under a willow tree

Saxicola torquata [ノビタキ,Siberian Stonechat]

Marsh Deer Blastocerus dichotomus

Formerly found in much of tropical and subtropical South America, today it is largely reduced to isolated populations at marsh and lagoon zones in the Paraná, Paraguay, Araguaia and Guapore river basins. They are swift swimmers. The marshes with their high vegetation density protect them from predators and provide them with food. The majority of their diet is aquatic plants.

A rarely seen, highly endangered Andean mountain cat and her kitten in Santiago, Chile. Bottom right: older kittens following their mother through the snow. These small felines have long, thickly ringed tails and plush coats with a striking marbled pattern, handy for traversing the chilly, wind-swept ridges of the Andes.

One of South America's rarest felines, the Andean mountain cat is traditionally considered a sacred animal by indigenous Aymara and Quechua people.

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Humpback whales singing off the leeward coast of O’ahu

<— to answer these tags on main, since it’s a fun question, our guide lowered a hydrophone and so my phone is leaning on the railing right next to the hydrophone