globalvoices:

A flooded school in Belén, Iquitos in Peru where it continues to rain and rain (see more photos and videos of flooding).

rhamphotheca:

EFBC’s Feline Conservation Center:  Aztec the Jaguarundi

Aztec the Jaguarundi doing a yoga stretch. Jaguarundis are still occasionally sighted in the southernmost United States, but are often mistaken for otters or a member of the weasel family (although they are obviously a wild cat species, upon close inspection).

(photo/text via: EFBC) 

animalworld:

GREEN BANDED URANIA
Urania leilus
©Eric Hovarth

The Green-banded Urania, Urania leilus, is a day-flying moth of the Uraniidae family. It is found in South America and the Caribbean, including Trinidad, Surinam, French Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, St. Kitts and Dominica.

Its habitat consists of riverbanks in primary and secondary rainforest at elevations between sea level and about 800 meters.

The wingspan is about 70 millimetres (2.8 in).

The larvae are believed to feed on Omphalea species.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urania_leilus

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