These trees aren’t crying — that’s Spanish moss gently hanging from ancient bald cypress trees at Caddo Lake, Texas 🌳💧 One of the few natural lakes in Texas, this place feels like stepping into another world. Did you know? • Spanish moss is not moss — it’s an air plant that absorbs moisture from the air • Bald cypress trees can live over 1,000 years • Caddo Lake is home to one of the largest flooded cypress forests in the U.S. • The lake is so important it’s protected as an international wetla

Just a #cute lil cold and soggy western fence #lizard under a log at the Ballona Wetlands. These lizards cure Lyme disease from ticks that drink the lizards blood. Once the tick is off the lizard it no longer carries the disease. So you can thank these lizards for the fact that the #westcoast coast has much lower cases of Lyme disease than the east coast. #wetland #herpetology #nature

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