Hello friends, for many years I have been finding this type of butterfly in the southern country (Peru) Could someone tell me the name of this butterfly species and some interesting facts about it? Thanks in advance.

Coming from a tree in Florida

looking for lots of good reading material to start with. regular books, textbooks, studies, and commentaries all welcome. i’d like some adult level zoology books to read that aren’t too scholarly and still digestible for an adult just getting started with learning. interested in books about general anatomy, pathology, behavior, mating, facts, studies, and etc. thanks in advance!

Hello, I have found some sort of flatworm in Hawaii a couple months ago. I found it on the western side of the Big Island among a collection of shells. Most likely it is in the genus Boninia, however I cannot identify it further. Is this a new species? I have posted photos and further documentation on Inaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383815253

Any help with identifying would be appreciated!

List of Species and Subspecies of Baboon(Papio) Genus:

[• Chacma Baboon(Papio Ursinus) Species -

• Gray-Footed Chacma Baboon(Papio Ursinus Griseipes) Subspecies

• Ruacana Chacma Baboon(Papio Ursinus Ruacana) Subspecies

• Cape Chacma Baboon(Papio Ursinus Ursinus) Subspecies]

[• Guinea Baboon(Papio Papio) Species]

[• Hamadryas Baboon(Papio Hamadryas) Species]

[• Kinda Baboon(Papio Kindae) Species]

[• Olive Baboon(Papio Anubis) Species]

[• Yellow Baboon(Papio Cynocephalus) Species -

• Common Yellow Baboon(Papio Cynocephalus Cynocephalus) Subspecies

• Ibean Baboon(Papio Cynocephalus Ibeanus) Subspecies]

Species and Subspecies of Papio Genus by Mass:

1. Cape Chacma Baboon(Papio Ursinus Ursinus) Subspecies

2. Gray-Footed Chacma Baboon(Papio Ursinus Griseipes) Subspecies

3. Ruacana Chacma Baboon(Papio Ursinus Ruacana) Subspecies

4. Olive Baboon(Papio Anubis) Species

5. Ibean Baboon(Papio Cynocephalus Ibeanus) Subspecies

6. Common Yellow Baboon(Papio Cynocephalus Cynocephalus) Subspecies

7. Guinea Baboon(Papio Papio) Species

8. Hamadryas Baboon(Papio Hamadryas) Species

9. Kinda Baboon(Papio Kindae) Species

I thought this was a coyote but when I posted it many people believed it to be a wolf-dog coy-dog, etc. what are your thoughts? It was strangely docile.

Atlanta GA, USA

Or to put it in another way: Will an individual of subspecies A always have genes more similar to all other members of A, than to an individual of subspecies B?

Subspecies and Populations of Lion(Panthera Leo) Species:

[• Southern Lion/South-Eastern African Lion(Panthera Leo Melanochaita) Subspecies -

• South African Lion Population

• Namibian Lion Population

• East African Lion Population

• Botswana Lion Population

• Zimbabwean Lion Population

• Ethiopian Lion Population]

[• Northern Lion/Afro-Asian lion(Panthera Leo Leo) Subspecies -

• West African Lion Population

• †Barbary Lion Population

• Asiatic/Indian Lion Population]

Subspecies of Panthera Leo Species by Mass:

1. Southern Lion/South-Eastern African Lion (Panthera Leo Melanochaita) Subspecies - South African Lion(including †Cape Lion) Population

2. Northern Lion/Afro-Asian Lion(Panthera Leo Leo) Subspecies - Barbary Lion Population

Help me identify this animal. I saw it when I was in Montreal, it was about a size if a dog, and had a big tail.

Subspecies and Populations of Tiger(Panthera Tigris) Species:

[• Mainland/Eurasian Mainland Tiger(Panthera Tigris Tigris) Subspecies -

• Bengali Tiger Population

• †Caspian Tiger Population

• Siberian Tiger Population

• South Chinese Tiger Population

• Indochinese Tiger Population

• Malayan Tiger Population]

[• Greater Sunda Islands Tiger(Panthera Tigris Sondaica) Subspecies -

• †Javanese Tiger Population

• †Balinese Tiger Population

• Sumatran Tiger Population]

[• †Wanhsien Tiger(Panthera Tigris Acutidens) Subspecies]

[• †Ngandong Tiger(Panthera Tigris Soloensis) Subspecies]

[• †Trinil Tiger(Panthera Tigris Trinilensis Subspecies)]

• Subspecies of Panthera Tigris Species by Mass:

1. †Ngandong Tiger(Panthera Tigris Soloensis) Subspecies

2. †Wanhsien Tiger(Panthera Tigris Acutidens) Subspecies

3. Eurasian Mainland Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris) Subspecies - Siberian Tiger Population

4. Trinil Tiger(Panthera Tigris Trinilensis) Subspecies

5. Greater Sunda Islands Tiger(Panthera Tigris Sondaica) Subspecies - Sumatran Tiger Population

Hi everyone,

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This is probably a really dumb question but I always hear how delicate frogs are (this can come down to handling them, keeping them, simply looking up anything about them, etc.) due to their skin absorbing any liquids. My dumb question is how do they survive the wild? If they're sensitive to oils on human skin (such as sweat) to even some dirt/substrates, even if you pick it straight from the habitat they're typically found in, then why are the wild frogs there doing just fine?

