This black necked swan distrusts your intentions.
Category Archives: Lie
Bee
Some bees have given up their wings for helicopter backpacks.
Black and White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata variegata)
Papa Lemur sometimes grows weary of leading the others, but recognizes that without him, Hefty Lemur and Brainy Lemur would fight, Jokey Lemur would upset everyone, and without his organization to bring in the crops, Farmer Lemur wouldn’t be able to feed the village. Every morning, he sighs over his lot in life, and prepares for a day of calming down the others, maintaining their focus, and directing the stupid.
Collared Mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus)
That thing you’re looking for? It’s over there, to your left.
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
The ancient Egyptians liked this bird so much, they made graffiti of it on EVERYTHING.
Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
This snake is only half-ripe. You should wait until the majority of the snake turns an orangish red before picking it.
Monkey
This monkey made the mistake of reading the comments and now has some hard questions to ask about humans.
Collared Mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus)
This monkey inventor is exploring the possibly of doubling work production though the controversial application of knee-grease.
Mudskipper
Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?
The same thing we do every night, Pinky, learn to breathe air and try to grow legs so our decedents can try to take over the world.
Nene (Branta sandvicensis)
The nene lives in Hawai’i and is the rarest goose in the world. By 1952, its population was down from 25,000 birds to only 30. This is because their primary food source, camera gear, had been sent to Europe to document the activities of Word War II.
Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)
Marmosets can be identified by their distinctive call of “ca-caw! ca-caw!”, used to notify their compatriots that their portion of the bank heist has been completed.
Kettle of Hawks
Birds of prey, like hawks, form groups in the late summer and circle updrafts together as a mixed-species flock. Experts believe this is in preparation for migration. Actually, it’s about ethics in games journalism.
Malagasy giant chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti)
The Malagasy giant chameleon is a good start for a beginner lizard climber, but provides a lot of fun for advanced climbers as well. The nose approach is the most common, but some prefer the challenge of the lower lip followed by a rope looped over the eye socket. This is particular challenging during fruit fly season when the eye moves around seemingly at random.
Galapagos Tortoise
Just like children, tortoises like to celebrate the summer with a bit of bubble blowing.
It just takes them a while.
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
I didn’t realize until after I’d taken the shot, but there was a weeping angel behind me the whole time.
Snake
Notice how one scale overlaps another so when the snake twists, they slide at different rates. This “subduction” is the most common cause of snakequakes.
Snow Monkey
Introducing the new personal monkey force field … available at a troop near you.
Jade Headed Buffalo Beetle
Dicrocoelium dendriticum is a parasite that lays eggs to infect snails. Once a snail becomes infected, it protects itself by forming cysts and expelling them. This is good for the snail and for the parasite because these cysts are the yummiest things an ant has ever tasted. Once the ant eats a cyst and gets infected, the parasite gets into the ant’s brain. The ant brain takeover forces the ant to climb tall blades of grass and hang out all night. When day comes, this hold is released, so the parasite doesn’t bake in the sun along with the ant. Eventually, the grass is eaten and the parasite infects a large animal which then expels the parasite’s eggs in its dung … which are eaten by snails.
The Jade Headed Buffalo Beetle, of course, knows nothing about this and just really really likes its blade of grass.
Frog
Few people know that Ducati has entered the frog business.
Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
Most of the hull was breached, but rhinoceroses have air in their heads to keep them afloat in just such dire circumstances.