Thread of Creatures of amazing colours and imaginations

[kNIOKAS]

Holy Vesuvian Cow this is cool!!!:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/59660_509267759094240_1598753086_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/382120_509641202390229_283847665_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/481834_507863912567958_976023825_n.jpg

More on updates.

[kNIOKAS]

Go git ur own http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc489/niokulis/GOR.gif:

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/556858_509250869095929_1480505965_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/532573_400000740079644_544673792_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/156901_506078666079816_541402836_n.png

[-p.tiddy-]

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_461/1260943746RKX36x.jpg


^^^ hummingbird come up that thing and get snagged

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/549517_508340995853583_1443664442_n.png


and the FB album of mantises. Check them out, amazing:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.344136459006305.82553.343833822369902&type=1

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/185016_10151188085119310_1629028580_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/14185_10151270918549310_1584444333_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/399244_10151276456274310_1116982272_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/486729_10151192447429310_679483211_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/575782_10150961004489310_2038614638_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/535011_10151009575704310_3542841_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/404006_10151100966094310_1347009887_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

For more go here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=8

[kNIOKAS]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01718/weevil_1718193i.jpg


http://webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/aquatic-fly-larvae1.jpg


http://cdn.asia.cnet.com/i/r/2008/pg/62048872/sc001.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/46530_447082985347806_2049640013_n.jpg


http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/obf_images/66/8e/d5a4d05aeecad095b5176d257209.jpg


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/09/10/article-0-029908E800000578-448_468x413.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/304304_557627710917769_1034034285_n.jpg

[SevereUpInHere]

Holy Vesuvian Cow this is cool!!!:




https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/382120_509641202390229_283847665_n.jpg


More on updates.

So ca-ute!!!! <3

[kNIOKAS]

http://www.fei.com/uploadedImages/Images/Image_Gallery/IM_20100225_Crassous_3_PhC-C_lg.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/486306_570792926280892_519711056_n.jpg


http://research.amnh.org/mif/f/10.2.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y2iRDCd_P30/UA_gfdlMTxI/AAAAAAAAKQs/9NgmmDQlrjE/s640/SPL_M_Silkworm.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/385394_10151010741134537_382217569_n.jpg


http://i46.tinypic.com/mjmn1f.jpg

[Nick Young]

Magnets. How the phuck do they work?

[gigantes]

awesome stuff. repped. i'm in to animals and some of these i haven't seen before, like the ant and the cicada(?) in #7 and the turtlish spider in #14.

a couple recommendations if you're interested-- mantis shrimps, sea angels, giraffe weevils, glass shrimps, water bears... ah, there's so many.

[TaLvsCuaL]

Look at this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS1tEnfkk6M


One of my favorite youtube videos, and one of the most fascinating species. I really love these birds, and the dance at minute 2:00 is mesmerizing.

[SourPatchKids]

Unreal.

[Solidape]

http://i.imgur.com/9FyXY.png

LMAO!!!

[kNIOKAS]

Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j3okb3kuts)
:roll: :roll:

awesome stuff. repped. i'm in to animals and some of these i haven't seen before, like the ant and the cicada(?) in #7 and the turtlish spider in #14.

a couple recommendations if you're interested-- mantis shrimps, sea angels, giraffe weevils, glass shrimps, water bears... ah, there's so many.
Will look it up, thanks. Right now this girl supplies me with facebook links, plus I snatched some off of a cracked.com, and there are number of macro(?) photo contests there. Good stuff.

Look at this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS1tEnfkk6M


One of my favorite youtube videos, and one of the most fascinating species. I really love these birds, and the dance at minute 2:00 is mesmerizing.
Yup, they are fascinating. And so many species... It's like you have to think inbreeding made them to be this crazy. Paradise birds, I will get to them.

