No Relation to That Particular Waterfowl

White-throated Magpie-Jay (Cyanocorax formosus), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica

You’ve heard of woolly mammoths, but what about woolly tapirs? 🤔Also known as the mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque), this species can be found in the cloud forests of South America’s Andes Mountains. Adults can weigh up to 400 lbs (182 kg), and their thick fur coats help insulate them from the cold temperatures of their habitat. Unfortunately, this endangered species is threatened by human activity including hunting and deforestation. 

Black Heron aka Black Egret (Egretta ardesiaca), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, South Africa

Puerto Rican semi-slug, Gaeotis flavolineata, Amphibulimidae

Semi-slugs are land gastropods whose shells are too small to retract into, but are not quite vestigial (as with true slugs). The opaque green area seen in the middle of the body in the photos above is the shell.

Pink-spotted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perlatus), family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, found in New Guinea

African Clawed Frog aka Platanna (Xenopus laevis), family Pipidae, South Africa

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, Maine, USA

PEENT!!!

Peent!

peent.

Shoebill flying

Northern Ravine Salamander (Plethodon electromorphus), family Plethodontidae, WV, USA

Himalayan Weasel (Mustela sibirica subhemachalana), family Mustelidae, northern India

This is a subspecies of the Siberian Weasel or Kolonok

Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis), male, EAT A TASTY BERRY!!!, family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, Peru

time lapse of a banded sphinx moth caterpillar (Eumorpha fasciatus) devouring a water primrose leaf

(Florida, 9/18/22)

E. fasciatus caterpillars are heavily polymorphic and come in several different color morphs- those stripy rainbow ones are from the same population as the green one.