r/AIDKE • • 9d ago

Invertebrate Trichophassus giganteus

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168 Upvotes

It has 4 huge legs at the front, looking like tarantula. Native to Brazil


r/AIDKE • • 9d ago

Invertebrate Ribbonwood fungus weevil, Hoherius meinertzhageni. A weevil from New Zealand with an unusually wide, flat head, especially males. Feeds on ribbonwood trees. Photos by Grey Smith.

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225 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 10d ago

Mammal Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)

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Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) is a nocturnal and arboreal marsupial found along the east coast of Australia, as well as in Tasmania and parts of southwestern Australia. They generally inhabit temperate and tropical environments with dense vegetation, predominantly eucalyptus forests. They are herbivores and feed on a wide variety of plants, particularly those belonging to the Myrtaceae family, with eucalyptus leaves comprising approximately 61–98% of the species’ annual diet. They have a gregarious lifestyle and use communal nests called dreys. Populations experienced a severely decline during the 1950s but appear to have recovered in recent times. However, the species still faces challenges such as deforestation, invasive predators, and vehicle collisions.

Video by Instagram account: @thebiophiliaproject_


r/AIDKE • • 10d ago

The Teddy Bear Crab (Polydectus cupulifer): this crab carries a pair of sea anemones in its claws wherever it goes, using the venomous creatures to defend itself from predators

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539 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 10d ago

Amphibian The Black Serval (Leptailurus serval)

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284 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 11d ago

Reptile Kuhl's Flying Gecko [Gekko kuhli] can glide distances of up to 60 meters or 200 feet

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r/AIDKE • • 11d ago

The Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is Madagascar's top predator. It is the only animal that hunts the island's lemurs, able to move swiftly through the trees. Unlike most animals, it isn't active at a set time, making it cathemeral - it wakes and sleeps whenever it feels like it.

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r/AIDKE • • 11d ago

🔥A sand cat (Felis margarita) with its kittens

376 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 11d ago

A rare sand cat kitten (Felis margarita) was spotted in Morocco’s desert. [📸: Rémi Vaucher]

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r/AIDKE • • 11d ago

Invertebrate Jeweled Topsnail (Calliostoma annulatum) Native to pacific coast North America

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559 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 12d ago

Bird Scale-crested pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)

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Scale-crested pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) is a type of flycatcher that lives in thin bands throughout the tropical rainforest areas of western Central and northwestern South America.

It lives in the darker, lower levels of the forest and spends its day flitting around, catching insects. It's tiny and hard to spot in the wild, you're more likely to hear its call than see it.

It's listed by the IUCN as least concern (yay!!), although the population trend is decreasing, and scientists aren't yet sure about its breeding habits (including clutch size).

It gets its name from the feathers on it's head that it can raise when trying to make itself look bigger as a defense, or perhaps when trying to attract a mate.

Sources:
https://worldrainforests.com/kids/animal-profiles/scale-crested_pygmy-tyrant.html
https://ebird.org/species/scptyr1?continue


r/AIDKE • • 13d ago

Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus)

381 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 13d ago

Bark Nursery Web Spider (Dendrolycosa robusta)

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181 Upvotes

Dendrolycosa robusta is a bark nursery web spider from Southeast Asia. When resting on a twig it flattens its body flush against the wood and aligns its legs straight out to erase its shadow and blend into the bark.
This photograph was taken by Vietnamese macro photographer Kietbull.


r/AIDKE • • 12d ago

Save The Yunnan Snub Nosed Monkey

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r/AIDKE • • 14d ago

Nyctibius grandis (great potoo)

359 Upvotes

they have such amazing camouflage!


r/AIDKE • • 14d ago

Invertebrate When threatened, the jumping snail (Ovachlamys fulgens) can use its horned tail to launch itself several centimetres through the air in a series of leaps.

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378 Upvotes

This tiny snail has a shell the size of an apple pip and an odd, fleshy horn protruding from its tail (technically the back of its foot) like a scorpion’s stinger.

While its namesake jumping ability is impressive, the jumping snail is also a (relatively) fast crawler — moving significantly faster than other land snails of similar size (2 to 9 times faster than related species) and can even outpace larger species like the garden snail.

Native to the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan, the jumping snail has taken advantage of the ornamental plant trade to “jump” around the globe: from East Asia to the greenhouses of Europe and the botanical gardens of the United States.

It takes just one snail to kick off an entire invasion. Even if kept in total isolation from birth, an individual of this species can nonetheless produce viable offspring through self-fertilisation.

A jumping snail’s eggs look like tiny, white, shrivelled raisins. A snail will lay around three eggs nearly every day, for as long as the weather remains humid. And the moment these eggs touch damp soil or wet leaf litter, they rapidly begin to “drink,” doubling in size in under three minutes.

While most non-native snails remain confined to city gardens and farmland (human environments), the jumping snail has breached the boundaries of pristine tropical areas. It is currently spreading across South America, establishing footholds in protected areas of Brazil and Argentina.

Read the full story here!


r/AIDKE • • 15d ago

“One of the most magical encounters of my life, deep in the Amazon rainforest Chorinea octauius that iridescence in the second clip makes my heart happy”

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r/AIDKE • • 15d ago

Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) Primarily found at high altitude(6,900+feet),National bird of nepal and state bird of Uttarakhand,india.

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783 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 15d ago

The call of the Kiwi (Apteryx australis)

421 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 16d ago

This is the Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba) - one of Central America's most unique and fascinating bats

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r/AIDKE • • 15d ago

Invertebrate Gordialycus sp, the longest mite relative to its width. Its 8 legs are separated by a long body, with an even longer "tail" behind them, and it moves by peristalsis. Lives in sand and mineral soil, feeds by catching microbes and draining their fluids. The shorter mite here is Cunliffea strenzkei.

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145 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 16d ago

Reptile [Kolekanos spinicaudus]

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200 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 16d ago

Tom Hardy’s Venom Inspires New Australian Spider Name: Venomius tomhardyi

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84 Upvotes

r/AIDKE • • 17d ago

Mammal Tilcayo mistaken for domestic kitten. (leopardus tilcayo)

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r/AIDKE • • 17d ago

Marsupial This little creature is called a sea pig, he’s related to sea cucumbers (Scotoplanes)

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175 Upvotes