I recommend a couple or a group of Ackie (Yellow or Red).
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This is a closeup of the tentacles of Portuguese Man O’War (Physalia physalis), or Bluebottle, is a jellyfish-like marine cnidarian of the family Physaliidae!!!!
its venomous tentacles can deliver a powerful sting by the way, is really beautyfull! also P. physalis isn´t a whole animal, is a colony!!
Photo by Simon de Glanville
Gorgeous.
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Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
The Canada lynx is like a gray ghost of the north—elusive, evading human contact. It stands about 20 inches tall at the shoulder but weighs about 20 pounds—scarcely more than a large house cat. It is readily recognized by its long, black ear tufts; short, black-tipped tail; and large, rounded feet with furry pads, which permit it to walk on the snow’s surface.
Historically, the Canada lynx ranged from Alaska across Canada and into many of the northern U.S. states. In eastern states, it lived in a transition zone in which boreal coniferous forests yielded to deciduous forests. In the West, it preferred subalpine coniferous forests of mixed age. It would den and seek protection from severe weather in mature forests with downed logs but hunt for its primary prey, the snowshoe hare, in young forests with more open space…
(read more: National Wildlife Federation)
(photo: USFWS)
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“Thousands of these prisoners are incarcerated for life or for 20, 10, or 5 years under mandatory minimum crack cocaine sentences imposed prior to the passage of the Fair Sentencing Act. More than 80 percent of federal prisoners serving crack cocaine sentences are black. In fiscal year 2010, before the passage of the Fair Sentencing Act, almost 4,000 defendants, mainly black, received mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine.”
— A new federal court decision blasts racial disparities in drug sentencing as akin to slavery and Jim Crow. Loading...
