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Collared Falconet (Microhierax caerulescens), family Falconidae, order Falconiformes, India

This tiny raptor is only 18 cm (7.1 in) long.

photograph by Aravind Venkatraman

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Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis), mother carrying pup, family Mustelidae, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

photograph by Ernest Porter

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The dirt awakens

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Painted wolf tastes the air, knowing a hunt is coming.

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Binturong (Arctictis binturong) juvenile, family Viverridae, found tropical forests of SE Asia

photograph via: Australian Museum

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In the garden. Värmland, Sweden (June 16, 2021).

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Ranua, Finland

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Chota Matka greets his daughter Nayanthara while his son Hazare looks on in the foreground … Unfortunate, how in a cruel twist of fate, things went all sour for young Hazare.

Taken in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, India Photographed by Anirudh Laxmipathy, March 2024

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Chota Matka and Nayanthara. Probably a very rare sighting where the father was calling and bonding with the cubs in the absence of the mother.

Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, India Photograph and caption by Siva A.N.

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⚠️⚠️⚠️ ✧ DEAR ZOOKEEPERS & ROCK EATERS: The BEAR will return to streaming on June 29th. She will UPDATE the humans on her health, EXPLAIN content going forward, & GIVE AWAY a few game keys. Please be advised she will then "go the fuck to bed." ➡️ twitch.tv/irispolaris

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That one night in Sedona.

Minutes apart

From the same spot

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Krishna tells her daughter Arrowhead off for following safari cars too closely whilst her son Pac Man looks on in the background. Photographed in Ranthambore National Park by Aditya Singh, possibly early 2014.

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Please meet Rube Goldberg.

While collecting eggs a couple of weeks ago, this egg slipped out of my hands from 5 feet up above wood, wire, and cement. Quail eggs are VERY fragile when it comes to impacts, so this egg's life flash before my eyes and time slowed down as I watched the world's most ridiculous accidental cartoon egg drop.

It somehow missed every obstacle on the way down (3 shelves) in order to land upon the side of a milk jug I had dropped the day before. It bounced off of that to a couple feet away, and hit the side of a hay bale. It bounced off of that, and somehow landed on the open lip of an empty feed back laying on the floor that I had put down under the towers to prevent the cement from sinking heat from the space. The bag gently collapsed, and rolled the pristine egg to a stop back at my feet.

I stared at it in disbelief. I took it inside and candled it- not a crack in it. So I noted the pen I got it from (CER) and scribbled "dropped?" on it. I figured SURELY it would not develop after that kind of nonsense, but when I candled at lockdown, the little thing was ready to go.

So, I stuck the egg into its own hatching bag, and sure as shit, the little fucker hatched!

And as if the rest of the story is not weird enough, this is possibly the first coturnix chick in the world who didn't immediately faceplant off of a human hand in the pursuit of the cold embrace of death. It just sat there, posing with the egg. Looking around like Hm so this is what being alive is... it's alright I guess.

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lets get carried by mama

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JOANN is sending me coupons to spend at Michaels and god what a good day it is to Craft ! by gum by gee !!! thank you Economy !!!!!!! thank you email lists i joined in 1987 !!!

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The King snoozing on his rock! Kidepo Valley, Uganda.

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need to birth "Iris Polaris New Underwear Fund 2k25" bc all my undies have Holes in them.

Now . you might be wondering why a Polar Bear wears underwear, or how . the truth is that we are all allowed to make our own decisions in this Great Country. except when we can't