It's World Tiger Day / Dia Mundial do Tigre / Journée mondiale du tigre.

 

Sibling nibbling - Axolotl

Zoodraws

 

 

The wonderfully unique axolotl, found only in the canals of Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City. Unlike most amphibians, axolotls never lose their gills or leave the water. They retain their juvenile features into adulthood, a trait called neoteny.

That’s not just what makes them cute, it is also why they are regeneration champs, able to regrow limbs, organs, and even parts of their brains.

That’s handy, because when food is scarce and the older siblings are calling the shots, younger ones can end up as victims of intraspecific cannibalism… basically, sibling nibbling.

Turns out, being the younger brother or sister kind of sucks across all species. Human siblings take your stuff. Axolotl siblings take your legs.  

 

 

The Axolotl Parade by Annie Stegg

 

If You find a Baby Songbird out of the Nest

Wonderful Rosemary Mosco at Bird and Moon Comics, and her Birding Dictionary.

Un poème de Maurice Carême

 

Flow! And a Happy New Year!

Boas Festas!

 

A Disney Holiday Short: The Boy & The Octopus

If Dracula had a CAT - Happy Halloween!

 

Lilifantes! 🐘

 

Natch :)

Bzzzzz

 

A natureza à nossa porta

 Libélula perdida na praia de Carcavelos

Cogumelo na Quinta dos Sete Castelos

Doggies!

 

Everything You Wanted to Know about Hibernation

Ooooh, the Darkness

 

Happy New Year!

Know your Bird's Beaks

 

Tubarão!

 

They Are :)

Always immensely beautiful Wawawiwa Cartoons