Was utterly transfixed with this butterfly in the Oceanografic Valencia - absolutely astonishing camouflage
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What type of tigger is that?
Watched a documentary about a the search for the Caucasian leopard (aka Persian Leopard) in Azerbaijan the other night. fascinating stuff, here’s a pic of the wee beasty.
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The Big Cat programme on BBC last night was excellent too
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Royal Bengal. I think it may have been taken at Ranthambore
Tremendous - I love calligraphy I wish I could be that good
An early example of isochrone mapping – where each band of colour represents one hour of travel time from Paris by rail. Dating from 1882.
Stunning.
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Maybe should be in the Twitchers thread, but more appropriate here I think
Tufted Coquette Hummingbird
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Do you get many in Shetland?
Probably more than I do in Luton
Nowt more appropriate for AA’s ‘Beautiful Things.’ 
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Was watching this on our local news yesterday. 25 years of work.
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Meh - just copying Toyah.
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Lovely. But needs more green. Or does it live in a green bush ? Or is its … oh, never mind.
VB
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It is also known as variable bush viper, leaf viper, and others
I don’t choose the names, I just admire the beauty of the creature
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I suspect the saturation is turned-up in a lot of these pics.
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Probably.
Also, the alternative name of Variable Bush Viper might give another clue