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Most diseases can already be erradicated by concerted efforts like it was done with smallpox and will soon be done with polio and perhaps rabies. It's just that those efforts involve helping third world countries, and nobody's stocks get filled by that unless they extract something in return

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yesterday i was taking a guest’s order and they were staring at the menu and the question they asked stunned me into silence and has been burned into my brain for life and i will present it to you verbatim today. they looked at the menu and turned to me and asked “so like, the more we get, the more expensive it is? is that how it works?”

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"The Kiss", a 12,000-year-old rock painting at Pedra Furada in Brazil

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feeling like the health inspector

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people are being so mean while this is the most fun thing ever. look at pomni's lil high chair. this is the best ad for a pomni plush ever

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San marino is so fucking funny for this

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whenever I see these comments I imagine Im in a busy marketsquare and the merchants are yelling as you walk by

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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Running for its burrow with Lesser Sand Eels (Ammodytes tobianus)

photograph by Charles J. Sharp | Wikipedia CC

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Cuesta del Obispo, Salta, Argentina.

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🐙 Daily Cephalopod Fact: 🐙

Southern Sand Octopus: Unlike most octopuses, this species lacks color-changing chromatophores. However, it is able to hide from predators by burrowing itself in sand. The process begins with the octopus using its siphon to inject water into the sand, creating quicksand-like conditions which enable burrowing. Then, it uses its arms to burrow into the sand. Two arms will be extended to the surface, creating a ventilation shaft. At the same time, this ocotopus will use mucus to stabilize the shape of the burrow. Finally, it will retract its two arms and push out loose sand with its siphon, creating a mucus-lined, ventilated burrow to rest in. The Southern Sand octopus is the only known species to exhibit sub-surface burrowing.