Some cool animal plant images:
Nesting flycatcher
Image by Mike Souza
These guys built a nest above our upstairs patio a few weeks ago, but they got scared off. I just discovered today that they decided to nest in a spider plant on our downstairs patio. Hope they stick around this time!
Daspletosaur Reflection
Image by nekosoft
Daspletosaurus torosus was an enormous animal, almost 30 feet long, weighing 3 tons. It was an early member of the tyrannosaur family and looks like a smaller version of T. rex. There is evidence that Tyrannosaurus may have been directly descended from Daspletosaurus.
Stocky and powerful, this meat-eater lived in marshes by streams. It had tiny horns behind its eyes and the largest teeth of any of the tyrannosaurids. Each tooth was dagger-sharp, curved, and saw-edged. With its formidable teeth and jaws, clawed feet, and sheer bulk, Daspletosaurus torosus was easily capable of killing even the largest of its herbivorous prey. Like other tyrannosaurids, this species also had a pair of small, two-fingered hands.
Tyrannosaurids, the "tyrant lizards", are the best-known family of dinosaurs and are the largest terrestrial carnivores that ever lived. They appeared in Late Cretaceous times around 80 million years ago. Most of them vanished during the mysterious mass extinction of all dinosaurs, 65 million years ago. For some unknown reason, Daspletosaurus torosus came to an end about three million years before the great dinosaur extinction.
