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We build cities to create spaces for living and working, but all of that concrete distances us from the natural world. So, to remind themselves that they're part of something bigger, members of the subreddit 'Nature is Freaking Lit' are sharing pictures from green forests and blue seas. Whether it's a candid snapshot of a snake or a National Geographic-level close-up of an insect, they definitely inspire others to reconnect with the environment.
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#1
🔥 When It’s Cold Enough To See The Melody
okpkpkp 9 months ago (edited)
I put a bird feeder in my yard and now it's full of Chickadees. I've had hummer feeders for years and wanted to expand. Beware, tho. They eat a ton of food.
Thanos'Fingers 9 months ago
I put a bird feeder in my yard and now it's full of Squirrels. Beware, they also eat a ton of food.
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#2
🔥 The Symmetry Of This Turn In The Air
#3
🔥 This Perfect Shot Of An Owl In Flight. Photo By Steve Woods Photography
#4
🔥 Gazelles And Their Shadows, Galloping Over The Namib Sands
WindySwede 9 months ago
reddit, not OP though: "The turquoise color is almost definitely coming from the artist taking the picture late in the day when the twilight would cause the sand to have a very slight blue color. I found several pictures of the area with white and red, and sliiight blue and red. However the artist's Facebook has other pictures from this area with this effect. This is most likely them appreciating the blue and red contrast, and increasing the saturation in post to accentuate the colors. I could be wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
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#5
🔥 A Polar's Mother Watchful Eye🔥
Peter Bear 9 months ago
Definitely NOT friend, yet still friend-shaped. Dilemma!
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Pandora 9 months ago
If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lie down. If it's white, goodnight.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 9 months ago
"Any attempt to pet the Murder Teddy Bears, will most likely be met with extremely unhealthy violence, and may result in you or your loved ones possibly becoming... lunch."
Nice Beast Ludo 9 months ago
Oh wow I was too busy gushing over baby cutie to see mother anger lurking in the darkness
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 9 months ago
I do hope the photographer was using a telescope lense here. Mother looks annoyed.
#6
🔥the Melanistic Fox
Kristen Woehlke 8 months ago
My house is near a wetland with brush and woods near by. I noticed we had one of these. So beautiful! Then the all grey fox... I make sure they are all protected. This is my circus and those are my monkeys... Well foxes. Just gorgeous!
#7
🔥 Eclipse As Viewed From The Iss
Deta Rossiter 9 months ago
why is this not higher. Like really, this is something only a very select few will ever experience in real life
Daniel Atkins 9 months ago
I live (in the US) about a hundred miles from the totality for the one last year. I looked towards the east where the totality would be visible and seeing how much darker the sky was in the distance was surreal
#8
🔥 A Clouded Leopard
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 9 months ago
"Petting the cute Murder Kitties is strictly forbidden."
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
All this time I thought this ancient cat species, the Clouded Leopard, got it's name due to it's habitat in the South Asian cloud forests. Nah, its name is based on its cloud-like markings. Okay, whatever.
#9
🔥 Majestic Tiger 🐯 And Her Cubs- India
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 9 months ago
"All visitors, Please Remember, no matter how cute they look, you must not attempt to pet the Murder Kitties." "If you diregard this warning, we will bear no liability or responsibility, for any damages, dismemberment, or death that happens to you, or anyone else in your party." "We thank you for your cooperation. We hope you have a nice day, and enjoy your visit."
Vicki Perizzolo 9 months ago
wow! That's quite a momma who kept 4 alive ... hope their luck holds out.
#10
🔥 Snowflake On A Crow's Wing
#11
🔥 Baby Foxes 🔥
Multa Nocte 9 months ago
Another animal that one wants to pet and yet knows very well that they shouldn't.
#12
🔥 In Florida, A Manatee Is Perfectly Illuminated In Its Natural Habitat
Conservation (Hope) Photographer Of The Year, 1st Place Winner Sylvie Ayer.
LauraDragonWench 9 months ago
Same. Especially growing up in Florida, hearing horror stories of local boaters and manatee accidents was heartbreaking.
