Another pic of the Spider Monkeys of Corcovado. You can see how long their arms are here, ideal for swinging between branches. That is aided too by their prehensile tails, an adaption only found in some of the New World monkey species, not in any of their Old World relatives.

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The Kākā, a New Zealand parrot closely related to the Kea. This photo was taken at the Zealania wildlife refuge near Wellington. The foot tags are used in tracking the recovery of the wild population. Although still listed as vulnerable, their numbers have been slowly recovering due to conservation efforts.

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Check out the weird eye lids on this Red Eyed Tree Frog. They can cover them while in camouflage mode. Then if there’s a threat they flash their eyes and body coloring, momentarily confusing predators, giving them a chance to leap away. Bright colors like that are often a warning sign of venom or toxicity.

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The Echidna of Australia is an evolutionary oddity, the nose of an anteater & spines like a hedgehog. It’s part of an entire order of species that is almost extinct, the monotremes, where the only other family & genus is the platypus. The few remaining species of this order are the only mammals remaining that still lay eggs.

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Northern Elephant Seals battling for control over mating territory. Males can reach up to 5000 lbs. From The Piedas Blancas Rockery, near San Simeon, California.

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While I was in South American I wanted to photograph the Andean Condor, the world’s largest terrestrial bird.

I finally found them at Torres Del Paine, Patagonia.

They were circling around a mountain peak, so I climbed the cliff side towards their roost, and waited for them to return.

Around half an hour later they returned, & I was able to get a few close shots.

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