The giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), also known as the golden-capped fruit bat, is a rare megabat  and one of the largest bats in the world. The species is endangered and is currently facing the possibility of extinction because of poaching and forest destruction. It is endemic to forests in the Philippines.

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tonguedepressors:

Raghubir Singh

Barber and Goddess Kali, 1987

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Drawn by Thomas Rowlandson

[Sketchbook of “Rowlandson’s Sketches on Comparative Anatomy” ; “Resemblances between the Countenances of men and beasts” presented by E. Gilbertson Esq. completed between 1772 and 1827.]

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Kenya’s Samburu people “violently” evicted after US charities buy land

(via Guardian)

Around 2,000 Samburu families have stayed squatting on edge of disputed territory, says NGO Survival International. Members of the Samburu people in Kenya have been abused, beaten and raped by police after the land they lived on for two decades was sold to two US-based wildlife charities, a rights group and community leader have alleged.

With nowhere to go, around 2,000 Samburu families stayed on the edge of the disputed territory, living in makeshift squats, while 1,000 others were forced to relocate, Survival said.

The London-based NGO Survival International said the Samburu were evicted following the purchase of the land by two American-based charities, the Nature Conservancy and the African Wildlife Foundation. [more]

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#1 : The Samburu can be found on the semi-arid northern plains of Kenya. (Federica Miglio/Survival International)

#2 :  The word ‘Samburu’ means ‘butterfly’ in the language of Masai. They are so named for their striking traditional clothes, colorful beaded necklaces, earrings and bracelets. (Zhao Yingquan/Xinhua)

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