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Livyatan, a genus of macroraptorial sperm whale from Miocene South America.

European Adders (Vipera berus), gettin freaky up in tha cut, family Viperidae, Helsinki, Finland

w/ some grass snakes (Natrix natrix) doing their thing underneath.

Venomous.

European Adders often form these mating aggregations, after emerging from hibernation, in which multiple males will try to mate with the same (much larger) female.

“I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.” – Gordon Parks

Diagnosis: Cepaea hortensis Common name: White-lipped Snail

See the First-Ever Photos of Cozumel’s Mysterious Dwarf Fox

Many believed the tiny fox had gone extinct

Strange things happen to animals when they colonize islands. Some of them get larger, like the enormous rabbit Nuralagus rex of ancient Menorca, while others get smaller, like the dwarf fox of Cozumel. This mysterious species of gray fox is estimated to be only around 60 to 80 percent the size of its larger mainland brethren. Fossils indicate it first arrived on the Mexican island around 5,000 years ago, predating the arrival of humans...

Robert Hainard (1906 - 1999). Avocette abritant deux poussins. June 8th, 1931.

Olympic Mudminnow (Novumbra hubbsi), family Esocidae, order Salmoniformes, Washington, USA

Washington State's only freshwater endemic fish.

Native to the western lowlands of Washington: the Chehalis River basin, Deschutes River basin, and some Olympic Peninsula basins.