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: dragon (dragonwrites) wrote in wtf_nature,
2008-06-06 20:24:00

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wtf_nature
2008-06-06 20:24:00

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Almiqui!

Hi everyone! I'm new to this community and did not see my special little friend in your tag list.

almiqui

This is an almiqui. I don't know about you, but I think he's pretty freaking strange looking.

The almiqui is a Cuban mammal whose most noteworthy characteristic is that it secretes venom in its saliva. My favorite fact about the almiqui is that it was believed to be extinct for most of the 20th century. If you would like to read more about the almiqui, you can see one of my short essays on the subject here.

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Bird Pretends to be Caterpillar

A recent study published in the journal American Naturalist, describes how the Cinereous Mourner ( Laniocera hypopyrra) chick is covered…
Macrocilix maia

A link worth following Macrocilix maia is a Drepanid moth found from India to Japan, and a number of islands in the Indonesian archipelago. As…
Sure, Australia has 9 out of 10 of the world's deadliest snakes. We also have these.

Fraser’s Delma, Delma fraseri. One of Australia’s legless geckos, family Pygopodidae. AKA Flap-footed Lizards, or Snake-lizards, and found here…

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Almiqui!

Bird Pretends to be Caterpillar

Macrocilix maia

Sure, Australia has 9 out of 10 of the world's deadliest snakes. We also have these.

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Bird Pretends to be Caterpillar

Macrocilix maia

Sure, Australia has 9 out of 10 of the world's deadliest snakes. We also have these.