#americanus

[ilovedirt]

I think it is important to remember the history of US child abuse protection laws in order to understand where we are at with many things today. For example, the first national child abuse case, that of 9yo Mary Ellen in 1874 -

excerpts from this great article you should read tw American History n everything

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At that time there were laws protecting animals, but no local, state, or federal laws protected children. Consequently, Wheeler turned to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) for help. The case was presented to the court on the theory that the child was a member of the animal kingdom and therefore entitled to the same protection from abuse that the law gave to animals. The court agreed, and the child, because she was considered an animal, was taken from her brutal foster mother.

Mary Ellen Wilson's case led to the founding of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) in 1875. The first child protective agency in the world, the NYSPCC continues in the twenty-first century to work for the best interests of children. Similar societies were soon organized in other U.S. cities. By 1922, fifty-seven societies for the prevention of cruelty to children and 307 other humane societies had been established to tend to the welfare of children. After the federal government began intervening in child welfare, the number of these societies declined.

[foundnaturally]

Western skunk cabbage / Lysichiton americanus

Photos taken 4.6.24

[cilginfizikcilervbi]

Kartal Yuvasının İçinde Siyah Bir Ayı Uyuyor

Kartal Yuvasının İçinde Siyah Bir Ayı Uyuyor Alaska’da kel kartal (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) yuvalarını havadan inceleyen bilim insanları yuvalardan birinde koskocaman bir siyah ayının (Ursus americanus) kestirmekte olduğunu görünce gözlerine inanamadılar. Yuvalardaki yumurtaları gözüne kestiren siyah ayılar, yumurtaları midelerine indirdikten sonra kısa bir dinlenme molası vermekte bir beis…

[tiifu-ndovu]

[platycryptus]

an american giant millipede (a Narceus species in the americanus/annularis complex) traversing a lichen-covered boulder on a mountaintop (Massachusetts, 8/7/23)

Sometimes referred to as “iron worms”, these large millipedes are often locally abundant in mature forests and mountainous areas in the northeastern US. They spend most of their time hidden in decayed logs and leaf litter but regularly emerge to wander in the open, climbing rocks and trees to graze on lichen. Protected by toxins that deter most predators, they do so even in broad daylight, especially during wet or cloudy weather.

[fyanimaldiversity]

‘Ghost’ American lobster (Homarus americanus) [x]

[birdblues]

Black Bear

[onenicebugperday]

Really excited to share this leggy friend with you! I did not know that there were millipedes of this size in Missouri, and it was such a treat to find out. This curious individual was crossing a sidewalk, I made the choice to move them along a safer route and got a few photos in the process.

You definitely do! Narceus americanus is found pretty much all over the eastern half of the country and up into Canada. They're usually called American giants or pinkfoots. I think there's currently some debate about whether it's just one species or several in that range.

[summerwages]

skunk cabbage love..

[beardedmrbean]

POV you are a bush covered with tasty berries

Oregon Zoo

[podartists]

Mountain goats | Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)

[markscherz]

A FINE LAD I FOUND DURING A BREAK AT D&D TONIGHT

Rolled a comfortable 18 on your random encounter table, did you? Congratulations.

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Staring Contest by Doug Dance Via Flickr: The love between a mother and her cub is unmistakable. Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada

[inatungulates]

Eastern moose Alces alces americanus

Observed by brodycrosby, CC BY-NC

[snototter]

A mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

by Sam

[rustandsky]

I'll be a tidal wave when I grow up

Crashing on harbours

I'll be a temperamental element

A raging water