Other animals

Yucatan rat snake (Pseudelaphe phaescens) feeding on a bat in the cave of the hanging serpents in Kantemó. This is a unique place in the world where a population of these snakes has adapted to living inside the cave and feeding exclusively on bats.

Female Boulanger's Backpack frogs (Cryptobatrachus boulengeri) carry their eggs on their backs through the streams of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Colombia. These species does not have a tadpole stage so when the young hatch they are fully developed frogs. During the rainy season these animals can be seen carrying their young on their back hatching while the females look for suitable spot for them.

A stick insect (Phasmatodea) is in a precarious situation when a Cane toad (Rhinella marina) spots it, both animals sit unmoving and waiting. The stick insect relies on its camouflage to save it - the toad knows there is prey nearby but is unsure where exactly and waits to see movement.

The Peringuey's adder (Bitis peringueyi) is the smallest viper in Africa, it grows on average up to 25 cm. Its habitat is desert areas, to which it is perfectly adapted. Its venom is not fatal to humans, but it is better to be careful anyway, because the bite causes painful inflammation.

Velella velella, the so-called “by-the-wind sailor”, lay trapped on a rockpool after a wind storm in the Spanish Mediterranean. Velella is worldwide distributed in tropical and temperate regions, and it is a common member of the pleuston community, a small group of open-ocean creatures whom sail the ocean surface at the mercy of winds aided by their sail-like structures.

Two European toads (Bufo bufo) mating in the middle of their egg-strings on the edge of a shallow lake. The wind creates ripples in the water, this makes it look like the toads are rising from the bottom.

I found this Annam tree frog (Hyla simplex) at rest on the foliage of plants in the forest. I watched from underneath through the holes in the leaves, and I focused on the head of the amphibian, which was gazing into the surrounding environment. It's like nature provided a window for me in this exact moment, so I could see into the frog’s world.