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Today's cephalopod is On His Way!

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shooo

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Day 1253 of posting pictures of elephants.

Source: Beekse Bergen

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i'm crying rn.... the fucking Torta.....

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I see a lot of talk about common species like sharks and whatnot when it comes to marine life which is cool and good but you know what I don’t see people talking about? the batfish

this is a polka dot batfish. look at his cute legs and sweet little face. absolutely incredible. such a revolutionary creature. I fucking love batfish and you should too

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love it when a nondog baby animal is called a pup anyway

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A rare sighting of the endangered wrinkled hornbill at the zoo! Her name is Pilai and he’s 30 years old. He’s usually in the back. He gets plenty of attention but it’s just not usually in public. I was happy to see him! I wish I got more pictures but I was just making a quick trip through the Asian Sanctuary section after my volunteer shift on my way to the office.

This is a better picture of her:

(Sorry I don’t know who to credit)

About the Wrinkled Hornbill:

The wrinkled hornbill or Sunda wrinkled hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus) is a medium-large hornbill which is found in forest in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.

This is her catching a ball:

Learn more about this fascinating endangered bird here:

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Edit: 3/17/21- updated just a little bit to balance the composition

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European Hare/fälthare. Värmland, Sweden (July 30, 2023).

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My favourite Fun Fact about the Budgett's Frog: it's named after a British zoologist who died of malaria

My favorite fun fact about the Budgett’s frog is that they have teef

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Although it was once extinct in the wild the takhi has been successfully reintroduced to its native territory in Central China and Eastern Europe. ��ChornobylWild

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🐟🐟🌕🐟🐟🐟🐟 // swallowtail shiners // gouache on hot press paper

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They sound like seagulls. We see them and hear them all the time.

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Blue because it’s summer

An Alaskan blue fox cub curls up in a bed of arctic poppies 

National Geographic | June 1956

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You shouldn’t feed wildlife by hand but funny

“Chipmunk tasting almonds for the first time”

(via)

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mutuals feel free to do this