a quantity of beasts

Another day, another doggy you can’t pet. Meet the dhole (Cuon alpinus). Found widely across parts of Asia from India to China to Indonesia, this social canid typically lives in groups of up to 12 individuals. Sometimes it even socializes with other groups of dholes to form “super packs” of more than 30 members! Teamwork enables these hunters to take down prey ten times their size. And unlike many other species of canid, dholes allow their pups to feed first on kills. Their diet includes pigs, deer, and buffalo.

Last year, wasps built this nest

This year, other species of wasps built a nest on that nest

By hedera.baltica from Wrocław, Poland - Nutty rook, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

“Tour Guides”

[Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri, USA]

[Knight Anole, Anolis equestris, USA]

[yet-to-be-identified fly, Phaoniinae, England]

[Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus, USA]