La Vie Des Animaux Illustrée. Written By Alfred Brehm. Illustration By Theodor Franz Zimmermann. 1869

has anyone seen this thing!!!

Black Herons (Egretta ardesiaca), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, South Africa

Bttm photo - Using its wings to create shade, which may attract some small fish, but also reduces the glare over the water making it easier to find prey.

photograph by Frikkie Bell

Black-throated Parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis), family Paradoxornithidae, order Passeriformes, found in the northern Indian SUbcontinent and parts of SE Asia

photograph by @skanda_sn

oh you wanna see big rodents??

the pacarena:

the patagonian mara:

the North American beaver:

the nutria:

the african crested porcupine:

there are many such big guys like this

does anyone else ever think about how the capybara has a drastic impact on the average rodent size? like mice, rats, squirrels, etc. are all roughly the same size, but then the capybara comes along and gives the impression to everyone who forgot it that the average rodent is much bigger than a squirrel

I FUCKING LOVE GRASS

I LOVE GRASSLANDS BIOMES

I LOVE PRAIRIES

I LOVE STEPPES

HOUSE FOR BUGS

FOOD FOR HERBIES (short for herbivores)

CAMOUFLAGE FOR CARNIES (short for carnivores)

GRASS IS GOOD, BIODIVERSITY IS GOOD, STOP MOWING YOUR FUCKING LAWNS

crunch crunch. eee yaah! eeeem. crunch. aha ah mm hmm ah. crunch. s good. yea yea yea. crunch crunch. ah aha aha

Yum, lunchtime!

and if giraffes got shorter, tree populatuons would go out of control. i thank god wvery day for making all his creature the right size

if trees got shorter giraffes would go extinct

best thing about tumblr is seeing pictures of Weird Creatures I’d never heard of before