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I'm bringing the polka dot back into style, just watch me

Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)

Eastern USA and Ontario, Canada

Status: Endangered

Threats: habitat degradation, pet trade, road traffic

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He even ate up the yawning pic

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Thank you so much to my Patrons.

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Yeah this one hurts

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I love cats, and all the ways they say "I want us to be family!"

I love when they learn about affectionate human behaviours and start incorporating them into their own behaviours, such as nose boops and forehead kisses when you're getting ready for bed, or trying to share blankets. And I love that a well socialized cat will even actively make eye contact with you in a genuinely friendly way for a little bit before a slow blink.

Breaks my heart that so many generations of humans were falsely taught that cats hate us and want only to take advantage of us, when the truth is that they love us just as we love them. And they mirror our affection and love back to us so we might understand that the love goes both ways. And they do this without us telling them to do it or showing them how... because they love us so much they pay attention to how we love, how we share kindness and compassion.

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Today's Coopuccino

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Hey, I know the post is from a few years ago now but I was wondering if you knew of any other papers where a species is argued for incredibly passionately, specifically ones about species no one pays attention to. I’m a design student and I’m planning on making a project using quotes from these articles to try and raise awareness for these lesser thought about species. Thanks :)

The only scientific paper I can think of of the top of my head that might fit the bill would be one about turtles I really like ‘Turtles Are Not Just Walking Stones: Conspicuous Coloration and Sexual Selection in Freshwater Turtles’ by Brejcha/ Kleisner. Also pretty much anything written by EO Wilson about ants.

I think this is a lovely idea for a project and while I don’t have any more articles to recommend at the moment, I can recall lots of books that fit this theme. If you’re willing to expand your source material to include non-fiction books about animals, you will find some of the most breathtakingly beautiful science writing in existence advocating for the most unloved creatures on the planet. Some quick ones I can recommend looking into

- Spineless The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Julie Berwald

- Immersion: The Science and Mystery of Freshwater Mussels by Abbie Landis

- A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions by Thom Van Dooren (recommended to me by someone on tumblr but I can’t remember who- I loved it!)

- The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson

Good luck with your project and thank you for thinking of the less appreciated wildlife out there!

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a herd of dairy cow isopods grazing the great green meadow 🌱

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I was stuck in bumper to bumper traffic today and looked up to see some strangely inspiring dirty truck finger graffiti

Was kind of deeply meaningful to me tbh

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little dog under a big ol' sky

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Got some weird new beasts up on the ol’ Etsy if anyone’s interested!

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November 2024

Of course, my appearance on the pond did not go unnoticed. But reaction is also a good source of information. As it turned out, adult turtles are more calm and even confident than the younger generation. They were in no hurry to leave the heated log and sometimes looked up at the top, where I was sitting. The young turtles immediately swam away from any movement🐢🌱

Maybe turtles are not the fastest animals on land, but in the water they are the speed itself, if they need to😏⚡️

Конечно, мое появление на пруду не осталось незамеченным. Но реакция тоже является хорошим источником информации. Как оказалось, взрослые черепахи более спокойные и даже увереннее в себе, нежели молодое поколение. Они не торопились покинуть нагретое бревно и иногда поглядывали на верх, где сидела я. Молоденькие черепахи сразу уплывали от любого движения🐢🌱

Может на суше черепахи не самые быстрые животные, но в воде они сама скорость, если им надо😏⚡️

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The puppy was on a walk and the sweetest lady ever ran outside of a boutique to just give him this brand new lamby toy 🥹

I think he likes it extra because he knows he got it for being cute

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Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on a rhino, sound asleep.

In South Africa by Zaheer Ali: Zali_Photo