Pademelons are small marsupials found in Australia and New Guinea. They are some of the smallest members of the macropod family, which includes the similar-looking but larger kangaroos and wallabies. The name, pademelon, is derived from a native Australian term for 'small kangaroo from the forest'. The Tasmanian pademelon, also known as red-bellied pademelon, is the sole species of pademelon found in Tasmania, and was formerly found throughout southeastern Australia. It has developed heavier and bushier fur than its northern relatives, which inhabit northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Pademelons are solitary and nocturnal, spending the daylight hours in thick vegetation. After dusk, the animals move onto open areas to feed, but rarely stray more than 100 metres from the forest edge. The young measure around 16 millimetres (0.63 in) in total length at birth, and rapidly move to the pouch, where they attach to one of the four teats. They grow relatively slowly compared with other marsupials of their size, opening their eyes between 18 and 20 weeks, and first developing fur between 20 and 22 weeks . They are fully furred by around 23 weeks, at which point they first begin to poke their head out of the pouch. The first full emergence from the pouch can occur between23 and 28 weeks of age.
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Exploring Good Hope Lake on a calm evening drone flight. Northern British Columbia, Canada.
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The Mountain Flower Longhorn Beetle is seen here feeding on nectar and pollen of Mountain deathcamas (Anticlea elegans). The beetle's range is described as 'boreal North America'. The plant is extremely poisonous to humans and stock.
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It was past midnight when daylight started to fade and the moon set behind Mount Archibald in the Kluane Ranges. The beauty of the long summer nights kept us up into the early mornings on most nights travelling through the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
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Devil's club is a large understory shrub native to the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. It is found from southcentral Alaska south to Oregon, and eastward to western Alberta and Montana. The plant has large palmate leaves, 20 to 40 centimetres (8 to 15+1⁄2 in) across, and erect, woody stems covered in noxious and irritating spines. It grows to 1 to 1.5 metres (3+1⁄2 to 5 ft) tall. The fruit are shiny red drupes in elongate clusters. The plants are slow growing and take many years to reach seed-bearing maturity; this makes them very sensitive to human impact as they do not reproduce quickly.
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