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The adult coloration of M. balfouri is striking, a vivid blue, though some red and amber variants have been seen very rarely. [1] The carapace is blue, as is the leg except for the trochanter, which, like the rest of the body, is cream-colored or grey. The opisthosoma (abdomen) is cream-colored, grey and partially blue. Females of the species ...
Socotra is the largest island in the Socotra Archipelago, which also includes Abd al Kuri, Samhah, and Darsah. The islands are in the Indian Ocean east of the Horn of Africa and south of the Arabian Peninsula .
Endemic flora of Socotra — an island off the northeastern coast of Africa in the Red Sea. The native flora of the island of Socotra is biogeographically under the Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa. Socotra is politically within Yemen, whose mainland is across the Red Sea.
The archipelago consists of the main island of Socotra (3,665 km 2 or 1,415 sq mi), three smaller islands, Abd al Kuri, Samhah and Darsa, and two rocky islets, Ka'l Fir'awn and Sābūnīyah, both uninhabitable by humans but important for seabirds. [17] The island is about 125 kilometres (78 mi) long and 45 kilometres (28 mi) north to south.
This species has a restricted range, being found only on a single island. It is thought to be threatened by climate change , primarily due to more frequent major tropical cyclones (with the 2015 and 2019 cyclone seasons being thought to have been especially damaging), as well as increasing aridification of its habitat.
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Tiki, a 20-year-old blind cat from New England, was rescued by Good Samaritans after floating on a piece of ice on a Massachusetts lake and falling in on Dec. 16, 2024.
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