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Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz..
Gera,Zezschwitz,1903-.
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>35MM lbs of #CandyCorn produced each year! See candy's inspiration in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12306602 #Halloween
... Animaux venimeux et venins: la fonction venimeuse chez tous les animaux;.
Paris,Masson & co.,[1922].
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The Cane Toad has an unusual diet - it feeds on living & dead matter! See it in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12749247 & @eol eol.org/pages/333309/overview
Do you know what a Mouflon is? See it in #bhlib to find out biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28649916 & find out more in @eol www.eol.org/pages/11021638 #SpeciesOfTheDay
Atelier Rosa Bonheur (1900) no. 585
Petit Buffon illustré
Paris,Didier,1841.
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Happy Leap Day! A #grasshopper can leap 8x its body weight. C the grasshopper & some of his jumping friends in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24846612
Do u know what species squalus carcharias is? It was the name given to the Great White Shark by Linnaeus. C it in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6349581
Get up close and personal with a Heloderma suspectum, or Gila monster, head in today's #bhlpod biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7971867
Today's #bhlpod features a pg of hummingbird spp. from Biologia Centrali-Americana biodiversitylibrary.org/page/572766. What R the current names 4 these?
Beautiful flowers and how to grow them
Edinburgh,T.C. & E.C. Jack, ltd.,1922.
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Want your garden 2 look like this? biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21984589 Book in #bhlib will tell u how 2 make it happen! Send us a pic of your garden!
Our living world. v.1.
New York :S. Hess,[1885]
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It's the 3rd-largest rodent & it's name is from the French porc espin meaning spined pig.C our #SpeciesOfTheDay in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33500475
It's 1 of the rarest birds of all, w/ only ~124 in the wild. More on this flightless parrot - the kakapo - in our @NHM_London contributed item biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34478700 #bhlspod
It's called a sparrow hawk,but it's actually a small falcon & the only kestrel in America.C the American Kestrel n #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35159609
Think u know what a torpedo is? If you're thinking electric fish, then you're right! See our #SpeciesOfTheDay in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12794896
Our living world. v.1.
New York :S. Hess,[1885]
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Lions & Tigers & Bears, oh my! :-) biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33500083 biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33500083 biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33500299 Courtesy of your friends at #bhlib
What would u do w/ a "koodoo"? biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33500560 Hunt it? Eat it? Ride it? Study it? We're showing it off as our #bhlpod today. Enjoy!
D. Marcus Elieser Bloch's, ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin. Atlas.
Berlin :Auf Kosten des Verfassers, und in Commission in der Buchhandlung der Realschule,1783-1785.
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Ever seen a pipefish? They look like Lewis Carroll's version of a seahorse! C our #SpeciesOfTheDay in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32255625
A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British islands..
London,Ray Society,1878-80..
Nature neighbors. v.5.
Chicago,American Audobon association[c1914]
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Fossils of 2 tiny new camel species (2-2.5 ft tall) found in Panama news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120305-prehistor... Love this #camel pic in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32495784
Lehrbuch der Botanik;.
LeipzigQuelle & Meyer1911.
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The European White #Waterlily grows in water 1-5 ft deep. See a beautiful illustration of it in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22537854
Engravings of lions, tigers, panthers, leopards, dogs, &c.
London,H.G. Bohn,1853.
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It's #bigcatweek! The #leopard is the smallest of the 4 big cats. See it in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22606711 & @eol eol.org/pages/328673/overview
Animate creation :.
New York :Selmar Hess,c1898..
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Weaver birds are so named b/c of their elaborately-woven nests - the most elaborate of any bird species biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28671665 #bhlib
Natural history of the ground squirrels of California,.
Sacramento,California State Printing Office,1918..
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Squirrel Week may be over, but we couldn't resist sharing this 1 last adorable illustration from #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32040644
Atlas des poissons vénéneux
S.-Peterburg,Tipografïia V.S. Balasheva,1886.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14767069
Most venomous known fish in the world? Synanceia verrucosa or Reef Stonefish. C our #SpeciesOfTheDay in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14767069 (fig. 2)
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands :.
London :Printed for B. White,1771..
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Open wide! We love this illustration of a hogfish in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38993364 They get their name from long snouts & "rooting" behavior
Brehm's Life of animals : Volume 1, Mammalia
Chicago :Marquis,1895.
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Why did the zebra get his stripes? news.discovery.com/animals/zebra-stripes-120209.html See the wilder side of the zebra in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9885815
La galerie des oiseaux /.
