The panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
Category: Nature and wildlife
Mosquito
Mosquito, Amazonia, Brazil
Is the Mosquito the most dangerous animal living on earth?
Many diseases are transmitted by this insect, such as malaria (with 250 million cases annually, the disease kills more than 900,000 people per year), the yellow fever (affects 200,000 people per year and is fatal to 30 000 people), dengue (the most serious variation strikes 500 000 people per year) …
The marbled white (Melanargia galathea)
School of bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus), Celebes Sea
Neotropic cormorant, “O biguá” (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), Brazil
Sylvain azure (Limenitis reducta)Spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), Maldives
Spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix), Maldives
The porcupinefish, in case of danger can inflate itself by swallowing water to deter the potential predator with its larger volume and it can raise its spines. In addition, it concentrates a mortal poison in certain parts of its body.
Spirographe (Spirographis spallanzani), Mediterranean sea
Spirographe (Spirographis spallanzani), Mediterranean sea
The Spirograph is a sea worm living in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean and in the North Sea.
This animal, living and fixed on a rock wall, can be seen up to 40 meters deep in the water. Being able to measure up to 35 centimeters long, this animal deploys from its mouth a feather duster of filaments enabling to catch its food and some air. The stem of this sea flower is in reality a tube made out of mucus and sand by the worm.
Flower crab spider (genius: Misumena)