No! Get those lights off!!!

Indohyus Riverside. One of my drawings from 2007.
At that time I drew a lot of animal portraits. I also tried prehistoric animals. Although I've made some mistakes, this drawing was used for about 10 years in Wikipedia articles.

The indohyus was an ancestor of modern whales. It was a racoon-sized, mouse-deer-like, even-toed ungulate and probably lived partially aquatic.
Recently, another link between whales and land mammals has been discovered. While indohyus lived in India about 48 million years ago, the newly discovered species peregocetus was found in approximately 43 million years old sediments in Peru. It already had a length of 13 feet and was very well adapted to life in the water. But still had hooves.

Weird horse! 🐪

Tachinid fly,
Tachina fera
(04/2019 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

The German name of this fly is Igelfliege, which means hedgehog fly. ❤ These loveable creatures lay their eggs on leaves. 🌿 When the maggots hatch, they crawl into caterpillars.👍🐛 One maggot per caterpillar. ☝🐛The caterpillar then plagues a lifelong feeling of internal erosion until it finally finds its well deserved death. 💀🐛 Take a look at this cute fly! 😍 It's very useful in pest control. They are cruel but very effective!

My bunnies wish you happy easter!
Berenike, Arsinoë and Loki 💞

Arsinoë:"I'm the Queen of the World!" 💭👸👑

Arsinoë 🌟🎥❤
There's no doubt that she's Loki's mother.

Loki 🌟🎥❤
Unlike other geckos, leopard geckos have movable eyelids. They also don't have adhesive toepads.

Red paper wasp,
Polistes canadensis
(10/2018 in Santa Teresa, Peru)

I've often encountered them in the Cusco region. With a wingspan of about 5 cm, they belong to the larger wasp species. The species name refers to Canada, but it doesn't occur there. The first describer, zoologist Carl von Linné, was misinformed. The red paper wasp lives in neotropical regions from Argentina to USA. Unfortunately, I couldn't photograph any of them alive. But a dead insect can also be quite interesting! I think it would fit well in a Star Wars movie, right?

Common toads, Bufo bufo
(07/2015 in Oberursel, Germany)

Sexual maturity occurs after 3-5 years. Wonder if their adventurous life has led them back to this pond?