theanimaleffect:

Takins by jurlacher on Flickr.

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h4ilstorm:

Lae cassowary (by J W CRUX)

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h4ilstorm:

Downstroke (by BarryFackler)

likeafieldmouse:

Pablo Picasso - Bull’s Head (1942) - Bicycle seat and handlebars 

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beautiful-wildlife:

Snow Leopard

darksilenceinsuburbia:

reuters:

Giant snails are slowly taking over Florida: South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world’s most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster.

Photo: REUTERS/Florida Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Industry

sinobug:

Iceryine Soft Scale Insects (Icerya sp., Coccoidea)

The image shows an adult female soft scale insect and her offspring. Empty earlier instar skins and bright orange newly emerging instar stages can be seen on the right of this group.
Many iceryine scale insects are hermaphrodites, ie. they have both male and female reproductive organs. Hence the “female” produces a new generation without the presence of a male of the species.



Those are not legs surrounding the body of these odd insects but a fringe of waxy “fingers” secreted by special glands on the body of the female.

Like many scale insects (along with aphids, psyllids and mealybugs), they produce and excrete a sticky honeydew which ants feed upon and who, in return, provide a fairly formidable protection service.

The males of these Hemipteran insects are more typically insect-looking with wings.

by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr.
Pu’er, Yunnan, China

See more Chinese insects and spiders on my Flickr site HERE……

sinobug:

NEWSFLASH: The Abominable Snowman is Alive and Well and Living as a Moth

(although he looks rather depressed about it…..)
Tussock Moth (Lymantriinae), possibly Perina sp., female

by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr.
Pu’er, Yunnan, China

See more Chinese moths on my Flickr site HERE…..

lizardking90:

The Great Leap

Manta rays frequently leap out of the water, though it is not clear why. Some speculate it is to evade predators, get rid of parasites, attract females, or just for fun. Though most leaps are 2-3 feet off the surface of the water, there have been reports as high as 9 feet. When they belly flop back onto the water, it make an incredibly loud bang. Spectators have described it as sounding a lot like gunfire.

-Ifuckinglovescience

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