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the masked lapwing is a large bird found in australia, new zealand, and new guinea. they are commonly found by the edges of wetlands and open fields, where they primarily feed on worms. although fairly docile and reclusive through much of the year, they are known for their extreme defensiveness during the breeding season. when fighting or scaring off potential predators, they use the bright yellow spurs on their wings. although they are sometimes referred to as ‘masked plovers’, they aren’t a member of the plover subfamily.

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no thoughts head empty just 1 minute of egregia in a surge channel from last summer

video description: a tangle of egregia menziezii (feather boa kelp) fronds in a narrow intertidal channel, moving gently back and forth with the motion of the waves. the fronds are very long, and have small bladelets and floats coming off the centre axis. they strongly resemble golden-brown feather boas. there is no audio, only the sound of the wind and the waves

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Sawfly larvae, Caliroa cinxia, Tenthredinidae

Found sporadically throughout Europe

Photographed in Yorkshire by ophrys

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Tailwagger slug, Malagarion sp., Urocyclidae

Photographed by markusgmeiner in Madagascar

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Pseudoscorpion, Neobisium sp., Neobisiidae

Photographed in Bosnia by Frank Deschandol // Instagram

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

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Finally now that the comic is fully public on comicfury, I get to share it with all of you here, too <3

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Can I get some of the greenest creatures you can find?

Green.

Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis), family Calyptomenidae, order Passeriformes, Malaysia

photograph by Tan Tc

Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii), family Boidae, found in the Amazonian lowlands of South America

This species was split off from the Emerald Tree Boa, C. caninus, in 2009.

photograph by Tara Biron & Reptiles4all

Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi), family Lycaenidae, Netherlands

photograph by Victor Kouwenhoven

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Indian sun spider (aka camel spider aka wind scorpion), Rhagodima nigrocincta, Solifugae

Despite the many common names, these arachnids are neither true spiders or scorpions, but rather belong to their own order, Solifugae, aka the solifuges.

Photographed in India by harshithjv

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Extremely rare fire halo looks like an eye captured over Alaska...

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European Green Toad (Bufotes viridis), family Bufonidae, northern Greece

photograph by Stefanos Tokatlidis

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much like the minotaur I am a creature in some sort of situation