Just a den for my likes

There's that scene where Grace is sitting alone in the Don't Go Crazy room looking at an image of a beach, and he looks to the side and sees himself walking towards him. Waves splash over his sneakers, and you wonder for a tiny moment if this is real, maybe it's one of his memories. But then, the ship alerts that it's decelerating, he rushes upstairs, and the moment is never brought up again.

The version of Grace walking on the beach is wearing the same outfit that he wears at the end of the movie on Erid.

Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), family Sphenodontidae, order Rhynchocephalia, endemic to New Zealand

Once considered ENDANGERED, they have been upgraded to Least Concern now.

There were once considered to be 2 species of Tuatara, but now there is only one species recognized.

This is not a lizard.

Tuataras can grow to a total length of up to 80 cm (31 in).

This is the only member of the reptile group Rhynchocephalia that is still around. All other species went extinct millions of years ago.

Tuataras were eradicated by humans and introduced species from the main islands of New Zealand, and now only occur on small islands near the North Island and far north of the South Island. (*There has been some modest success re-introducing them to the main islands.)

Tuataras are mainly insectivorous.

The oldest known tuatara is around 130 years old!

This is one of my very favorite animals!!!

Take this funky sawfly hugging a leaf as an apology:

Female birds with confusing names.

Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus), family Dasyuridae, order Dasyuromorphia, Canberra, Australia

Why Do Some Lizards Change Colors?

by Whit Gibbons

One of the most commonly seen lizards in the southern states is the green anole, also known as the North American green anole or Carolina anole. (Its scientific name is Anolis carolinensis.) Although more than 400 species of anoles are known to science, the green anole is the only one native to the United States. Most people appreciate seeing them in their yards.   I contacted Tom Jenssen, an expert on the subject of color-changing behavior in green anoles. During his career as a professor at Virginia Tech, Tom observed thousands of green anoles while conducting research on the species. His observations confirmed categorically that the color of a green anole has nothing to do with what the lizard is standing on. One on a green leaf can be brown; one on dark soil can be green. He indicated that factors causing a green anole to exhibit the brown color phase are not completely understood but he explained the biological mechanism...

Read more: https://whitgibbons.com/ecoviews_lizards/

Malayan Bug-eyed Frog (Theloderma leprosum), family Rhacophoridae, Malaysia

Ecuadoran Horned Anole or Pinocchio Anole (Anolis proboscis), family Dactyloidae, Ecuador

ENDANGERED.