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Below are some photos taken around the nursery of wildlife.

Female ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris  finds the firespike Odontonema strictum irresistible.

Animals use a variety of tactics to make themselves less noticeable to predators.

Notice the mimicry exhibited by the hummingbird in the photo below.  She is masquerading as part of a dead palm frond.  This is like a celebrity going out incognito in old clothes without make-up.

Camouflage, or, to put it into fashion terms, color coordination, is an important technique that animals use to blend in wherever they go.

See how the mockingbird Mimus polyglottos  (the Florida State Bird since 1927) in the photo at right is wearing a practical, charming outfit that goes nicely with the lichen-decorated branches of the black ironwood  Krugiodendron ferreum.

At left is a male red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus perched on the branch of a Brazilian Ironwood Caesalpinia ferrea.  Being somewhat fashion mavericks, with their red epaulets, they are not concerned with blending in; their strategy is to annoy you and get you to chase them away from their nest.
This little feller at left, the American alligator Alligator missippiensis, doesn't give a hoot about blending in at the moment, being more concerned with catching some rays.

At right is a Knight Anole  Anolis equestris, wearing a sensible green outfit with accessories of sunshine and shadow.

These lizards are not aggressive and will not attack you, unless you are a cockroach or a spider.

At left, a newly hatched Brown Anole Anolis sagrei.  They are so cute when they're little, dressed up just like an adult!

What is nature without a little danger to keep you on your toes?

At right is the Florida Bark Scorpion Centruroides gracilis.

You can tell the scorpion has already passed on and is safe to mess around with, because its tail is not raised.

 

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Last updated:  01/22/2008