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Palaemonias ganteri

Pekania pennanti

Predatory salamander: Neotenic or paedomorphic adult pacific giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) ingesting a signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus). Salamanders are aggressive predators and will attack and eat various large prey. Photographed in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.

gopher tortoise by Michael Durham Via Flickr: A gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) emerging from its burrow in Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida.

#Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve #burrow #burrowing animal #burrowing reptile #florida #gopher tortoise #reptile #tortoise

Plethodon dunni by Michael Durham Via Flickr: Dunn's salamander (Plethodon dunni) photographed at night in the rain near Mt. Defiance in the Columbia River Gorge, OR.

#Dunn's Salamander #Plethodon dunni #amphibian #night forest #nocturnal #nocturnal forest #salamander

Alligator mississippiensis by Michael Durham Via Flickr: An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) hidden in pond weed, Florida.

#Alligator mississippiensi #American alligator #camouflage #florida #hidden #hidden monster #reptile #swamp gator #water creature #water monster #water reptile

Jumping Spider by Michael Durham Via Flickr: Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) captured in mid-jump with a high-speed camera. © Michael Durham / www.Durmphoto.com.

#Bold Jumping Spider #Phidippus audax #high-speed insect photography #hunting spider #jump #jumping #jumping spider #leap #leaping spider #predacious spider #spider jump

Pseudomasaris vespoides by Michael Durham Via Flickr: A pollen wasp (Pseudomasaris vespoides) with Lemhi Penstemon (Penstemon lemhiensis) flowers. Evidence suggests that the wasp co-evolved with the penstemon to pollinate the plant. Photographed via permit at Big Hole National Battlefield, Montana.

#Lemhi penstemon #Penstemon lemhiensis #Pseudomasaris vespoides #co-evolution #pollen wasp #pollination #yellow jacket mimic

Juvenile Herons by Michael Durham Via Flickr: A pair of juvenile great blue herons wait in the nest at Wakodahatchee wetlands, Florida.

#Annona glabra #Wakodahatchee wetlands #ardea herodias #bird #florida #great blue heron #juvenile bird #nest #young bird

mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) by Michael Durham Via Flickr: A mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) at the Big Hole River, Montana. Photographed via permit at Big Hole National Battlefield.

#Big Hole River #Odocoileus hemionus #deer #dusk #mule deer #stream crossing

Townsend's big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) by Michael Durham Via Flickr: Two Townsend's big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii) fly into a cave in part of the Big Lava Bed, in the Gifford-Pinchot National Forest, Washington.

#Corynorhinus townsendii #Gifford-Pinchot National Forest #big lava bed #cave #cave entrance #night creature #night forest #townsend's big-eared bat #vesper bat

Gator by Michael Durham Via Flickr: American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in Everglades National Park, Florida.

#Alligator mississippiensis #American alligator #everglades national park #florida #gator #pond #reptile #swamp

Via Flickr: Male eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis), Photographed near the Conasauga River in the Chattahoochee-Oconee Natonal Forest, Georgia.

#Chattahoochee National Forest #Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest #Georgia #Lasiurus borealis #bat #bats #eastern red bat #night #nocturnal #red bat

Flying Beetle on Flickr.

A burying beetle (Nicrophorus defodiens) in flight. Cascade Head Preserve, Oregon Coast.

#Nicrophorus defodiens #beetle #burying beetle #carrion beetle #cascade head #cascade head preserve #coastal headland #flying beetle #insect flight #nature conservancy #sexton beetle

red-knobbed starfish (Protoreaster linckii) on Flickr.

Via Flickr: red-knobbed starfish (Protoreaster linckii) photographed on the coast near Mombasa, Kenya.

#Protoreaster linckii #africa tourism #african starfish #colorful starfish #guide #red-knobbed starfish #star fish

Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) on Flickr.

Via Flickr: A Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) at the Chipangali Wildlife Orphange, Zimbabwe. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com

#Chipangali wildlife orphange #Common Warthog #Phacochoerus africanus #Zimbabwe #african pig #pig family #warthog #wild pig

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