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Roadkill ball python

This hawk seems like its missing its tail??

I've never seen this behavior before. I thought it was a turtle at first glance. It stayed in this position until I had completely passed by, them emerged an flew toward the clutch observed nearby.

About 25 mm long. Matthew, I have emailed you re these.

Eating a chicken carcass thrown off the jetty.

Criando polluelo en una cueva de piedra

Egyptian goose skull?

Found this while looking for pink Oblong-Winged Katydids.

Battle of the non-natives. I heard some movement in the vegetation and found this Chinese Mantis trying to capture a Common Wall Lizard. The lizard was able to escape.

An unfortunate accident caused the death of a cottonmouth. Inside the snake, there was a northern water snake. Inside the water snake, there was a sculpin. Food chain in action!

Ate a cicada, which is the one on the left side of the last picture

Mismo individuo de la observación: https://www.naturalista.mx/observations/39829316

This was not my hand.

Juvenile

Accidentally drowned itself in a bucket with water.

Phimophis guianensis

Spotted on the way to work one morning!

This was in an Industrial area and had no Collar. So I'm not sure if it was feral or someones pet.

Deer shot with copper ammo. I was hoping first mammal this winter would be a Mustalid sp.

Distinguished from domestic cat by hearsay only

Observed around ten Black Vultures (and no Turkey Vultures) devouring a Common Raccoon carcass

Likely a hybrid with Lampropeltis triangulum celaenops ... tissues will be submitted for genetic analyses

Shined after dark. Extreme southern Florida

Leucistic Turkey Vulture sitting w a juvenile.

Comiendo una serpiente de cascabel! (Crotalus atrox)
Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.

Delta Aberrant Morph

Sub-adult female (dark-phase, "blairi" morph - this one is darkening with age) collected while walking off road by Blaine Eaton. Retained in living collection. GTS 1777.

Large mixed flock of black/turkey vultures feeding on a loggerhead sea turtle carcass

Dogs that have been dumped in the middle of nowhere. They're eating deer carcasses left by hunters.

Black and Yellow Argiope spider eating house lizard.

Took my dog out to see this!!! Came back out and he'd just finished it off. I have never heard of a brown anole eating a gecko!! So glad he let me get great shots. (yes, this is real!!!)

Drinking from hummingbird feeder: https://youtu.be/6jjG5YDtlO8

The first of many...
New Invasive specie in Israel

Gall with exit hole on huckleberry oak (Quercus vacciniifolia).