這隻鱷魚的表情好撫媚啊!還帶著蝴蝶皇冠呢! / Caiman Wearing A Crown Of Butterflies Shows Its Softer Side

Photographer Mark Cowan was travelling through the Amazon studying reptile and amphibian diversity when he stumbled upon an unusual sight… A caiman wearing a crown of butterflies!
But that’s not the unusual part. Actually, this phenomenon where butterflies perch on reptiles and drink their tears full of a much-needed mineral for survival – salt, has been documented before. The unusual thing about this photo is how the butterflies organize themselves into three groups of different species. Pretty cool, huh?
This photo was a finalist for the 2016 Royal Society Publishingphotography competition and received special commendation. You can find the other finalists here.
當攝影師Mark Cowan來到了亞馬遜時, 他偶然發現了一個罕見的景象......凱門鱷戴著蝴蝶皇冠!但其實這並非不尋常,在亞馬遜的蝴蝶會棲息在爬行動物上,喝他們的眼淚,補充生存急需的礦物 - 鹽。但好玩的是,這些蝴蝶自己排排站,相同種類的蝴蝶自己排在一起,鱷魚也露出了撫媚溫和的表情。這張照片在2016年英國皇家學會出版攝影大賽進入決賽,並獲得了特別表揚的殊榮呢。



                                                               

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