A List of my Favorite Articles from November ’14!

Well, November ’14 came and went very quickly, so I thought I’d showcase my top 8 favorite creatures from the past month! There is a link and the common and binomial name of the main creature in the article.

Goodbye, November. (My birthday month! Why did you think I missed it so much?!)

1. The Little Fish who Sports a Fu Manchu and is the Color of Maraschino Juice: The cherry barb (Pungti titteya)

2. LOOK!! It's the Bluebird of Happiness!: The blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea)

3. The Huge Animals the Size of Peas.: The Gigantocypris ostracods

4. At the End of the Rainbow, there are……Spiders?: The elegant jumping spider (Chrysilla lauta)

5. If you Mix a Bumblebee and a Shrew, this is what you Get…: The lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus)

6. Two-headed Albino Milk Snakes! I want one.: The two-headed albino morph of the familiar milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)

7. Meet the Butterflies that Drink out of Eyeballs!: Heliconius butterflies

8. BEHOLD THE WOOLLY PIG!: the Mangalitsa pig (Sus scrofa)

Merry Christmas!