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Recorded during a documentary filming session

this picture holds a lot of memories.... :)

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I saw the House Sparrow on the sidewalk by itself. I am not sure if the Roadrunner made the kill.

Not the otter, the thing in its mouth ;)

Fishing is hard work.

400m depth
Photo credit: Scott Phillips

Photo courtesy of Dr Doug Hoese, Senior Fellow at the Australian Museum.

The specimens is registered in the Australian Museum fish collection - I.19614-001.

Found by a neighbor early afternoon on Oct. 10, 2016, hanging out on an outside wall of an apartment building in (East) Oakland, CA 94605

EScarabajo buceador

Chipmunk looking at the ladybug.

Lady Beetle on the nose of a northern elephant seal

My first encounter with this genus of family Mordellidae. It was hiding inside the fold of a dead Calathea leaf in a dense thicket of Calathea, Archidona, Napo, Ecuador, about 575 meters elevation.

Foto de Alejandro Nietsen

Laying eggs into stump. The pink protrusions are waxy filaments.

Looks to be a mutation

Common tree-euphorbia - original photo was taken at Masai Mara National
Reserve, Kenya, in August 1992. A digital record was created in April 2022.

Fromager géant de Missirah
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2627623829

on 半邊旗 Pteris semipinnata (鳳尾蕨科 Pteridaceae)

photo on:

20210424 x 1

20210427 x 2

20210511 x 2 (adult)

20210513 x 2 (the 2nd adult, they share the same leaf-ball)

Catfish in the creek !

Specimen originally collected in a deep limestone cave at Amistad National Recreation Area near Del Rio, Texas; currently held at San Antonio Zoo

Ejemplares capturados en la costa del predio en Mayo 2019, actualmente cautivos.

~ Combers of different species in the group?: 1~ Cause of death: Capture Accidentelle~ State of the animal: Mort~ In what type of fishing tools?: Filet artisanal à maille~ Where is the animal?: En mer

Two manatees (possibly mother and large calf) rescued in tributary of the Senegal River

~ State of the animal: Mort~ Where is the animal?: Au marché~ Cause of death: Autres

avec Rémy Dubas, Lucas Bérenger et d'autres. Un moment inoubliable

I have never seen a wider variety and more abundant population of anemones / anemonefish - than in the Philippines. The color combinations were often electric in color. Truly stunning.

Found by a member of the public on a Golden Bay beach and posted on social media.

Found floating on it's side in the shallows. Picked up by hand and then released after photos

P,L:F,40,24H,3 cmN,wbA

On giraffe