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Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa), family Sittidae, order Passeriformes, Mishmi Hills, AP, India

photograph by abhinav sharma

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Statue of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1279-1213 BC. Reign of Ramesses II. From Deir el-Medina, Thebes. Now in the Louvre. N 470

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Tapir Valley Tree Frog (Tlalocohyla celeste), male, family Hylidae, Costa Rica

This species has one of the smallest known distributions in the world. It is known only from an 8 hectare wetland area in northern Costa Rica.

photograph by Cristian Torica 

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statuette of thoth as ibis | c. 6th century BCE | egypt, late period

"The ibis is, along with the baboon, the sacred animal of the god Thoth...[the statuette's] body is made of wood covered with fine white plaster. Its head bearing the atef-crown, long neck, tail feathers and legs were all cast in silver. The ibis’ eyes, inlaid in black glass and stucco, seem to bring the creature to life."

in the kunsthistorisches museum wien collection

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Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), parents with chick, family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Thomas Breuer

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White-throated Magpie-Jay (Cyanocorax formosus), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Chris H Petersen

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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male, Xanthistic, family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, AL, USA

Xanthism (or Xanthochromism) - an animal is mostly yellow, instead of its normal coloration (Usually because it is lacking other pigements that are normally present in that species).

Male Northern Cardinals are usually red.

photograph by Jeremy Black

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White-throated Magpie-Jay (Cyanocorax formosus), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Chris H Petersen

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Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), parents with chick, family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Thomas Breuer

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statuette of thoth as ibis | c. 6th century BCE | egypt, late period

"The ibis is, along with the baboon, the sacred animal of the god Thoth...[the statuette's] body is made of wood covered with fine white plaster. Its head bearing the atef-crown, long neck, tail feathers and legs were all cast in silver. The ibis’ eyes, inlaid in black glass and stucco, seem to bring the creature to life."

in the kunsthistorisches museum wien collection

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Wooden foot-stool from the Tomb of Tutankhamun with varied prisoners depicted in bondage, the traditional enemies of Egypt, "The Nine Bows".

Discovered within the antechamber of the Boy King's tomb (KV62), the stool is one of many wooden furnishes discovered, and is inlaid with faïence and decorated with gilded gold.

Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 62046

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Today i found some Green-Head ants, they are super pretty! fed em some of my spaghetti bolognaise, though i always forget thay they have very painful stings.. Sadly didnt get a photo, so enjoy this one off the internet!!

they normally look black but if you put them in the sunlight they are beautiful, definitely one of my favourite ants; i really hope to have my own colony one day.

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Green and black cicada, Trengganua sibylla, Cicadidae

Photographed in Malaysia by dhfischer

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Golden Throne of Tutankhamun