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you don't talk too much. you're not too loud, or too needy, or too annoying.

you are not too much.

you're allowed to exist and take up space.

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superb fairywrens are a small species of bird native to parts of asia and australia. male superb fairywrens have bright blue highlights during breeding, while juveniles and females are plain brown. male fairywrens court their mate by offering them yellow flower petals.

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these are actual diagnoses from my dr appt today

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Games for Grown Ups

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what doesn't kill you makes you stay on tumblr for 13 years and counting

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Pride Month is upon us again and so it is time to repost my little guy, Hue! I’m wishing everyone a safe, supportive, positive, and enlightening Pride, whether you’re all the way “out” or not!

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candycandycandy. gouache watercolor painting on paper 2024

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im glad they make time to be bisexual

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It’s ok buddy, you won.

Of course this occasionally happens; deer get their antlers locked in battle, and they can’t get them out. Sometimes they both die.

EDIT: Please stop reblogging this with the text “That’s not a deer, that’s a moose, dumbass!” Because it is neither a moose nor not a deer. It is a deer and the species is elk. Elk are deer. This is an elk, and also a deer, and also a mammal.

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Cuttlefish can change color to fade into the background. It can do it amazingly fast.

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This year’s pride month proudly brought to you NOT by corporate brands but by the famous alligator gay sex study

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as a huge lover of birds, 90% of the concern against wind turbines being used for energy is literally just pro fossil fuel propaganda. birds ARE at a risk however there is a lot of strategies even as simple as painting one of the blades that reduces a lot of accidental deaths. additionally renewable energy sources will do more in favor of the environment that would positively impact birds (and all of us). one study found over one million bird deaths from wind turbines. while that is a shockingly high number and we should work to drastically shrink it, at least 1.3 billion birds die to outdoor cats on a yearly basis. it was never about caring about birds

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here's something stupid: the catcatfish

some quick facts:

they're nocturnal and tend to roam around while awake.

they have keen senses of smell and hearing, but terrible eyesight. despite this, they also have a tapetum lucidum, making their pupils "glow" in the dark.

their fur is short, dense, and oily to waterproof them.

they prefer a diet of mostly meat and are attracted to strong-smelling food like fish, cheese, and anything fermented.

the elongated dewclaw on each front paw is sharp, flexible, and nonretractable. it injects a venom that causes respiratory failure and cardiac arrest in prey and, in extreme doses, humans. veterenarians typically remove the dewclaw venom glands during the neuter/spay procedure.

they grow to an average of 1m and 23kg (3ft and 50lb) but can reach up to double that length and triple the weight!

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I bet that eels have fun. I bet that eels just love hanging out in their big old sinuous eel-swarms.