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Stripe-throated hermit

Marty’s photo of the day #2729: Stripe-throated hermit, photographed in Costa Rica.

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A break from tear gas photos

Marty’s photo of the day #2728: This photo is for those who have had their hearts ripped out, witnessing children of asylum-seekers, crying in pain, due to Donald Trump’s tear gas.

Here are some children from south of the border, just being kids, and having a great time.

(Photographed in Iquitos, Peru)

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Whimbrel and Willet

Marty’s photo of the day #2727: Whimbrel and willet, photographed in Costa Rica.

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Costa Rican Bamboo Palm

Marty’s photo of the day #2728: I only saw one of these while hiking in the rainforest of Costa Rica, and I’ve had a hell of a time identifying it. I did a little more research this morning and am reasonably sure it’s a Costa Rican bamboo palm. The bees sure loved it.

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Dolphin food

Marty’s photo of the day #2727: This school of fish has taken to the air in an attempt to escape a pod of spotted dolphins.

(Photographed along the coast of Costa Rica.)

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A Christmas message from the Republican Jesus

Hey conservatives! Republican Jesus here. With Christmas on the way, and the possibility that you might meet a heathen, a gay, a lesbian, or an environmentalist, I want to remind you to stick to your G.O.D.S. (Yes, plural, just like it is in Genesis until we changed our minds and settled on the one god concept.):

—Guns are always more important than school children. (Most people are liberal until they escape education anyway.)

—Oil is more important than worrying about journalists being tortured and dismembered. (Brutal Saudi Arabian princes are our friends. Journalists are scum.)

—Deny global warming and embrace greed. (My messenger, the Holy Donald Trump, understands science better than anyone. He knows that it has already snowed in multiple locations, and it’s not even officially winter! What good is a planet without oodles of money for God’s chosen white Christian males?)

—Small mindedness gets you into heaven. (’Tis the season to feign outrage if someone dares wish you “Happy Holidays” or if two lesbians kiss during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.)

Thanks for stopping by. Stick to your G.O.D.S. and you will please the Republican Jesus and join me in heaven—where you can sing praises to me for eternity. And for the conservative men reading this: don’t forget that I made you the superior sex. If you get drunk over Christmas and feel the urge to grab some pussy or pin a woman on a bed and grind against her, that’s okay. Who knows? I might even pick you to be the next U.S. president or Supreme Court justice!

With love of guns and all that is holy,

The Republican Jesus

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Terns, terns, terns

Marty’s photo of the day #2726: Here’s a photo from my second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico:

Terns in the Sea of Cortez (Mexico).

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Thumbs up

Marty’s photo of the day #2725: I generally don’t post the same species two days in a row, but this orangutan gave me a thumbs up to do so today.

(Photographed in Borneo)

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Orangutan Thanksgiving

Marty’s photo of the day #2724: Orangutan Thanksgiving.

(Photographed in Borneo)

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Second fastest animal

Marty’s photo of the day #2723: Here’s a pronghorn that I photographed in really nice light in Wyoming. Pronghorns can run 53 MPH, making them the second fastest land animal in the world (cheetahs are the fastest).

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