These 23 photos show how incredibly fascinating nature can be

How beautiful is nature? It never ceases to fascinate us with its shapes and colors. Even though we think we’ve seen it all, there’s always something new that surprises us.

This species is widespread in Southeast Asia, India and southern China.

The different colors are said to arise from the fact that this lobster is half male, half female.

This snail, which lives off the east coast of the United States, can live for about nine months without food because, like a plant, it can photosynthesize while basking in the sun. More information can be found here (English).

The blue jay is widespread in eastern North America and grows 24 to 30 centimeters in length.

What looks spectacular is unfortunately related to the cat’s blindness.

A little frog. The coin has a diameter of just under 20 millimeters.

The reason for this work is even more fascinating: The rocks on Lake Baikal in Russia are occasionally heated by the sun, causing the underlying ice to melt. After the sun disappears, the ice solidifies again, creating a small base for the rock above. This is called Baikal Zen.

According to Wikipedia, the blue Java banana should taste like vanilla ice cream.

The Reddit user who uploaded the image writes that he saw this butterfly in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Wikipedia explains the supercell as follows: “A supercell is a thunderstorm characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone, that is, a rotating upward field, within a convective cloud. For this reason, these storms are also called rotating thunderstorms.” Well, we know that now too.

A golden bee. The Ptiloglossa is originally from America.

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