Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated short film by American cartoonistWinsor McCay. He first used the film before audiences as an interactive part of hisvaudeville act: the frisky, childlikedinosaur Gertie did tricks at his command. His employer, magnateWilliam Randolph Hearst, later curtailed McCay's vaudeville activities, so McCay added a live-action introductory sequence to the film for its theatrical release.Gertie was the first film to use animation techniques such askeyframes,registration marks, tracing paper, theMutoscope action viewer, andanimation loops, and the first tofeature a dinosaur.Gertie influenced the next generation of animators, including theFleischer brothers,Otto Messmer,Paul Terry, andWalt Disney. McCay abandoned a sequel,Gertie on Tour, around 1921 after producing about a minute of footage.Gertie is the best preserved of his films—others are lost or in fragments—and has been preserved in the USNational Film Registry. (Full article...)
March 24:Night of Power (Shia Islam, 2025);World Tuberculosis Day
The second generation of thePokémon franchise features 100 fictional species of creatures introduced to thecore video game series in theGame Boy Color gamesPokémon Gold andSilver. In these games and their sequels, the player assumes the role of a Trainer whose goal is to capture and use the creatures' special abilities to combat other Pokémon. The generation was unveiled at the beginning ofNintendo Space World 1997, withGold andSilver first released in November 1999.Pokémon Gold andSilver take place in Johto, which is based on theKansai region of Japan. Due to the games acting as a sequel to thefirst generation, the Pokémon designs of the second generation share a strong association with those from the first. Many designs of unused Pokémon forGold andSilver have surfaced online in the years following its release. (Full list...)
_head.JPG) | Thehyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) is aparrot in the familyPsittacidae, native to central and eastern South America. With a length of around 1 metre (3 feet), it is longer than any other species of parrot. It is also the largestmacaw and the largest flying parrot species. The hyacinth macaw mostly nests inmanduvi trees; these trees rely on thetoco toucan for the majority of their distribution of seeds, but that bird also feeds on a sizeable proportion of the hyacinth macaw's eggs. Habitat loss and the trapping of wild birds for the pet trade have taken a heavy toll on their population in the wild, so the species is classified asvulnerable on theIUCN Red List. This hyacinth macaw eating a nut was photographed by theRio Negro, a river in thePantanal in southwestern Brazil. Photograph credit:Charles J. Sharp Recently featured: |
Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by theWikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteerprojects:
This Wikipedia is written inEnglish. Manyother Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.