Wildlife Carnaval
Many of nature's species carry bright colorful feathers or skin, to attract the opposite sex or as a warning sign. This slideshow is for the carnval parade of nature, the most extravagant.
Ferdy Christant created this list 13 years ago
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Two-banded chameleon - skin, Ranomafana, Madagascar -
Yellow Swallowtail Caterpillar head detail -
Heart Leaf Peppervine (Ampelopsis cordata) -
setora nitens -
Citheronia regalis -
Rosy Maple Moth - Dryocampa rubicunda -
Irish Moss - Chondrus crispus -
Automeris metzli -
Rainbow Darter(Male)-Mad River Drainage, Ohio -
Naprepa houla -
Little Devil Poison Frog (Diablito) ~ El Pangan - side view, Rio Ñambi, Colombia -
Small elephant hawk-moth - Deilephila porcellus -
Arnebia coerulea -
Pleurosicya labiata with parasitic copepods -
Hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani) -
Palau fruit dove / Biib (Ptilinopus pelewensis) -
Cyrba algerina - Male, portrait -
Long-tailed sylph - glitter bonus, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia -
Gorgonian Seafan - Muricella plectana -
Scutellaria brevibracteata -
Syrphid Fly - Syrphus ribesii -
Godart's Numberwing, Yunguillo, Colombia -
Multicolored tanager (Chlorochrysa nitidissima) -
Predatory Stink Bug - Podisus brevispinus