A few nice animal world images I found:
NYC - Bronx - Bronx Zoo: World of Reptiles - Green Vine Snake
Image by wallyg
The Green Vine Snake (Oxybelis fulgidus) is a long, slender arboreal Colubrid snake that inhabits Central America and northern South America.
Reaching lenghts of 2 meters, Green Vine Snakes have diameters only about 2cm thick. The long, delicate tail is mostly used to hold on while reaching for prey. The green vine snake stays high on trees and looks down to the ground. When a mouse, lizard or nest is found the snake follows the prey a short distance and smells it carefully. If the snake is content with it, it bites into the head and lifts the prey 20-40 cm from the ground. With this the snakes prevents the prey from using its physical stength. The vine snake has two larger teeth at the back of its mouth; these teeth permit the toxic saliva to penetrate the wounds and to immoblize the prey at which point it is swallowed.
The head is aeriodynamically-shaped and very pointy, the mouth is very big and extends almost through the whole head. The tongue is long and green, when in use it is kept outside and moved up and down.
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The Bronx Zoo, located within the Bronx Park, is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States, comprising 265 acres of parklands and naturalistic habitats and home to over 4,000 animals. Focused on conservation, it opened on November 8, 1899, with 22 exhibits, 843 animals. The zoo's origins date back to 1895, with the establishment of the New York Zoological Society (NYZS), renamed Wild Conservation Society (WCS) in 1993. Only the outer structure of the World of Reptiles remains much as it was in 1899. With the 1941 opening of African Plains, the Bronx Zoo was one of the first U.S. zoos to move away from cages and exhibit animals in naturalistic habitats.
IN130S02 World Bank
Image by World Bank Photo Collection
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Tawny Owl, Secret World
Image by Hammerhead27
