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my sister's baby shower has a "suggestion box"

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Bugs became way cooler to me when I realized they're basically tiny biological robots. He ain't botherin nobody his prime directive is just [SEEK NUTRIENT]

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it's borbin' time

(turtle dove) Ref photo by Frank Ebertus

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ur future nurse is using chapgpt to glide thru school u better take care of urself

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I feel like it should be bigger news that in 2024 we found out a whole new category of Thing that apparently lives in humans and we have no fucking clue what it does

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obsessed with these photos of an albino (?) brandt’s cormorant. he looks like a sad little turkey

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zine about YOUR bones :) everyone thank your carpals!!

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this northern cardinal has the bright red hues the males of the species are known for, but lacks the signature black ‘mask’. it’s likely that this bird’s unique appearance is due to leucism (a partial lack of melanin) or a similar genetic mutation. leucism is not inherently harmful to birds, but can impact their lives in many ways; melanin strengthens feathers, so some birds with leucism may have more brittle feathers. additionally, some birds may have trouble finding a mate or suffer from increased attention from predators (particularly all-white birds); however, as this cardinal’s differences are fairly minor, he likely goes about life as any other cardinal would.

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this unique ‘blonde’ canada goose shows off one of a kind coloration due to leucism, a genetic mutation that results in a partial lack of melanin. the condition is frequently confused with albinism, but albino animals have a full lack of melanin; albino birds will most likely display all-white feathers, pink skin, and red or pink eyes.

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crime and punishment heritage posts. to me.

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Today's Seal Is: The Nerpy Of Christmas Future

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your yearly reminder that Baby It’s Cold Outside is a song about a woman having CONSENSUAL sex, at a time when premarital sex was frowned upon. The female singer is offering up the token demurrals society expects her to, because it’s expected, not bc she doesn’t fully intend to stay and have awesome sex with a dude she’s into. The male singer knows this, and is in turn offering her an excuse to give to the neighbors in the morning (“it was too cold for me to go home, the only responsible thing to do was spend the night at his place. because of the weather, get your minds out of the gutter”). A 1950s audience would have understood all this, but the nuance gets lost in a modern age where women are actually allowed to say yes when they mean it.  

Also the “hey what’s in this drink” thing was a common joke at the time, where the punchline was that there was in fact nothing in the drink. the woman’s making a joke that she wouldn’t do this if she was sober, oh goodness no! it’s only a joke bc both she and the man are in on the punchline: she is sober, and is only staying bc she wants to

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Blue policeman, Coeliades chalybe, Hesperiidae (skippers)

Found in Sub-Saharan Africa

Photo 1 by jhskevington, 2-3 by tommy_andriollo, 4 by chengailim, and 5 by ggll

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This year's christmas card!