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Typhoid
11-16-2009, 10:32 PM
Hoatzin:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Rurrenabaque_Bolivia_-_The_Amazon.jpg/800px-Rurrenabaque_Bolivia_-_The_Amazon.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Hoatzin_chick.jpg/459px-Hoatzin_chick.jpg

The Hoatzin, also known as the Hoactzin, Stinkbird.

The chicks are unusual in that two of their wing digits possess claws.

The Hoatzin is arguably the most enigmatic living bird in regard to its phylogenetic relationships. No satisfying evolutionary hypothesis has been proposed, and the situation has actually become worse with the availability of DNA sequence data.

There has been much debate about the Hoatzin's relationships with other birds.


Poison Dart Frog:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Blue-poison.dart.frog.and.Yellow-banded.dart.frog.arp.jpg/291px-Blue-poison.dart.frog.and.Yellow-banded.dart.frog.arp.jpg

Most species of poison dart frogs are small, sometimes less than 1.5 centimetres

Poison dart frogs are endemic to humid, tropical environments of Central and Latin America

BreakABone
11-16-2009, 10:45 PM
Such an awesome picture of the bird.

Combine 017
11-16-2009, 10:52 PM
A Poison Dart frogs poison is used on darts to hunt birds like that.

Fox 6
11-17-2009, 12:31 AM
Have to go with the crazy colours here