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today i found out that when monarch butterflies migrate south for the winter, all the ones that go across the middle of lake superior suddenly stop going south and go west for five miles and then continue south. which really freaked scientists out cos like What is in the Middle of Lake Superior what do Butterflies know that We Dont Is This The End Times etc. anyway turns out about a hundred million years ago there was a mountain there and the butterflies still think they gotta fly around it. classic butterflies

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a few doors down from me my neighbors have a squirrel bar nailed to the tree in front of the sidewalk, not exactly this but something like this:

it's been there for years and they never "stock" it so it's just sitting there. anyway, i thought it would be cute to make a little squirrel out of sculpey and leave it on one of the stools in the middle of the night. i also made a little sculpey beer bottle with its own label.

it lasted exactly one day and now it is gone. it didn't fall off, i stuck it on with tape. what do you think happened to it? your most fantastical and wrong answers only, please

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better pictures of my papier mache cat i made when i was 17 (its cat-sized)

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Moving medieval manuscript art!

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The Writer: A 250-Year-Old Mechanical Marvel by Pierre Jaquet-Droz

The automaton "The Writer," created by watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721-1790) in the 1750s, is a mechanical marvel. Jaquet-Droz, known for his watchmaking skills, built this automaton along with two others to showcase his expertise. Comprising 6,000 parts, this 250-year-old machine uses a stack of 40 cams with three shaped edges to translate the movements of the boy's arm. "The Writer" can inscribe any custom text up to 40 letters long, spread over 4 lines. In 1906, it was purchased for 75,000 gold francs (a colossal sum at the time) by the History and Archaeology Society of Neuchâtel.

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Dracula transformation from Ladrondechatarra on Instagram

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"St. Dennistoun Mortuary" is a coin-operated automaton, attributed to John Dennison, c. 1900.

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Dragon Lamp in Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰

Dragon Bench in Bruges, Belgium 🇧🇪

Dragon Lamp in Porentruy, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Dragon Architecture at the Palazzo della Vittoria, in Turin, Italy 🇮🇹

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Typewriter key Peacock by french artist Thierry Gall

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Dragon on a fireplace

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found an old bit of animation from a short film I never finished (about a dog that steals a deer bone from the woods and is haunted by the ghost of the deer). Don't think I ever posted it.

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My puppy is rather malleable when she’s napping. Decided to make a quick stop motion animation with her!

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world_of_engineering_75 on Instagram

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ahoundoftongue. gouache watercolor painting on paper, 3x4 inches

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Art by Matteo Moni