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sirbutts:

Juvenile kea

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rhamphotheca:

wild-at-heaart: Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)

(photo by Nick Dean1 on Flickr)

rhamphotheca:

magicalnaturetour: Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

(photo by Ken M Johnson on Flickr)  :)

rhamphotheca:

The Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), also referred to as the sea leopard, is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic (after the southern elephant seal). It is most common in the southern hemisphere along the coast of Antarctica and on most sub-Antarctic islands. It can live twenty-six years, possibly more. Orcas and large sharks are the only natural predators of leopard seals… (read more: Wikipedia)

(photo: B. Navez)

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rhamphotheca:

Ring-tailed Mongoose (Galidia elegans)

… a euplerid (the family of carnivore mammals that includes malagasy genet and mongoose like animals, like the fossa and other malagasy “mongooses”) that is endemic to Madagascar. It is relatively small but is the largest member of the Subfamily Galidiinae, 32 to 38 cm (12.5 to 15 in) in length and weighs only 700 to 900 g (24 to 32 oz). Ring-tailed mongooses are very agile, and good climbers. They are quite playful and are active during the day. Their habitat consists of humid forests. Their diet is mostly of small mammals, invertebrates, fish, reptiles and eggs, but they occasionally eat insects and fruit. The population of Ring-tailed mongooses has decreased by 20% over the past ten years due to habitat loss…

(read more: Wikipedia)   (photo: Jeff Gibbs)

xantheose:

(by aaron thompson)

scientificillustration:

Scott Kelley, The Dodo of Nature Versus the Dodo of History, 2005. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 60” x 84”

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