Thanks a lot.
The little egret was kind to me and seemed to pose for the photos. But I think the bird was actually taking advantage of the foam from the waves to get the tatuís. It needed to be perfect quiet in order to get its prey.
These small crustaceans are often buried in the sand of the beaches and are much appreciated by seabirds and some people as well.
Emerita brasiliensis (Schmitt, 1935), conhecida pelos nomes comuns de tatuí ou tatuíra,, é uma espécie de crustáceo decápode anomuro da família dos hipídeos que habita praias arenosas, fazendo escavações na areia. Dificilmente ultrapassam os quatro centímetros de comprimento, mas é possível o crescimento até sete centímetros, com carapaça castanho-amarelada. São encontrados na zona de arrebentação das praias do Brasil, onde vivem enterrados na areia, a pouca profundidade, apenas mantendo ex "Ta...
Emerita is a small genus of decapod crustaceans, known as mole crabs, sand crabs, sand fleas, sand fiddlers or sea cicada. These small animals burrow in the sand in the swash zone and use their antennae for filter feeding.
Emerita has a barrel-shaped body. It has a tough exoskeleton and can hold its appendages close to the body, allowing it to roll in the tidal currents and waves. It has feathery antennae, which are used to filter plankton and detritus from the swash.
Males are typically smal...
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Ratel
April 7, 2019, 9:53pm
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Beetles feeding on nectar (and caked in pollen).
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Ratel
April 7, 2019, 9:56pm
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Baby zebratail.
Small Gila Monster (my first in the wild since moving to AZ!)
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Found this little guy hanging out under my recycling bin this evening.
Pretty sure it’s a
Northern Slimy Salamander .
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Stray cat. This friendly feline was adopted years ago.
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Lavadeira mascarada. Catete Palace Gardens, Rio de Janeiro.
The masked water tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers, one of three in the genus Fluvicola.
It is found in its major range in eastern and southeastern Brazil in the caatinga and extreme eastern cerrado, and also Atlantic coastal regions; a second smaller disjunct range occurs on the Pacific side of South America in western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove...
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I’ve always thought that this kind of thing only happened in American cartoons of the 1950s.
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NukeML
April 20, 2019, 2:09am
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Wifes Doggo looks like my beer.
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A week in the highlands of Bali. I’m not afraid of spiders, but these are definitely not my hands.
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FGD135
April 20, 2019, 8:19am
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Internet find, but too good to not post…
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Ratel:
Very cool. Nephila?
Yes! They’re so elegant - I can watch them for hours.
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chgoliz
April 20, 2019, 7:35pm
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Six months down the road, our little corn snake is graduating from pinkies to fuzzies. Don’t google if you don’t want to know!
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