#macroanimals

[o-craven-canto]

The abundance of megafauna in various parts of the world (at least counted when agriculture and cities appeared) is basically a measure of how long Homo sapiens has existed there.

Africa was the continent of our origins, and it still retains mostly of its Pleistocene megafauna -- lions, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, hippos, gorillas, buffalos, the works. Even ostriches, when flightless birds are usually first to go. That's because African macroanimals evolved alongside with humans and had time to adapt (mostly by being incredibly pissed off at everything that exists in their general neighborhood).

Eurasia came next, being only colonized in the last 70,000 years or so, and it still retained some large species, like bears, horses, deers, wolves, etc. Australia and the Americas are next, both colonized from Eurasia some 50,000 and 20,000 years ago, respectively. Australia still has a lot of large reptiles because they survive on little food, but its mammalian and bird megafauna were nuked; kangaroos are the only native Australian mammals above a few dozen kg. Same storyfor South America. North America did a bit better because historically (I mean, Deep Time historically) it's been more or less continuous with Eurasia, rather than a fully independent landmass.

Then the small islands come -- Madagascar, New Zealand, the Hawai'i -- all settled in historical times (the Maori look like they should have been in New Zealand since the dawn of the world, but in fact they only got there during the European late Middle Ages). Their megafauna, moas and giant lemurs, was utterly wiped within centuries. There are tiny oceanic islands like the Mauritius (home of the dodo) that were only reached by European navigators in the last 2 centuries, but most of those barely had any macrofauna in the first place.

[marcysucamara]

Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona

[shotsbyalexander]

Macro shot of a wolf spider on a small wood branch 🕷 #macrophotography #wolfspider #wolfspiders #wolfspidersofinstagram #spidermacro #spidermacroshoot #wolfspiderphotography #macroinsect #insect_macro #insectphotography #closeupphotography #macronature #macroworld #macroanimals #spiderportrait #beautyofnature #animalsofinstagram #cutespider #hairyspider #instaspider #spider #instagramspiders (hier: Harheim, Hessen, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR8epJRoTO0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rafaelpessanha]

🐜 the ants dance 🐜 . . . . . . #ant #ants #formiga #formigas #pismire #emmet #antsdance #redant #redants #nature #animal #tinyvoices #macrophoto #bugs #formigasvermelhas #formigavermelha #funnyant #natureza #animalsmacro #macroanimals #pequenasvozes #antsarentonquarantine #formigacortadeira (em Serra da Cantareira) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCKJjw-HUOJ/?igshid=1otnlhk1i8qzy

[sanggheta-blog]

Hal yg sangat kecil Dpt menyebabkan masalah Yang sangat besar Jgn pernah meremehkan hal-hal kecil #macrophotography #macrophoto #macroworld_tr #macro #macroanimalphotography #macroanimals #macroindonesia #xiaomiphotographyindonesia #xiaomi_mi4i

[heatherdavissayshi]

🤲🐀📸 #rats #ratspaws #ratpaw #ratpaws #rattie #ratties #petrats #petrat #animalphotography #rodents #closeupphotography #closeupanimals #macroanimal #macro #macrophotography #rat #rattiegram #dailydoseofanimals #animals_daily #ratsrule #dailyphotography #dailyanimal #cute #cuteanimals #ratsarecute https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZ5dh1hWMm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18eytq9z4fmpq

[abstractjanice]

“Sanctuary” sold during the opening reception at the HoCo Arts exhibit, HoCo Open 2018! The story behind this piece was that I went with some friends to Costa Rica in 2016. Christina was the house guard dog and greeter of AirBNB guests who stayed at the property. It was early morning and Christina was “on break” laying up against the house, recharging for the day. It was awesome to be able to experience that moment of rest she was able to have for herself. #sanctuary #sanctuaryoftruth #sanctuarypoint #sanctuaryforall #sanctuaryretreats #sanctuaryhotel #sanctuaryforall #abstractart #abstractphotography #abstract_art #abstractions #abstractnails #abstractnature #dogsofinstagram #doglife #doglovers #dogloversofig #dogloversclub #dogloversofinstagram #dogloversunite #dogpaw #dogpaws #macroworld #macrophotography #macroanimal #macrolove #macrolovers #macronature #macromagic #costaricapuravida (at Paraíso, Cartago, Costa Rica)

[tucupeis]

#auntant #macroanimal #moments #creative #animals #nature #inspiring

[shotsbyalexander]

Wolf spider macro shot 🕷 #macrophotography #wolfspider #wolfspiders #wolfspidersofinstagram #spidermacro #spidermacroshoot #wolfspiderphotography #macroinsect #insect_macro #insectphotography #closeupphotography #macronature #macroworld #macroanimals #spider #spiderportrait #beautyofnature #animalsofinstagram #cutespider #hairyspider #spidercloseup (hier: Harheim, Hessen, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR6zpaYrWiH/?utm_medium=tumblr

[shotsbyalexander]

Wolf spider macro shot 🕷 Once you see a close up photo of a spider you start to see the beauty of these guys… at least this one 🙂 #macrophotography #wolfspider #wolfspiders #wolfspidersofinstagram #spidermacro #spidermacroshoot #wolfspiderphotography #macroinsect #insect_macro #insectphotography #closeupphotography #macronature #macroworld #macroanimals #spiderreflection #spiderportrait #beautyofnature #animalsofinstagram #cutespider #hairyspider (hier: Frankfurt, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR3wK7uLdx0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rafaelpessanha]

🐜 the ants dance 🐜 . . . . . . #ant #ants #formiga #formigas #pismire #emmet #antsdance #redant #redants #nature #animal #tinyvoices #macrophoto #bugs #formigasvermelhas #formigavermelha #funnyant #natureza #animalsmacro #macroanimals #pequenasvozes #antsarentonquarantine #formigacortadeira (em Serra da Cantareira) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCKJHEIHN61/?igshid=18d55oj3vm5rl

[rafaelpessanha]

🐜 the ants dance 🐜 . . . . . . #ant #ants #formiga #formigas #pismire #emmet #antsdance #redant #redants #nature #animal #tinyvoices #macrophoto #bugs #formigasvermelhas #formigavermelha #funnyant #natureza #animalsmacro #macroanimals #pequenasvozes #antsarentonquarantine #formigacortadeira (em Serra da Cantareira) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCKI0XHnFWI/?igshid=6ik0tigfcbtj

[marcysucamara]

[marcysucamara]

Wild spider appeared

[marcysucamara]

[heatherdavissayshi]

🐀👁️📷 #rat #rats #ratties #rattiegram #petrats #ratphoto #animalphotography #macro #macroanimal #macrophotography #photography #amateurphotography #amateurmacro #ratface #macroeye #cute #pets #animals #ratsrule #ratsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZ04K3Bk4A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xczwdcd72wl3