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Happy Dragonfly
Written by Linda 
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No, it's not photoshopped - while out for a stroll in the UK’s Peak District, Mark Manders discovered this happy-looking dragonfly and quickly snapped some shots on his camera phone (good advert for the phone, eh – and no, we don’t know what make it was).
“It looks like a Pixar character,” said the 34-year-old. “It let me put my phone right against it. I didn't notice the smiley face at the time – it wasn't until afterwards when I saw the pictures.” Steve Prentice, of the British Dragonfly Society, has said that the female Southern Hawker’s smiley face comes from the ‘frons’ – the frontal area of the insect’s head, above the mouth parts.
Nature is freakin’ cool.
Source Metro
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Jim Jones (not verified) says:
Sep 20th, 2008 at 1pm
OMG he is so cute! I want one!
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MB (not verified) says:
Sep 22nd, 2008 at 8pm
Always a fan of dragonflies. You know this picture will be ripped off by a lot of people to use as social networking site avatars! I've never seen such a good photo from a camera phone.
shinichi.okazaki says:
Dec 18th, 2008 at 5pm
Dang, must be a 5 megapixel cameraphone. The shot was crisp enough to show details. But whatever, the dragonfly is pretty darn beautiful, although they morph from a terrifying mantis-like nymph. They also eliminate pests. Ha ha! Good one, dragonfly! ^_^.v..
Humberto (not verified) says:
No, no, no . . .
That is a lie, a mobile phone camera doesn't do it!!!