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Peppers and pets for a spotted dove. Capsaicin, the compound found in pepper plants that give them their spiciness, acts as a chemical irritant for mammals but doesn't affect birds, facilitating seed dispersal (via bird poop).

🌶 Spotted.dove on IG

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Pokemon and the real creatures that inspired their design

Poliwag – Translucent Tadpole

Shellos – Chromodoris Lochi

Caterpie – Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar

Ursaring – Sun Bear

Parasect – Cordyceps  Fungus

Sandslash – Pangolin

Goomy – Ceratosoma Amoenum

Victreebel – Pitcher Plant

Drowzee –  Tapir

Mudkip – Axolotyl

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elaborate book covers

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“Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.”

— Warsan Shire

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― E.M. Forster, Howards End

[text ID: The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.]

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Chanchitos - or lucky threw legged clay pigs - are a sign of friendship and luck in Pomaire, Chile - a small town just slightly west of Santiago.

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© Nona Limmen Webshop / Instagram

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heaven gaia spring/summer 2021 couture

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Shout out to the amazing photographer who loves animals and works to protect them: Sophie Gamand. Please head over to her website and consider supporting her initiatives to help animals by buying a print! I especially love her work with Xoloitzcuintli, or the Mexican hairless dogs.

In Aztec mythology, the dog God Xolotl - created these dogs to accompany us on our earthly travels, and to guide us to Mictlan, the afterlife, over a period of four years...

Sophie has also done work with Chinese crested dogs - in a series call "Prophecy" - which aim to showcase the beauty of these animals, often deemed ugly, and portraying them as shamans, oracles, wonders of the earth.

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Absolutely loved the infant Qilins in the new Fantastic Beasts film, The Secret of Dumbledore. Perhaps my favourite magical creature of the entire HP franchise; a three way tie with Fawkes and the Thestrals?

In the meantime...how awesome would it be to make a tapestry with the Qilins embroidered in gold??

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Photos from a trip to Riverview Hospital several years back. So eerie, so sad.

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A plant pot designed with insects in mind. ♡

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Patrick Jane reminds me of a young David Attenborough.

That's all.

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"Art Vs Sea" by Fidan Zaman

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Cats of Tumblr.

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"Rich or poor, we are all equal at death."

- Leigh Bardugo // Ninth House