In the Manatee Pool

At the Columbus Zoo, Florida manatees live in the manatee pool during their rehabilitations, 

but other animals live there, too.

Lookdown fish are silvery and very thin. Do you see its spine?

When this one turns, you can see how narrow it is:

 

Brown pelican

I think the residents should be trained to clean the glass:

Maybe this southern stingray is trying to clean the glass, but it needs to work above the waterline.

 

Buddy is a hawksbill sea turtle. (Her story)

 

The manatees eat lettuce, and this leaf was positively glowing. I don't know how to capture that in an image, though.

All photos and videos are from January 14.

Woverine Romp

A wolverine romped in the snow at the Columbus Zoo January 7. I was calling this one Guillotine because she was famous for somersaults, but I learned today that Gui was euthanized in April, 2024. So this must be Alvar (thank you, sister), who seemed to be having a good time.

Somersaults and paper:

I'm still having trouble with autofocus when shooting video:

Summer Insects

Here are some insects from last July and August.

great spangled fritillary (June)

Japanese beetle on hyssop (focus stack of 4 images)

large milkweed bug on milkweed (focus stack of 6 images)

male ebony jewelwing, a damselfly

northeastern hammertail, a robber fly (focus stack of 5 images)

Is it just me, or does this ant have transparent rings in its abdomen? (focus stack of 2 images)

immature large milkweed bug on milkweed (focus stack of 5 images)

twice-stabbed stink bugs on hyssop (focus stack of 4 images)

Zethus spinipes, a wasp, on celosia