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a bunch of funky ocean friends
terfs fuck off
made in 2022
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common swift
#do NOT get emotionally attached to your local migratory birds they WILL make you cry every year#I'm looking at you swifts#and redwings#and swallows
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To anyone reading this in Europe, Central Asia or Western Asia, here's your mandatory reminder to watch the skies for common swifts this summer! It might be easier to hear them - they tend to scream.
These special birds often become symbols of endurance and voyaging; every year they migrate from southern Africa to nest all around Eurasia. Throughout this, they breed, eat and sleep on the wing, an enormous undertaking for a bird that can weigh as little as 35g.
Since our towns and cities are growing more hostile to our swifts, who thrive where insects are plentiful and where infrastructure can accommodate their nests in nooks and crannies, swift numbers have fallen. In the UK, the population has more than halved since 1995.
We are so so lucky to be able to look up and spot swifts in our towns and cities, even if fewer people celebrate their return each passing year. It is possible to buy swift boxes and swift bricks, which give them a place to breed even in airtight modern housing. Even better is protecting our flying insect populations so that we can keep on watching and loving swifts when they return to us every year!
#If anyone wants to add more about swift calls#PLEASE tell me#I am deaf and swift calls are too high pitched for me to hear#anyway this post is brought to you because I love my local swifts SO MUCH#the thought that one day they might not fly back to me is fucking unbearable#Swifties in particular - it's your job to look after your local swifts if you insist on naming yourselves after them#additionally#the lost words poetry collection has one poem dedicated to swifts - go and read it if you like poems!!!#bird#ecology#biology#animals#zoology#own post#swift#birds
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Georges Fr茅d茅ric R枚tig聽(1873-1961) - A watercolour sketch of a fox with a pheasant, 12,7 x 20,6 cm.
#I adore this painting#That doesn鈥檛 mean I have anything particularly insightful to say about it#The balance of hard and soft in the shape and colours鈥ughhfh
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why bother caring about the environment when 1. It鈥檚 so obviously a lost cause and 2. There鈥檚 definitely going to be a nuclear war?
And what are you doing about it Anon? Learn about ecological restoration or get out of my way.
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me when i see an animal that is known for being in my area
#I wish I could tag the curlew I saw yesterday#I hear them often but actually seeing them! Very exciting!!#Honourable mention to ravens too because I get excited every time I see one which is often
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FISH I'VE SEEN IN MY LIFE






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Is it just me or do hyperfixations just spawn in??? Like-I don't remember why or how I'm suddenly obsessed with sharks. I just remember waking up one day and they're lurking in my mind 24/7
please tell me this isn't an original experience LMFAO
#Hyperfixation isn鈥檛 my word to use#but I listened to the infinite monkey cage鈥檚 podcast on sharks two years ago and haven鈥檛 been the same since#can confirm that shark interests do just appear and take over your whole life for no reason whatsoever
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It鈥檚 World Ocean Day!!! Go In There

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Shark painting to deal with the overwhelming sense of dread :3
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