We put some food on the grill and noticed someone checking on us π
Motte
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Rana pyrenaica is considered as endangered because of its small habitat in the pyrenees. Additionally the known populations are seperated from each other due to loss of habitat. We searched for this little fellow around Ordesa and found it next to the hiking trail. There is a little stream, and they love the moving and oxygen rich water. The end of the hike was a big waterfall where we found egg clutches! Really happy about that as this was the first evidence of reproduction at this locality πΈ
Yes! They always left when we were coming close. We were there with a whole student group and had the full equipment to capture venomous snakes (gloves, fishing nets, terrarium). That was the only way to get some good close up pictures. If i had not been on a guided tour for biology students, i would have never found a snake, so dont worry about them! βΊοΈ
Spain is one of a few european countries with a vulture population that is not declining. They have 5 species of Vultures, which (now again) breed in their natural habitat. Read more about vulture conversation: https://rewildingeurope.com/rewilding-in-action/wildlife-comeback/vultures/
Also a pretty beautiful species! What did you do with these animals? I read that there ist not much known about their behaviour and generel life.
Yes! It was pretty good weather and they all came out to sunbathe in the morning. We actually only found them on the way up because the hike is pretty steep and you have to go slow. On the way down we did not see snakes, but it was also getting dark.
During hiking to the Refugio Respomuso we found 7 of these venomous snakes directly on trail.
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Working on studying Speleomantes italicus from its only known population in Germany
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Fairly new to lemmy, but i want to start sharing some good pictures from previous adventures.
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Wow! They look so cool.
Really cool! Did you do some more sequencing? And was the phylogenetic group what you expected or did the sequencing form new relationships?