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there is something to be said for going to zoos and aquariums on weekdays to avoid school-aged crowds but going to the aviary on a weekend is fun because going into big greenhouses and watching toddlers who just learned to walk encounter loose tropical animals taller than they are is part of the overall experience for me.

to me a three year old is just as much an entertaining and strange beast as an egret. and here they can interact directly. incredible.

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nappy pussy?

Puss napping - George Baxter - 1856 - via The British Museum 

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not every man named Curtis burns Nickelback mixtapes for their neighbours btw this is just an unfortunate stereotype

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What a copycat

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Today I saw a leaf that looked like a frog and I was like haha nice and then it hopped because it WAS a frog and I started crying bc life is really full of everyday miracles including but not limited to experiencing frogs

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Hey there Delilah, what’s it like in newt-snoot city

Delilah asking if perhaps you have worms? You see, she definitely did not just eat one literally ten minutes ago. In fact, she may starve to death.

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I hated every single second of this. all that danger and possibility of disappearing forever without a single cave amphibian sighting. Horrible behaviour. Jail

my worst nightmare

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My favorite art is first sentences of scientific papers, I love reading sentences like "movement is of integral importance to animals" or "snow has long been recognised for its ecological importance" fuck yes so truee

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call ur friends gf mosquito cause she lays eggs in stagnant bodies of fresh water and sucks his dad when he’s not around

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don’t mind me

I’m just crying because I saw a cute marine slug

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I see it

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One time during my first year of undergrad living in campus dorms the RAs arranged a session in the floor lounge where people could come give an inspirational talk or presentation about something they were passionate about…

everyone that went before me started trauma dumping or talking about their rich kid problems from growing up… then the person who went immediately before me spoke in detail about an violent SA that they had recently experience…he started crying (understandably), everyone in the room was sobbing … then it was my turn

so I hesitantly walk up to the front of the room dressed in a lab coat, googles and gloves and ready my PowerPoint slides…my presentation was on the life+scientific breakthroughs of Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (aka Marie Curie) and the importance of women in STEM…

…all 40+ 18 year olds continued sobbing from the talks given before mine as I gave my presentation. after I finished my talk I left the room still wearing my laboratory PPE trying to process what had just happened and from that moment forward I have never been nervous speaking in public again

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I will NEVER see a prehistoric dinosaur