The cuddliness is but an appearance.

Giant armadillos, predictably, dig giant burrows, which average 35 centimeters in diameter.  These massive burrows have proven of vital importance to other local species, serving as dens, hiding places, shelter from heat or rain, and feeding grounds.  Over two dozen other species have been found using the giant armadillo’s abandoned burrows, including rare animals like the short-eared dog.  Because it alters the local ecosystem in a way that benefits other species, the giant armadillo is considered an ecosystem engineer, and its existence is considered vital for the other animals in the area.

Eastern Wood-Pewee

The falanouc (Eupleres goudotii) is a mongoose like animal native to Madagascar, making it a member of the family Eupleridae. It has unique dentition with flattened canines and premolars that curve backward, thought to be attributed to its diet of soft bodied invertebrates like worms, slugs, and grubs. Falanoucs live in lowland rainforests and it is unknown whether they are nocturnal or diurnal due to their rarity.

Oddly among similar mammals, the young of falanoucs gain independence quickly. They are born with open eyes, and join their mother on foraging excursions in their second day of life and are weaned within nine weeks, becoming fully independent shortly thereafter.

Why do you like sharks?

he walk

He cronch

He roll

She give high fin. @lilragekitten

He gets tummy rubs

He get nose rub

He beauty

He dance

She do a triple Lutz

Enhance (via arbili)

WILD DOG by © ijaz bhatti

African Wild Dog, Botswana

 © All rights reserved by  Rob Visser

Hauho  FInland

photo by Ville Airo flickr

How focal length affects perspective.

also known as the reason you look awesome in the mirror and shitty in photos

This is seriously a life altering revelation

Illustrations from Celestial Maps by Alexander Jamieson (1822).

I know everyone’s already told you to read the transcript of the Martin Shkreli jury selection – more than 200 potential jurors were excused – but really, seriously, if you need your faith in Americans strengthened, you gotta read this excerpt from the Martin Shkreli jury selection.

Chinstrap Penguins || NOAA Photo Library

further adventures in freelancing 

this quiz tells you what your homeric epithet would be and well, isn’t this the question that keeps us all up at night? feel free to reblog and put your epithet in the tags, mine is bright-eyed

Stakkholtsgjá Canyon is a beautiful natural wonder near Þórsmörk in the Icelandic Highland. From the entrance of the canyon, it is surrounded by high and straight one hundred meters high palagonite cliffs.

 Once inside the canyon you will experience a remarkable peace that embraces your thoughts. It is an exotic place as the canyon narrows, and you approach the bottom, turning into a very high cave open at the top, at the end of your track. In the cave, the water falls like a dreamlike shower with both light and drizzle falling on your face as you look up

Eastern Screech-Owl right outside my bedroom window! #easternscreechowl #screechowl #owl #owls #woodshole #capecod #birds #birding #birdphotography #feather_perfection #chasing_feathers #whatschirping #nuts_about_birds #rsa_nature_birds #bns_birds #your_best_birds #kings_birds #tgif_aviary #udog_feathers #natgeo #snap_wildlife #massaudubon (at Woods Hole, Massachusetts)

Scouting || Derek Bruff