Animals Rule

Twenty Nature Conservation Thoughts

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spectacled eider

(photo by wikimedia)

[astronomy-to-zoology]

New Zealand giraffe beetle (Lasiorynchus barbicornis)

is a long species of straight-snouted weevil found exclusively in New Zealand. this species of weevil is special as is the longest species in the world, with males reaching 85mm long and females 45mm long. Most of their length comes from their extremely long neck, thus the name giraffe, their Maori name (tuwhaipapa) on the other hand, comes from the Maori god of newly made canoes. they exhibit minimal amounts of sexual dimorphism as well, as males have a protrusion on the end of their head with antennae on the tip, but on the females they have a much smaller protrusion with antennae halfway through.

Phylogeny:

Animalia-Arthropoda-Insecta-Coleoptera-Curculionoidae-Brentidae-Lasiorhynchus-barbicornis

Source, Source

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these photos are bonkers

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photo by Dmitri1999

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Yak (Bos grunniens) photo by travelwayoflife

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[rhamphotheca]

Periphyton Community

The periphyton community (sessile organisms that live attached to surfaces projecting from the bottom of freshwater aquatic environments) in Lake Hovsgol contains hundreds of diatom species. Diatoms are a large group of microscopic algae that grow as single cells or small colonies. This sample was taken as part of a Mongolian-American international partnership to survey the diatom flora of Hovsgol National Park in north-central Mongolia.

(Via: Live Science)      (photo: Mark B. Edlund, Ph.D.)

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Gray wolf (Canis lupus) photo by dalliedee

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Congregation of harvestmen (Opiliones) Photo by Luis Fernandez Garcia

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FOLLOWERS: it's been a crazy semester, but I will get back to posting more regularly soon

Thanks for sticking around!

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Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) photo by Lauri Vain 

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Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) photo by Bob Fabry 

[coffeenuts]

Male Bearded Tit head-on by Rivertay on Flickr.

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Cedar waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) passing a berry photo by Minette Layne

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Went birding at Washington Crossing State Park this morning!

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Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) photo by Ken Billington 

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photo by Sarah M Stewart

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The Mediterranean Black Widow or Steppe Spider, is a species of widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus. It is commonly found throughout the Mediterranean region, ranging from Spain to southwest and central Asia, hence the name.L. tredecimguttatus is black in color, similar to most other widow species, and is identified by the thirteen spots which are found on its dorsal abdomen. These spots are usually red in colour, but may also be yellow or orange. L. tredecimguttatus has a painful bite that is fatal in rare cases. (Wiki)