Owl freak

it is the 15th of April, 1919, a calm day in Milan. The recently formed Fasci di Combattimento march towards the office of Avanti!, the newspaper of the PSI. They force their way in and ransack the place, destroying equipment and setting fire to every piece of paper they can get their hands on. An editor faces down the barrel of a gun and realizes: "if only we'd published abstract and experimental art"

Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), parent and chicks, family Eurypygidae, order Eurypygiformes, Costa Rica

This bird is the only member of its family.

Its closest living relative is the Kagu of New Caldeonia.

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!!!

it's 1pm at the marsh! come on down, we've got