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Every ficking day

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scurvy has got to have one of the biggest disease/treatment coolness gaps of all time. like yeah too much time at sea will afflict you with a curse where your body starts unraveling and old wounds come back to haunt you like vengeful ghosts. unless☝️you eat a lemon

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Daily reminder that it’s okay to pretend to be a leaf if you’re ever in an uncomfortable situation. That’s what the flatid planthopper [Suphanta acuta] does. Images taken in Alameda County, California, by Joyce Gross.

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Least Bittern Appreciation

Just look at this silly creature

AND LOOK AT HOW LITTLE THEY ARE

Truly one of the creatures of all time

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The Narrows - Zion National Park

October, 2023

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I am once again thinking about digging holes

It's so fucked up that digging a bunch of holes works so well at reversing desertification

I hate that so much discourse into fighting climate change is talking about bioenginerring a special kind of seaweed that removes microplastics or whatever other venture-capital-viable startup idea when we have known for forever about shit like digging crescent shaped holes to catch rainwater and turning barren land hospitable

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The Deep

Stop motion animator Adam Pesapane uses man-made objects to portray deep sea creatures.

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this is quite literally on-par with a royal baby announcement

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Guys I feel like a mighty god just accepted a sacrifice from me 🛐

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the only reason why ten year old girls are destroying stupidly overpriced products at sephora to make “skincare smoothies” is because they aren’t being given access to a yard with a variety of mud, sticks, rocks, puddles, and old ceramic planters to make potions in. the children yearn for the apothecary

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The moon dressed as Saturn.

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You recently moved to the countryside. Your child was playing in the woods, and came back with a large green egg you thought was plastic, so you agreed they could keep it if no one claimed it. Your kid said it was a gift. You thought nothing of it. Then the egg hatched.

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okayyyyyy. Wet Snorting creature.