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[davejonhson6]

Hi Dave is this real are you really helping out people in need?

This is a real and legit, I decide to help people and you were randomly selected as a winner and it's not a must you claim it, l was once a truck driver, I drove truck for Iberia foods and I know how hard life was then and suddenly Got change my life with a huge of money which is $298.3 million dollars and I am trying to help people with some of it. Is it bad idea to help people?

[dogfg2]

Not it all. I was randomly selected O my good really?

[rhamphotheca]

great white sharks of the southern coast of africa regularly fly out of the water while attacking prey like this baby cape fur seal.

[theanimalblog]

(via National Geographic)

[rhamphotheca]

Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)

Found in Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo, it is a large cuckoo measuring up to 49 cm (19 in) with grey and dark green upperparts and chestnut underparts, and a large curved pale upper mandible. The male and female are similar in plumage. Unlike many cuckoos, it builds its nest and raises its own young… (read more: Wikipedia)

(photo: Evan Parker)

[magicalnaturetour]

[rhamphotheca]

Redtail Catfish (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus)

… a pimelodid (long-whiskered) catfish named for its red or orange caudal fin. In Venezuela it is known as cajaro and in Brazil. It is the only extant species of the genus Phractocephalus. This fish originates from South America.  Despite reaching a large size, this fish is a common aquarium fish. The redtail catfish is native to the Amazon, Orinoco, and Essequibo river basins of South America. It is found only in fresh water…

(read more: Wikipedia)   (photo: Monika Betley)

[woodendreams]

(by jasontheaker)

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[rhamphotheca]

A Great Tinamou (Tinamus major), the largest of the Tinamous, walks on the rainforest floor, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

* All tinamous are from the family Tinamidae, and are the closest living relatives of the ratites (large flightless birds like ostriches and cassowaries). Unlike ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds… (wikpedia)

(photo: Roy Toft | National Geo)

[ichthyologist-2]

The lures of the female deep sea anglerfish (male anglerfish have no luminous organs) is much more elaborate than the lure of the shallow water species and in addition bioluminescence is used to attract the prey in the dark. The lures are modified dorsal fins and contain luminous bacteria which produce a bluish, greenish light. The light and movement of the lure attract the prey to within reach of the gaping jaws. The anglerfish Cryptopsaras can slide the rod part of the apparatus back into a groove, drawing the lure and prey closer to the mouth. It can rotate the lure tip and produce a flash from it as well as a glow. All this is controlled by enzymes and the contraction of chromatophores.

Theodore W. Pietsch and Christopher P. Kenaley

[scientificillustration]

[rhamphotheca]

scientificillustration: Dryophis fulgidus

* now known as Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus)

(n126_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr)

[rhamphotheca]

Green vine snake (Oxybelis fulgidus), Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

* rear-fanged venomous arboreal snake, found in central and south america. up to 1.5 m in length, only 2 cm thick.

(photo: Geoff Gallice)

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(by AnnBuster)

[sea-scientist-blog]

Ever seen a fish attached to a shark or a manta ray while they’re swimming about?

Well, these are Remoras. They have an organ on top of their head which allows them to attach to larger fish like sharks and rays to hitch rides and feed of its parasites and waste. Pretty cool adaption. 

[constantsomething]

[dogfg2]

Yes blow me

[woodendreams]

(by Ranga 1)

[mothernaturenetwork]

If you’re a hungry bird in western Malaysia, good luck finding any common baron caterpillars. Plenty of other butterfly larvae blend in with local plants, but few can vanish into vegetation like the baron.   Baron caterpillars evolved their elaborate shapes and colors for that single purpose: hiding from predators. This boosts their odds of becoming common baron butterflies, and therefore reproducing. Native to India and Southeast Asia, barons often feed on the leaves of mango trees, like this one in a Kuala Lumpur garden. 14 amazing camouflaged animals