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/18803_384487278304556_1955311742_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/21762_397824496960079_1972178127_n.jpg

[TaLvsCuaL]

Transparent frog

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/04/article-0-16576D50000005DC-241_634x746.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/04/article-0-16576C9B000005DC-817_634x734.jpg

Here some info http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2242717/Glass-frog-The-astonishing-transparent-frogs-Costa-Ricas-cloud-forest.html

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/530981_379942925425658_324906781_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/32360_379935472093070_1213887956_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/74290_571670569526461_1522062470_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/8815_379886855431265_148579365_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/532005_510539615633721_1204809314_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/558964_398584340217428_646165322_n.jpg

From FB (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=398584340217428&set=o.343833822369902&type=1&ref=nf):



Half of this butterfly is male and the other half is female. This is not photoshop or a frankenbug from one of our collections.

Bilateral asymmetrical gynandromorphism can occur in some arthropods. They can form from either the loss of a sex chromosome early in development or from the fertilization of a binucleated egg. In Lepidopterans, males are ZZ (homogametic) and females are ZW (heterogameti
c). The most common way an individual Lep could have ZZ and ZW cell karyotype is through the double fertilization of a the binucleated egg (Z+W).

[kNIOKAS]

This is the video of caterpillars marching like few could:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvHLwlhMO8

From the article covering Hag Moth Caterpillar and 13 more:



http://magickcanoe.com/caterpillars/hagmoth-large.jpg

http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natural-sciences/nature-blows-my-mind-14-beautiful-dangerous-caterpillars/#mkcpgn=fbsci1

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/75260_510662358954780_145164242_n.jpg

A mutation, ofcourse... From FB (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=510662358954780&set=a.456449604376056.98921.367116489976035&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf):


This two headed albino milk snake was born last year in Florida.

The condition is known as Polycephaly and occurs when monozygotic twins fail to separate completely. Most organisms with this condition will not live for long, but occasionally you will get cases like this one, where the snake(s?) seem healthy enough and can live for years.

The heads act independently of one another, and will fight over food given the opportunity. Watch a video of their owner feeding them here: http://bit.ly/11YYkHT

[embersyc]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/304304_557627710917769_1034034285_n.jpg



Imagine if that thing was human sized and intelligent, would be terrifying.

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/77050_10151300975164310_1256426522_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/156135_513155325372150_83756839_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/404652_542148222478696_652361903_n.jpg

[TaLvsCuaL]

Honduran white bat

http://helablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/honduran_white_bat_4.jpg

http://www.jorymon.com/images/2009/march/bat4.jpg

http://basik.ru/images/honduran_white_bat/21_white_bat.jpg

Perhaps not of amazing colours but I find this creature very cute.

[kNIOKAS]

^ Good post. Colours just for camo; any amazing creature do. Speaking of bats...

http://wlaramee.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/bumblebee-bat.jpg
http://www.bubblews.com/assets/images/news/94607621_1354974150.jpg

The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand which weighs about as much as a dime and is critically endangered due to habitat loss.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LoPTdkHrjjk/SqnjufPA7wI/AAAAAAAAE8M/3lFqmE_h8Xk/s400/Common-Tube-nosed-Bat-bosavi-amazing-pictures-nature.jpg
Common tube-nosed bat

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr9beeWVKL1qkea6xo1_500.jpg
http://moonlittrails.com/CCFS/content/bin/images/large/2092HoaryBatMouth.jpg
http://www.nps.gov/vick/naturescience/images/hoary_bat.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzguy51KCg1qf8dmzo1_400.jpg
Hoary Bat

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2409405510_9a3966e459.jpg
http://naturalunseenhazards.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/090828-free-tailed-bats-love-songs_big.jpg

These Mexican free-tailed bat mothers can find and nurse their own young, even in huge colonies where many millions of pups cluster at up to 500 per square foot. The youngsters can be as curious and playful as many other animal babies.

http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/wp-content/blogs.dir/253/files/2012/04/i-3c5864af7bd48f1d04851be01d692e84-Top%20Ten%20-%20Bat.jpg
Random bat

[atljonesbro]

I can't f*cking believe i just looked through this thread with all these damn bugs. If I ever saw one of those f*ckers in my house all hell would break loose.

