I am not amused.Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large, a special exhibition of oversized prints by Canadian artist Jim des Rivière
This is the Costa Rican variable harlequin toad (Atelopus varius), also known as the clown frog. Best comment: “Looks like the 90s threw up on him.” (via)
Nembrotha cristata
like most nudibranchs this species has no official common name. they can be found in tropical Indo-Western Pacific oceans. they grow up to 50mm in length and their body is black but their external organs are edged in a almost neon green like color. they are poisonous and get their poison from the stinging cells of fallen Cnidarians.
Phylogeny
Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-*-Polyceroidea-Polyceridae-Nembrothinae-Nembrotha
*Clades: Heterobranchia,Euthynerua,Nudipleura,Nudibranchia,Euctenidacea,Doridacea
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Translucent Creature Photos
1. Juvenile Cowfish. Photograph by Chris Newbert, Minden Pictures
2. Pelagic Octopus. Photograph by Chris Newbert, Minden Pictures
3. Sea Butterfly Snail. Photograph by Ingo Arndt, Minden Pictures
4. Hydromedusa in Antarctica.Photograph by Ingo Arndt, Minden Pictures
5. Jelly Larva. Photograph by Ingo Arndt, Minden Pictures
6. Larval Shrimp and Jellyfish. Photograph by Chris Newbert, Minden Pictures
7. Jellyfish, Antarctica. Photograph by Ingo Arndt, Minden Pictures
Life within death.
Physalis alkekengi, or the Chinese/Japanese Lantern, blooms during Winter and dries during Spring. Once it is dried, the bright red fruit is seen. The outer cover is a thin mesh that held the flower petals, seen in golden brown colour. (via jonnovstheinternet)
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“If you can’t see, hear or feel something it doesn’t exist. And believing in ‘tiny imaginary people’ is just not something we do - or tolerate here in the Jungle of Nool.” ~Jane Kangaroo
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Red crab migration
The red crab is by far the most obvious of the 14 species of land crabs on Christmas Island. Every year over 150 million red crabs move from inland shelters to the shore for their annual breeding season. This occurs at the beginning of the wet season (usually October/November).
The main migration can last up to 18 days. Masses of crabs gather into broad columns as they move toward the coast, climbing down high inland cliff faces, and over or around all obstacles in their way, following routes used year after year for both downward and return migrations.
Movement peaks in the early morning and late afternoons when it is cooler and there is more shade. Because if caught in open areas, in unshaded heat, the crabs soon lose body water and die.
Christmas Island is a small Australian-owned territory located in the Indian Ocean, approximately 300 miles south of Jakarta, Indonesia. A small population of 1600 residents live on the area of 50 square miles.
Congratulations class of 2012.
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harvestheart: A Tree Trunk Grown Around an Old Bicycle - Life Finds A Way
Artforms of Nature - The nineteen century German biologist Ernst Haeckel is famous for his fantastically illustrated book Artforms of Nature. The copyright for this book from 1904 has now expired and thanks to Wikimedia Commons it is available for everyone to appreciate.
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Stone house in the montains of Fafe, Portugal.
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