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.
(h/t: thisiscolossal)
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。