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Sadie Grace Scholen 8 months ago
I swam with them during christmas break and yes they are adorable as well and majestic
#13
🔥 Giraffe Photobombs The Picture
BrunoVI 9 months ago
From the dawn of the internet, but an absolute classic. The eyelashes, the "smile", everything.
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Upstaged75 9 months ago
My cat when I'm in a Zoom meeting. And then of course everyone needs to see her butt hole as well. :)
#14
🔥 A Battle Scarred Indian Leopard (Marlon Du Toit - Instagram) 🔥
LauraDragonWench 9 months ago
Done the s**t, got the T-shirt, shredded the T-shirt and used it for my litter box.
Rosecrucian Roeth 9 months ago
A battle hardened veteran by the looks of those scars on his face.
Hinrik Ævarsson 9 months ago
Never have i ever seen such an expression on a cats face. It is so neutral that I genuinely expect him to be holding still for what he expects to be a long process of having his likeness captured.
#15
🔥 This Is The Majestic Greater Kudu
Eyeone 9 months ago
….one of these days these ears are gonna hear all over you.
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#16
🔥sleepy Lioness.🔥
BN80 9 months ago
Soft kitty, Warm kitty, Little ball of fur. Happy kitty, Sleepy kitty, Purr Purr Purr
CrunChewy McSandybutt 9 months ago
Wait, kitty. Nice kitty. Show a little grace. Big kitty, strong kitty, please don't eat my face.
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Riley Quinn 9 months ago
You know those nights when you just can't sleep? You're lying on your expensive mattress with your expensive pillows and blankets, and you just can't sleep. Then you see this.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 9 months ago
Australia has their drop bears, and Africa has their drop kitties.
#17
🔥 The King Of The Forest (Chaitanya Deshpande - Instagram) 🔥
Becky Samuel 9 months ago
Bucks and stags of many species of deer thrash their antlers in vegetation during rutting season. Having a large amount of greenery on the antlers must have some evolutionary advantage.
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Teutonic Disaster 9 months ago
Reminds me of a pic i've seen years ago. Only that the dear had the ripped-off head of another dear stuck in it's antlers. Probably the second most gruesome animal photo I've ever seen.
LauraDragonWench 9 months ago
*sigh* Oh, Bob, whatever will we do with you?
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Apparently they use the foliage to make their antlers more intimidating to other stags..
#18
🔥 A Polar Bear Carves Out A Bed From A Small Iceberg Before Drifting Off To Sleep In The Far North, Off Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago
BrunoVI 9 months ago
No, they absolutely, positively are not. It's a false implication made by activists groups. (The sources themselves never actually say those words; they just say, "look at this poor polar bear, at risk for going extinct from global warming!") They can swim 500 miles; their Latin name is Ursus Maritimus, the sea bear, because LIVE in the water, even sleeping.
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jasper 9 months ago
Your statement makes no sense. The sun will blow up eventually. But we can't do anything about it.
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🔥 It's Just An Attack!
#20
🔥 A Once In A Lifetime Shot, Barn Owl, Photo: Roy Rimmer 🔥
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
I've seen this photograph several times, but it never fails to impress.
#21
🔥 Dragon Head Mountain, South Sinai, Egypt 🔥
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
"Puppy Mountain" in Yichang, China has been popping up all week in my digital subscriptions, and now I get to see the more dramatic Dragon Head Mountain. What a week! BTW, the glowing eye is due to campfires inside the cave.
#22
🔥 Jonathan The Tortoise Is The Oldest Living Land Animal In The World
LauraDragonWench 9 months ago
Actually, I believe that's Princess Margaret.
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She who must not be named 9 months ago
Or your grandparents, that's even more incredible
Load More Replies... She who must not be named 9 months ago
Imagine how many different faces he's seen in his lifetime, it's incredible
#23
🔥 Stygian Owl Known For Red Reflection Of Their Eyes That Are Often Associated With The Devil
Luke Branwen 9 months ago
I've heard that these owls spawned the Mothman legend. Their wingspan is absolutely MASSIVE and their eyes glow red like in the pic.
Pollywog 9 months ago
These particular owls aren't native to West Virginia. They're found in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. (I was curious so I looked them up.)
