As a very special event finishes once again, a #monomad challenge is a perfect way to sum it up. ![555.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/pardinus/23wX13XM2Dzbg57VjFNfeDk5oQrNzuYxXFokehYfNdH5Wy86XdJQwh8ckRmEonmuwcuUV.JPG) A lizard, portraying an event? Well, for sure: a lizard, a frog, big psittacines, smaller ones, the biggest mammal and the tiniest of them; all of them would be suitable. And why? ![20260411_075606.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/pardinus/23wgFPpxSJnHtJ9jz5cHRVE3kDEnbBSx3KTMeGFeafEdVFQWhhTBERP9qhxPtYCn5Dqui.jpg) Because ICARE was in town. Every two years, people from all over the world get together for a few days, and share what is being done nowadays to take better care of all the exotic species out there. ![111.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/pardinus/23yTd3sLbrqyeNRPBUoVaQXakYkJ8hu7rsxq437xTSt8bAVidjfLUzzAhgUPVJPexrshP.JPG) It's a very niche event, for sure, but also a much needed one; the information sharing is invaluable. And the social part is as good (or better!) than the scientific one. It was so great to see old friends again! Some of them I hadn't seen for almost six years! ![222.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/pardinus/23wX11ZYQVYZpErY85LGJ3y2MqDK3P2oqERtC3uGsYcz8TrFaq3zftgHRUVYkhfFzbDsF.JPG) And yes, all of these photos are of wild animals. But these are the kind of animals that vets that treat exotic species see on a daily basis... and it's a blessing to be able to treat them and see them up close. ![888.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/pardinus/EoK6MhZroiKyWe4eUQcy4MTTJaqdATnctyaV7FvVAjqqaVsYUwPEY3qfKobdNnagPjL.JPG) Some of them are full of colours, while others wouldn't even need to be in monochromes; but they all look great in a photo, that's for sure! ![333.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/pardinus/23vi6K7ngDWH9cwP9FCgTijD7JLt6bUJQpRUmREqWVqMBGhVQW6PUiCnZCAqtuz7pomTs.JPG) Reptiles are especially fascinating, but they're normally also the ones we see less in a clinical setting, unless we're specifically working with those species. Nevertheless, they're by far the ones I like to encounter the most in the wild. Our scaly friends are so diverse and so awesome; even in my country, where there's not that big of a diversity of lizards and snakes and turtles. ![444.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/pardinus/23uFRTsmQtUr8EzToGLDQ5ALRRagWGgvfjedQmKroeSXjQ2YSrqpTzMLaAwK7erKG9upC.JPG) There were people from places as far away as Taiwan! The kind of animals the colleagues working on tropical countries see is mind blowing. ![666.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/pardinus/23tmKj5zLuXSdgYPaxhhLrY2ZSaenMZ9UeCH1R6UL2nLNVsa28PwoYqDMafBjjpoJu7fK.JPG) As for me, at work or while walking in nature... I'm happy with whatever critter comes along; the more, the merrier! :) ![rgazlbwpwi.png](https://img.esteem.ws/rgazlbwpwi.png) ![Hive divider by doze.gif](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/pardinus/G3BmTHaG-Hive20divider20by20doze.gif) Still haven't joined Splinterlands? In what planet do you live in? Click the banner below and join the fun! (*It has my referral link; you can go directly to the website if you don't want to use it; either way... join in*! 😎 ) [

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