The little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), Spain
The little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), Spain
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Tadrart Rouge, Sahara desert
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Tupes, Amazonia, Brasil
Mantis
Ladder Snake (Zamenis scalaris)
A Boto (Inia g. geoffrensis), a south american species of fresh water dolphin appears from the dark waters of the Rio Negro river
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Giant neotropical toad (Rhinella marina)
Young Common Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
Giant Moray (Gymnothorax javanicus)
A Boto (Inia g. geoffrensis), a south american species of fresh water dolphin disappears into the dark waters of the Rio Negro river
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Hawksbill sea turtle, Maldives
Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Larger than Australia with its 8 million square kilometres, the Sahara has not always been the biggest hot desert on the planet. About 15,000 years ago, it was a green period brought about by a warming phase that had intensified evaporations from the top of the ocean and pushed the monsoons into the heart of the North African continent. The arid landscapes that we know today were then covered by large lakes and rich vegetation. Elephants were living there, as well as hippos, crocodiles and humans too. Those ones, as to immortalize this full of life period, have drawn paintings and engravings cut out of rock. These testimonies of the past are omnipresent in Tadrart Rouge. Indeed, this Sahara’s fragment is located in south-eastern Algeria and offers the vision of over 15,000 engravings to the brave who dare adventuring themselves into there. Over the sand dunes and rocky peaks, the traveller will discovers, in the same time as breathtaking landscapes, a touching testimony of the past.
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Salticide
Feet, Tupé tribe, Amazonia, Brazil
Couple of Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), Amazonia, Brazil
Tea time for the Touaregs of the algerian sahara desert
The preparation of tea is a ritual of extreme refinement among the Tuaregs. Using the same leaves, three consecutive tea are prepared. The flavors of each tea evolve infusion after infusion.
A Tuareg saying says: “The first is bitter like life; the second is sweet like love; and the third is gentle like the breath of death.”.
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A Dessana people, Amazonia, Brazil
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) …
Neotropic cormorant, “O biguá” (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), Brazil
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.
Couple of Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Rio Negro bank, Amazonia, Brazil
Maldives Blenny (Ecsenius minutus)
Manta Ray
Young Tupé women, Amazonia, Brazil
Sunset and Ship
Brazil, Amazonian location. Young woman of the Dessana tribe watching a boat cruising the Rio Negro
Tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus), Maldives
Nocturnal in habits, the tawny nurse shark tends to spend the day resting in piles of two dozen or more individuals inside caves or under ledges. At night, it is an active-swimming predator that uses a powerful suction force to extract prey from inside holes and crevices. The diet of this species consists mainly of octopus, crustaceans such crabs, small fishes.