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Dazzling photographs of flocking flamingos

Dazzling photographs of flocking flamingos

4 January 2023

Travel and landscape photographer Raj Mohan has captured these stunning images of flamingos on Pulicat lake in Tamil Nadu, India. The birds occasionally travel there in response to changing conditions
Transparent belly underside of male glassfrog (Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum), Canande River Reserve, Choco forest, Ecuador

Glass frogs turn translucent by ‘hiding’ blood in their liver

22 December 2022

By channelling nearly 90 per cent of their blood into their liver while sleeping, glass frogs more than double their transparency – without any apparent health consequences

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