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The endangered Argyroxiphium plant or Patience Flower can be seen only in one point of our planet - at the foot of volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands.
It blooms only once every 7 years and blooms for only 7 days.
The European roe deer Capreólus capreólus belongs to the deer family. The body length of the roe deer is 100-130 cm, the height at the withers is 70-85 cm. These are elegant animals with a blunt muzzle and a very short tail. The color is monotonous: golden-red in summer, gray in winter.
The horns of males are small, vertically placed, almost straight with 2-3 appendages and a very uneven surface. The bases of the horns are covered with characteristic outgrowths - "pearls". Small roe deer are spotted. Interestingly, the eyes of roe deer glow reddish-yellow at night.
Where they are not pursued, roe deer can live next to a person. They also inhabit places where there are usually no other ungulates - steppe shrubs, gullies, forest belts, small copses among fields. But in most areas of Russia, their numbers are quite low due to poaching.
The males' voice during the rut is a kind of hoarse barking. The same sharp bass bark serves as an alarm signal.
Turtles love sunbathing, which helps them regulate their internal body temperature.
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The Mexican lentil Haemorhous mexicanus is found throughout the United States and Mexico, as well as in southern Canada and the Hawaiian Islands.
Mexican lentils are characterized by sexual dimorphism in plumage coloration: the head, chest and back of males are colored red, with a mottled belly and brown wings and tail, while females are simpler - mottled from below and brown from above. Young males resemble females in color.
Mexican lentils are monogamous. Pairs form in winter, before the start of the breeding season. During courtship, the male demonstrates the "flight of a butterfly", soaring up 20-30 meters, and then starting a slow sliding descent, accompanied by loud singing. It is noted that females prefer males with a brighter head color.
The chicks fly off the nest after 12-19 days, after which the female builds a new nest and makes a new clutch, and the father continues to feed the chicks for some time
Thanks to the observations of scientists, it turned out that if the eyes of capybaras are almost closed, and the ears are pulled back, it means that they are absolutely comfortable.
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The green dragontail Lamproptera meges is a species of sailboat butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia.
This is one of the smallest species of butterflies with a wingspan of 40-55 mm - but they have unusually long "spurs" on the hind wings with a length of 25-40 mm. These butterflies live in open spaces along the banks of fast rivers and streams.
Having a small ratio of the size of the wings to the length of the body, these butterflies make a whirlwind flight, quickly flapping their wings, and rush back and forth like dragonflies, and their long tails act as rudders.
Dragon tail males suck up a lot of water, from which dissolved minerals are filtered, and water is ejected from the anus. During feeding, they vibrate their wings rapidly, but stop from time to time. Occasionally they rest on the leaves of bushes with their wings spread and motionless
The Brazilian dwarf gecko Coleodactylus amazonicus grows only up to 24 mm (two and a half centimeters along with the tail!) - therefore, many dangers lie in wait for him, even large insects are enemies for the gecko.
It is found in the humid tropical forests of South America, where it lives in fallen leaves on the forest floor and feeds on leg-tails and ticks.
But he has his own secret that helps to survive. The skin of the Brazilian dwarf gecko is hydrophobic - it repels water. In addition, the baby's paws, like all geckos, have special pads. They consist of thousands of processes, similar to micro-hairs.
As a result, our hero is able not only to run on the water, but also just to lie on it like on a feather bed! Even in a downpour, it will only be thrown off by a shock wave from a fallen drop, and then thrown back to the surface. Sleeping on the water is a great way to protect yourself: no commensurate predator will simply get to you - he will drown!
The yellow arboretum Dendroica petechia is also known by another, much more beautiful name: golden forest singer.
These elegant birds live all over North America up to the north of South America. They are about 11.5-13 cm in size, smaller than a sparrow. The lower parts of the body are yellow, the upper parts are greenish-yellow, two yellow stripes are noticeable on the wings. Narrow chestnut stripes can be seen on the chest and sides.
The eyes are black, contrasting with the yellow mask. Females and young males are yellow from below and above, young females are olive-gray-green.
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The girl gave a cookie to a parrot and that's what came out of it…
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The hatchet Fratercula cirrhata is a seabird, its closest relative is a puffin. This is a medium-sized bird, with a body length of about 40 cm and a weight of 600-800 g. Behind the eyes of the axe there are bundles of long yellowish feathers, resembling eyebrows from a distance. Paws are orange-red (in young individuals - gray). The beak is powerful, high, strongly compressed from the sides - like the puffin, in general these birds are very similar.
They live on the Asian and American coasts of the North Pacific Ocean .
They nest in colonies along the coasts of the ocean. An excellent flier; it takes off hard from the water, accelerating for a long time, but it stays in the air easily, sometimes climbing to great heights. Swims and dives well. It feeds on small fish and marine invertebrates
Masking of a butterfly from the genus of the family Notodontidae
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The cat's reaction time is approximately 20 to 70 ms, which is on average faster than the snake's reaction time, which is 44-70 ms.
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Without a mother bear, the offspring immediately perish, because babies are born blind, bald and toothless.
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The hammerhead Scopus umbretta owes its name to the shape of its head, which, due to its sharp beak and wide crest pointing backwards, resembles a hammer. Both sexes look the same and have brownish plumage.
Hammerheads live in Africa, from Sierra Leone and Sudan to the south of the continent, as well as in Madagascar and the Arabian Peninsula. From time to time they are found near settlements and sometimes even allow themselves to be petted or fed.
Hammerheads search for food at night, while hunting small fish, insects or amphibians, which they scare away with their feet. Hammerheads have certain trees on which they usually rest.
When looking for a partner, they perform peculiar dances, during which they make whistling sounds and jump into the air. Their nests are very large (1.5 m in diameter) and have an internal space with a hard-to-reach entrance. The nest is always built by a pair of hammerheads, and it takes several months to create it. Outside, the nest is hung with various ornaments (bones, scraps).
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Prairie dogs are very sociable.
In their language, each object on the prairie has its own sound. There is even a signal
indicating a hunter.
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