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Riley Quinn 9 months ago
Of course humans would associate this bird with the Devil. Easier to jump to paranormal conclusions than search for a biological reason. Similar to how a cat's eyes glow when reflecting sunlight, the Stygian owl's yellow eyes reflect sunlight as red. No need to bring superstitions into this.
LauraDragonWench 9 months ago
How else do you think religion survives to this day?
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#24
🔥 Sørvàgsvatn, A Lake That Hangs Above An Ocean; Faroe Island
Angelshark 9 months ago
We have scenic landscapes like this and no dragons. WTF is this world even?
Jcusack 9 months ago
No it's not. The cliffs are that big, the lake is that size and it's surrounded by the ocean. Everything in this picture is accurately depicted.
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#25
🔥 The Arctic Hare - Aka Floof Snowballs 🔥
Mary Fernando 7 months ago
Explain BONS. No point telling someone is wrong in their description and you come up with another meaningless word. Let everyone see how smart you are.
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Terri Rowland 9 months ago
They look so funny walking about with long legs, nothing like you expected hares to look like...
CatD 8 months ago (edited)
Most hares have long legs, it just looks funny because they're extra floofy.
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🔥 Black Panther 🔥
#27
🔥 Indian Black Narrowmouth Frog (Melanobatrachus Indicus)
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
This fella is a mere 2-3cm (25/32" to 1-3/16") and the bright color that normally indicates a venomous creature is most likely used for communication. Melanobatrachus indicus is an Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species that has been classified as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
#28
🔥magnificent Snowy Owl
Sally Moen 9 months ago
These owls have been showing up in unlikely places in the past few years
#29
🔥 The Tree On The Left Has Been Cut A Few Years Ago, But Has Stayed Alive Because Of The Tree Right Next To It
Luke Branwen 9 months ago
Imagine a human equivalent: a person with a barely alive torso of another person surgically attached to their back. Sorry, I'm a SF writer, I just think like that 🥲
#30
🔥 What Do You Suppose They Are Talking About?
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 9 months ago
I don't know, Dan, I'm just getting kind of tired of fish. That's all.
Livingwithcfs 9 months ago
well last year we went to the west coast... Northland better... no Iceland...
MalayDragon 9 months ago
The Bear necessities, those good ol bear necessities. They also appear to have forgotten about their worries and their strife.
#31
🔥 Angry Psychedelic Bird
Behold the Lilac-Breasted Rolle.
Scientific Name: Coracias caudatus Country, Continent: Eastern and Southern Africa Habitat: Savannas and Open Woodlands
The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula. It prefers open woodland and savanna, and it is for the most part absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it perches at the tops of trees, poles or other high vantage points from where it can spot insects, amphibians and small birds moving about on the ground.
This species is unofficially considered the national bird of Kenya. Alternative names for the lilac-breasted roller include the fork-tailed roller, lilac-throated roller (also used for a subspecies of purple roller) and Mosilikatze's roller.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 9 months ago
I did an image search of it and they are stunning birds. Look for a pic of one in flight.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 9 months ago
I feel like I am being judged by a photo of a bird in a Rave Costume.
Chlorox Bleach 9 months ago
They could have done a better job naming this little guy I mean it looks like a friggin planetary nebula
#32
🔥 The Stages Of An Osprey As It Dives Into The Water To Hunt
Johnnynatfan 9 months ago
We have osprey in my community and its really impressive to see them dive in the water to catch a fish. And then sometimes they are chased by bald eagles as the eagle tries to steal the fish.
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
I really appreciate the stop-action allowing us to see how the osprey adjusting its body with precision.
BoredPangolin 8 months ago
Can we talk about the fact that their legs are their REAR legs and that eagle is shooting them in front of his beak like bones and articulations aren't a thing!
#33
🔥 Wild Cloud Formations Over Scotland
Livingwithcfs 9 months ago
either Dali or Van Gogh made it to the sunset department in the afterlife
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
It's been theorized that the sky in Edvard Munch's The Scream is thought to have been inspired by either the Krakatau eruption in 1883 resulting in a volcanic sunset or rare stratospheric nacreous clouds that form over high-altitude areas during extreme cold.
