The Hawaiian monk seal, known as 'Ilio-holo-i-ka-uaua' [dog that runs in rough water] by native Hawaiians, is the only seal species endemic to the islands and is believed to have a population of around 1400 individuals5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/Awwducational
The caribou or reindeer is the only species of deer where the females are able to grow antlers like males do5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/Awwducational
Przewalski’s horses are not true wild horses but the feral descendants of horses herded by the Botai people5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/Awwducational
The bongo is a type of antelope that has two subspecies: the near threatened lowland/western and the critically endangered mountain/eastern that can only be found in the mountains of Kenya or in captivity5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/Awwducational
The closest living relatives of the hippopotamus are cetaceans (whales, dolphins, etc.)5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/Awwducational
Depending on the source, camels can live without drinking actual water, getting their hydration from the plants they eat, for several weeks to up to seven months5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/Awwducational
🔥 A baby elephant is small enough that it can use a relative as an umbrella 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
Two bull moose locked antlers and ended up partially submerged in a lake5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/natureismetal
🔥 A cheetah with a normal spotting and one with a 'king' coloration 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
An Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) trying to escape from a pack cave wolves (Canis lupus spelaeus)5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
🔥 These prairie dogs look like he just got home from the war 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 The Kitti's hog-nosed bat aka the bumblebee bat is argued to be the smallest mammal on earth 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 The Ili pika was discovered in 1983 and then was not seen again until 2014 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
Honduran white bats roost together in tent-like structures made out of Heliconia leaves that they construct by cutting the veins of a leaf along the midrib and allows it to slump down5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/Awwducational
🔥 Apparently some fossils like this ammonite have become opalized 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 A stubby tailed jaguar that's about to enjoy a yellow anaconda 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
I make my own icons for my phone and this is the one for Facebook messenger5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/ImaginaryMonsters
🔥 The gaur, also called the Indian bison, is the largest extant bovine 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 The Amur leopard is one of the world's most endangered cats with a wild population estimated at under 40 individuals 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
Barely noticed the young lion hanging on to the ass end of this huge kudu bull5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/natureismetal
🔥 Bioluminescent Plankton at the shores of Vaadhoo Island, Maldives 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 White lions are extremely rare in the wild as their pale coat makes it hard for them to stalk prey 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 Horses are majestic [shout out to all those crazy horse girls we knew from school] 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 Swan dive! Into the best night of your life! [Grizzly jumping into a lake] 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 Jellyfish Lake, located on Eil Malk island in Palau is filled with millions of golden and moon jellyfish. While both species have stinging cells, they aren't powerful enough to cause harm to humans and are generally safe to swim with 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 Elephants and other animals will sometimes eat fermented fruit, like the marula fruit, and get fucked up 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 A Somali wild ass (critically endangered) and Scimitar oryx (extinct in the wild, 2000) 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
🔥 Honduran white bats roost together in tent-like structures made out of Heliconia leaves that they construct by cutting the veins of a leaf along the midrib and allows it to slump down 🔥5yr ⋅ westvagina ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
