Coatimundi (Nasua) seen in Arizona:

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Gila Monster (Heloderma) seen in Nevada:

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Most animal and plant species are wholly incompatible with ruderal (heavily human-influenced) habitats. Here is a scene of lowland native eucalypt forest harboring parrots and others very near Canberra, Australia. When one day Canberra becomes as large as Sydney or Melbourne, this habitat will be completely “cleaned” out, affecting individuals of thousands of plant, animal, fungal, and microbial species:

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