3:00 snapshot #1083; Daily Zoo Animal #31: Matschie's Tree Kangaroo

Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus matsciei

The Matschie's tree kangaroo is a fully arboreal marsupial from a small area of cloud forest in New Guinea. They are slow-moving leaf-eaters, ecologically similar to koalas or sloths. The species is listed as endangered, mainly due to habitat loss from logging and other human use. According to Wikipedia there are a little more than 50 Matschie's tree kangaroos in zoos, and there are two at Franklin Park Zoo, a female named Emily and the male pictured here, Snickers.

Small wonders, in the yard

This funnel-weaving grass spider (and her egg mass) were hiding in a fold in the picnic table tablecloth. She was a small wonder, but big enough to inspire bursts of profanity from the wife and I.


The underside of a tiny mushroom, perhaps a Mycena.


An unknown-to-me fungal growth, emerging as dots along the grains of the smooth bark of a cut Norway maple log.