rhamphotheca:

VAMPIRE FLYING FROG FOUND, TADPOLES HAVE BLACK ‘FANGS’

The mountain jungles of Vietnam are home to a new breed of “vampire”—a “flying” tree frog dubbed Rhacophorus vampyrus.
First found in 2008, the 2-inch-long (5-centimeter-long) amphibian is known to live only in southern Vietnamese cloud forests, where it uses webbed fingers and toes to glide from tree to tree.
Adults deposit their eggs in water pools in tree trunks, which protects their offspring from predators lurking in rivers and ponds…
(read more: National Geo)

rhamphotheca:

VAMPIRE FLYING FROG FOUND, TADPOLES HAVE BLACK ‘FANGS’

The mountain jungles of Vietnam are home to a new breed of “vampire”—a “flying” tree frog dubbed Rhacophorus vampyrus.

First found in 2008, the 2-inch-long (5-centimeter-long) amphibian is known to live only in southern Vietnamese cloud forests, where it uses webbed fingers and toes to glide from tree to tree.

Adults deposit their eggs in water pools in tree trunks, which protects their offspring from predators lurking in rivers and ponds…

(read more: National Geo)

(via theanimalblog)

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harvestheart:

gardenofthefareast:

Artist: Chinese Bamboo Flute
Song: Meditation
Album: Oriental

HH:  Switching it up and moving to China for a few minutes

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fuckyeahbigcats:

Two-year-old Gobi, a male snow leopard, has a one-way ticket to  Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina, Kansas, bidding adieu to his  twin sister, Batu.  Woodland Park Zoo is sending Gobi east at the recommendation of the  Snow Leopard Species Survival Program, a cooperative breeding program  that makes sure zoo’s animal populations have genetic diversity.
Pictured: Snow leopards Gobi and Batu explore their exhibit for the first time at 3 months old. Photo credit: Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo

fuckyeahbigcats:

Two-year-old Gobi, a male snow leopard, has a one-way ticket to Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina, Kansas, bidding adieu to his twin sister, Batu. Woodland Park Zoo is sending Gobi east at the recommendation of the Snow Leopard Species Survival Program, a cooperative breeding program that makes sure zoo’s animal populations have genetic diversity.

Pictured: Snow leopards Gobi and Batu explore their exhibit for the first time at 3 months old. Photo credit: Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo

(via seriiously)

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shogunpassion:

chinese garden by Vangelis Tangoulis ( Zurich, Switzerland )

shogunpassion:

chinese garden by Vangelis Tangoulis ( Zurich, Switzerland )

(Source: scentofapassion, via neonstorm)

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