Terri Rowland 9 months ago
Absolutely amazing, I am so grateful for my mum teaching me how to appreciate the beautiful things that nature gives us for free. Every one of the pictures here is so much more valuable than money ever could be... If you learn to see with your heart and appreciate with your eyes.. you will always be glad that you're alive..
somnomania (she/her, queer) 9 months ago
that's wild how it looks like it's on a perfectly flat plane! skybox is real, the simulation is now /j
#34
🔥 This Dramatic Storm Captured In Germany
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
I miss big sky country rural living, when the sky would swirl with storm clouds. The closer a thunderstorms got, the more euphoric I felt. And what glorious storms we had.
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In case anyone is wondering, that's a rolling horizontal column of air caused by wimdshear turbulence between two air masses of different density passing each other (warm moist air rushing over falling cold air), and with enough updraft, the column could turn vertical. This rotation is what leads to rotating supercels (the storms that can produce the big wall clouds and tornadoes).
tresgatos72 9 months ago
Am I the only one who began hearing "Ride of the Valkyries" when looking at this?
April Pickett 9 months ago
I'm asking, because I don't know. Do European countries have tornados/hurricanes?
#35
🔥 This Last Spring I Had The Most Enjoyable Five Minutes Trying To Catch A Glimpse, And I Finally Did, Of This Yellow Warbler In A Pink Tree
Multa Nocte 9 months ago
What a lovely little bird, and it is even prettier with the pink blossoms as contrast.
Dusty's mom 9 months ago
Yellow Warbler in an American Redbud tree. The flowers, as well as the tender young seedpods, are edible. Good in fresh veggie salads.
Vicki Perizzolo 9 months ago
I get orioles for about 3 days a year as they migrate thru -- I'll hear them, run in to grab my camera... and they hide in the trees, popping out for a second and back... frustrating
#36
🔥 Dracula Parrot 🔥
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
The Dracula parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus), also known as the vulturine parrot or Pesquet's parrot looks similar to a vulture due to its bald face and hooked bill. It's assumed the bald face is due to its diet of mainly figs that would otherwise stick to its feathers. Other food sources are flowers and nectar. This one doesn't have red spots behind its eyes, so it must be a female.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 9 months ago
* Death Metal Music* "POLLY WANT A CRACKERRR! POLLY WANT IT NOOOOWWW!!!"
Svenne O'Lotta 9 months ago
You should check out the metal band Hatebeak.
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#37
🔥 The Lesser Known Cousin Of The Killer Whale, The False Killer Whale
#38
🔥 Bush Dogs Have Been Described As Looking Like Bear/Dachshund Hybrids
detective miller's hat 9 months ago
VERY rare. Was actually thought to be extinct.
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According to Wikipedia, they are found in Suriname, Guyana and Peru in South America and they hunt Capybarras.
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
These little cuties hail from Central and South America, with more of them living in Suriname, Guyana and Peru. They have a powerful bite, mainly hunt large rodents and even larger prey. Fun fact: they're also known as "vinegar dogs" because their urine smells like vinegar. Their average weight is 5kg (11lbs) and height is 17.78-30.48cm (7-12"). Oh, and they have webbed feet for swimming/wading in the wetlands.
Ben Aziza 9 months ago (edited)
Someone wrote they hunt capybaras... Yeh look at that one on the left. Look at his or her face... I dont even need to verify that info. If anything hunted capybaras it something with that diabolical grin on its face. Now... how fast can we wolf to dog them cus yeh I want one xd
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 9 months ago
Unfortunately, Speothos has a diploid chromosome number of 74.[12] This makes it unable to produce fertile hybrids with other canid species.
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#39
🔥 Bohemian Waxwing 🔥
detective miller's hat 9 months ago
I love waxwings, they're so beautiful. If you bring the really good bins, you can see them at the wildlife sanctuary near my house.
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
I remember seeing a flock of Cedar Waxwings descend on a fruit tree, and I was enthralled by their striking beauty. But this Bohemian Waxwing is quite the pretty thing. BTW, they're called waxwing because the red color on their wing tips resembles sealing wax.
setsuriseikou 9 months ago
You know spring is just around the corner when you see these guys visiting Siberian cities for rowan and guelder rose berries (normally they live in forests, but there's no food left for them by around mid-February).
