November 18th, 2012
biomedicalephemera: Method of the mussurana’s attack upon the jararaca. Note the size difference between the two snakes. The mussurana is able to consume comparatively large snakes because its digestive system compresses the body of the other snake into a wave-like shape. Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Theodore Roosevelt, 1914.

biomedicalephemera:

Method of the mussurana’s attack upon the jararaca.

Note the size difference between the two snakes. The mussurana is able to consume comparatively large snakes because its digestive system compresses the body of the other snake into a wave-like shape.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Theodore Roosevelt, 1914.

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October 21st, 2012
Behaviour: cold-blooded animals Winner: Into the mouth of the caiman by Luciano Candisani (Brazil)

Behaviour: cold-blooded animals Winner: Into the mouth of the caiman by Luciano Candisani (Brazil)

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August 8th, 2012
worldlyanimals: Leaf Tailed Gecko, Madagascar (Sean Crane)

worldlyanimals:

Leaf Tailed Gecko, Madagascar (Sean Crane)

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July 22nd, 2012
worldlyanimals: Esmeralda’s Wrath (Blepharopsis)

worldlyanimals:

Esmeralda’s Wrath (Blepharopsis)

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June 3rd, 2012
scientificillustration: Rana haleeina by BioDivLibrary on Flickr. North American herpetology :.Philadelphia :J. Dobson,1836-1840..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4075544

scientificillustration:

Rana haleeina by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

North American herpetology :.
Philadelphia :J. Dobson,1836-1840..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4075544

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June 2nd, 2012
scientificillustration: n113_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

scientificillustration:

n113_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

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May 22nd, 2012
compendium-of-beasts: [Reptiles.] via NYPL

compendium-of-beasts:

[Reptiles.]

via NYPL

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May 19th, 2012
scientificillustration: n74_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

scientificillustration:

n74_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

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May 17th, 2012
scientificillustration: n242_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

scientificillustration:

n242_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

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May 14th, 2012
scientificillustration: n70_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

scientificillustration:

n70_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

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