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Every bug is a lovebug when you love bugs!

#bug #insect

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The angular roughshark is offishially a creature!

Submitted for classification by @peppergnocchi

#angular roughshark #shark #fish #completed poll #creature

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Submitted for classification by @waltzing-with-my-inner-geek

Additional info: A many-ribbed salamander (Eurycea multiplicata) my brother and I found while herping* in a local park. It doesn’t have lungs so I have no idea why it needs so many ribs. This individual seems to have lost its tail. The head is at the bottom of the photo. * That is, looking for herps (reptiles and amphibians).

#many-ribbed salamander #salamander #amphibian #submission

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Animals + family

#lion #giraffe #domestic rabbit #chicken #hippopotamus #deer #bear #wolf #pig #cattle #mammal #bird #cute

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Thea is officially a critter!

Submitted for classification by @avokadothorne

#guinea pig #rodent #mammal #thea #completed poll #critter

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By Chris Lukhaup - CC BY-SA 4.0

#panda ant #wasp #bug #insect #arthropod #not an ant or a panda #i love it when an animal is named after other animals but is not those other animals (e.g. “peacock mantis shrimp”)

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Begging for calendula 🌼

#noodles the bunny #mini lop #domestic rabbit #rabbit #bunny #lagomorph #mammal #critter #my critters

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Rosie is officially a beast!

Submitted for classification by @spooky-someone

#dog #domestic dog #canine #mammal #rosie #completed poll #beast

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Submitted for classification by @waltzing-with-my-inner-geek

Additional info: This big chonker of a tadpole is most likely an American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), though this is unconfirmed. Found during my Stream Ecology lab.

#american bullfrog #tadpole #amphibian #submission

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The chimpanzee is officially a creature!

By Giles Laurent - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

#chimpanzee #ape #primate #mammal #completed poll #creature

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Submitted for classification by @waltzing-with-my-inner-geek

#dog #domestic dog #canine #mammal #murphy

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Submitted for classification by @waltzing-with-my-inner-geek

#dog #domestic dog #canine #mammal #submission #murphy

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Red Lipped Walking Batfish (SOURCE)

#red-lipped batfish #galápagos batfish #batfish #fish #gif #wet [critter creature or beast] wednesday

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Animal of the Day!

Red-Lipped Batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini)

(Photo from The Verge)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Galapagos reefs; Coast of Peru

Size (Weight/Length)- 40 cm

Diet- Mollusks; Small fish; Crabs

Cool Facts- While you might look at this and think it’s a picture of your 75 year old neighbor Mrs. Smith, you would be wrong. The red-lipped batfish is a fish with legs. Well, not really legs but modified fins that allow them to walk across the floor of the ocean. Due to this amazing adaptation, batfish are poor swimmers and make easy targets for predatory fish. They tend to stick to shallow coral reefs that have plenty of food. 

Rating- 11/10 (A fish. That can walk. And it has lips.)

#red-lipped batfish #galápagos batfish #batfish #fish #wet [critter creature or beast] wednesday #big response to today's poll! i'm glad everyone liked it

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'fairies dont exist' WRONG❗❗cyerce elegans

#butterfly cyerce #cyerce elegans #sea slug #gastropod #mollusc #mollusk #wet [critter creature or beast] wednesday #critter

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#hercules beetle #goliath beetle #ladybug #firefly #grub #golden scarab #beetle #insect #bug #arthropod #art

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Got some new wood rodent pins in! Grasshopper mouse, harvest mouse, maned rat, and Ezo flying squirrel~

#grasshopper mouse #harvest mouse #ezo flying squirrel #maned rat #mouse #rat #flying squirrel #squirrel #rodent #art