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/65383_433003796758171_20237062_n.jpg

[-p.tiddy-]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70l5aPUHy1qzwaaoo1_1280.jpg

^^^ coconut crab

:eek:


those will get you...better run

[KRAYZIE]

http://editor.ivenue.com/_websiteDirect/330457/_images/RedGoldenPheasant.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9r2ftPXlv1r2gkz8o1_1280.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/431220_398974320189185_963084559_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/304418_524430447583807_190471810_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/0/128/4381339/jpeg-1_905.jpeg

http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/0/128/4381339/jpeg-2_905.jpeg

http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/0/128/4381339/jpeg-3_905.jpeg

http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/0/128/4381339/jpeg-4_905.jpeg

http://payload104.cargocollective.com/1/0/128/4381339/jpeg_905.jpeg

[QUOTE]Photographs by Benoit Paill

[AlphaWolf24]

http://partmule.com/blog16/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sam-cassell.jpg

[miller-time]

This guy has some amazing photos.

http://www.thomasshahan.com/#photos

http://www.thomasshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/galleries/post-9/Damselfy2.jpg

http://www.thomasshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/galleries/post-9/Dragonfly.jpg

http://www.thomasshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/galleries/post-9/Mystaceus%20Female.jpg

http://www.thomasshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/galleries/post-9/Paraphidippus%20aurantius.jpg

http://www.thomasshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/galleries/post-9/5022054910_e01eb5e820_o.jpg

http://www.thomasshahan.com/wp-content/uploads/galleries/post-9/Stagmomantis.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

Good looking everybody!

[Magic bird]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y2iRDCd_P30/UA_gfdlMTxI/AAAAAAAAKQs/9NgmmDQlrjE/s640/SPL_M_Silkworm.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/385394_10151010741134537_382217569_n.jpg


http://i46.tinypic.com/mjmn1f.jpg
:eek:

[Magic bird]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Male_human_head_louse.jpg/250px-

[kNIOKAS]

http://www.fish-islands.com/photo/1396574926.jpg
http://cdn.designzzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Colgate-Smile.jpg
http://cdn.designzzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/The-Cardinal-the-Clowns.jpg
http://cdn.designzzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/together.jpg
http://cdn.designzzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sailfish.jpg

[embersyc]

Magnets. How the phuck do they work?

Since I can't send this link directly to ICP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetism

[Dictator]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cMoXnCLt2Kw/T8XZ2JfKawI/AAAAAAAAGWU/wcf1ZkOg778/s1600/mandrill_baboon.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/537185_530856080268741_1464035451_n.png

<...>the Brazilian treehopper is one of the strangest creatures I have ever seen!

From io9: "...Note that the 'balls' on the antenna-like structure aren't eyes, but simply spheres of chitin. A first guess is that it's a sexually-selected trait, but those are often limited to males, and these creatures (and the ones below) show the ornaments in both sexes. [Art Historian Martin Kemp, an expert on visualization in art and science] hypothesizes-and this seems quite reasonable-that 'the hollow globes, like the remarkable excrescences exhibited by other treehoppers, probably deter predators.' It would be hard to grab, much less chow down on, a beast with all those spines and excrescences.

Note, though, that the ornament sports many bristles. If these are sensory bristles, and not just deterrents to predation or irritating spines, then the ornament may have an unknown tactile function."


More info: https://bitly.com/XAStoO

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/317919_534098903277792_1451580731_n.png

[n00bie]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPjuLHvC39k/UNtCNbgARrI/AAAAAAAAY9M/IEXPzmMYzyc/s1600/Mantis%2BShrimp.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/424098_597403660286485_61740717_n.jpg

[-p.tiddy-]

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/251801_534815396539476_926222587_n.jpg
awesome

love this snake....scales are like little leafs

[kNIOKAS]

I counter your stylish bird

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/555179_537278249626524_1145689649_n.jpg


What do you think of this hairstyle? This is the Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus), and its green mohawk is made up of algae. This often covers the shell as well as the head, and helps to camouflage the animal.
Source: fb

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/419595_603218019705049_1308782695_n.jpg

[gigantes]

from the finalists for the sony world photography awards 2013... (http://izismile.com/2013/02/08/shortlisted_finalists_of_the_sony_world_photograph y_awards_35_pics.html)


http://img.izismile.com//img/img6/20130208/1000/shortlisted_finalists_of_the_sony_world_photograph y_awards_01.jpg


