This is the Caribbean Pen Shrimp (Pontonia mexicana). Normally, you’ll only find these glass-like macro marvels tucked safely inside the mantle cavity of a living pen shell. Seeing one completely out in the open is rare enough, but watching it jump on and then off my divemaster's arm was a great encounter.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L5fWtwSsaks

#scubadiving #macrophotography #shrimp #nature #underwater #widlife

Colombia plans to allow commercial hunting of the ‘friendliest animal on the planet’ https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-01/colombia-plans-to-allow-commercial-hunting-of-the-friendliest-animal-on-the-planet.html

#AnimalRights #widlife #capybara #Colombia #environment

And since my last post was so compressed, have a still image of the red-winged blackbird attack from yesterday at North Pond. Wear your hats folks, this heron wishes they did.

https://www.copper.gay/wildlife

#birds #widlife #photography

#Widlife #photography

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