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thingsonmydragon · 3 days
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For something a bit different, here's a silly little video of a silver gull hunting flies. The area had been hit by a storm recently which washed massive amounts of kelp and other sea weed onto the beach which in turn attracted enormous numbers of flies.
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thingsonmydragon · 4 days
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Back from vacation! Real hard picking a favorite thing from Japan, but one of the faves for sure was seeing Japanese Giant Salamanders at the Kyoto Aquarium. Will be slowly getting back into them ceramic things.
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thingsonmydragon · 6 days
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new type of animal just discovered called "silly"
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thingsonmydragon · 8 days
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Atlas being a pancake 🥞
Did you know many lizards will inflate and flatten themselves to absorb more heat and UV while basking? They will also do it after feeding in order to help with digestion and is commonly referred to as "pancaking"! 🏜
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Name: Atlas
Age: 5 months
Sex: Male
Species: Ackie Monitor (Varanus acanthurus)
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thingsonmydragon · 11 days
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Feast your eyes on the dazzling colors of the Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus). Males of this species use their iridescent feathers to attract mates. Found in the Himalayas, this bird inhabits high altitudes. In fact, it can be found at elevations of up to 16,000 ft (4,877 m) during the summer! Its distinctive hooked beak aids it in foraging for snacks like insects, seeds, and berries.
Photo: Hari K Patibanda, CC BY-NC 2.0, iNaturalist
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thingsonmydragon · 17 days
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Galapagos Lava Lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis), family Tropiduridae, sitting on a Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), family Iguanidae, Fernandina Island, Galapagos
photographs by Rachelle Mackintosh
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thingsonmydragon · 18 days
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thingsonmydragon · 18 days
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Conservationists release largest group of zoo-bred Bellinger River snapping turtles after virus wipe-out
Nearly a decade after a virus nearly wiped out a population of turtles unique to northern New South Wales, researchers say its origins remain a mystery as a project to repopulate the species hits a major milestone. Now identified as the Bellinger River Virus, it triggered a mass mortality event in 2015 that decimated 90 per cent of the river's snapping turtle population within six weeks. At the time, the state government placed 16 healthy turtles into a zoo-based breeding program led by Taronga Zoo as part of the NSW government's Saving our Species program. Some 179 Bellinger River snapping turtles have since been released after the program started in 2018, with 97 turtles reintroduced into the river during December marking the largest group yet...
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-09/bellinger-river-snapping-turtle-conservation-release-zoo-bred/103681974
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thingsonmydragon · 18 days
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She likes to curl up in my lap and then peek out by propping her face on my knee.
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thingsonmydragon · 19 days
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Broad-snouted caiman baby in mother mouth being carried from the nest, Sante Fe, Argentina, 2013 - by Mark MacEwen, English
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thingsonmydragon · 20 days
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Elephant Trunk Snake aka Javan File Snake (Acrochordus javanicus), family Acrochordidae, Malaysia
photograph by Bryce Trevett
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thingsonmydragon · 21 days
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thingsonmydragon · 27 days
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American Woodcock demonstrates "distal rhynchokinesis," the ability to flex the end of its bill. This allows it to grab earthworms it encounters when probing in soil. Other shorebirds, including Dunlins & Sanderlings, can bend their bills in this way. 😃
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thingsonmydragon · 27 days
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You will look at my alligators
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thingsonmydragon · 30 days
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saving some hibiscus for later
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thingsonmydragon · 30 days
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Atlas got to try his first egg yesterday for Easter! 😁
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thingsonmydragon · 1 month
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Anyone who works with wildlife will tell you it’s a good thing for wild patients to show hostility towards humans even after a long stay in the hospital, and honestly I think snapping turtles might be the best at this. We surgically repaired this little dude’s broken mandible and provided care in hospital for a few months but bless his heart he never stopped hating my fucking guts. Even with a broken jaw he’d snap at me so viciously whenever I had to give him meds and I love him like a son
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This feisty creature’s implant was removed once he’d healed and he was successfully released back into the wild near where he was found. Good luck out there bud, I sincerely hope every wildlife patient I ever see going forward has your disdain for humans!
(These photos were taken while the patient’s enclosure was being cleaned, and he was never handled without medical or husbandry cause)
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