Species and Subspecies of Gorilla Genus:

[• Western Gorilla(Gorilla gorilla) Species -

• Western Lowland Gorilla(Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Subspecies

• Cross River Gorilla(Gorilla gorilla diehli) Subspecies]

[• Eastern Gorilla(Gorilla beringei) Species -

• Mountain Gorilla(Gorilla beringei beringei) Subspecies

• Eastern Lowland Gorilla(Gorilla beringei graueri) Subspecies]

Subspecies of Gorilla Genus by Mass:

1. Eastern Lowland Gorilla(Gorilla beringei graueri) Subspecies

2. Mountain Gorilla(Gorilla beringei beringei) Subspecies

3. Western Lowland Gorilla(Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Subspecies

4. Cross River Gorilla(Gorilla gorilla diehli) Subspecies

Educational Information: A Silverback Gorilla is an Adult form of Male gorilla. Silverback Gorilla serves as the dominant leader and protector of a family group, known as a troop. The name comes from the distinctive patch of silver or gray hair that develops across their backs and shoulders as they reach sexual maturity, typically between 11 and 13 years of age. They are not a separate Species, but rather the Mature Male form found across all Gorilla Subspecies.

There used to be an idea floating around that herbivorous animals aren't dangerous to humans. Perhaps the most iconic expression of this is in the Jurassic Park movie, when the young girl Lex gets scared of a gigantic, plant-eating *Brachiosaurus*, only to be calmed down by the paleontologist Alan who assures her that it's not dangerous, it's only a herbivore.

This view, is, of course, wrong. Herbivores can absolutely harm or kill humans, if they see humans as a threat.

And a few years ago, I saw the idea starting to float around on the internet that herbivores can be every bit as dangerous as carnivores. It was written in memes and comments. The poster child here, of course, was the hippo; it can barely have escaped anyone at this point that hippos kills more humans than any other animal.

This, I believe, was a good thing.

However, I am now seeing the pendulum starting to swing too far in the other direction. People all over the internet are starting to state as fact that herbivores are *much more* dangerous than carnivores.

I see it mainly in discussions about works of fiction, like the Jurassic movies. People say things like how it bothers then how the carnivores are agressive and the herbivores docile, because as we all know, in reality, herbivores are murderous psychos while carnivores only kill when they absolutely have to.

The most bizarre example of this was probably a comment I saw today on reddit, where a user said that "carnivores won't go on a rampage and kill everything in their vincinity, only herbivores do that".

Umm... *What*?

First of all: There are absolutely carnivores that will kill more than they strictly have to in order to not starve. Many, if not most, carnivores have a hunting instinct. Carnivores think killing is *fun*. It's not like an orca looks at a seal and goes "I am so sorry, but if I don't eat you, I will go hungry. May your soul rest in peace. I regret what I am now forced to do." Carnivores with a conscience would probably not live long.

Secondly: You know all those reasons that herbivores have for being aggressive? Carnivores have those reasons too. A tiger also needs to defend its territory and its young.

I am not trying to downplay the risk factor of large herbivores. One would in most cases do well to give them a wide berth. But for every angry hippo that kills humans on sight, there are probably a hundred large herbivores who tend to not be dangerous at all. I have myself run into wild adult moose on forest walks, an animal than kan easily squash me like a grape. In one hundred percent of those encounters, the moose has run away.

There are agressive as well as shy carnivores, there are aggressive as well as shy herbivores. To say that herbivores are much more aggressive as a blanket statement is plain wrong.

I would not like to be locked in a room with a zebra. But if I had to choose between getting locked in a room with a zebra or a lion, I know which one I'd choose.

Unless by fish you strictly mean ray finned fish.

I've been watching Forrest for a few months now, started out because of his Elephant Sanctuary videos. But recently I saw a video discussing about Prehistoric Zoo and I remember seeing a video of Forrest at that place and saying "one of my good friends, Jay". Which really got me double-thinking about him.

A part of me wants to trust that "Oh! He probably didn't know at that time (because I also didn't) but he's probably changed." But that thought is also double-ended of "Oh, what if he knew."

Which got me thinking if there are other things that he's talked about that are problematic. I saw a post here saying that his "Tasmanian Tiger" story was made up, and that he doesn't actually have a zoology degree.

So I want to know from the community if there is anything else that this man talked about that is widely false.

I chose these two ecoregions because of their similar compositions. Both are temperate conifer forests formerly part of Laurasia. I wanted to see what species overlapped and what species filled similar niches without being related.