Vicki Perizzolo 9 months ago
one of my favorite birds... so beautiful. we sometimes get cedar waxwings
#40
🔥 Footprints Left Behind By A Ladybug
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
Got to thinking, why would a ladybug walk up the side when it can fly. Energy efficiency. Especially for smaller insects.
Terri Rowland 9 months ago
How adorable, I can imagine their little feet with little black ankle boots on, marching away...
PIO4 Office 9 months ago
I can hear the lady bug picnic song from Sesame Street scrolling in my head.
#41
🔥 The Road Not Taken... 🔥
Luke Branwen 9 months ago
"Kaiju Giraffe isn't real, it can't hurt you." Meanwhile Kaiju Giraffe:
#42
🔥 An Eye Of A Female Humpback Whale
robin aldrich 9 months ago (edited)
I read about the photographer and her encounter with this beautiful whale... who died later after being hit by a ship. I don't understand with all the technology we have...we can't avoid hitting these creatures.. ( sorry to be Debbie Downer here)
Karen Menard 9 months ago
I am so happy! These guys have been taken off the Endangered Species list!
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
I can't tell if this is the right or left eye, but it reminds me of the Eye of Horus (if it's the left) or the Eye of Ra (if it's the right).
#43
🔥 A Meteor Fell Near The Most Active Volcano (Mount Merapi) In Indonesia 🔥
#44
🔥 Gharial Mom And Her Kids, India, Photo By Santosh Jana
336 9 months ago
This is a male (I think). Usually its the males that do this (in order to impress females and secure mates in the next breeding season)
336 9 months ago
Additional fact: Gharials are one of the few reptiles that take care of hatchlings that are not their own. Also one of the few where males help to take care of hatchlings.
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Richard Graham 9 months ago
But the alligator has better morals than Musk.
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Left to right: Robert, Hazel, Edwin, Marcy, Samantha, Ethel, Lionel, Erwin, Coleman, Jason, Elizabeth, John, Paul, George, Ringo, Cynthia, J.D., Hubert, James, Benson, Juanita, Everett, Richard, Olivia, Beth, Steven, Stephen, George, Sonya, Ethelbert, Jane, Janice, Jackson, Kamala, Howard, Erskine, Paulette, Adolph, Gary, Jeremiah, Felicity, Francis, Apollo, Marilyn, Melissa, Stewart, Hortense, April, Georgette, Hansen, Benito, Florence, Phyllis, Maxine, Napoleon, Beth, Joy, Leonard, and the Alligator formerly know as Prince.
#45
🔥 Once In A Lifetime Capture
Photo Credit: Prasenjeet Yadav.
From the photographer's IG: "This is definitely one of the most memorable shot I have ever taken and also the first image that NG published back in 2016!! This GreenMeteor was captured while taking a time-lapse to document the urbanization around the Skyislands southern in India. The camera was set at 15s exposure for 999 shots and this came into one of those shots. Green Meteor’s greenish color come from a combination of the heating of oxygen around the meteor and the mix of minerals ignited as the rock enters Earth's atmosphere"
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
I had the wonderful good fortune to catch a green meteor fireball from my back porch. It seemed so close, as if it were a mere couple of miles away, but I think that might have been an optical illusion. I don't know if it consisted of magnesium or nickel since both elements burn green. It was spectacular.
Csimutka 9 months ago
Magnesium burns with bright white, nickel with silver white. Green is more like barium or copper. :)
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Mr_Devious 8 months ago
It appears that the Witch King is leading his army out of Minas Morgul. The deep breath before the plunge!
#46
🔥 Gray Peacock Pheasant 🔥
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
Not as flamboyant as the Green peafowl, but still very striking. The indigo and blue spots appear to have a convex shape.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 9 months ago
Oh, what I would give for some of these feathers for my collection... (the ones the pheasant loses anyway, of course!)
