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22 Pics Of The Most Flamboyant And Dangerous Creatures Taken By Dutch Photographer
Matthijs Kuijpers is a Dutch adventurer and photographer. He spent the last 27 years traveling and taking pictures of the most dangerous, surprising and endangered cold blooded animals out there.
Matthijs collected his best shots in his first book: COLD INSTINCT. In order to make this a reality, he just launched a crowdfunding campaign.
This book is an unparalleled collection of some of the most peculiar species that has ever crawled or slithered on Earth; and some of which are carefully dwelling in the most hidden crevices of the Planet!
You can follow The Cold Instinct project on Instagram.
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Blue White-Lipped Island Pit Viper
A spectacular nocturnal snake species with heat pits that enable the snake to “see” in the dark.
Gran Canaria Blue Tailed Skink
Chalcides Sexlineatus also known as Gran Canaria blue tailed skink.
Are these dangerous? We have them by an abundance here in north central Florida. I see them all of the time, playing with the green anole lizards. Oops, my apologies--this specific species is native to Spain. But it looks JUST like the ones we have here in FL. And their tails really are that blue! And orangish-red colors too.
Oh! We have so many of these where i live. Very beautiful and can be quite curious creatures.
How do you get such a clear image? Don't these reptiles run all the time?
Do they get "more blue" the older they get? Seems strange that only the tail is blue. Are they born with that color combination or evolve as they get older??? So many questions - where do we go to find answers?
It's hard to tell what advantage a blue tail would confer without knowing more about its habitat, prey and predators.
It almost looks like wood, with the magnificent bright blue!! Beautiful!!
Amazing! thanks for bringing us all these amazing creatures we'll never have a chance to see live!
homeboy these aren't extinct. They're alive and flourishing, some of these might be endangered but not all
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Masobe Gecko
Only discovered in 2010. This is a rare species highly threatened by the conversion of low elevation rain forest into farmland and the extraction of timber.
Siamese Peninsula Pitviper
The pit next to the eye allow these snakes to have infrared vision.
Jackson’s Chameleon
A true dragon of our time. Found in high altitude tropical forest. The horns are used in battle with other males and to impress the ladies.
Strawberry Poison Frog
Oophaga Pumilio, also known as Strawberry Poison Frog.
If you look it up the skin is poisonous so even just touching it is toxic.
Alligator Mississippiensis Albino
Dyeing Poison Frog
Dendrobates Tinctorius, also known as Dyeing Poison Frog.
Splash-Back Poison Frog
Ranitomeya Variabilis also known as Splash-Back Poison Frog.
Purple Harlequin Toad
Discovered in 2013. They are found on Mt Nassau, Suriname, due to illegal gold mining they can be considered critically endangered and are in real danger of already being extinct.
Cornsnake
This bizarre image showcase an unusual quirk of nature in the reptile world - a snake born with two heads. The condition of growing two heads, polycephaly, is rare in nature, but can occur through the same process that creates conjoined twins in humans. Both of the animal's heads seek food independently of the other.
Western Blue-Tongued Skink
Named after their blue tongues. These are large, massive lizards that are omnivorous.
Mount Hanang Chameleon
These are high altitude reptiles living in moorland between 2.700m and 3.300 m. Due to the extreme UV radiation at these altitudes they have a very thick skin.
Boa Constrictor Albino
Northern Green Tree Python
The colors of these snakes are actually excellent camouflage between the rainforest leaves.
Giant Monkey Frog
The skin secretion of this giant tree frog species is known as Vacina do sapo and contains different skin poisons. It is used in cleansing rituals and induces intense vomiting.
Golden Poison Frog
Phyllobates Terribilis also Golden Poison Frog. The most poisonous animal on earth.
Anthony's Poison Arrow Frog
Epipedobates Anthonyi, also known as Anthony's poison arrow frog.
Produces epibatidine, a non-opioid painkiller that is 200 times stronger than morphine, and is not addictive. Unfortunately, at high doses, epibatidine is toxic.
Triangle Frog
Cornufer guentheri also known as Triangle Frog.
What a treat! The photography is outstandingly good! This is Cold-Blooded Poetry in pictures. We need to do much, much more to ensure that we humans do not ruin everything there is in the world. In the end, we will also wipe our descendants out. Maybe, and that is only maybe, there is still time to stop us. Please, give a hand.
I'm thinkin' I get soooo tired of people "preaching", soooo tired of those same self-righteous preachers using someone else's post as "their own bandwagon". Just once I'd appreciate viewing an original "nature post" and not have to deal with the self-righteous rhetoric. How can anyone rationalize beautiful photography of frogs/snakes/lizards to being the next step to extinction of humans??? I really don't want to know how any human can think that is rational thinking!
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Neville What an outstanding, interesting story. Loved the photographers and most of all was bowled over by the birds. Such beauty.
Splendid jewels of nature! May we preserve them, as many seem in real danger.
Incredible creatures and incredible photography. I really enjoyed these.
Beautiful. It is suo sad that in our enldess greed for ever more wealth we are eradicating one amazing species after the other
Vipers, and the Dendrobates (only if in the wild).
Load More Replies... What a treat! The photography is outstandingly good! This is Cold-Blooded Poetry in pictures. We need to do much, much more to ensure that we humans do not ruin everything there is in the world. In the end, we will also wipe our descendants out. Maybe, and that is only maybe, there is still time to stop us. Please, give a hand.
I'm thinkin' I get soooo tired of people "preaching", soooo tired of those same self-righteous preachers using someone else's post as "their own bandwagon". Just once I'd appreciate viewing an original "nature post" and not have to deal with the self-righteous rhetoric. How can anyone rationalize beautiful photography of frogs/snakes/lizards to being the next step to extinction of humans??? I really don't want to know how any human can think that is rational thinking!
Load More Replies... Neville What an outstanding, interesting story. Loved the photographers and most of all was bowled over by the birds. Such beauty.
Splendid jewels of nature! May we preserve them, as many seem in real danger.
Incredible creatures and incredible photography. I really enjoyed these.
Beautiful. It is suo sad that in our enldess greed for ever more wealth we are eradicating one amazing species after the other
Vipers, and the Dendrobates (only if in the wild).
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