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[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldCassowaryDay :

Two cassowaries by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, Japan, 1760-1849)

1: c.1820-40s, drawing from Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything

2: 1849, woodblock print from V3 of Hokusai Gafu

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Amia calva

Ruddy Bowfin

Image source

Status: Least concern

Distribution: Endemic to freshwater habitats of eastern United States of America

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Madagascar

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ʻAkiapōlāʻau in the Rain

Male-Type Hemignathus wilsoni Endangered, population less than 1,900 Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi

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Peruvian Sheartail by Kusi Seminario Behar Via Flickr: Colibri de Cora Thaumastura cora

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I'd like to feature three endemic species from the Philippines:

Northern Rufous Hornbill

Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat

Northern Sierra Madre Monitor Lizard

These can be found in the Sierra Madre mountain range.

I have been hiking some lower mountains along the Sierra Madre. I wanted to feature these beautiful creatures that can only be found here in Luzon. I wish to see them someday.

Sources of photos

Animal Scene Magazine

verafiles.org

[chaparraljournal]

Fiddlenecks (Amsinckia, very probably Amsinckia eastwoodiae, which is specific to Southern California).

In the spring, fiddlenecks explode in our area, filling fields and hillsides with tall, bristly stems of pretty yellow flowers.

There’s a big downside, though. Fiddlenecks are so prolific that they’re invasive, and will crowd out every other native plant and wildflower that might otherwise grow. If you mow them down, they’ll quickly come back, so they have be pulled out by the roots.

We’ve spent every spring since we’ve been here slowly but steadily yanking them out before they go to seed. Their footprint is much smaller and getting smaller each year. As a result a lot of natives have come back to take their rightful place.

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