Vicki Perizzolo 9 months ago
is that the same as an Argus Pheasant? Looks similar but not the same. Beautiful bird though
#47
🔥 Landscape Divided Beautifully By The Rails Of A Fence
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
Good eye. Most people would walk by an not notice. Four different scenes in one.
#48
🔥 A Swarm Of Jellyfish Congregated Under This Boat
OzzyTheMano (They/Them) 9 months ago
they are moon jellies!! aka Aurelia aurita! they are different than most jellies because they have short tentacles that have a sting that actually does NOT affect humans!
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leendadll 9 months ago
I saw this once in Huntingtin Harbor (southern California) and had fun lightly booping them as they reached the surface.
#49
🔥 The Humble Tardigrade Is One Of The Few Things To Survive The Last Five Major Extinctions
Livingwithcfs 9 months ago
cute but looks like a vacuum cleaner wearing a bomb disposal outfit
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
I've been fascinated by these little buggers since I first learned of them years ago. Incredible. Amazing. Indomitable. It's the tiny ones that survive, while all the big to huge creatures succumb to natural and/or human-caused disasters.
somnomania (she/her, queer) 9 months ago
i have a plushie of one of these cuties, it makes an excellent thing to tuck behind my head!
Sadie Grace Scholen 8 months ago
omg also known as water bear has survived many many things it can be frozen for like years and unfrozen and it will be fine
Anxious Aardvark 9 months ago
It's a tiny, unbelievably tough little animal called a tardigrade, with the common name "Water bear." If they enter a protective state called cryptobiosis, they can be dunked into liquid nitrogen and survive. Gamma radiation that would k**l a human? No problem.
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#50
🔥 Gouldian Finch Chicks Have Bright Spots On The Sides Of Their Mouths That Help Their Parents Feed Them In The Dark
Howisitmondayalready 9 months ago
Me too - triggered mild trypophobia for some reason. Nature is so clever though!
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 9 months ago
I've never considered new born birds cute like other animals. Frankly, I find them quite ugly. But these birds are just downright freakish. Amazing how baby birds mature into beautiful creatures.
Natalie Kelsey 9 months ago
niGhTMaRe fuEL*they start spinning and making saw and suctioning sounds* thanks I hate it
#51
🔥 An Albino Alligator! Only About 100 Of These Unique Reptiles Known To Exist
glowworm2 9 months ago
Not albino. This one has leucism due to their blue eyes. Also, they are adorable.
Mjskywalk 9 months ago
I’m guessing that is for 2 reasons. Genetically rare and they don’t blend in, so easy targets for predators before they reach maturity.
#52
🔥 A Short-Eared Owl Shows Off Its Impressive Wingspan - 📸 Ian Parker, UK
#53
🔥 Tree Of Life 🔥
#54
🔥this Saiga Antelope
Multa Nocte 9 months ago
I love their funny little faces. I was sorry to hear how many died recently due to a virus or something (2015ish?). Hope they are doing better as a species.
Pyla 9 months ago
talk about a bottleneck event. That and humans. Frankly humans ARE the bottleneck event for megafauna and apex predators.
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 9 months ago
Between poaching and diseases, these odd-looking antelopes are living on the edge. They've existed since the late Pleistocene.
#55
🔥cat Walking Away From Volcanic Eruption
#56
🔥 It's A Bird! It's A Rainbow! It's A Rainbow Bird!
Meet the white-browed tit-warbler, the bird with a beautiful rainbow color. Such a gorgeous creature. It's hard to believe it's real.
detective miller's hat 9 months ago
Of all the possible names for a rainbow bird, they went with "white-browed"???
#57
🔥 Eysturoy (East Island), Faroe Islands, Denmark 🔥
#58
🔥 Rabbits Fighting Mid-Air In Kyushu, Japan
Ian Webling 9 months ago
Until late in the 20th Century, it was believed that these were males fighting for dominance. It was then discovered that it was always an amorous male and a less-then-interested female.
Riley Quinn 9 months ago
Had rabbits on the farm and a couple years later. They are viscous little creatures when they're angry - and it doesn't take much to make them angry. Otherwise, they're the sweetest.
