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For public libraries, one of the ways we secure funding year to year is lending. Governments don’t want to fund more books if they’re not being used and the way we measure use is by issues. Regardless of whether you read it or not, whether you have it for a day or a month, if you issue it to your library card, we get the stats! It makes the library look good!

Emperor Newt aka Mandarin Crocodile Newt  (Tylototriton shanjing), family Salamandridae, endemic Southern China

Poisonous.

Some species within this genus are capable of poking the tips of their ribs through the orange bumps on the back, which secrete poison. The ribs can effectively become venomous spines that can puncture the potential predator’s skin!

Green Arboreal Alligator Lizard (Abronia graminea), family Anguidae, Puebla, Mexico

ENDANGERED.

Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata), family Strigidae, order Strigiformes, found in Central and South America

Superb Fan-throated Lizard (Sarada superba), male displaying to some fine ass females, family Agamidae, Kolhapur, India

Formerly in the genus Sitana.

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) aka “Stink Turkey”, family Opisthocomidae, order Opisthocomiformes, found in South America

The only living member of the bird order Opisthocomiformes.

This leaf-eating bird uses foregut fermentation, in its enlarged crop, to help break down its food. (The ferementation is where the smell comes from, which gives it the name “Pavo Apestoso”)

They live in vegetation at the edges of lakes, streams, and rivers.

The young have 2 small claws on the fronts of the wingsthat help them climb through vegetation.