NBA team doing wind sprints?
http://img.izismile.com//img/img6/20130208/1000/shortlisted_finalists_of_the_sony_world_photograph y_awards_23.jpg



http://img.izismile.com//img/img6/20130208/1000/shortlisted_finalists_of_the_sony_world_photograph y_awards_26.jpg


reminds me of fungi and jellyfish.
http://img.izismile.com//img/img6/20130208/1000/shortlisted_finalists_of_the_sony_world_photograph y_awards_29.jpg


gotta be a creature in there somewhere!
http://img.izismile.com//img/img6/20130208/1000/shortlisted_finalists_of_the_sony_world_photograph y_awards_35.jpg

[gigantes]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/8815_379886855431265_148579365_n.jpg
btw, that's called a ravine trapdoor spider.



if you're a fan of patterns and asses, then you'll want to check out its amazing rump:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llqxxjDs6V1qin08mo1_500.jpg



http://static.stomp.com.sg/site/servlet/linkableblob/stomp/506198/thumbnail/this_cryptic_code_is_part_of_a_creature__can_you_g uess-thumbnail.jpg


yes... its rump forms the trapdoor to its little homey cave.
it's rump also looks like it would make a very fine ink stamp.

[gigantes]

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/859919_548501585170857_469442352_o.jpg
isn't that the same guy who always sits 3rd-row-right behind the bench at the lakers' home games?

[DuMa]

http://brandltd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/gecko.jpg

[miller-time]

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/14198_545417515479264_960002992_n.jpg

That thing is pretty amazing. Evolution throws out some truly bizarre things.

[gigantes]

Jack?
the guy with the rainbow afro, sunglasses, and lots of body hair, like in the pic. :D

[kNIOKAS]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3196/3111375636_059111df3f_z.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/34g95cg.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2530/4089035342_ac624755c6_z.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5277/5807804570_1177f9e9f1_z.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4053/4699674902_a99ee691a4_z.jpg
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1274/4703808143_b84322534c_z.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8502/8447617471_2c966b7ac4_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8504/8448703898_f49c6258f6_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8448705232_b03da1063c_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8447616999_86cb6bd9eb_z.jpg

[ItsMillerTime]

Nature is ****ing awesome.

[gigantes]

this is an interesting colonial creature made up of 2,000+ hotwheels.
if you stare at it a long time you will notice it moving very, very slowly...

http://img.izismile.com//img/img6/20130214/1000/morning_picdump_307_11.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

^ nice, but the moving part is way another story.

This is a bear cub:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/524922_531979990166148_177864853_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

This is animated frog/toad kind of puppy:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBkWhkAZ9ds

[RoboticWang]

^ nice, but the moving part is way another story.

This is a bear cub:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/524922_531979990166148_177864853_n.jpg
You know that's an owl baby, right? :lol





















This is the Mantis Shrimp which has the most complicated visual system of any animal by a factor of 2. Humans have 3 color receptors Mantis Shrimp have 16 color receptors.

http://i.imgur.com/tZgSm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vsfLR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/X62Ab.jpg

http://imgur.com/a/oX8I7

[gigantes]

This is the Mantis Shrimp which has the most complicated visual system of any animal by a factor of 2. Humans have 3 color receptors Mantis Shrimp have 16 color receptors.
mechanically they also have a 3-axis system of focusing whereas humans
only have two. something like that, anyway.


but if you watch video of their eyes in action, you'll see the pupils 'scanning'
back and forth like a cylon from the original battlestar galactica. it's super-
crazy-wild-awesome.... the closest thing we'll ever see to an extra-terrestrial
visual system, i'm sure.

[InspiredLebowski]

That thing is pretty amazing. Evolution throws out some truly bizarre things.
http://wtfevolution.tumblr.com/

[gigantes]

http://img.izismile.com//img/img6/20130223/1000/daily_picdump_1170_27.jpg

[CeltsGarlic]

http://www.ypte.org.uk/UserFiles/Image/Factsheet%20images/animal_facts/Animals%20-%20S/greysquirrel.jpg

[gigantes]

http://www.ypte.org.uk/UserFiles/Image/Factsheet%20images/animal_facts/Animals%20-%20S/greysquirrel.jpg
repped.

