The Naturalist

Mar 13

Proactive/Aeropostale

AAAAAAH! I just got Proactive and it works so well. I also got a new dress from Aeropostale and got so many compliments!!! :3

Feb 19
sorry this isnt a top quality picture, I took it in 6th grade with a really bad camera.

sorry this isnt a top quality picture, I took it in 6th grade with a really bad camera.

Feb 19
Jan 11
Jan 11
Jan 11
Jan 11
SOOOOOOOOOO ADORABLE!!! <3

rhamphotheca:

Funny Facial Features Tell Monkeys Who’s Who
by Stephanie Pappas
 
Monkeys in Central and South America have amazingly diverse faces, from the white-mustached visage of the emperor tamarin to the boiled-lobster-red skin of the bald uakari. Now, research reveals that New World monkeys rely on facial coloration mostly to recognize their own species.
“We found that species that live in smaller groups have evolved more complex patterns of facial color,” study researcher Sharlene Santana wrote in an email to LiveScience. “This (more complex faces) is also true for species that share their habitat with many other closely related species.”
In other words, the less likely a monkey is to run into one of its own, the more complicated its facial patterns. For example, bald uakaris have a striking, but simple, pure red face. These monkeys live in large communities that can number up to 100 individuals. In contrast, the three-striped night monkey, or owl monkey, lives in small family groups with mates and offspring only. These nocturnal monkeys sport masklike white-eye markings against a background of black fur, a much more complicated pattern…
(read more: Live Science)    
(photo: baby Emperor Tamarin, by Eric Gevaert)

SOOOOOOOOOO ADORABLE!!! <3

rhamphotheca:

Funny Facial Features Tell Monkeys Who’s Who

by Stephanie Pappas

Monkeys in Central and South America have amazingly diverse faces, from the white-mustached visage of the emperor tamarin to the boiled-lobster-red skin of the bald uakari. Now, research reveals that New World monkeys rely on facial coloration mostly to recognize their own species.

“We found that species that live in smaller groups have evolved more complex patterns of facial color,” study researcher Sharlene Santana wrote in an email to LiveScience. “This (more complex faces) is also true for species that share their habitat with many other closely related species.”

In other words, the less likely a monkey is to run into one of its own, the more complicated its facial patterns. For example, bald uakaris have a striking, but simple, pure red face. These monkeys live in large communities that can number up to 100 individuals. In contrast, the three-striped night monkey, or owl monkey, lives in small family groups with mates and offspring only. These nocturnal monkeys sport masklike white-eye markings against a background of black fur, a much more complicated pattern…

(read more: Live Science)    

(photo: baby Emperor Tamarin, by Eric Gevaert)

Jan 10
Jan 10
Nigara Falls at night.

Nigara Falls at night.

Jan 10