Common Whitetail Dragonfly

The Common Whitetail or Long-tailed Skimmer is a common dragonfly across much of North America. The male's chunky white body combined with the brownish-black bands on its otherwise translucent wings. Females have a brown body and a different pattern of wing spots. Common Whitetails often rest on objects near the water, and sometimes on the ground.

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Black-tailed skimmer Dragonfly

The black-tailed skimmer is a European and Asian dragonfly. The adult male has a blue abdomen with a black tip and transparent wings, and the female has a brown body with black bands along the abdomen and transparent wings. Even the immature males look that way.

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Keeled Skimmer Dragonfly

The Keeled Skimmer is a species of European dragonfly. This species resembles the Black-tailed Skimmer but is slimmer and the male has no black tip. Females and immature males lack the black abdominal pattern. The pterostigma is orange and the thorax usually bears pale stripes. It breeds mainly in peat bogs and flies from June to September. 

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Emperor Dragonfly

The Emperor Dragonfly or Blue Emperor is a large species of hawker dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae. Its average length is 78 millimetres. It is found mainly in Europe and nearby Africa and Asia. Males have a sky blue abdomen marked with a diagnostic black dorsal stripe and an apple green thorax. Females have a green thorax and abdomen. 

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House Sparrow

The House Sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. The House Sparrow founds naturally in most of Europe, the Mediterranean region, and much of Asia. The House Sparrow is strongly associated with human habitations, and can live in urban or rural settings. A small bird, it has a length of 16 centimetres and a weight of 24–39.5 grams. Females and young birds are coloured pale brown and grey, and males have brighter black, white, and brown markings. The House Sparrow feeds mostly the seeds of grains and weeds, and insects, and can perform complex and unusual tasks to obtain food. The predators of the House Sparrow include domestic cats, hawks, owls, and many other predatory birds and mammals.

A male sparrow

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Dog

The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in human history. Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and aiding handicapped individuals. This impact on human society has given them the nickname "Man's Best Friend" in the Western world. In 2001, there were estimated to be 400 million dogs in the world. Colour of dogs varies from white through grays black, browns, light tan, dark red or chocolate.

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