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izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 2 Oct, 2018 04:40 am
Quote:
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/52CC/production/_103669112_mediaitem103669108.jpg

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/15118/production/_103669268_8fc3f5b3-79d9-4ff4-94c3-35e537ab5446.jpg

A new species of hummingbird has been spotted and identified in Ecuador by a multinational team of ornithologists.

The bird has been named Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus, or blue-throated hillstar, for its deep blue neck and is about 11cm (4in) long.

Ecuador, which is rich in biodiversity, is home to 132 hummingbird species out of the more than 300 in the world.

Ornithologists say there are only about 300 blue-throated hillstars and that the species is in danger of extinction.

Francisco Sornoza is the ornithologist who led the team of researchers from Ecuador, Venezuela, Denmark and Sweden which made the discovery.

He told Agence France Press news agency that he had a hunch it could be a hitherto unknown species as soon as he spotted it through binoculars in the barren south-western highlands of Ecuador.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45717740

(The male is the first picture, the female the second.)
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Tue 2 Oct, 2018 12:21 pm
golden eagle vs drone
https://static.gulfnews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1976886!/image/2337452220.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_790522/2337452220.jpg
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Tue 2 Oct, 2018 12:23 pm
@edgarblythe,
Eagle wins! Fatality!
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Roberta
 
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Reply Tue 2 Oct, 2018 11:02 pm
Bermuda fireworm:

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4783297.1534196524!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/bermuda-fireworm.jpg
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Thu 4 Oct, 2018 10:54 am
Another fine pic of Canuck
https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/43059026_1842171789223800_8056896611894165504_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&oh=43cd87f3fa44fffe4622e17ccc325560&oe=5C58C033
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sat 6 Oct, 2018 05:23 am
Crested serpent eagle - India
https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/43173570_10156752917559700_692067978987962368_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&oh=e9561e0846fc3cd1b69e2317da32b0f9&oe=5C1C6AAE
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hingehead
 
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Reply Sat 6 Oct, 2018 06:59 am
Basket of roos

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/52/10/ae/5210ae293b9600f7aa9eed09aa8aded9.jpg
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Mon 8 Oct, 2018 06:06 am
https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/43398004_10156696097794204_3999527482234503168_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&oh=38eea410883d2fcf7fff88543c2524b8&oe=5C4C7653
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Mon 8 Oct, 2018 11:20 am
@edgarblythe,
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Tue 9 Oct, 2018 08:38 am
Frans de Waal - Public Page

ANT BEAR

The mighty Giant Anteater also known as the "ant bear" is 7 feet (>2 m) long. "To be in their presence is to be, simply, awestruck," says photographer Melissa Groo, who took this pic in Brazil's Pantanal.
https://scontent.fhou1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/43534382_10156760236809700_5508584071548108800_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&oh=c3e45028e51109b61eb0b3693e0e778b&oe=5C452610
rosborne979
 
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Reply Tue 9 Oct, 2018 02:12 pm
@edgarblythe,
edgarblythe wrote:
The mighty Giant Anteater also known as the "ant bear" is 7 feet (>2 m) long.
And about 4' of that is tail, and 2' is snout, with a little bitty ant eater in the middle Smile
roger
 
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Reply Tue 9 Oct, 2018 03:14 pm
@rosborne979,
Still, to maintain all that, you gotta be eating a lot of ants.
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hingehead
 
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Reply Tue 9 Oct, 2018 10:18 pm
Murder-footed deathbird

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/4a/f7/a9/4af7a9dfa70c951010a01e38a859e57d.jpg
Region Philbis
 
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Reply Tue 9 Oct, 2018 10:22 pm
@hingehead,

now that's a dinosaur...
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Roberta
 
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Reply Tue 9 Oct, 2018 10:34 pm
@hingehead,
It looks like a cassowary to me. But what do I know? These birds are also called dinosaur birds. Hinge is right about the foot. The kick can be lethal.
rosborne979
 
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Reply Wed 10 Oct, 2018 04:41 am
@Roberta,
It’s a type of dinosaur called a bird, and a type of bird called a Cassowary.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Wed 17 Oct, 2018 10:49 am

https://i.imgur.com/zrTF1sm.jpg
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Roberta
 
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Reply Wed 17 Oct, 2018 11:57 pm
Orangutan mudder and kid:

https://www.intrepidtravel.com/adventures/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/borneo_orangutan-mother-and-child-1.jpg
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Thu 18 Oct, 2018 01:04 pm
@hingehead,
hingehead wrote:

Murder-footed deathbird

That's a death metal band name for the ages!
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Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 18 Oct, 2018 11:46 pm
Formosan magpie:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v4ve8FCrzSc/Uh2arjA2iZI/AAAAAAAAGmc/H1kQ9uB7sPU/s1600/Formosan+Magpie.jpg
 

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