Animals – Page 5 – Amethyst’s Archive

sdzoo: 🐊 At 5 feet in length, West African dwarf crocodiles are one of the smallest croc species. These perfectly petite crocs are surprisingly agile and excellent at making use of camouflage. Most amazing is that they’ve been seen hanging out in the lower branches of trees! Source: sdzoo

owlsday: Melanistic Barn Owl by Glenn McNaughton on Flickr. Melanism– genetic mutation that causes pigmentation throughout the skin. Exact opposite of albinism. Source: Flickr / breckness

wilwheaton: bookoisseur: dduane: petermorwood: blacksheepboybucky: trapperweasel: justabrowncoatedwench: proserpine-in-phases: obstinate-nocturna: coelasquid: dracofidus: stillwaterseas: tokensouthernbelle: dracofidus: palindromordnilap: dracofidus: adeterminedloser: dracofidus: Needless to say, I am HORRIFIED. ‘All that you need to know about boars can be summed up in the fact that if you wish to hunt them, you must have a specially made boar spear. ThisContinue reading

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Suki Cat (@sukiicat) on Nov 11, 2017 at 9:55am PST //www.instagram.com/embed.js dialectical-devitoism: thenatsdorf: “I’m just gonna put my paws in the water.” wow canoes and cats don’t get much better than that tbh

View this post on Instagram A post shared by National Geographic (@natgeo) on Nov 4, 2017 at 7:39am PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js earthstory: natgeo The Cuban locals call him Tito. I call him big, curious and slightly intimidating; especially at night when he approached @andy_mann and I out of the mangroves. He seemed to be attracted to myContinue reading

witchofhounds: queervashti: shinymegacrobat: gif87a-com: A hummingbird thought a man’s orange hat was a flower [x] Iv never seen a hummingbird sit before lol i wasn’t going to reblog until he sat plonk

catsbeaversandducks: nubbsgalore: lachryphagy is the term used to describe the behaviour of tear drinking in nature, typically in environments – like the purvian amazon shown here – where sodium and other micronutrients are hard to find. bees and butterflies need sodium for egg production and metabolic purposes, but their diets of nectar are low inContinue reading

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fuzzy Fawn Wildlife (@fuzzyfawnwildlife) on Nov 2, 2017 at 2:37pm PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js threelegmeg: stimmystuffs: https://instagram.com/p/BbAgXusBZRQ/ I was curious (and ofc worried) about this so i checked the link and the owner of the video is actually a wildlife rehab worker! She rescued this deer from beingContinue reading