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Web-footed Gecko (Palmatogecko rangei)
Wildlife photographer Martin Harvey spent two days in the baking Namib Desert hunting for the elusive pink web-footed gecko. The lizard, which spends most of the day buried in the sand, uses its long tongue to both clean its eyes of dust and drink the moisture which collects on its eyes when the morning mist rolls in from the sea.
(via: Smithsonian Magazine)
American Pika (Ochotona princeps)
…is not a rodent but a species of lagomorph found throughout the mountains of Western North America. Like its rabbit/hare relatives the American Pika is a strict herbivore often found feeding on grasses, thistles and vegetation. Like all rock dwelling pikas the American Pika lacks the large large back legs that rabbits have and has more spaced out toes for gripping rocks. Despite their listing as least concern, the American Pika is in decline as their mountainous habitat is under direct attack from climate change. Pikas are extremely sensitive to head and will die fairly quickly when exposed to temperatures higher than 75°F. The Pikas in Peril Project is currently working on saving the American and other Pika species in the United States.
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I’ve had a complicated relationship with chickadees. Click the photo to find out why.
I’ve had a complicated relationship with chickadees. Click the photo to find out why.
WHAT IF WE PUT SOME CHEESE INSIDE OF SOME CHEESE AND THEN CHEESE CHEESE CHEESE and CHHEEAffffEDERSASEEEE…
(Grist.org: Revolutionary new grilled cheese sandwich replaces bread with more cheese)
The geoduck (pronounced “gooey-duck”) is native to the Pacific Northwest United States. It’s the largest burrowing clam in the world and can live for more than 150 years. There is nothing funny about it.
(Source: ackitten)
(Source: 0rient-express)
