so the united states is going through a really bad heatwave rn
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Stephanie: Donut holes should actually be called donut plugs but no one is ready to hear the truth.
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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation reposted:
Nobody puts gar in the corner
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Poisonous/Venomous
Poisonous: hurts just to touch it; do not lick!!
Venomous: hurts to get bitten or stung; still probably don't lick though
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Chaos is an educational tool.
— Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (social media team), 3 March, 2023
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Things are getting heated in the plant fandom
Just casually lusting over some poisonous plants.
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Man I am beginning to love this account so hard
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Seeing the official tumblr dot com twitter account replying to my homestate’s official Department of Wildlife twitter account about gar is very weird and I can’t even explain why, just
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Texas zoo hatches brood of rare, ghostlike crayfish species
The hatchlings also mark the second-ever breeding of a blind, white, and 'cave-adapted' crayfish.
Another Texas zoo is celebrating a historic milestone in the restoration of a critically endangered species. This week, the San Antonio Zoo announced the births of 47 Oklahoma Cave Crayfish (Cambarus tartarus). Born at the zoo's Center for Conservation and Research (CCR), the crayfish are the first-ever to be hatched under the care of humans.
Known as one of the rarest crayfish species in North America, the Oklahoma Cave Crayfish is no more than three inches in length, with a white or colorless appearance, according to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
The crayfish, which have no external eyes, thin pinchers and legs, are most at risk from groundwater pollution. Direct disturbance of their caves, which are limited to a single county in northeast Oklahoma, is also a critical threat.
The state has listed the species as "state endangered." However, the species is undergoing review for possible inclusion on the endangered species list by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
Read more: https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/texas-zoo-rare-crayfish-18364707.php
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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept
YOU are cold. They have fur. Do not let inside.
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