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#i am a licenced bird ringer in Icleand#all birds were caught and handle in accordance with the law#and following best animal handling practices#cannot say he gave me the same respect
that post about how waxwings are always photographed eating photogenic red berries ruined me. it’s all i can think about whenever i see another Waxwing Eating Berries photo. why do they only eat those berries why are they always conveniently in the berry tree in the first place do they never go anywhere else. do they have a sponsorship deal. what is Big Berry hiding from us
#birds#birding#waxwings#cedar waxwings#bohemian waxwings#yes that's their name#also as someone who lives where cedar waxwings winter#yes sometimes they do something other than eat photogenic red berries#it is: eat almost-as-photogenic blue berries#and also somehow make standing by a road puddle sipping puddle water look good#bird made to be aesthetically pleasing in photos I swear
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I have to upload this as a video bc you can see her think this in real time
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Boyfriend tells me I’m banned from fixing things around the house now >:(
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Humpback whales breaching: gorgeous, majestic, graceful, embodies all the strength and beauty of the ocean

Minke whales breaching: I will launch myself out of this ocean like a f***ing surface-to-air missile to seek and destroy my enemies

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A rednote user ( http://xhslink.com/a/hGMGjJtnHQB ) keeps these big tree crickets as pets, they make silk with their mouths to join leaves together, they will try to do it anywhere and they are so cute I'm mad we don't have them here
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“Moooom! …can you get my toy for me?” (via qoolove520)
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2007 eBird gem




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Is this amphibian a visitor from outer space? 🛸 Nope… it’s the Yucatan casque-headed tree frog (Triprion petasatus), a species that can be found in parts of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. How does it put its head to use? When the weather is dry, this frog has been observed nestling into tree holes. It plugs the opening with its hard head, using it as a barrier against the outside world. This is thought to help the frog retain extra moisture in its skin!
Photo: marcoalp, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
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last night I had a dream that I overfed my pet shrimps and they all got comically fat. they looked like this:

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spent far too long laughing at this chaotic little guy. he is only ever either yelling or running around like a little freak

#birds#wonderful animal#noisy scrub bird#can't tag it with a hyphen or it won't be searchable#dinosaur
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ok well this blew my mind

This is also true with filmmakers. Western filmmakers pan their cameras mostly left to right and Iranian filmmakers do right to left.
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Mary Anning's ghosts
#ohooo#paleoart#Mary Anning#(for those unaware: she discovered an icthyosaurus skeleton and kinda kicked off modern paleontology)
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its so windy my poor poor chickens are being blown around like dry leafs they look like this
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Golden Jackal x Feral Dog hybrid (source).
#dogs really will be like ''is anyone gonna hybridize with that'' and not wait for an answer#dogs#jackals#looks like the wrong head on that there critter's body
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