[kNIOKAS]

Get your weak shit out of here!
http://www.pacificislandbooks.com/crab.jpg
http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/04/brightly-colored-crabs-discovered-in-philippines-already-endangered-1-537x357.jpg
http://www.pacificislandbooks.com/crab.jpg


Imma chill

http://www.uux.cn/attachments/2012/02/1_201202251504411yibZ.jpg
http://veryveryfun.com/pics/Snow-Monkey/Snow-Monkey-1.jpg
http://i2.asntown.net/4/article-1094657-02cc657d000005dc-117_634x409.jpg

[miller-time]

Rosy Maple Moth

http://i.imgur.com/qRWnjH5.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4idfnlxMk1qbqmzio1_1280.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/551341_422762454477038_906525449_n.jpg

[-p.tiddy-]

http://veryveryfun.com/pics/Snow-Monkey/Snow-Monkey-1.jpg
http://i2.asntown.net/4/article-1094657-02cc657d000005dc-117_634x409.jpg
I need to go see these guys before I die

on my bucket lest

[kNIOKAS]

I need to go see these guys before I die

on my bucket lest
What do you mean see before you die? You want watch makakas sratchin balls, enjoying? You be tempted to join them don't you.


Anyways,
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/528415_620496697977181_1885372709_n.jpg

[QUOTE]
The Blue Dragon (Glaucus atlanticus) is a nudibranch (sea slug) that can reach up to about 2 inches; spend its entire life floating on the surface of temperate and tropical waters all over the world, feeding on cnidarians like caravels and Velellas, using the ingested toxins to become more threatening.

Mais/More: http://bit.ly/w7tDOP
Photos: Adrian Giles / Zekoo1
Video: http://bit.ly/XzQm6u
Post original: http://on.fb.me/13fja8q
Enviado por Samira Melo e v

[kNIOKAS]

Seems like sea slugs are like caterpillars of the sea:

http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/393637_529213960438789_1525751247_n.jpg

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/409624_510334758993376_1775233177_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/399345_495389577154561_2067514050_n.jpg

Rainbow Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus deglupta) is the only representative of the family of eucalyptus found naturally in the Northern Hemisphere; it has a trunk covered with a thin brown bark that comes off as the tree grows, revealing new multicolored barks, with green, yellow, purple, blue, orange and pink, among other colors, that turn brown when mature and slough off exposing new colors, which makes the trunk always have a new color.

Taken from FB, Biologia-Vida

[-p.tiddy-]

What do you mean see before you die? You want watch makakas sratchin balls, enjoying? You be tempted to join them don't you.



you can go see them as a tourist...

http://photos.echeng.com/Travel/Snow-Monkeys-in-Japan/i-Q32gnn8/0/L/echeng101224_0278601-L.jpg


I have a friend that went...they are found in Japan, they use the hot springs to stay warm.

[kNIOKAS]

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6106/6238265702_ef723268d4_z.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6159/6230122323_14601bed1e_z.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://i50.tinypic.com/11qpb4n.jpg

The wolf spider is the only species of spider that carries its offspring this way - live, hatched and wriggling on her back!
After a gestation of 9 to 27 days (dependent on temperature) during which the eggs are carried around in a silk globe attached to the mothers stomach, the offspring hatch and climb on to her back. They stay there until they're ready to hunt alone.

[kNIOKAS]

http://i.minus.com/ibzS6jufDonIWn.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1816_431688880251062_1357740984_n.jpg

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/642*963/smithsonian-photo-contest-naturalworld-catapillar-green-macro-colin-hutton.jpg

[CeltsGarlic]

Some of them are disgusting.
Some of them are gorgeous.

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425948_635072919852892_1092723790_n.jpg


Painted bat (Kerivoula picta), found in Asia; it measures up to approximately 20cm of wingspan and feeds on insects. The strong colors are meant to fool predators, because it makes the bats look dangerous, since they live in vulnerable places.

