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Monday, August 24, 2015

Exploring Mudfooted

Zoologist Jolle Jolles publishes a blog titled Mudfooted where you can find some eye-catching photos. He states his purpose thus:
Mudfooted is about exploring the weird and wonderful natural world around us, about venturing outside and discovering new places as well as learning about wonderful nature and intriging science. It is a way of life! Mudfooted.com is the place to be inspired and get "muddy feet". 
Mudfooted came to my attention with an article on Unusual names for animal groups. Did you know that there is an implausibility of gnus? Or a parliament of burrowing owls? Or a flamboyance of flamingos?
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image: photo of a flamboyance of flamingos
A flamboyance of flamingos, Mudfooted
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In the Animals section I found 10 Amazing Close-ups of Animal Faces. Here's one.
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image: photo of a Bateleur
Face of a Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus), a species of African eagle endemic south of the Sahara. Photo by Matthias Kretschmar. Mudfooted
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In the Nature section there's Amazing photos of waves that look like mountains.
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image: photo of a mountain-like wave
Mountains of water, photo by Ray Collins, Mudfooted
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The Science section gives New snail species discovered with semi-transparent shell.
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image: a Lukina Jama–Trojama cave in Croatia, inset new species of snail
Lukina Jama–Trojama cave in Croatia, inset new species of snail (Zospeum tholussum), Mudfooted

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And Outdoors, the last section, yields The stunning floating Tianzi mountains.
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image: photo of a Tianzi mountain
Tianzi mountains, Mudfooted
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You can see all in a visual archive.

-- Marge


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