This wild pig was rooting around in a pasture alongside old Saddle Road. I was particularly taken by the ridge of coarse hair running along her back.
I love what you’ve done with your hair
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Heliconia colgantea
The rather showy display of a heliconia colgantea at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden. For more information about Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, go to htbg.com.
Abstract: Praying mantis
This young praying mantis was perched on an agave attenuata, but its tail-up pose, and the direction of the photo, give at strange appearance.
Bees on mamane flowers
This week’s Friendly Friday challenge theme is ‘Yellow.’ See more responses here.
This is a good excuse to post more photos of bees foraging on bright yellow māmane flowers. Māmane (Sophora chrysophylla) is endemic to Hawaii, but while its flowers attract many insects, the seeds are highly toxic. The endangered palila, one of the last endemic Hawaiian honeycreepers, is a bird that feeds mostly on the māmane’s immature seed pods without any ill effect.
Whitemouth moray eel peeking out
A small whitemouth moray eel peeks out from its hideaway in the rocks. It’s astonishing how even quite big eels can disappear into a crack that I can’t even see.
Mourning gecko up against the wall
Mourning geckos are predominately nocturnal, but this one was caught out in the daylight. As geckos tend to do, it froze in place in such a way that I pictured it thinking I’d said, ‘Up against the wall (bad word here).’
Signs: You’re going to die
This sign marks the border between Hualalai Resort and one of the public beaches there. It’s the equivalent of prescription drug warnings that taking them might turn you into a four-armed, paranoid psychopath.
Here, the dangers include man-o-wars, sharp coral, slippery rocks, sudden drop-off, dangerous shorebreak, high surf, and strong current. Oh, and there’s no lifeguard on duty. Well, no wonder, they’d have to be crazy to enter the water there.
Spotted pufferfish
Usually, I see spotted pufferfish swimming alone, but these three spent some time together as a group. Also unusual was that they were swimming up in the water where they caught the sunlight.
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