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I was taking photos and scared it. It ran into to me and bit me on the nipple and wouldn’t let go. Here’s the news article https://www.the-sun.com/news/2169452/snorkeler-attacked-nurse-shark-nipple/

Big shoutout to Rich, Chris, and Billy at Caloosa Marina for getting it off of me.

Hurt a lot.

Conejo teporingo observado en las labores de reforestación.
Este pequeño mamifero presenta una mutación genética, posiblemente un "leucismo parcial", esto causaría que parte de su manto sea blanco.
¡Es una observación única!.

Agradecemos a los brigadistas por sus trabajos de cuidado y protección de los bosques, flora y fauna de San MiguelTopilejo y por compartirnos un poco de lo mucho que pueden observar día a día.
Tengo el permiso para publicar las fotografías
BCSMT

A truly amazing encounter with one of the world's most enigmatic ungulates. When I first saw this Pygmy Hippo, it was resting on the ground a few meters off the trail, covered with sweat droplets. After about an hour of waiting, it got up and slowly walked through the forest. It did not appear to mind my presence.

Hippopotame pygmée Hexaprotodon (Choeropsis) liberiensis , Projet Taï Mab Unesco, Taï Parc national périphérie sud , Côte d'Ivoire
Copyright IRD - Anh Galat-Luong
Primatologie Orstom/IRD
https://www.animalscoop.fr/

Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
Na primeira foto observamos três indivíduos de Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888. Comumente encontrado em ambientes pantanosos, esse pequeno cascudo é muito utilizado para fins ornamentais. Podemos observar nos três indivíduos seus espinhos pungentes nas nadadeiras dorsal e peitoral que dão origem ao epípeto específico do Latim “hasta” que significa “lança” e “atus” que significa “possuidor de”. Destacamos também a mancha escura na base da nadadeira caudal que pode ser em forma de losango, romboide ou até mesmo em forma de seta como o indivíduo da segunda foto.
Tamanho máximo registrado na literatura científica (comprimento padrão): 20 mm.

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In the first photo we see three individuals of Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888. Commonly found in swampy environments, this small armored catfish is often used for ornamental purposes. We can observe in the three individuals their pungent spines on the dorsal and pectoral fins that give rise to the specific Latin epipet “hasta” which means “spear” and “atus” which means “possessor of”. We also highlight the dark spot at the base of the caudal fin, which can be diamond-shaped, rhomboid-shaped or even arrow-shaped like the individual in the second photo.

Maximum size recorded in the scientific literature (standard length): 20 mm.

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Projeto de Extensão | Extension Project “Peixes do Mato” - EDITAL UFMS/PROECE Nº 376/2022 - EXT/PROECE-2023

Equipe executora | Executing team

Fotos | Photos: Paulo Robson de Souza (Lab. Interdisciplinar de Ensino de Ciências/Inbio/UFMS).
Texto | Text
Adriana M. E. Fernando (doutoranda em Ecologia e Conservação - UFMS).
Como citar este trabalho (texto e/ou fotos) | How to cit this work (text and/or photos):

Souza, P. R., Lopes, D. A., Fernando, A. M. E., Souza, R. N., Aristimunho, G. S., D’Almeida, A. M., Tondato-Carvalho, K. K., Súarez, Y. R., & Carvalho, F. R. (2023). iNaturalist observation 178771821, Charax leticiae Lucena, 1987. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/178771821. Acessado: d/m/a.

Referências | References
Tencatt, L. F. C. (2022). Callichthydae. In: Gimenes Junior H. & Rech R. Guia ilustrado dos peixes do Pantanal e entorno. Julien Design, Campo Grande, MS, 302p.

Huge (> 3 cm long); found while excavating ant nest in sand of vegetated red dune. Field number NAM2011-296. See also https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142126927, found at the same site and smaller than this individual. Photographed by Duncan Robertson.

TL 4.5-5cm on kelp covered limestone reef at 6-7m depth. 8 sets of fluorescent spots along dorsal ridge. Dorsal and caudal fin rays with red stripes/spacers. Red eyebrows. Larger brown spots overlying finely dark spotted base yellow/green pigmentation.

Spotted by M.Kammermann.

Seen early morning outside my office front door, constricting a large gecko that, in turn, had a grip on the snake. Fortunately for the snake the gecko only had hold of a skin flap at the snake's throat, narrowly missing its trachea.
I placed an inverted basket over the pair so that the drama could play out undisturbed by foot traffic.
Later, when I removed the basket it was evident that the snake had prevailed. Only sign of the gecko was a lump in the snake.

Flinders Island cave-slater Echinodillo cavaticus. The world has only two known species of the very distinctive Echinodillo cave-slaters. One is found on the Marquesas Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This other species is known only from a small cave in southern Flinders Island, where its entire global range is measurable in square metres. We found this one during our Bush Blitz on Flinders Island in March 2014.