Robert Vander Velde

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Book title page. Title: Insulin: The Crooked Timber. By Kersten T. Hall.
A reddit post. User thefallenfew says "If the tornado picked up any trash it's a scab"
An eagles' nest high in the tree. Two juvenile bald eagles (they are entirely dark-brown/black) sit high in the nest. An adult bald eagle (with white head and black body) sits on a branch above the nest to the left.
The cadaver synod
Two perched bald eagles at different heights staring into the distance. Top eagle has its head rotated to look behind its back.
A green hummingbird with ruddy red tail. It is feeding on nectar from small pink flowers while hovering. I haven’t identified it but maybe a Mangrove hummingbird? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
A mantled howler monkey resting on a branch. It has black fur with some dark brown fur on its back. Its tail is wrapped around a branch. It is "scowling" and is surrounded by leaves.
Central American squirrel monkey resting on a branch, looking away from the camera. Yellow/orange back and light grey limbs. Legs hanging below the branch.
A Panamanian white-faced capuchin holding fruit and eating with its hands, placing fruit on its mouth while it bares its teeth.
A Panamanian white-faced capuchin resting/straddling a cylindrical wooden railing. The monkey has black fur on its body and crown/top of head. It has white fur on the rest of its head other than the face which is bare.
Mantled howler monkey hanging from a branch by its tail. The monkey is mostly brown with a light brown back. Its mouth is open. It’s surrounded by green leaves.
The human genome showing the location of the short wavelength opsin on chromosome 7 and the medium and long wavelength opsins on the X-chromosome.
A Panamanian white-faced capuchin staring into the sky. The monkey has black fur on its body and crown/top of head. Most of the visible eye is made up of black pupil. The monkey is behind a tree-trunk.
A Nilgiri langur skull with 3 molars and 2 pre-molars and a large canine visible. At the Harvard Natural History Museum.
A Central American squirrel monkey walking across a high branch. The monkey has light orange fur on its body, with light grey fur on its arms and legs, dark grey fur on its crown/top of head and a black snout.