272: Starfish

Here's a cool/gross time lapse of a starfish ejecting their stomach to feed...

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272: Starfish
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271: Star-Nosed Mole

They're little too! Like, hamster-sized!

365 Days of Animals
271: Star-Nosed Mole
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270: Stalked Jellyfish

Little floating Medusa jellyfish!

365 Days of Animals
270: Stalked Jellyfish
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269: Stag Beetle

Rawr! Happy Friday!

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269: Stag Beetle
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268: Sri Lanka Blue Magpie

This bird is SO pretty.

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268: Sri Lanka Blue Magpie
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267: Colossal Squid

Yikes! The teeth-hook-thingies on their tentacles are no joke either.

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267: Colossal Squid
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266: Springhare

Leaping squirrelly-looking animals are kinda my worst fears realized...

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266: Springhare
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265: Spring Azure Butterfly

Just a pretty butterfly!

365 Days of Animals
265: Spring Azure Butterfly
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264: Spotted Cuscus

This is a new one for me. Never knew there were so many types of marsupials!

365 Days of Animals
264: Spotted Cuscus
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263: Spectacled Bear

Cuties.

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263: Spectacled Bear
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262: Spanish Dancer Nudibranch

So cool! Their name comes from its resemblance to a flamenco dancer's skirt spinning around.

365 Days of Animals
262: Spanish Dancer Nudibranch
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261: Southern Tamandua

It's pretty adorable when the baby rides on the Mom's back...

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261: Southern Tamandua
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260: Snub-Nosed Monkey

Aw. 

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260: Snub-Nosed Monkey
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259: Snowy Owl

Yikes!

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259: Snowy Owl
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258: Harp Seal

Eeeep, to the baby pups! All roly-poly!

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258: Harp Seal
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257: Snow Leopard

I love their super-long tails.

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257: Snow Leopard
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256: Pig-Nosed Turtle

Jumping a bit out-of-order in the alphabet with this one, but I discovered it while searching the Snake-Necked Turtles. What's with all the strange hybrid-like turtles in the waters of Australia!

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256: Pig-Nosed Turtle
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255: Snake-Necked Turtle

I can't even believe an animal like this exists. It's like a snake-skunk-turtle hybrid. 

365 Days of Animals
255: Snake-Necked Turtle
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254: Snail

They can also do something to their own blood, so that ice doesn't form on them, weird!

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254: Snail
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253: Smew

It's like a panda-duck! Also, smew is a funny name.

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253: Smew
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365 Animals Catchup!

Okay! Playing catchup from the last week (which has been a bit of a whirlwind, in a good way!)

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246: Shoebill
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Cuties!

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247: Siberian Husky
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They're like the panthers of foxes.

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248: Silver Fox
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Peeyuu

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249: Skunk
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250: Red Slender Loris
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Sloth love!

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251: Sloth
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What could be better than a sloth you say? SLOTH BEAR. 

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252: Sloth Bear
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Renegade Chicago 2013!

Hi friends! I know I'm a few days behind with my animal posts, and I'm going to have to postpone the next few days too. I've been a busybusybusy bee prepping for Renegade Chicago and finishing up some other deadlines before I head out onto the road. Yep, I'm driving. By myself. I drove last year by myself too, and I'm pretty sure I said something like "I'm never doing THAT again," but yeah, here I am again driving by myself (12ish hour drive + lots of breaks.)  I have lots of snacks and a few audiobooks and lots of music, so I'm hoping I'll be okay. I'm staying with one of my BFFs in Chicago, so I'll have someone to help me at the show and whatnot. Woo!

I'm psyched for this year's show! This will be my third year at the Chicago fair, and I'm hoping for sunshine and no wind. :)

If you are in the Chicago area, I will be at booth #82, near N. Honore St.  Come say hi!!!

I'll be back on Tuesday and will play major catchup with the daily animal posts. Thanks!

xoxo,
Michelle

245: Jacob Sheep

Some excessive hornage yeah? And maybe I went a little excessive with the hearts too...

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245: Jacob Sheep
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244: Seriema

They do have a pretty loud call. Squawk!

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244: Seriema
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243: Sei Whale

Now that's a lot of food.

365 Days of Animals
243: Sei Whale
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