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Ocean Vuong, from "Into the Breach", Night Sky with Exit Wounds

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Lucernaria sainthilarei trio

By Alexander Semenov

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Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) in Black River, NC, shot by Mac Stone

I’ve seen so many surprising things while slogging in the swamp. It’s what keeps me coming back. But, this quiet wildlife encounter was truly exceptional and one of my favorites. Explorer @peter_houlihan and I were rigging old growth cypress trees to study the canopy life on the Black River, NC when I saw slight movement at the base of a decaying trunk. It was a massive catfish! With all the surrounding water gone, it looked stuck. But then I looked closer and realized it was exactly where it wanted to be because it was guarding a large clutch of eggs at the base of its tail. If you zoom in, you can see the pink mass. It turns out that once females lay eggs, the male flathead catfish will often take over guarding them from predators, including from their own mother. This dedicated dad stayed with his progeny, delicately moving his tail so sediment wouldn’t smother them, even while all the water dried up around him making him vulnerable to predators. Once dusk approached, Peter and I went back to make this portrait. And just like that, my love and appreciation for the complex ecology of these ecosystems deepened even further.

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hot bug summer

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i may not have the magic words to fully express how i feel, but the world is better with trans women in it. my life is better with trans women in it. you are a warm light in the dark and your existence brings me and many others joy. you are my sisters and my dear friends. i love you and i'm glad you're here.

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animal-shaped bells by Fatimahandicraft

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"What the fuck?"

no, "Watch the Phacus".

Take a 30 second scrolling break to watch these little algae swim.

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septic shock illustration in scientific american (src)

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Sigh idk how much folks even see my account right now but ...hey had a cute outfit today

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Just had a Thought and now I'm curious. What's you guy's strangest comfort media? It doesn't have to be strange as in like creepy/fucked up/whatever, it can just be smthn a lil odd.

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Pharmacy Art Nouveau in Dover, La Delivrande, FRANCE - Architect Francois Rouvray 1901

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Herons

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turns out there is nothing stopping you from making a pngtuber so you can rp working in a scriptorium

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This peculiar portrait showcases NGC 1999, a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. NGC 1999 is around 1,350 light-years from Earth and lies near the Orion Nebula, the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. NGC 1999 itself is a relic of recent star formation – it is composed of debris left over from the formation of a newborn star.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO, K. Noll

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““I wake up at night, and, still half asleep, think I hear the sound of waves, the breathing of waters.”

— Albert Camus, from Lyrical and Critical Essays. (via parasoli)

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Personal Elytra headcanon :]