Photo: Binish Malloossery
Gallery: http://bit.ly/11zOECr
Source: http://bit.ly/X1D7gh
FB

[n00bie]

Carpet Anemones

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/wp16.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

Carpet Anemones

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/wp16.jpg

Can't see it, captain. Anyway, since you provided the keyword:

http://www.zeovit.com/miscpics/carpet.jpg
http://www.zeovit.com/miscpics/carpet2.jpg
http://www.zeovit.com/miscpics/carpet3.jpg
http://www.zeovit.com/miscpics/carpet4.jpg
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/6870/v1rcarpet.jpg
http://www.aquacon.com/images/whitecarpet.jpg


largely taken from zeovit forums

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/269224_636068349753349_288183323_n.jpg

[embersyc]

you can go see them as a tourist...

http://photos.echeng.com/Travel/Snow-Monkeys-in-Japan/i-Q32gnn8/0/L/echeng101224_0278601-L.jpg


I have a friend that went...they are found in Japan, they use the hot springs to stay warm.

We have some at the Detroit zoo. They mostly chill in the tub and aren't super active. At least in the winter, haven't checked them out in summer.

[kNIOKAS]

We have some at the Detroit zoo. They mostly chill in the tub and aren't super active. At least in the winter, haven't checked them out in summer.
Yeah they tiny young Jakkuza bosses, if you look at them in a way

[UConnCeltics]

I love everything about sharks, except swimming with the big ones.

http://animal-backgrounds.com/files/Great%20White%20Shark/great-white-jumping-wallpaper.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

I love everything about sharks, except swimming with the big ones.

http://animal-backgrounds.com/files/Great%20White%20Shark/great-white-jumping-wallpaper.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/487472_623591277655851_1465373780_n.jpg

...

When a pregnant dusky shark was caught in the Gulf of California in 2011, fishermen found quite a surprise. Alongside 9 normal pups was a white pup with a single large eye. Other abnormalities were also noticed - the pup had no pigment, no nostrils, a bump on its snout and deformed tail and spine. It's very doubtful the pup would have survived outside the womb.

...


https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/559157_636046003088917_143223507_n.jpg

Sea pen is a marine cnidarians, colony of polyps (small anemonelike individuals) working together for the survival of the whole. It got its namebecause of its appearance that resembles an oldtime feather pen; serves as food for some sea stars and nudibranchs (sea slugs). Belongs to the order Pennatulacea and feeds on zooplankton.
Taken from FB

[G-train]

That thing is pretty amazing. Evolution throws out some truly bizarre things.

you mean intelligent design.

[miller-time]

you mean intelligent design.

Shhhhh! I am working for the devil by misleading Christians into accepting a completely naturalistic worldview!

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/733877_641321339228050_1148235252_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/483009_599389573421227_1870833414_n.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/184553_588106861216165_468821306_n.jpg

[CeltsGarlic]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/483009_599389573421227_1870833414_n.jpg

:coleman:

[Patrick Chewing]

http://www.thefablife.com/files/gallery/dennis-rodman-drag-miami/dennis-rodman-drag-02.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Elysia_chlorotica_(1).jpg/220px-Elysia_chlorotica_(1).jpg

Elysia chlorotic
half-animal, half-plant, a solar-powered, algae-slurping sea slug.

https://fbcdn-photos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/556046_583574021662519_172891831_n.jpg
http://ianimal.ru/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4735008222_955f834037_z.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/220/f/6/sea_slug_by_danibarchana-d5aepga.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/220/9/5/sea_slug___chromodoris_strigata_by_danibarchana-d5aeprm.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/2a0nlg6.jpg
http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2012/08/nudibranch-5.jpg.492x0_q85_crop-smart.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/2537248412_94e2730513.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8331421031_c41fe8d68a_z.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/637/cache/green-snake-yawning_63783_990x742.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8123/8659450049_efc2045223_b.jpg

[miller-time]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8123/8659450049_efc2045223_b.jpg

That is an amazing photo. I'd love to know that persons setup.

