Cassandra R. Moritz

Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola), family Dromadidae, order Charadriiformes, Gujarat, India

commission for @commodorez!

There was a high speed boat chase involved

They fished this guy's phone out the water in order to get the evidence they needed

he made like a million off nearly 40,000 kgs of sea cucumbers

one million dollars of sea cucumber crime is the name of my new indie band

Given this record, it’s surprising that the sentence was only six years. Apparently “post-offence misconduct” could not be considered aggravating factors directly adding to the sentence, but the court did find it relevant to whether Steer would likely comply with an order short of imprisonment (answer: no), and “indicated the unlikelihood of remorse or rehabilitation, now or in future.” Also relevant: the scale and sophistication of his operation; his “consistent subterfuge, use of proxies, and stealth,” aliases and shell companies; and evidence that Steer “fully recognized and even exulted in the criminality of his actions,” as the court found “encapsulated in his text message” to a crony reading “it’s all illegal lol.”

- as summarized by the wonderful Kevin Underhill at Lowering the Bar :

summon Haiku Bot because

he is very cute

commission for @blackcat2907!

commission for @kijiboop!

Golden-throated Barbet (Psilopogon franklinii), family Megalaimidae, order Passeriformes, India

I think I can manage that...

Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus), L - male and R - female, family Maluridae, VIC, Australia

photograph by benjamint444 

Burton’s Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis), family Pygopodidae, big Desert, VIC, Australia

photograph by Matt Clancy Wildlife Photography

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, VIC, Australia

photograph by Greg Wisnia

Swamp Skink (𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪), family Scincidae, Mornington Peninsula, VIC, Australia

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Matt 

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii), L - female, R - male, family Cacatuidae, order Psittaciformes, VIC, Australia

photograph by Adam Phillips (500px)

Lowland Copperhead (Austrelaps superbus), family Elapidae, VIC, Australia

Venomous.

photograph by Rob Valentic

Turquoise Parrot (Neophema pulchella), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, VIC, Australia

photograph by Darren Stephens

Eastern Stone Gecko (Diplodactylus vittatus), male, family Diplodactylidae, VIC, Australia

There are a lot of latin names that I like that are musical, like Xylocopa tabaniformes, or fun and repetitive, like Gorilla gorilla gorilla, but I would have to say that my favorite is...

Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops), family Upupidae, order Bucerotiformes, Portugal

Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons), male, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Brazil

The ocean molded this clump of bricks into a rock shape

rock has returned to the wild

and become feral