Alex Wild

Post a photo of an animal that looks Gen-AI but is 100% real.

Hegemona lineata, Belize.

#Tenebrionidae #Photography #Insects

Dec 6 at 11:43pmWeb
Show threadLynDec 7
@alexwild Yes, thank you, I'll take three dozen.
Show threadPhil 📸Dec 7
@alexwild Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques).
Show threadshomDec 7
@phil I love weedy looking seahorses the more like swaying plants the better!
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Show threadJon SullivanDec 7

@alexwild Sea swallows (Glaucus atlanticus) are surely too Pokémon to be real.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110621055

Sea Swallow (Glaucus atlanticus)

Sea Swallow from Northland, New Zealand on April 7, 2022 at 09:02 AM by glinks. So excited to find these on the beach this morning with blue bottles and blue buttons. This is tw...

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Show threadJack Calkins 🐸Dec 7
@alexwild what a “Wicked” bug. Thanks for sharing!
Show threadJef PoskanzerDec 7
@alexwild chrysina limbata
Show threadEva ChandaDec 7
@jef
I love seeing the photographer's refection in the elytra. Now that's shiny!
Show threadpenpencilbrush🇨🇦Dec 7
@jef @alexwild Okay, that's amazing. Had to go look it up. Even cooler.
Show threadC.Dec 7

@jef @alexwild

This little fella looks like he belongs on a charm bracelet. Incredible.

Thanks for sharing it!

Show threadJack SparrowDec 7
@alexwild Thank you for sharing and for allowing quoting! I boosted (for general) and quoted (so my friends and I can have our own inside jokes). Ever since the quote feature was introduced, I've never seen anyone allowing it until now.
Show thread@ NovaNaturalist HAS ALSO MOVEDDec 7

@alexwild

Eresus sandaliatus - Ladybird Spider
#spidersofmastodon

Show threadThee Mighty Peculia 🍄Dec 7
@alexwild Greater Glider
Show threadstarry_dreamerDec 7
@alexwild b u g
Show threadAlecia Batson (she/her)Dec 7

@alexwild Elysia chlorotica, or Eastern Emerald Elysia, is the cutest little sea #slug that uses algal chloroplasts for #photosynthesis.

#kleptoplasty #solar #notai

📸 Mary Tyler—Mary Rumpho/University of Maine

Show threadJardin Et Vélo 🌳🍇🚲Dec 7
@alexwild Post a photo of an animal that looks Gen-AI but is 100% real.
Show threadGen_G ⏚Dec 7
@jardinetvelo
Pas franchement une réussite. 😖@alexwild
Show threadJardin Et Vélo 🌳🍇🚲Dec 7

@Gen_G @alexwild il y a tous les styles.

Ça aurait pu mieux se passer, s'il avait été accompagné, dès sa jeunesse.

Show threadshomDec 7
@alexwild Bearded Fireworm:
Hermodice carunculata.
If someone has a better ID please let me know, I took this in Bonaire in the Dutch Carribean.
Show threadShirley EugestDec 7

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Vogelkop Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina Superba)

not her, the other one.

Show threadShirley EugestDec 7
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From Cornell Lab of Ornithology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWjx6oSgC4M
A new species? The Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise

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Show threadPerth WolfmanDec 7
@alexwild is it too late for most of the Australian wildlife to join the conversation? Prime example, the platypus
Show threadgrmonDec 7
@perthwolfman @alexwild i’m still a 100 % sure these don’t exist.
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Show threadAlly MillerDec 7
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