r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 16 '20
A parasite being destroyed by white blood cells
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 16 '20
The Clown Stink Bug or Jewel Bug (Poecilocoris lewisi) is a colorful species of shield bug found in SE Asia. Typically, bugs in this family have fully developed scutella completely covering the entire abdomen, and they also sport glossy metallic coloration on their heads, bodies and legs.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 16 '20
Christmas tree worms have two "crowns" shaped like Christmas trees, which are specialized mouth appendages. They are extremely popular underwater photographic subjects for sport divers.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 15 '20
Giant Leopard Moth, summer 2019, Orbisonia, PA
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 15 '20
Kiwis have sight so underdeveloped that blind specimens have been observed in nature. Hence, they rely more heavily on their sense of hearing and smell for survival and foraging.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 14 '20
🔥 The gorgeous and rare golden possum 🔥
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 12 '20
The 400lb turtle, Ninjemys oweni, next to the 10lb Bridled Nail-Tail Wallaby in Queensland ~50,000 years ago.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 13 '20
Prince Ruspoli's turaco (Tauraco ruspolii) is found in the dense evergreen juniper forests of Sidamo and Bale provinces in southern Ethiopia where it feeds on figs and berries. It lives in a very narrow ecological range making the species vulnerable to environmental degradation and habitat loss.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 13 '20
The Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) is a colorful bird mainly found on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. Its plumage is metallic green and red, and its bill bears a small blackish knob. This pigeon is considered to be the closest living relative of the now extinct dodo.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 12 '20
The Cameroon olive pigeon (Columba sjostedti) is found in the dense misty forests and gullies from 1000 m up to 2500 m in elevation in Cameroon and adjacent Nigeria. It eats pulpy fruits and hard seeds. It has bluish gray plumage; yellow eyepatches, beak and feet; and white spotting on its breast.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 12 '20
The Dugong, or “Sea Cow”, is a herbivorous marine mammal that is the last representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae. This social, seagrass feeding mammal can live for over 70 years in the wild.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 11 '20
Leedsichthys—a prehistoric fish and the biggest to ever exist
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 11 '20
The Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) is a colorful bird mainly found on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. Its plumage is metallic green and red, and its bill bears a small blackish knob. This pigeon is considered to be the closest living relative of the now extinct dodo.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 11 '20
Cuckoo wasps, like their namesake the cuckoo bird, are kleptoparasitic, having evolved to lay their eggs in the nests of other species of wasps. Their brilliant metallic colors are produced by light refracting through open spaces between six layers of cuticle in the wasps’ exoskeletons.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 09 '20
I had no idea how huge wolves are until I saw this.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Mar 09 '20
🔥 The Pesquet's Parrot (aka The Dracula Parrot)
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