#59
🔥 Long Tailed Tit Bird. 🔥
BeesEelsAndPups 9 months ago
It's true. The Brits have the best tits in Europe.
Load More Replies... MalayDragon 9 months ago
Anyone else see this and immediately think those little green pigs about to learn a thing or two.. Just me?
#60
🔥 Photographer Atif Saeed Took This Stunning Image Of A Lion, Moments Before It Charged
Heir of Durin 9 months ago
He somehow got away in time! https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/lion-close-moments-attacking-nature-photographer-pakistan/story?id=30277036
#61
🔥 Displeased Possum And Eagle Arguing About Sharing A Meal 🔥
#62
🔥a Swarm Has Landed On A Rhino To Rest.🐝🦏
In the swarm, Bees are calm and vulnerable. Their objective is to take care of the queen and reach the chosen new home. Sometimes they stop to rest and regroup. Here, they found a large rhinoceros, "an ideal resting place." Beekeeper Cape Town, SA.
WindySwede 9 months ago
I was thinking the voice of the petunias in Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy? 🙃
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#63
🔥 Pelican Enjoying Its Meal
Sven Grammersdorf 9 months ago
A strange bird, the pelican. His mouth can hold more than his belly can. He scoops into his beak, enough food for a week, and I'll be damned if I know how the hell he can!
#64
🔥 Monkey's Tail Cactus 🔥
#66
🔥 Day 65 Of Posting An Animal From Every Country - Marine Iguana (Ecuador)
#67
🔥 Just Met This Moose That Was On A Evening Walk
#68
🔥 An Elderly Lion In His Final Hours. Photograph By Larry Pannell 🔥
Max Fox 9 months ago
By "elderly", they mean maybe 11 years old or even younger. He's simply worn down from some three years of constant sex and chasing away other males. He has been kicked out of his pride and is unable to hunt efficiently. A female will live until 16, and will be supported by the other females of the pride, so will die of old age, rather than starvation, as males do.
#69
🔥 Giant Anglerfish Washes Up On California Beach
Svenne O'Lotta 9 months ago
I'm gonna need some perspective here, these guys usually don't get bigger than 12 cm
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🔥 An Australian Tarantula Hawk Wasp Dragging Off A Huntsman Spider To Lay Her Egg On Its Paralysed Body
When the egg hatches, the larva consumes the paralysed spider from the inside out, leaving the vital organs until last to keep their paralysed meal alive as long as possible.
Simeon Nevel 9 months ago
Only in Australia is there a bug big enough to prey on a spider big enough to spin a web strong enough to trap birds in flight.. Ugh...
Becky Samuel 9 months ago
Huntsman spiders don't spin webs, but I guess the wasp could theoretically take out orb-weavers.
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Heir of Durin 9 months ago
We have tarantula hawk wasps here in New Mexico. They are gnarly. Not nearly this big though, thank the Lord.
S Bow 9 months ago
We have them in Arizona too, and their preferred prey is tarantulas.
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Most concerning is that it looks like it's inside someone's kitchen
G Bono 9 months ago
This is why I will never go to Australia. It used to be on my bucket list, but hell no. I don’t want to share a continent with anything like either of these things. How do you even kill these things? Bug spray? Flame thrower? Seriously, has anyone actually seen either inside a house, and if so, is the house still standing?
Becky Samuel 9 months ago
Why would you want them dead? Other than being quick, the spiders are harmless. You're more likely to get hurt by a mouse than one of these. And the wasp is non-agressive as long as you're not stupid enough to mess with it.
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🔥 A Comparison Between The Jaws Of A Gray Wolf And A Spotted Hyena
#72
🔥a Lichen Huntsman Mother Guards Her Egg Sack🔥
#73
🔥 Moose Swam Right In Front Of My Kayak In The Backcountry. Look At The Bugs He Endures!
#74
🔥 The Eye Of The Sahara 🔥
Or, the Richat Structure.
The Richat Structure is a deeply eroded, slightly elliptical dome with a diameter of 40 kilometres (25 mi). The sedimentary rock exposed in this dome ranges in age from Late Proterozoic within the center of the dome to Ordovician sandstone around its edges. The sedimentary rocks composing this structure dip outward at 10–20°. Differential erosion of resistant layers of quartzite has created high-relief circular cuestas. Its center consists of a siliceous breccia covering an area that is at least 30 kilometres (19 mi) in diameter.