[dunksby]

http://www.gq.com/images/style/2013/01/russell-westbrook/russell-westbrook-gq-1.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BBo-n-OCAAACb4j.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

Now they're back with plants!

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/408604_425988030823924_1262767977_n.jpg
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p480x480/644393_293516874115000_663750936_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://i.minus.com/jW7KCLlUPLIZS.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/935716_596425900378425_682565782_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02508/damselfly-2_2508297k.jpg


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02508/uknown-furry_2508316k.jpg


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02508/com-horse-fly-Haem_2508295k.jpg


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02508/dragonfly-smile_2508298k.jpg


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02508/horsefly-mosaic-ey_2508304k.jpg


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02508/blue-damselfly_2508293k.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/968826_664059133620937_451975953_n.jpg

Blanket octopus (Tremoctopus sp.) found in tropical and subtropical oceans, the female can reach up to two meters, while the male has only around 2,5 centimeters in size, and she is the only one who has a membrane that resembles a veil, which opens to look bigger and scare away predators (such physical differences between female and male are known as sexual dimorphism). These animals are immune to the toxins of the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), and use their stinging tentacles as a defense. The male has a special tentacle where it is stored sperm (called hectocotylus), and during mating this tentacle approaches female's mantle, fertilizing thousands of eggs, the male dies soon after this, and the female will carry the eggs until they hatch.
From FB




Imagine if your spouse was 40,000 times heavier and a hundred times larger than you. This is reality for the male blanket octopus, which was recently spotted alive for the first time off Australia's northern coast.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9VpFQKeKw5s/UIqxOM7W2QI/AAAAAAAAAR4/uglrfs3VLvE/s1600/Blanket+Octopus+2.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u9s7SG442g4/UIqxPdPVXOI/AAAAAAAAASA/5dLhdHBUsd4/s1600/octotop.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6TL5wsSGnLg/TwptuiakyrI/AAAAAAAAAOM/Bq5cqskm5CI/s320/Blanket+Octopus+3.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/q71/969674_624017884285893_1209433010_n.jpg

Red-lipped batfish do not swim very well, so they use their pectoral fins to walk around the sea floor. Their dorsal fin is not needed for balance, so before reaching adulthood it changes to a single projection over their head. This structure, known as an illicium, attracts prey. The red-lipped batfish live in the waters around the Galapagos Islands and are found about 30.5 m (100 ft) below the surface.

From FB

[Dwade305]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/483009_599389573421227_1870833414_n.jpg
:wtf: :oldlol:

[gigantes]

Red-lipped batfish do not swim very well, so they use their pectoral fins to walk around the sea floor. Their dorsal fin is not needed for balance, so before reaching adulthood it changes to a single projection over their head. This structure, known as an illicium, attracts prey. The red-lipped batfish live in the waters around the Galapagos Islands and are found about 30.5 m (100 ft) below the surface.
in my neck of the woods we call that the mick jagger fish!




anyway, just saw this... it was a first for me:

http://i.imgur.com/MPWwYj6.jpg


Facebook - Rockjumper - Worldwide Birding Adventures

Photo of the day – This exquisite little thing is called the Himalayan Cutia, which, as its name implies, occurs in Asia’s mighty Himalayas, where it inhabits broad-leafed forests in the lower-lying foothill regions. Markus Lilje captured this glorious image in Bhutan, where this particular species is always a favourite amongst both guests and tour leaders alike – and for obvious reasons!
himalayan cutie! :rockon:

[kNIOKAS]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/q71/1016993_660325457321802_2130288536_n.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth13_1.jpg
The Blue Parrotfish


http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth11_1.png
The Saiga Antelope


http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth09.jpg
http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth09_1.png
Venezuelan Poodle Moth


http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth07_1.png
http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth07_2.png
http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth07.png
Glaucus Atlanticus


http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth06.jpg
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth


[Continued on the next post]

[kNIOKAS]

http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth05.png
Lowland Streaked Tenrec

http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth04.png
Umbonia Spinosa


http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth03.jpg
The Panda Ant


http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/animalyoudontknow_wcth02.jpg
http://seapics.com/assets/pictures/000658-450-goblin-shark.jpg
Goblin Shark


