Interesting Collection (#3)

Green hydra (Hydra viridissima) found in a garden pond. Derbyshire, UK. September. Winner of the Hidden Britain Category of the British Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (BWPA) Competition 2017

Striped mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) mouth wide open as it swims through the water, filtering zoopankton with its gill rakers. Marsa Shouna, Port Ghalib, Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

Mountain tree shrew (Tupaia montana) feeding on nectar secreted by the endemic Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes kinabaluensis) Montane forests (at 2200m-3000m), slopes of Mt Kinabalu

Green / Double-crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) running across water surface, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) uses a Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumingi) as a toy. The sealions pick up the starfish and then drop them and chase after them as they sink

Pigtail Macaques (Macaca nemestrina) crossing purpose-built primate wires"
Pigtail Macaques (Macaca nemestrina) crossing purpose-built " primate wires" connecting isolated patches of forest, Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, September 2008

Monarch (Danaus plexippus), butterfly emerging from chrysalis on Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) wings unfolding, series, Hill Country, Texas, USA

Something of interest
Eiji Yamamoto

Yellow Elephant
Max Lundén

Blueberry Goldfish Y
Max Lundén

Abstract Creature
Max Lundén

Blueberry Goldfish
Max Lundén

Walking Elephant
Max Lundén

Slime mould (Cribraria rufa) line of three immature sporangia on rotting log, showing the net beginning to form around what will become the spore mass, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. October

Spain, Barcelona, Casa Batllo, roof architecture and ceramic tiles

Field Gun outside the TJaegershof Restaurant
The restaurant has a small but interesting museum which is concerned with the activities nearby, including the St Sixtus Abbey

Kyrgyz women in traditional costume. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Women of the Mordvin Moksha people in traditional costume of embroidered skirts and many accessories. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire

Women of the Mordvin Erzya people in traditional costume. Mordovia. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Mohammad Karim Khan Zand or Karim Han, founder of the Zand Dynasty, 1705-1779. Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Mandinka (Mandingo) man and woman of West Africa. From Mungo Parks Travels in the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos

Chukchi woman with tattoos on her cheek, chin and arm, and ear piercings. (Chukotka region, Russia). From Joseph Billings

Tatars or Tartars in traditional costume. Illustration from Andrew Swintons Travels into Norway, Denmark and Russia, 1792

Man and woman of the Morea Eyalet, the Peloponnese, Greece. Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1805

Hursid Ahmed Pasha (died 1822), Ottoman governor
Hursid Ahmed Pasha (died 1822), Ottoman general and governor of the Morea Eyalet (the Peloponnese). Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More

Green elfcup fungus (Chlorociboria aeruginascens) fruiting bodies on decaying wood. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November. Focus stacked image

Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), maintaining his bower, Ravenshow, North Queensland, Australia, October

Wolf spider (Pardosa amentata) close up, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK, April. Focus stacked image

Banyan fig tree (Ficus benjamina), one single individual tree, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan

Hooded nudibranchs (Melibe leonina) with oral hood for catching planktonic prey. In the Pacific Northwest they are often found clinging to bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana)

Super Blood Wolf Moon or Blood Moon Eclipse so called because a Lunar eclipse is appearing at the same time as a Supermoon. Arundel, West Sussex, England, UK, 21 January 2019

Aerial view of mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan

Aerial view of mud volcano, Azerbaijan

Mud Volcanoes and patterns of cracks in mud, Azerbaijan

Rafflesia (Rafflesia keithii) flower aged approximately 3 days on rainforest floor. Lower slopes of Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Double-crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) running across water surface, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Mute swan (Cygnus olor) cygnets with head submerged while feeding underwater, with mother watching and helping, Derbyshire, England, UK. June

Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) with bloody antlers shedding velvet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September

Kaleidoscopic image of coral reef with Red sea whips (Ellisella ceratophyta). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Kaleidoscopic image of gorgonian coral. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Kaleidoscopic image of coral reef with soft corals (Dendropnethya) shoal of Yellow back fusilliers (Caesio teres) West Papua, Indonesia

Kaleidoscopic image of corals (Dendronephthya sp) Egypt, Red Sea

Gorgonian sea fan (Melithaea sp. ) with Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias sqamipinnis)
Gorgonian sea fan (Melithaea sp.) with Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias sqamipinnis). Similan Islands, Andaman Sea, Thailand

Kaleidoscopic image of Bubble tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Kaleidoscopic image of Feather stars (Crinoidea) and Gorgonian wrapper anemone.(Nemanthus annamensis). Indonesia. Western Pacific

Kottigehar dancing frog (Micrixalus kottigeharensis) male calling and displaying to attract female by waving foot, Agumbe, Western Ghats, India

Kottigehara dancing frog (Micrixalus kottigeharensis), dancing frog name given because of foot flagging behavior between competing males. Endemic to Western Ghats. Agumbe, Karnataka, India

Hawaiian pom-pom / boxer crab (Lybia edmondsoni)with anemones (Triactis sp) that it carries around holding with the claws and using them for defense, waving in front of the possible aggressor

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