Images taken by CIE members – click on any image to enlarge
– Comedy wildlife –
Very ‘Melbourne’ blue-faced honey-eater having a coffee (01 – Comedy wildlife)
Got a light? (02 – Comedy wildlife)
Not the profile I was shooting for! (03 – Comedy wildlife)
Oh, hello there! (04 – Comedy wildlife)
Peekaboo (05 – Comedy wildlife)
It is no more a secret (06 – Comedy wildlife)
No description provided (07 – Comedy wildlife)
– Ecology in action –
Burtons legless lizard. We watched this individual attack and try to eat our study species. (01 – Ecology in action)
Dinner time! (02 – Ecology in action)
Releasing a turnstone on King Island after sampling (03 – Ecology in action)
A hungry bee (04 – Ecology in action)
Two male blackbuck fighting over mating partner (05 – Ecology in action)
It is my territory! (06 – Ecology in action)
No description provided (07 – Ecology in action)
– Wildlife –
Holy Cross Frog (Notaden bennettii) crossing a road on a wet night with the university’s Ford Ranger tail lights in the background (01 – Wildlife)
No description provided (02 – Wildlife)
What are you looking at?! (03 – Wildlife)
A novel perspective of a North Island Weka (04 – Wildlife)
Rough Gecko – Only 40 have ever been seen in the wild (05 – Wildlife)
Mama giraffe showing affection for baby calf (06 – Wildlife)
Mongolian Gecko: I like selfie too (07 – Wildlife)
No description provided (08 – Wildlife)
No description provided (09 – Wildlife)
– Research from home –
Heater broke ☹ (01 – Research from home)
Clutter & distractions (02 – Research from home)
“After the webinar” – inspired by the painting “After the ball” by Ramon Casas (03 – Research from home)
#LockdownLyf (04 – Research from home)
– Ugly and unpopular –
While fantastically popular and regarded as rather fetching among frog-lovers, objectively, one must admit that Myobatrachus gouldii looks like a turtle with its shell peeled off (01 – Ugly and unpopular)
Some say thorny devils should smile more (‘ugly’) and they’re not nearly as popular as they should be 😉 (02 – Ugly and unpopular)
Stromatolites in Western Australia. Rock-like platforms in shallow water are built by different types of cyanobacteria, hence their different shapes (03 – Ugly and unpopular)
I would not call this critter ugly to its face, as it belongs the genus Lonomia which is famous for its highly venomous caterpillars (04 – Ugly and unpopular)
Not very beautiful, but he’s a fun-gi to be with (05 – Ugly and unpopular)
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