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Reeeaaaalll big bites!

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when science videos on youtube dont have natural breaks or pauses between sentences or concepts: why

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transgender fungi flag (2024 edition)

all found in the last week !! 🍄 🏳️‍⚧️ ⚧️ ✨

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todays crochet lesson: never trust a pattern that starts with a number of dc other than 12 (or 6 sc) in the round. the circle will NOT be flat.

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A poison arrow frog (Oophaga pumilio) next to a timber fly (some reaching the wingspan of 100 mm) (Pantophthalmus sp.) on a palm leaf at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. By Piotr Naskrecki.

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ants were farming other animals long before humans figured it out! here is a Cautolasius herdswoman with her livestock

many subterranean Lasius species cultivate flocks of plump root aphids, guarding them against predators and moving them to safe locations and fresh pastures. they “milk” the aphids for honeydew, a sugary waste product of the aphids’ digestion. I’ve read the ants will only kill and eat their livestock in times of famine.

when I flipped their rock, this ant grabbed the nearest aphid and ran it to safety. she’s another species of Lasius, this one in the subgenus Chthonolasius; I can’t tell if her colony’s aphids are different from the Cautolasius’ though.

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…so I tried pairing some house centipedes to observe their mating behavior, and picked a very large old male that must be 6 or 7 years old and a younger but very large female. everything seemed to be going well with the courtship dance but when the male tried to produce a spermatophore to offer it came out wonky and he fled the corner to hide. I found him dead today.. died of embarrassment I guess

rest in peace Old Moseley glad you got one last dance in even if it killed you (?)

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one of my fave things about spiders is how they walk. theyre so thoughful and melodical about every step and i think thats really cute. they pause when they're unsure and approach everything with this poise about them.

from the perspective of my engineering degree, its also really cool how they move their legs using hydraulics of their own haemolymph (bug blood).

they also have little toe beans. thats also great.

hehehghsh look at them

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Honey Possum or Noolbenger (Tarsipes rostratus) feeding on nectar, family Tarsipedidae, order Diprotodontia, found in SW Western Australia

One of the world's smallest marsupials, weighing only 7 - 16g.

photograph by Justin Cally (@justin_cally)

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look at that! im unhappy about my supervisor; who possibly couldve known itll come down to this! not me ever right.

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this came to me in a dream

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pollen sprinkled Hemitrichia decipiens

by Rik Ochsenbein

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Kinda crazy how speaking English is almost a form of literacy without which your access to the relevant scientific and sociopolitical conversations of our time is seriously limited.... Thank God I started reading yaoi fanfiction on American websites at age 14

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Translation needed.

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finishing a thing that u really didnt look forward to and that exhausted you to hell AND THEN getting home to nap and snack? fucking yes LOVE the passage of time do not wanna go back in time no thanks PEACE OUT

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rosy sundew (Drosera spatulata) in the rain