very nice collection. despite being an amateur zoologist, several of these i had never seen nor heard of. #26, the mara, in particular is a nice example of convergent evolution-- different animals in different types of the world can evolve to resemble each other given similar habitat. so the mara looks so much like a deer. and the mara's head does look a bit like a kanga's because it shared common ancestor with capybaras. looks like a capybara on stilts, really.
It is a species of treehopper called Cyphonia Clavata that literally has an ant growing out of its head. Well not literally, the ant-like thing on its head is an appendage that hides the treehopper’s actual body from predators.
very nice collection. despite being an amateur zoologist, several of these i had never seen nor heard of. #26, the mara, in particular is a nice example of convergent evolution-- different animals in different types of the world can evolve to resemble each other given similar habitat. so the mara looks so much like a deer. and the mara's head does look a bit like a kanga's because it shared common ancestor with capybaras. looks like a capybara on stilts, really.