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Lumpfish ceramic lamp

Light shines through the holes when it’s on

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Dutton wants to cut spending (and thus make government services worse) by slashing public service jobs but won't provide details to his plan.

Well, guess it's time for all those No voters for the Voice referendum to treat Dutton with the exact same aggressive aversion, right?

Surely this won't lead to an obvious hypocrisy and double standard, right???

Dutton apparently thinks "make thousands of people unemployed" is a great tactic to win during a cost of living crisis.

Anyway, this plan is obviously very bad as it'll screw over pensioners, veterans, welfare recipients, and anyone else who relies on government services for their quality of life which is *checks notes* literally everyone. That's what the public service is for. Everyone.

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Today's Seal Is: Ring Ring Ring

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How do the many species of baleen whales coexist in the same ecological niche without competing with each other?

the ocean is EXTREMELY fucking big

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Technically true.

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#MouseDeerHumor

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we could be so fucking wet and loud

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I may need this later, for cosplay reasons...

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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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reblog to join a school of fish with prev

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weevil 769

via

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People don’t even want to say le sigh anymore. le sigh

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Unicorns for February (via February 2025 calendar: Unicorns)

The unicorns are also available on Redbubble (prints, cases, clothes etc): Unicorns at rest

There is a planned companion piece in the works

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David Bowie by Sukita | 1973