Flea Beetle (Alagoasa Sp.), Family Chrysomelidae, Brazil

Crab Spider (Epicadus heterogaster), family Thomisidae, Brazil

photograph by Frederico Falcão Salles

feline friends!

Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti), family Spheniscidae (penguins)

They have spines on their tongues, as well as in their mouths, used to hold prey and prevent it from escaping.

Young Humboldt penguins have less distinct markings, lacking the breast band of adults (see pink-banded penguin in last picture).

Ouwehands Dierenpark (top 3), Dierenpark Zie-ZOO (bottom 4), taken June 2024

I think vampires will be extremely interested in the rainbow kiss

And researchers who discovered same-sex matings in Adélie and Humboldt Penguins and in Kestrels stated that they did not know if any comparable phenomena in other species of penguins or birds of prey, when in fact homosexual activity in King Penguins, Gentoo Penguins, and Griffon Vultures had previously been reported in the literature.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

please look at this graffiti my sister saw in paris

American Pika (Ochotona princeps), family Ochotonidae, order Lagomorpha, found in mountain regions of the western U.S. and Canada

Photograph by JN Stuart