#South Fork

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Mule Deer buck

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[sumbluespruce]

River bottom moose

2/19/25

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Lower Twin Falls by James Marvin Phelps Via Flickr: Lower Twin Falls Olallie State Park North Bend, Washington July 2023

[unteriors]

Masters Place, South Fork, Colorado.

[cristinad61]

Scenic Sunday

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Woman reunites with dog after wildfire evacuation

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/M4yYt

Woman reunites with dog after wildfire evacuation

STORY: Dog owner Kortney Bell was forced to evacuate from her home in Ruidoso, New Mexico this week and flee the deadly South Fork wildfire. She was only reunited with one of her dogs, this 8-year old pit bull named Capone, days later. Bell had to leave him behind while driving with her three other […]

See full article at https://petn.ws/M4yYt #DogNews #Capone, #SouthFork

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Investigating the Indian Bullfrog

Indian bullfrogs, also known as Hoplobatrachus tigerinus is a large species of frog native to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. They are found in many types of freshwater habitat including wetlands, lakes, and urban ponds and rice paddies.

H. tigerinus is one of the larger frog species, weighing anywhere from 0.27 to 0.77 kg (0.6 to 1.7 lb) and measuring about 167 mm (6.60 in) in length; females tend to be larger than males. Outside the breeding season, males and females are virtually identical, with brown or olive green skin and a yellow stripe running down their back. During the breeding season males turn bright yellow, and their vocal sacs turn blue or purple. This bright coloration indicates to females that they're healthy and strong, and the brighter the color the more mates a male will attract.

Breeding for Indian bullfrogs occurs throughout the monsoon season, from July to November. Once they change color, males find a suitable watering hole and begin calling to attract females. After a female chooses a male, other males often attempt to climb on top of the mating pair and insert themselves into the pairing. Once she has finished with her selected mate, the female moves to a quiet area and attaches a clutch of up to 5,000 eggs to underwater vegetation. Several days later the eggs hatch, and tadpoles take several weeks to metamorphose into their adult form. Males reach full maturity in only 10 months, while females take up to two years. Individuals can live up to seven years in the wild.

Outside the mating season, H. tigerinus is nocturnal. They spend most of their time foraging in the leaf litter and brush surrounding their freshwater habitats. Their main diet consists of invertebrates like beetles, worms, and centipedes, and adults will also opportunistically feed on small mammals and birds. Tadpoles are primary predators of mosquito larvae. The main predators of adult Indian bullfrogs are snakes, especially the Asiatic water snake.

Conservation status: The IUCN has rated the Indian bullfrog as Least Concern. They are highly adaptable to urban environments. The species has been introduced in many countries outside its native range, including the Maldives and Madagascar, where it is considered an invasive species.

Photos

Kishan Meena

H. H. Harikrishnan et al.

Danile Nasika

[arsnof]

Ruidoso and the surrounding area are engulfed in flames, including Mescalero Apache tribal land. Mass evacuation are underway and people are losing everything.

I've got a friend with Community Power New Mexico who is taking donations (we're giving a bed) and I'm wondering if any of y'all would be able to help?

I don't have an official donation link yet, but anything donated to me for the next couple of days, or until I can get an official link, will be going to them.

Link in pinned post. If anyone wants to buy some comics, 50% of any sale will also go to them.

[snototter]

A fork-marked sand snake (Psammophis trinasalis) slithers through the brush in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

by Bernard Dupont

[whymzzz]

one day you and piripiip walked down in the streets and it was autumn and the leaves were falling. You look at piripiip and started blushing like crazy. You felt like you needed to ask Piripiip something, something that has a overwhelm feeling in you. You start blushing more harder. You walked to piripiip and took a deep breathe and opened your mouth to speak. “Piripiip i have something to say.” piripiip looks oddly confused and turned around putting their hands on their chin and raised an eyebrow, they started smirking. “what is it?” They said. You start looking like a tomato and your legs were inwards looking a bit shy. Piripiip was staring at you waiting for a response. You opened your mouth finally and said “i have something to confess.” You start shaking and had a moment hope. “What is it whymzzz?” They said. “Can you…” piripiip raised an eyebrow again. “Can you be my girlfriend?” But thankfully a miracle happened. Piripiip accept you. “Yes i will be your girlfriend” they said. Your eyes brightened and joy sparks out of you making you jump like crazy. Its a miracle! I will make a part 2 soon about you getting married

what....what the fork is this...... um IM CRYING KANGAROOS.... LIKE.....YEAH KEEP WRITTING, I WANT THE CHAPTER 2 BUT....

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A pair of Chukar Partridges

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[megaeratheefury]

slowly accepting that i am approaching a fork in the road forcing me to choose either the city i've lived in my whole adult life or career progression in my field 😔

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Middle Twin Falls by James Marvin Phelps Via Flickr: Middle Twin Falls Olallie State Park North Bend, Washington July 2023

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I don't draw DHMIS characters often so it looks a little weird but I felt the need to make this

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lightning strikes

[prettysureimlost]

there is no rugby fan more obnoxious than a south african one