🌿

Link

Anjouan Scops Owl (Otus capnodes), family Strigidae, order Strigiformes, endemic to the island of Anjouan in the Comoro Islands

ENDANGERED.

Beautiful moth in my bathroom. They are a Speiredonia spectans or granny's cloak moth.

Here's a parasitic plant that smells like a rotting corpse: jackal food (Hydnora africana)! Unlike many plants, which use chlorophyll and photosynthesis to derive nutrients from the Sun, this species attaches itself to host plants instead, siphoning off their nutrients. Found in arid parts of southern Africa, including South Africa and Namibia, the stench of the jackal food’s fruit attracts a variety of animals including jackals, porcupines, and moles. What does it taste like? Its flavor and texture have been compared to that of a potato. 

Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger), family Cotingidae, order Passeriformes, Ecuador

Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, TX, USA