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Nature made this ice popsicle and I will eat it immediately

This is a beautiful Aquamarine crystal Naturally terminated from shigar Pakistan. Photo ©️ Star_minerals_collection

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Narrated video of a rat learning to drive and being excited to learn a new skill

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Blackbird/koltrast. Värmland, Sweden (June 1, 2025).

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Early morning encounter

npekonen

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This feels like the 90s.

Herkes farklı bir dille haykırır göğünyüzüne derdini. ama hiçbir zaman kalben duyan olmaz incinmişin sesini..

Sad raven..

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Mild insect eggs under the cut. Ecology things <3

I'm reviewing entomology still for my Master Gardener's exam, and here are some key slides from the presentation on that subject, teacher Madeline E. Potter. But first, a word from my low effort meme!

In short: There are far more insect species that are beneficial or neutral to human life than can be considered pests. Even those that are considered pests by humans have a role in the food web. So encouraging insects, even if it also encourages pest insects, will net you a more complex, more resilient insect population that can perform more ecosystem services (decomposition, nutrient cycling, cleaning water, pollination, food sources for birds, frogs, reptiles, etc.)

Finding a pest insect on your plants doesn't automatically mean you should spray or treat for pests. Completely eliminating a given pest in a given season may even backfire seriously, because then you cause a crash in the population of predators for that insect. Typically, plant pest populations can recover much faster than the populations of their predators, meaning that you might experience a surge in the population of pest insects in their next breeding cycle. You should seek to treat pest insects only when they are causing more damage to a plant than you are willing to tolerate, and then treat it with the least invasive/toxic methods first, like hand-picking or a directed jet of water, before resorting to more toxic methods.

When you encourage insects, you have to think about not only their obvious adult life stages, but also their breeding and overwintering life stages. They might need leaf litter or flower stems or rotting wood in your environment, for example. Learn about the insects in your area and what they need.

Start working to learn more about the insects you see before you have an emotional reaction! Insects really really really need our help, and we need them.

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So sweet. Just human things. Music during the time lapse. Humanity in it's joy.

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White honduran bats?

Fun facts: These bats build tents from understory plant leaves by cutting the leaf ribs with their teeth, and then use them as roosts. They have a tiny wingspan of ten centimeters!

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I love this. Wedding aesthetic.

Yin and Yang~

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The "Cocoon," a biodegradable cardboard donut developed by Dutch company Land Life, aids tree growth in arid regions. It's placed around a seedling in a pit, filled with 25 liters of water, and then covered to prevent evaporation. The water slowly seeps into the soil, nurturing the roots. This method boasts up to a 95% survival rate in hot, dry areas, using 1000 times less water than traditional planting, and has helped plant over 10 million trees globally.

If current tree harvesting rates continue, the world could lose a substantial portion of its forests, potentially tens of millions of hectares, over the next 20 years.

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~ Brown and Green ~