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Octoberfest
![Octoberfest](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Julie-Larsen-Maher_0183_Surinam-Horned-Frog-with-Pumpkin_WOR_BZ_10-06-08-977x650.jpg)
Assignment Open From
Oct 1 - Oct 22, 2014
In the spirit of the season, we’re celebrating nature that often elicits alarm. Creepy, crawling, nocturnal nature. Amphibians (like the Surinam horned frog), reptiles, and phases of the moon. We want to see what you can find. So crawl up in the attic, take a late-night walk and take your best shot. Fear not, it’s actually quite amazing.
Our editorial team will choose the best submissions based on appeal, composition, originality, and technical quality. A group of chosen shots for this assignment will be posted on this page and one will even be featured.
Please choose your photos wisely. We can only consider a maximum of two submissions per contributor. Get us your favorite.
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![AnandValar](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/_dsc0677.jpg)
King Cobra. The Irula Cooperative Society extracts the venom, then snakes are released back to the wild. Madras Crocodile Bank, Chennai, India
Album | Octoberfest |
![Kimberly Sickel](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/iagl4385.jpg)
Female green lynx spider with egg sac, Cypress, California
Album | Octoberfest |
![Lindsey Walters/NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/lindseywalterscornsnake102014.jpg)
Corn snake at the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Album | Octoberfest |
![Catherine Miller](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/catherine_miller_eastern_cottonmouth__2013_12_21.jpg)
Eastern cottonmouth, Santee National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina
Album | Octoberfest |
![Tim McClanahan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/ScorpionFishMcClanahan.jpg)
Devil’s scorpionfish, hard to see, but don't step on me.
Album | Octoberfest |
![Brenna Hernandez ©Shedd Aquarium](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/green_tree_python_480p7607.jpg)
Green tree python, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois
Album | Octoberfest |
![James Leedom](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/img_20732_jim_leedom.jpg)
A wood tick "questing" on a blade of grass in upstate New York.
Album | Octoberfest |
![Kathleen Rice](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/copy_1_of_img_0002a.jpg)
Noseleaf bat, Danum Valley conservation area in Sabah, Borneo
Album | Octoberfest |
![Jaime Palacios](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/jaime_conambo_323.jpg)
Predator/Prey. Colubrid snake and frog. Predators may induce fear, but they play a fundamental role in the ecosystem by ensuring that prey populations are kept under control. Sápara Indigenous Territory, Pastaza Province, Ecuador
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![Ethan Staats](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/ethan.staats_leptophis.depressirostris.la.selva.brs.costa.rica_1.29.2013.jpg)
Cope's parrot snake, La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica.
Album | Octoberfest |
![Ethan Staats](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/ethan.staats_paecilaema.sp.la.selva.brs.costa.rica_1.16.2014.jpg)
Harvestmen, a.k.a. daddy long-legs, La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica.
Album | Octoberfest |
![Barbara F. McManus](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/barbarafmcmanus_whitebackedvulture_southafrica_08_17_2014.jpg)
White-backed vulture at sunset, Royal Malewane, Thornybush Reserve, South Africa.
Album | Octoberfest |
![Cristel Mol-Dellepoort](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/cristelmoldellepoortitsybitsyspider20140610sc.jpg)
Spider, Saint Helena Island, South Carolina.
Album | Octoberfest |
![Ethan Staats](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/ethan.staats_avicularia.purpurea.san._jose.de.payamino.ecuador_6.19.2012.jpg)
Ecuadorian purple tarantula from the forested trails of San Jose de Payamino, Orellana, Ecuador.
Album | Octoberfest |
![Jeffe Castan](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/grand-media/image/jeffe_castanmerapi_volcano_eruption05nov2010.jpg)
Merapi volcano with lightning, one of the most active volcanos of the world, Indonesia.
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