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Macro Pictures of Peacock Feathers

Canadian photographer Waldo Nell got interested in the iridescent and delicate details of peacocks’ feathers. Thanks to a Olympus BX 53 microscope, he captured hundreds of pictures showing these fascinating feathers, seen from very close. The quality of this microscope gives the impression to look at jewelry or necklaces’ braids. Source:fubiz

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Jumping Spider Hyllus Giganteus

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“Do you want I jump now?”

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closely related to sharks but with long, flat bodies and wing-like pectoral fins, mobula rays are ideally suited to swooping through the water - here off the gulf of california - yet seem equally at home in the air, so much so that they have earned the name “flying rays”. mobula rays can reach heights of more than two metres, remaining airborne for several seconds.

mobula rays are quite elusive and difficult to study, so biologists are not quite sure why they jump out of the water. theories vary from a means of communication, to a mating ritual (though both males and females jump), or as a way to shed themselves of parasites. they could also be jumping as a way of better corralling their pray, as seen with them swimming in a circular formation.

what is known about mobula rays is that they reach sexual maturity late and their investment in their offspring is more akin to mammals than other fishes, usually producing just a single pup after long pregnancies, all of which makes them extremely vulnerable to commercial fishing, especially as a species that likes to come together in large groups.