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A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, attempts to drive away a Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus cheriway), family Falconidae, order Falconiformes, South TX, USA

photograph by Wayne Williams

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Florida Wildlife; vol. 26, no. 7. December 1972. Illustration by Wallace Hughes.

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THE BOY!!

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drawing fish for today

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Long tailed pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)

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Bison

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平池・Daira Pond

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Barred Tiger Salamander

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Heather-Maple Pass, September 2018

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Young hoatzin with claws on its wings Life on Earth, David Attenborough, 1979

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Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus)

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this mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) seemed distressed about something in her clay nest. Turns out it had been commandeered by a keyhole wasp (Pachodynerus nasidens), who was now aggressively asserting ownership

keyhole wasps, which hunt weevils and other small beetles, will opportunistically nest in any sort of small cavity (such as a keyhole). The existing literature on this species doesn’t say anything about taking over other wasp‘s nests, only that they sometimes refurbish abandoned nests, but I guess this one didn’t get the memo.

This isn't the worst of their mischief though- they also have a habit of building nests that clog up the airspeed measuring instruments in planes and have caused several fatal crashes.

(Florida, 10/6/21)

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Hey, Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission is taking public comments on coyote killing contests in preparation for a December 16 vote. I think it goes without saying that there shouldn’t be any contests involving seeing how many coyotes (or other wildlife) you can shoot, and a ban would be well overdue. You can make a public comment here: https://secure.everyaction.com/gbh-_Wo1qUO1aVcnWmX6Pw2 (Reblogs definitely welcome!)

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We got in a transport today from our rural shelter partners (history: pups abandoned on person's property) and one was a 9 week old puppy with "a swollen face and unable to use his legs." They thought she was sick with something.

The face is because she is a shar-pei mix

Though I admit she does look like she ate a spicy sky raisin, but she's been like this for a week. It's just her face.

The legs however...

I palpated one limb and felt a very thickened, broken femur, and on the other the femur as a whole had gone walkabout so I thought dislocated.

Vet agreed with me so we took rads.

I mean, that left leg is *technically* not dislocated. Technically. The break on the right is so old there's nothing we can do.

Puppy is going to foster for a month to build muscle in the right leg to, and I quote my vet, "to give her a leg to stand on" since we will be amputating the left.

Also, how long do you think it will take the algorithm to incorrectly flag this?

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RARE BIRD SEEN FOR FIRST TIME IN 140 YEARS

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Okay, this may be the most bizarre mutation I have ever seen.

This puppy has an anterior/posterior mirroring on his hind feet.

This is the TOP of his feet

And the bottoms

Completely normal skeletal structure

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The UK is different it’s safe to let cats free roam here!!! 

You sure about that?