Peru 2015 - Day Moth

I have no explanation for this one, so I’ll just describe what happened.

I was shooting the fish, which were up near the surface .. presumably because there’s more oxygen there and fewer predators than below.

Then I saw this moth flying near. It dropped in amongst the fish several times. At first, I thought that it has gotten nabbed and was having a hard time flying away, but it’s repeated behavior showed that it – for some reason – wanted to be there in the middle of all of the fish. Was it laying eggs? Did it want to be eaten? Maybe it was a reporter on assignment.

There’s no way to know. Sometimes all you can do is take the shot.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Alaotran gentle lemur (Hapalemur alaotrensis)

Suddenly realized that if the name of the band was “Alvin and the Chipmunks”, it must imply that either Alvin was not a chipmunk (if so, what was he?) or he was so egotistical that he counted himself twice.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Vietnamese Long Nosed Snake (Rhynchophis boulengeri)

What slight aerodynamic advantage they gain from the their pointy noise is lost by their scales pointing the wrong way.

They’ll figure it out eventually.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)

Thinks Sally would be able to charge a lot more for her seashells if she sold them somewhere where they were less abundant.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.