This is a lemur called Jongy who lived at Eltham Palace in the 20s and 30s. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah-Jongg_(lemur) )
loveforearth: Rufous-Backed Kingfisher (Ceyx rufidorsa) @ Panti Forest (by Chong Lip Mun)
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Source: flickr.com
Salamandra salamandra terrestris by Matthijs Hollanders on Flickr.
This high yellow individual is rather atypical for this subspecies. However, in this particular population, this morph represents a small fraction of the animals (an extremely rough estimate is 1 in every 50–100 animals). Belgium.
Vine Snake
Mature adult showing the foreclaws that it uses to rip open ant nests and termite mounds. It’s the largest of its family, stretching 182–217 cm (6–7 ft) and weighing 27–41 kg (60–90 lb). Rupununi savannah, Karanambu Lodge, North Rupununi, Guyana, South America. by Hoppy1951
Lemurs, native only to Madagascar and the nearby Comoro Islands, look like the ancestors of primates that lived tens of millions of years ago. They have opposable thumbs like monkeys, but their tails are not prehensile, meaning they can’t swing around on them.
