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« #105 : April 16, 2021, 12:35:15 PM »


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« #106 : April 20, 2021, 07:10:52 PM »













These are quokkas.
They are marsupials native to Western Australia, and wear a perpetual “Hey there! Good to see ya! Oh, you brought pie!” smile on their faces.  They are endangered and protected.  There is a $300 fine just for petting them.

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« #107 : April 25, 2021, 03:27:39 PM »















Don't mess with Red Ants or underestimate their size.
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« #108 : May 01, 2021, 12:47:16 PM »



A Green Lynx Spider sits atop a Texas Lantana Bloom.


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« #109 : May 06, 2021, 09:15:00 AM »

Meet the Pangolin.



If this is a familiar creature to you, forgive my many pictures.  I was not at all aware of it and I am more than a little captivated.

Said to be the most widely trafficked mammal in the world, all eight pangolin species – which are native to Asia and Africa – are now categorized as “vulnerable”, “endangered” or “critically endangered” according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Endangered Species.

       


The main reason they are being threatened is the false belief that their scales can heal a multitude of diseases.

After seizing 12.9 tons of pangolin scales on 3 April, Singapore seized another 12.7 tons on 8 April. In both instances, the scales were in containers on their way to Vietnam from Nigeria. The previous record seizure of pangolin scales was in Shenzhen, China, in 2017, when 11.9 tons were seized. Altogether, it is estimated that the scales were from 38,000 pangolins and were worth US$76.5 million.

           


 


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« #110 : May 06, 2021, 11:03:26 AM »



Australian photographer Tim Samuel managed to get a once-in-a-lifetime shot while free diving off The Pass in Byron Bay, on the north coast of New South Wales. The marvelous images present the bizarre sight of a fish stuck inside of a jellyfish. Even more unusual is that, according to Samuel, the trapped fish was able to control where the jellyfish moved, like some sort of twisted version of a living and breathing submarine.




Despite the fish’s worried face, Ian Tibbetts, an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, explained to Australian Geographic that “it's difficult to tell whether disaster has just struck, or whether the fish is happy to be in there.” Some breeds of fish seek shelter underneath the stingers of jellyfish, so perhaps this little guy just slightly missed his mark.

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« #111 : May 08, 2021, 08:38:14 PM »

Spider season in Australia.










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« #112 : May 09, 2021, 11:23:02 AM »

Wombat faeces is cube-shaped.



Wombats produce around 80 to 100 pieces of excrement each night and until recently no one knew why it was cube-shaped. But in 2018, researchers concluded that it's the wombat's intestines, which are made up of some "stretchy" and some "stiff" sections, that create "the edges and the cubing" during the digestive process.


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« #113 : May 15, 2021, 09:49:36 AM »

There is a species of jellyfish that never dies.



Known as Turritopsis dohrnii—or colloquially, the immortal jellyfish—this sea creature is able to revert back into its adolescent state after going through adulthood, a "process that looks remarkably like immortality."

Like all jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii begins life as a larva, called a planula, which develops from a fertilized egg. A planula swims at first, then settles on the sea floor and grows into a cylindrical colony of polyps. These ultimately spawn free-swimming, genetically identical medusae—the animals we recognize as jellyfish—which grow to adulthood in a matter of weeks.

Fully grown, Turritopsis dohrnii is only about 4.5 mm (0.18 inches) across, smaller than a pinky nail. A bright-red stomach is visible in the middle of its transparent bell, and the edges are lined with up to 90 white tentacles. These tiny, transparent creatures have an extraordinary survival skill, though. In response to physical damage or even starvation, they take a leap back in their development process, transforming back into a polyp. In a process that looks remarkably like immortality, the born-again polyp colony eventually buds and releases medusae that are genetically identical to the injured adult. In fact, since this phenomenon was first observed in the 1990s, the species has come to be called “the immortal jellyfish.”




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« #114 : May 16, 2021, 08:27:43 PM »




Whitetail Deer Does are having their Fawns now.

They are all over the place. If the Fawn is curled up and resting, they are fine.

The Doe does not stay with her baby. She leaves and goes to feed so she can make the rich milk her baby needs.

She DID NOT abandon her baby.

If the Doe has twins she will often leave one and take one with her. She will bring the 2nd Fawn to another location. (this is to protect her babies. If a predator gets one the other will survive.)

The Mother may not return for up to 15 hours. Then she may feed her baby and leave it again to go forage.

The baby is born without scent to help keep it safe from predators.

 If you stand a Fawn up, it will drop right back down to the ground. The babies legs are not broken, the baby is not paralyzed. This is s natural instinct to make themselves as small as possible and they know not move so a predator will pass them by.

Should you discover a fawn in your yard or while out walking/hiking leave it be.

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« #115 : May 25, 2021, 09:11:12 PM »

Tasmanian devils born on Australian mainland after 3,000 years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-australia-57249491

Tasmanian devils born on Australian mainland after 3,000 years

Tasmanian devils have been born on the Australian mainland for the first time in thousands of years.

Conservationists introduced the species back into a sanctuary north of Sydney in late 2020.

Now, around 3,000 years after the marsupials vanished from the mainland, the first joeys have been born in the wild.




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