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The upper side of the dead leaf butterfly is beautifully colored, with yellow and dark blue and blue patterns. Check out the two videos after the jump including the video of the dragontail butterfly.
The dead leaf butterfly
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Baatara gorge waterfall is Lebanon’s best-kept secret
Baatara gorge waterfall is one of Lebanon’s best-kept secrets. Located in the Tannourine Cedars Nature Reserve, the waterfall is accessible via a short hike on the Lebanon Mountain Trail through the forest. The views from the top are breathtaking, and the waterfall is an impressive sight. The Baatara gorge waterfall…
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The Potoo bird may be the scariest bird you’ve ever seen
The Potoo bird, or Ghost bird from Central and South America, gives off a startling expression. The strange-looking bird possesses a hooked snake-like bill with a massive gape the animal uses to swallow moths and other insects. But even more freaky are their yellow googly eyes that glow up at…
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The famous Zlatni Rat beach on Bol Brac Island, Croatia
Zlatini Rat, or Golden Cape, is one of Croatia’s most unique and popular beach destinations. It’s not hard to see why. The magnificent horn-shaped beach resides on the southern coast of the Croatian island of Brac, outside the resort town of Bol. The 1700-foot white-pebble beach formed by the collision…
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Asperitas clouds form rippling waves in the sky
There are all types of stunning clouds — Lenticular, Mammatas — to name a couple. But the asperitas clouds take center stage. These clouds, which are dark and storm-like, look like Van Gogh painted waves in the sky. Asperitas clouds form in the wake of thunderstorms like Mammatus clouds, yet…
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The satanic leaf-tailed gecko wears nature in disguise
The satanic leaf-tailed gecko (uroplatus phantasticusis) wears many disguises. It has superior camouflage — special skin that evolved to look like plants — and can also scare away predators by opening its bright red mouth and hiss like a cat. These geckos can even shed their tail to deceive predators,…
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The life-saving wildlife crossings at Canada’s Banff National Park
Banff National Park, Canada, is home to a series of bridges and tunnels created for wildlife. The Banff Wildlife Crossings are quickly becoming a conservation inspiration across the world. The overpass structures, implemented by Parks Canada 26 years ago, were designed to reduce the number of animal-vehicle collisions on the…
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The Patagonian mara is a strange and speedy rodent
The Patagonian mara of Argentina may be one of the most appealing animals on the planet. The world’s fourth largest rodent looks like a mashup of a small deer with the long ears and short tail of a rabbit. Along with being a large rodent — they can grow up…
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Hooker’s Lips is the world’s most kissable plant
The tropical plant Psychotria Elata aka ‘hooker’s lips’ or ‘Hot Lips,’ is Latin America’s most kissable plant. Native to Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama, the shrub’s enchanting red bracts mimic a woman’s luscious lips. Some of nature’s shapes and colors are biologically universal — especially these juicy puckers, which have…
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Pyrocumulus cloud erupts in California wildfire near Yosemite
A strong and fast-moving wildfire broke out in Mariposa County, California this weekend, burning 6,550 acres and threatening Yosemite National Park. The Oak Fire started on Friday evening in the town of Midpines in Mariposa County and destroyed 10 structures overnight. The sprawling bush fire is now threatening 2,000 more…
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All that fur makes the Pallas’s cat look like an absolute unit
The Pallas’s cat is a cute little furball. Pallas’s cats are about the same size as domestic cats — they measure up to 26 inches in length and weigh around 10 pounds. But their body hair is twice as long as the hair on their head, so they appear much larger than…
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The beautiful and secretive Agami Heron
The Agami Heron might be one of the most beautiful birds in the world. It’s undoubtedly one of the most unseen. The reclusive bird resides in the wetland habitats of Central America, stretching south to Peru and Brazil. One would think its elaborate plumage and a silvery splash of neck…
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The Wave in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
The Wave is a sandstone rock formation located in North Coyote Buttes of the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument on the Arizona and Utah borders. The swirling stone waves combine water and wind eroded sandstone dunes, calcified vertically and horizontally, and fossilized over 190 million years. The rich red-vermilion rocks get their colors…
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Germany’s “Devil’s Bridge” makes a spectacular optical illusion
The Devil’s Bridge (Rakotzbrücke) is a 19th-century stone bridge located in the 200-acre Rhododendron Park in Kromlau, Saxony, Germany. Legend says that not only did the devil build the structure, but Satan himself should be the only one to cross it. After all, it looks like a passageway to another world or,…
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