tony oh my god...

Horned Parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, New Caledonia

photograph by Dubi Shapiro

Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata), family Musophagidae, Kakamega Forest, Kakamega and Nandi County, Kenya

Photograph by takanagaphotogallery

Lawes’s Parotia (Parotia lawesii), male, family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes, Mt. Hagen, New Guinea

photograph by Lev Frid

Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Mexico

photograph by Daniel Garza Tobón

Vermilion Cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus), L - female, R - male, family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, Colombia

photograph by Glenn Bartley

Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Trinidad

False Gharial aka Malayan Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), subadult, family Gavialidae, found in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia

At one time, herpetologists believed this species should be placed in the crocodile family, Crocodylidae.

They are now placed in the Gharial family.

(My Sister sitting in the passenger seat of my car, Google Maps open, unamused, sighing): “sweetie I promise I will let you know when the turn comes up.”

(Suddenly drooling all over myself): “um handler I think the stimulants just hit..”

(My Sister, enraged) “tell me you did not take edibles before driving-“