IF: Adapt

Wolves are good at adapting to their surroundings.

IF: Hierarchy

In a female elephant gang, few animals bother the oldest and biggest of the group because they know she will not put up with any nonsense, according to a new study that found age and size determine wild female elephant hierarchies.

A clear dominance hierarchy probably mitigates this risk of injury .

For instance, if two female elephants both want to eat bark from the same tree branch, the subordinate elephant will simply back off because she knows that, if she were to challenge the other elephant, she would lose .

IF: Talisman

I have always heard that elephants are lucky,especially when their trunk is in the air.
I drew this with pencil, and colored it on the computer.

Illustration Friday : Instinct

The instinctive:

raccoon is a survivor , able to adapt to any environment. Equally at home in the woods or a garden shed, it relies on its keen senses to alert it to danger.
When a pursuer closes in, they seek refuge in trees, out of reach of the enemy.

IF: TIME

White Rabbit

from: Alice in Wonderland,

"Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!"

Sawblades my Mother painted

PAINTED SAWBLADES