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Spotted Garden Eel (Heteroconger hassi)

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Green Milkweed Locust (Phymateus leprosus)

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This species stores toxic sap from the milkweed family in its body and can release an unpleasant protective foam when disturbed. Ingesting this foam can be harmful to humans and other animals. (They don't taste like monster energy.)

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Wallcreeper

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Snails in the genus Julia have a bivalved shell, like a clam!

Even though they have a clam like shell, with 2 sections, they are in fact snails (class Gastropoda). They are marine snails, found throughout the Ino-Pacific. There are 6 species which are various shades of green. Julia are tiny, only reaching a length of up to 6 mm long. They feed on algae, and incorporate the chloroplasts from the algae into their bodies. Some of the chloroplasts remain photosynthetic, and the snails are able to feed on the products of this photosynthesis. This process is called kleptoplasty.

Photos: Julia sp. from Australia  - profmollusc | Inaturalist cc; Julia exquisita from Reuinion Island - Alexandre LaPorte | Wikipedia cc

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Calico American lobster (Homarus americanus) [x]

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Lanternfly (Pyrops connectens) at Khao Sok National Park in Thailand

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Dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) playing off the coast of Kaikoura, New Zealand

Michael S. Fuhrer (Feather as a Light)

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Crabs

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Striped Eel Catfish (by David Doubilet)

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Wasp-mimic tiger moth, Gymnelia nomia, Arctiini, Erebidae

Photographed in Ecuador by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

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Wood Lizard (Enyalioides binzayedi) -

Found only in the Cordillera Azul National Park of Peru, this little lizard was discovered first in 2010.  

They can grow up to about 12 inches and both sexes have dorsal spikes on the neck.  The males (top and bottom right) have bright green and black patterning while the females (bottom left) are brown.  Juveniles are also a dull brown color.  Other wood lizards don’t have the prominent dorsal spikes.

Photos: (top) (bottom left) (bottom right)

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Gasflame nudibranch (Bonisa nakaza)

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by Eugenijus Kavaliauskas

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Coquito - Pastel aby (Boa impreator)