Curious 'tec-tec' hanging onto a branch. Maïdo, Saint-Paul, La Réunion (2025). A short and round little bird, very familiar, curious and not so shy. Male is mostly black - head, back and wings - with white brows and mirrors on the wings, white throat and belly with a rufous chest patch. But males displays a… Continue reading Réunion Stonechat (Saxicoles tectes)
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Dwarf cushion star (Parvulastra exigua)
Yellow starfish wrapped around algae. Doringbaai, Northern Cape (2020). Previously known as Patiriella exigua and Asterina exigua. Tiny, flattened, pentagonal starfish, with poorly developed arms. Dorsal surface made up of tile-like plates, each with a cluster of tiny knob-like spines. Gonophores on lower (oral) surface.Uniformly khaki-green of the West Coast, but variegated patterns of orange,… Continue reading Dwarf cushion star (Parvulastra exigua)
F*CK FISH 