[bestia-caseus]

url is literally just beast(/animal) and cheese in Latin

I usually go by Cheese online, hence the username lol

My photos/posts: #cheese photos / #cheese album

FUCK OFF: TERFs, zionists/pro-Israel, pro-A.I., darkship, and radqueers/propara. Y'all suck. ✌️

[inatcats]

Southern and Eastern African Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus ssp. jubatus)

Observed by karbonara7, CC BY-NC

[inatungulates]

Lowland bongo Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus

Observed by robinfjellstrom, CC BY-NC

[herpsandbirds]

I'm curious are there any herps/avians/fish/inverts you've seen that have just made you go "wow you really take things to the extreme" or "whoa that's crazy"? Like just shocking to you in colours or adornments or behaviours etc.

Okay, one of these i show a lot but i remember cackling and gasping the first time i saw the first one...

Secret Toadhead Agama (Phrynocephalus mystaceus), defensive display, family Agamidae, found in found in Iran, North Afghanistan, Eastern Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

photograph by Milan Zygmunt & Antoshin Konstantin

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Also, the chicks of the Cinereous Mourner, which has a chick that mimics venomous puss moth caterpillars…

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Have you seen this motherfucker?!?!

Golden-tailed Gecko, Strophurus taenicauda, family Diplodactylidae, SE Queensland, Australia

photograph by Rob Valentic

Check out the Golden-tailed Gecko’s (Strophurus taenicauda) Threat display in slow motion. When under attack this Gecko has an incredible way of deterring predators. They open their mouths to show a blacky blue lining as a warning to stay back, just as the black mamba does. As you can see the beautiful golden tail is lifted like a scorpion and is able to squirt out a foul smelling and sticky liquid if the predator comes any closer making this one of the coolest geckos on the planet!

[herpsandbirds]

Wonder if you've got any pictures of the wild versions of herps, birds, fish, etc. that are also well-known pets

on that note: I'm not sure why I was shocked when I learned that wild ball pythons live in Africa but I was lol

Here are some common pet herps, photographed in the wild!

Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius), family Eublepharidae, Iran

photograph by Daniel Castillo

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana), family Iguanidae, Curaçao

The Green Iguana is invasive in other parts of the Caribbean, but is native on the more southern islands, like Curucao.

photograph by Ralf Pütz

Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps), family Agamidae, found in eastern-central Australia

photographs: Chris Lindorff, Max Tibby, & Lewis

Ball Python (Python regius), family Pythonidae, Togo (West Africa)

photograph by Living Zoology

Corn Snake aka Red Rat Snake (Pantherophis guttatus), small/young adult, family Colubridae, Florida, USA

photograph by Armin Meier

Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus), 12.5 ft long, family Pythonidae, western Thailand

photograph by Mike Pingleton

Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius), male, family Testudinidae, Brazil

photographs by Maël Dewynter

Russian Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii), family Testudinidae, Kazakhstan

Vulnerable.

photograph by Yuriy75

[dogfancier]

Ch Greta of the Arctic, samoyed owned by Miss M. Keyte-Perry, Surrey, 1937

[all-mammal-creechur]

Tibetan Argali Ovis ammon hodgsoni

A subspecies of argali, mountain sheep, found across India, Nepal, Bhutan and China. In Tibet, the argali must regularly compete with other grazing species for pasture, including Tibetan antelope, bharal, Thorold's deer and wild yaks. Competition is most serious with livestock, especially domestic yaks and domestic sheep, with which argali are frequently forced to intermingle and from which they often catch diseases and parasites.

image by Vivek Menon

[herpsandbirds]

Tree Snail (Zoniferella sp.), family Achatinidae, Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador

photograph by Nick Volpe

[herpsandbirds]

Western Lesser Siren (Siren intermedia nettingi), family Sirenidae, found int he South-central U.S.

This eel-like aquatic salamander retains its gills.

They have only 2 tiny front limbs.

They grow to a length of up to 69 cm (27 in).

photograph by Yinan Li

[herpsandbirds]

Pseudodirphia menander, family Saturniidae, Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador

This moth, in the silk moth family, does not have a common name in English.

photograph by Nick Volpe

[herpsandbirds]

Handmaiden Moth (Amata cyssea), mating, family Erebidae, Karnataka, India

photograph by Pankaja MC

[herpsandbirds]

Rufous-fronted Bushtit (Aegithalos iouschistos), family Aegithalidae, order Passeriformes, India

photograph by Kamlesh Mirkale

[inatcats]

African Leopard (Panthera pardus ssp. pardus)

Observed by hectorbintanel, CC BY-NC

[inatungulates]

Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus

Observed by sohaildatadump, CC BY-NC

[snototter]

An Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii)

by Anne-Marie Kalus

[jetix]

2012-07-15

[all-mammal-creechur]

Red Silky Anteater Cyclopes rufus

This species is endemic to eastern Brazil, where it occurs in the western Amazon basin, between the Rio Madeira and Rio Aripuanã. It is probably affected by deforestation of its habitat.

image by Vincent A. Vos