American flamingos live in South America and various islands around it all the way up to Florida.
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Brazilian Agouti
Even though agouti is mostly known as a color variation for various animals there is an actual group of rodents known as agouti.
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Pygmy Hippopotamus
The pygmy hippopotamus looks a lot like like its full sized cousin.
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Hippopotamus
The most dangerous wild animal in Africa is surprisingly the mostly herbivorous hippopotamus.
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Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
The eastern cottontail rabbit is one of the most common rabbits in North America.
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Domestic Cats
Distributing pictures of domestic cats appears to be one of the most important justifications for the existence of the Internet. So I hereby contribute my share.
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Capybara
The capybara is the largest rodent in the world.
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Guinea Pig
Guinea pigs are just the cutest little things.
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Patagonian Mara
The Patagonian mara is a large rodent that sort of looks like a giant rabbit or hare.
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Polydrusus Weevil
For some reason this European beetle if known as the Green immigrant leaf weevil in North America.
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American Robin
The American robin is one of the most common birds around here, yet I seem to be unable to take a good picture of one.
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Maple Trees In Toronto
The leaf of the maple tree is synonymous with Canada. We even have one depicted on our flag.
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July 6, 2014
by DDD
Comments Off on Life is Short
You know you are getting old when you start taking the words of Hippocrates too seriously:
Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή.
Life is short, the craft is long.
(Usually quoted in Latin: Ars longa, vita brevis.)
Beef Stew
The beef stew in the pictures was prepared in a similar manner as the rabbit in an earlier article.
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San Esteban Island Chuckwalla
The San Esteban Island chuckwalla is a really large lizard of the iguana family.
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Take Me to Your Lizard
When the ancient Greeks have invented democracy the people have actually wielded the power by means of ostracism and graphe paranomon.
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North American Beaver
The North American beaver is the national animal of Canada.
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Antlion
I was unfamiliar with the antlion. Continue Reading →
Burgundy Snail
The burgundy snail is one of the land snail species eaten as escargot.
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Green Bottle Fly
The green bottle fly is a type of blowfly. Green bottle flies live all over the world.
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