#76
🔥fossil Of 37 Million Years Old Whale Skeleton (65ft+ Long) Found In Wadi Al Hitan, Egyptian Desert
Karl der Große 9 months ago
That's back in the days when whales weren't afraid to try to cross the desert ;)
#77
🔥 A Close Up Of A Longhorn Beetle's Face
#78
🔥 Wolf Spider And Her Many Spiderlings
Jaren Lloyd 9 months ago
nope nuh uh no way absolutely not no thank you not acceptable non no no no no no no
#79
🔥 Our Sweet Unedited Moon Hiding Behind Some Thick Clouds
#81
🔥 The Point Farthest From Any Ocean On Earth. When I Visited The Spot, It Happened To Be One Of The Most Naturally Beautiful Places I’ve Ever Seen
detective miller's hat 9 months ago
The first photo looks like something from a Studio Ghibli film.
Pyla 9 months ago
Like in that scene where they get to the lake while she's cleaning up.
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🔥 Pele’s Hair (Volcanic Glass)🔥
Pele’s hair is a formal geological term that volcanologists give to the golden-brown, fiber or thread-like strands of volcanic glass formed naturally from blowing out or stretching of ejected molten lava blobs. It mainly forms from low-viscosity basaltic Hawaiian eruptions but can occur in other basaltic eruptions.
#83
🔥 Cane Toads Riding A Giant Python To Escape Rising Flood Waters In Australia
Pedantic Panda 9 months ago
BBC News - Cane toads hitch ride on python's back https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-46720030
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🔥 700lb Alligator Found In Georgia Ditch
Princess Possum 9 months ago
It was in bad shape when they found it. Had been shot several times, so they euthanized it. :( https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/02/massive-alligator-weighing-700-pounds-found-georgia/3039780002/
#85
🔥 Comparison Of The Size Of A Siberian Tiger, A Brown Bear And A Human
Multa Nocte 9 months ago
And yet there are people who think they could take the tiger and the bear on and win in a fight.
#86
🔥 A Close Up Of A Tapeworm
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 9 months ago
There's no need to be mean to the tapeworm.
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OK, Jenn Smith, LooseSeal's $10 Banana, and Mike Rodrick - you three have made my day!!!!! 😂
Svenne O'Lotta 9 months ago
Oh yeah, the hydra was definitely based on this
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🔥 These Are Ghost Mushrooms, Bioluminescent Fungi Native To Australia
Ghost mushrooms can be found anywhere along the east coast of Australia where there are old forests. They grow mainly on huge dead trees. You can see their light with the naked eye as a faint green glow in the forest at night.
This crop comes up most years after a rainy season on an old dead gum tree on my farm in south east Australia
These photos are taken with natural light of the mushrooms only, no extra lighting used. I have used very long exposures (8-14 minutes) to gather more of the light from these wonders. You can see in the second photo the stars have trailed during the long exposure.
And before anyone asks, they are not edible or trippy. They will make you very sick for a few days.
#88
🔥 Unprecedented Photos Of A Leafcutter Bee Sharing Its Nest With A Wolfspider
Daniel Atkins 9 months ago
"That leaf looks really where you put it. No I don't think it needs to go to the left"
#89
🔥 Comparison Of Hurricanes Katrina & Helene Plus Helene's Path Of Destruction
Johnnynatfan 9 months ago
Not those but the idiot is back in the white house and hurricane season will be here soon so I expect somethings stupid from the oval office.
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Cronecast AtTheRisingMoon 9 months ago
These are wonderful, thank you for sharing them! Good content day between this and the new historical photos, yay !
Linda Riebel 9 months ago
I thought I had seen the most fabulous nature photos -- and then GRETA came along !
Cronecast AtTheRisingMoon 9 months ago
These are wonderful, thank you for sharing them! Good content day between this and the new historical photos, yay !
Linda Riebel 9 months ago
I thought I had seen the most fabulous nature photos -- and then GRETA came along !
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