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Animales (Reino Animalia)

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salsburyp

Fecha

Junio 9, 2022 a las 12:03 TARDE PDT

Descripción

I added a bunch of algae from the small yard pond to a "Muckquarium" (a pond life aquarium that I keep) a couple weeks ago, and stirred it up a bit and moved some of it around last night, but this is the first time I've seen this. 🤯

I have no idea what it is yet, though it has six legs, so I'm assuming it is some kind of insect larva.

It is alive. I gave it a very gentle touch with a stick, and it twitched slightly, took a short video, where you can see that it's abdomen/tail seems to be pumping slightly. I'm guessing that it is pumping water through as it breathes.

Any ideas? Perhaps a dragonfly larva/nymph? 🤔

Update: It swims, and is quite quick. Quick enough that I was having trouble trying to get video of it with my phone.

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salsburyp

Fecha

Enero 14, 2021 a las 12:20 TARDE UTC

Descripción

I was out in the yard just now with a super bright UV LED flashlight, and discovered that the millipedes that I have around here (and there are a lot of them) are fluorescent!

I saw several dozen of them, at least, as well as some scattered bits and parts that look like they may have been left over from ones that were eaten, shed their shell, or died.

I also include one photo under standard light from my phone's flash. It's a bit tricky doing that in the dark, so the focus is not the best, but the Millipede is crossing the brown leaf in the top center of the photo.

The light is extremely bright, which makes it easy to spot them all over the yard, but trying to get up close enough to shoot video for any duration is difficult. They don't seem to like the bright light, and will duck and hide relatively quickly, within a few seconds.

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Venado Bura de Columbia (Odocoileus hemionus ssp. columbianus)

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salsburyp

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Julio 26, 2020 a las 02:27 TARDE PDT

Descripción

Here's a sort of funny picture.

I heard the leaves crunching just outside my bedroom window, and it was really close, so I went over and looked out, and saw this doe peeing. (At least, I think she's peeing. I have seen them poop, and they do that standing up and even while walking, but I've never seen them squat like this.)

There was another one standing about 10 feet away, to the upper left of this photo. I suspect it was an offspring, though by this time in the season, the fawns have lost their spots and grown, so it is hard to differentiate them from their parents.

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newtpatrol

Fecha

Enero 17, 2020 a las 02:18 TARDE PST

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Secuoya Roja (Sequoia sempervirens)

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newtpatrol

Fecha

Febrero 21, 2018 a las 12:00 TARDE PST