Paris :Carpentier-Méricourt,1834..
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Brown #pelicans are smallest species of pelican. See them in new #AmericanTrail @NationalZoo exhibit & in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33061552
Eerily beautiful, today's #bhlpod features some of the fungus among us (in temperate zones anyway) Phyllactinia guttata biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34482177
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London..
London :Academic Press, [etc.],1833-1965..
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Up close & personal with a #platypus bill. Nice! biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37028049 #bhlib
Field book of North American mammals
New York,G. P. Putnam's Sons,1928.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9991584
A new species of #rat discovered & it's nearly toothless! news.discovery.com/animals/new-rat-species-is-nearly-toot... See a few of the ~2300 rat sp. in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9991584
Cure the Monday blues w/ beautiful illustrations of an Island Garden biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35698500
Lehrbuch der Botanik;.
LeipzigQuelle & Meyer1911.
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B4 Irish immigrants in America carved #pumpkins 4 #Halloween, they carved #potatoes! See the starchy medium in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22538050
Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects /.
London :William Smith,1845 [i.e. 1841-1845].
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A "New Mantideous Insect with Pointed Eyes" from #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12171384
Extinct monsters and creatures of other days
London :Chapman & Hall,1910.
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The Great Ground #Sloth may be extinct, but it lives on in #bhlib! biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13776570 Find out more about it on @eol eol.org/pages/4471794/overview
Expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud :.
Paris :Chez P. Bertrand,1850-1859..
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Surinam toad larvae develop through tadpole stage in pockets on mother's back, emerging as fully-developed toads biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39391939 #bhlib
Johnson's household book of nature,.
New York,H.J.Johnson,[1880].
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The #beaver is largest rodent in North America. They cause serious modifications 2 environment by building dams biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39742617 #bhlib
Dear @mobotnews, $1M thx 2 MOBOT 4 making #bhlib what it is 2day. This #bhlpod of Psychopsis papilio biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31985432 shows off ur best
Birdcraft :.
New York :Macmillan,1895..
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We issue a challenge! Can anyone name all of the birds on this plate without looking at the key in the book? biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13201137 #bhlib
The wild beasts of the world. v.1.
London :T. C. & E. C. Jack,[1909?]
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And you thought your yoga instructor was limber! Check out the agility of the #leopard on the hunt! biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19058616 #bhlib #pod
Popular history of the aquarium of marine and fresh-water animals and plants /.
London :Lovell Reeve,1857..
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See the many forms "Sea Flowers" can take in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11017649
Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur /.
Erlangen :Expedition des Schreber'schen säugthier- und des Esper'schen Schmetterlingswerkes [etc.,1774]-1846..
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Check out the largest tapir species - the Malayan Tapir - in this early 1800s drawing from #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31078320
Chronologischer Raupenkalender, oder, Naturgeschichte der europäischen Raupen
Berlin :Im Verlage von Theodor Bade,1837.
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When this little caterpillar grows up, it'll have a skull-shaped pattern on its thorax biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12730167 (Death's-head Hawk moth) #bhlib
Four-footed Americans and their kin /.
New York :Macmillan,1898, t.p. 1901..
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Muskoxen actually more closely related 2 sheep & goats than oxen. Found primarily in Arctic North America & Greenland biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9418403
The rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya :.
London :Reeve, Benham, and Reeve,1849-51..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11630656
The stunning Lady Dalhousie Rhododendron named by Hooker in 1850 4 wife of the then Governor-General of India biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11630656 #bhlib
Beetles..
London :H.G. Bohn[1846?].
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22015816
Macrodontia cervicornis, w/ enormous mandibles, is largest species of long-horned beetles. Specimens sell 4 >400$! biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22015816
The Malay Archipelago:.
New York,Harper & Brothers,1869..
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The Long-armed Chafer Beetle certainly lives up to its name. A scarab native to Indonesia, it can grow up to 65mm biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11603711
The Plagiostomia : Sharks, skates, and rays
Cambridge, U.S.A. :Printed for the Museum,1913.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4371381
Alopias vulpinus (Thresher shark) & Ginglymostoma cirratum (Nurse shark) in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4371381 Look @ those teeth! #SharkWeek
North American herpetology :.
Philadelphia :J. Dobson,1836-1840..
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Yesterday was World Turtle Day! Hawksbill sea turtle is a critically-endangered sp 1st described by our friend Linnaeus biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3682742