She kept hovering by my phone as I scrolled next to the tank, so I obliged and took her picture. Bluecifer looking demure for once.
such a beautiful variety!
there are Armadillidium vulgare isopods. the original morphs were Punta Cana tangerine, T+ albino, and magic potion, and after a couple generations of interbreeding, we’ve now got some patternless wild-types, and a NEW COLOUR!
the metallic golden-brown isopods with yellow spotting are a recent development, and currently they’re my favourite.
Incredible Tanzanite crystal with traslucent white Quartz and silvery Graphite
Location: Tanzania
Credit: world-of-crystals
Mineral: Amethyst with Agate
Location: Turkey
Credit: The Mindful Miner
“Benz” calcite, golden shiny Rare colored pyrite grows on calcite From Hubei Daye, China,
Photo: Super_mineral_
Something WITTLE this way comes! 🥰 Meet Winifred, a rare Aye-Aye born at the Duke Lemur Center this June! More photos and behind-the-scenes video here: https://lemur.duke.edu/winifred.
First-time mom Fady, who traveled to the DLC from the San Diego Zoo as part of the AZA's conservation breeding program, is doing a wonderful job caring for her new baby! There's always some trial and error when you’re new at motherhood—Fady did try (unsuccessfully) to pick Winifred up with her hands instead of using her mouth to carry her like most Aye-Aye moms do—but she’s been a careful and attentive mother. We are SO PROUD.
Welcome to the world, little Winifred!
*correction (10/13/2020)*
🍰 Happy Aye-Aye Birthday 🍰
🎉 Remembered Ozma! 🎉
Ozma (♀)
Stud# 115
~October 11, 1985 - May 3, 2019
Ozma was born around October 11, 1985 on the wild of Madagascar. Ozma was caught on October 11, 1991 along with her ~4 month old son, Davy. From there, they were both transferred to Ivoloina on October 14, 1991. Davy and Ozma were separated in Ivoloina. Ownership of Ozma was claimed by the Duke Lemur Center on December 13, 1991 and Ozma was transferred to Yemassee. Ozma wasn't sent to the DLC until January 19, 1992.
Ozma had (7) offspring:
(1) with an unknown, wild male:
• son, Davy, (~June 11, 1991 – April 7, 2006)
(6) with Mephistopheles at the Duke Lemur Center:
• son, Goblin, (October 23, 1992 - February 5,
1998)
• daughter, Ozma-A, (October 22, 1995 -
October 26, 1995)
• son, Warlock, (June 16, 1998)
• son, Ozeny-Avelo, (October 25, 2001 –
January 19, 2015)
• daughter, Medusa, (October 14, 2003)
• daughter, Styx, (September 1, 2010 –
March 22, 2020)
Ozma was with the Duke Lemur Center for 28 years! At around 33 years old, she was the second oldest Aye-Aye in captivity in the USA (Endora is still the oldest Aye-Aye in captivity in the USA at 36.9 and going strong and Mamy is the eldest Aye-Aye in the world at 40.5 years old!).
We just learned that Ozma passed away last May (May 3, 2019) at the Duke Lemur Center. Ozma was a matriarch queen!
Photo: Ozma always loved her eggs! She is around 27 years old in this photo (estimated to have been born in 1985). Photo taken February 17, 2011. Credit to David Haring (Duke Lemur Center)
Giant trevallies preying on fledgling terns
Blue Planet II (Episode 1: One Ocean, 2017)
Amazing Ichthyosaur Paddle dug up by @fms.fossils on Instagram in Charmouth Dorset, UK.
Found some lads on an old roof, thought you’d appreciate. The second fuzzy moss I had never seen (submitted by @tempusomniadelet)
i literally went back in my inbox to find this submission bc i was just thinking about how fucking pretty these are…..like dude idk where this was taken but yall have some INCREDIBLE lichen and bryophyte diversity….like i cant even like….individually decrypt all the species pictured here
i WILL say that the fourth pic looks like a species of spagnum moss growing intertwined with some kind of foliose lichen; from the wrinkled look of the lobes it looks like some kind of lobaria, which are VERY cool lads, let me tell u. the most well known species of the genus is named lobaria pulmonaria, which is known for growing fast and large enough to cover whole ass trees:
Jaxx is at work waiting for new friends to stop by while they shop at Tis the Season Christmas event at WNC ag center in Fletcher NC. Stop by for your Jaxx hug❤️ (at WNC Ag Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClMPUuiuuBs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Our sweet little foster boy Wonton is starting his journey to his forever family. (at Forever Dream Senior Dog Sanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpan_xzuYVY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
The species is known to inhabit estuaries and large deep rivers, burying in sandy or silted river bottoms, to lie in wait for unsuspecting fish, clams and crabs, using a sensor that can detect an animal’s electrical field.
Scientists estimate that Himantura chaophraya can grow five metres and 600kg in size, certainly making it among the largest of the approximately 200 species of rays. The fish gives birth to live young measuring 30cm wide, so even the small ones are large! [src] the giant freshwater stingray is as mysterious as it is exotic. It wasn’t discovered by humans until around 1990, even though the Himantura chaophraya is likely an ancient species, millions of years old. [src]
A dik-dik is a small antelope in the genus Madoqua that lives in the bushlands of eastern and southern Africa. Dik-diks stand about 30–40 cm at the shoulder, are 50–70 cm long, weigh 3–6 kg and can live for up to 10 years.
Female dik-diks are somewhat larger than males. The males have horns, which are small (about 3 in or 7.5 cm), slanted backwards and longitudinally grooved.
A bare black spot below the inside corner of each eye contains a preorbital gland that produces a dark, sticky secretion. Dik-diks insert grass stems and twigs into the gland to scent-mark their territories.