Sauce:
http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/24-bizarre-animal-creatures-that-really-exist/

[MadeFromDust]

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/kNL9WkF.gif

[kNIOKAS]

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6073/6030102966_51083a40c9_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7041/6782552776_b2f9d04176_b.jpg
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6072/6059768643_72b10228fe_b.jpg
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1435/5108328833_8c363fffb1_o.png

[kNIOKAS]

http://cdn.viralnova.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/weird-animals20.jpg

http://cdn.viralnova.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/weird-animals17.jpg

http://cdn.viralnova.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/weird-animals11.jpg

http://cdn.viralnova.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/weird-animals13.jpg

http://cdn.viralnova.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/weird-animals9.jpg

http://cdn.viralnova.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/weird-animals2.jpg

http://cdn.viralnova.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/weird-animals5.gif

http://cdn.viralnova.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/weird-animals12.gif

Read about them and more:
http://www.viralnova.com/weird-animals/#UkHHdO5ocJysFPfe.01

[kNIOKAS]

http://37.media.tumblr.com/179d6bb99596197fc2cd33b243a57c9c/tumblr_n2q4dxrrA31qdlh1io1_400.gif

[gigantes]

^ sweet... i'd never actually seen a tardigrade / water bear in action before ^

those little mofos can survive in outer space from what i've read.




anyway... i miss snorkeling

http://img.izismile.com/img/img7/20140902/1000/daily_gifdump_705_20.gif

[kNIOKAS]

^ sweet... i'd never actually seen a tardigrade / water bear in action before ^

those little mofos can survive in outer space from what i've read.




anyway... i miss snorkeling

http://img.izismile.com/img/img7/20140902/1000/daily_gifdump_705_20.gif
Where you snorkel?

It's so hard in the sea, I was trying to dive down in the Mediterranean sea, I could barely get as deep as my lenght. In the lake it's way easier.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.rbl.ms/344788/980x.jpg

[kNIOKAS]

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/abandoned-baby-bat-pup-tolga-bat-hospital-15.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/abandoned-baby-bat-pup-tolga-bat-hospital-10.jpg

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/abandoned-baby-bat-pup-tolga-bat-hospital-3.jpg

http://www.boredpanda.com/abandoned-baby-bat-pup-tolga-bat-hospital/

[SugarHill]

GOAT thread

[Swaggin916]

Cool thread

[magic chiongson]

http://themockdock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2010-10-10-17-39-43.png

[gigantes]

i just bumped in to a very fine post over at cavemancircus...
http://cavemancircus.com/2015/08/12/a-tribute-to-the-majestic-beauty-of-the-animal-kingdom/


couple examples:


http://www.nedhardy.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2015/june/beautiful_animals/beautiful_animals_6.jpg



http://www.nedhardy.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2015/june/beautiful_animals/beautiful_animals_5.jpg



http://www.nedhardy.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2015/june/beautiful_animals/beautiful_animals_23.jpg

[gigantes]

http://img.izismile.com/img/img8/20160204/1000/daily_gifdump_15.gif


whoo

[kNIOKAS]

Just watched one episode from the series Hidden Kingdoms.


http://www.televisual.com/images/blog/3_1389952739_hid1Screen%20Shot%202014-01-17%20at%2009.52.jpg
http://i68.tinypic.com/2r5728z.jpg
http://i63.tinypic.com/302o1sp.jpg
http://images3.static-bluray.com/reviews/10218_1.jpg
http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/photos/n-hidden-kingdoms-1722-7.jpg
https://static.avforums.com/data/ytle/hu/huYLPG7Qa0M/hqdefault.jpg
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/336xn/p01pn7kz.jpg

It's a lovely, vivid pictures about some of the rodents around the world. There's a lot of production going on shooting these stars, so in times it's hard to tell whether it's CGI or just make up. A good story to view, with a caveat don't expect it to be more realistic than a Deadpool.

[ROCSteady]

[CENTER]
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01718/weevil_1718193i.jpg



This man rockin with Mike Brown. #BlackLivesMatter

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

:applause: