The southern ground hornbill is the largest species of hornbill, a type of bird with a large beak resembling a cow’s horn.
October 19, 2014
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Category Archives: Critters
October 17, 2014
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Pencil Urchin
The pencil urchin is a species of sea urchin from the Atlantic ocean.
October 16, 2014
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Green Mamba
The green mamba is one of the most venomous snakes in the world.
October 14, 2014
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Cheetah
The cheetah is the fastest animal on land capable of running around the speed of a 100km/h.
October 13, 2014
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Domestic Turkey
Domestic turkeys are rather large birds kept as livestock particularly on the American continent but they are fairly common world wide.
October 12, 2014
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Marsh Gladiolus
In spite of its name the marsh gladiolus does not really grow in marshes.
October 11, 2014
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Gyrfalcon
The gyrfalcon is the largest falcon in the world.
October 10, 2014
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Red-foot Tortoise
Red-foot tortoises are from South America.
October 9, 2014
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White-breasted Cormorant
White-breasted cormorants are a regional subspecies of the great cormorants from Sub-Saharan Africa.
October 8, 2014
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Spider Tortoise
The spider tortoise is a rare, critically endangered species of tortoise from Madagascar.
October 7, 2014
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Northern Tree Shrew
Tree shrews used to be considered close relatives to primates but modern DNA tests show that it isn’t so.
October 5, 2014
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Bug Orchid
The bug orchid Anacamptis coriophora is a somewhat rare orchid that grows in South-Eastern Europe.
October 4, 2014
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Tortoises in the Genus Testudo
Tortoises in the genus Testudo are herbivorous land dwelling tortoises from southern Europe, West Asia and North Africa.
October 3, 2014
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Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern gray squirrels are rodents and they are everywhere in the Eastern part of North America.
October 1, 2014
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Mulberry Trees
Mulberry trees are ubiquitous in lots of places, including where I usually take pictures, yet most people probably, especially in urban areas, do not even know if they have ever seen one.
September 30, 2014
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Silkworm
Silkworms are really caterpillars, the larval form of a moth.
September 29, 2014
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Panther Chameleon
The panther chameleon is a species of chameleon from the forests of Madagascar.
September 28, 2014
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Yak
Yaks are bovids adapted to life at high altitudes in the Himalayas.
September 27, 2014
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Radiated Tortoise
The radiated tortoise is a species of large tortoise from Madagascar.
September 26, 2014
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Common Ostrich
Ostriches are the largest flightless birds currently in existence.