I thought my clue was hard It took me over a week to guess yours and you guess mine in half a day. So your turn again I guess. LOL But it is my turn to post again so .
So my turn for the second time today... An unusual vertebrate that becomes smaller as it gets older. It is a south american species.
Sorry LaughingDove but birds are some kind of speciality from me . Next species is also / again a bird. If you look at the English and Gernam name you would expect a simply colored bird - which it surtainly is not - but the scientific and dutch name don't indicate this and have an connection. Which bird I'm looking for ???
Here's another one. It is a reptile found in Southeast Asia. Despite its size it is known to be relatively docile in comparison to other species of its suborder with such a large size. It is often used as a model organism for digestion.
And we have a winner ! Congrat. lintworm. In English and German it is called resp. Brown Lory and Brauner Lori and you would expect a brown, un-intresting bird. In real live it is brown and yellow and if you ever have seen them displaying, you know they are all exept un-intresting. The Dutch and scientific name resp. Duivenbodes lorie and Chalcopsitta duivenbodei refer to a member of an old Dutch family, working in Indonesia and who helped for example Wallace during his time in this part of the world. So now its up to you lintworm to think out a new species ( doe je best ) !
A new one: This taxonomically difficult to place species is seen as an omen of good weather on the island to which it is native.
