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finally, someone for tumblr

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goths as batesian mimicry of the far more dangerous vampire

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One quiet day on the farm, the Little Red Hen found some wheat seeds and decided to make bread.

"Who will help me plant these seeds?" the Little Red Hen asked.

"I would." said the Horse "But I'm a workhorse, and I'm too busy moving carts around."

And so the Little Red Hen planted the seeds by herself. And they grew into bountiful golden crops.

"Who will help me harvest the wheat?" the Little Red Hen asked.

"I would." said the Dog "But I'm a guarddog, and I'm too busy keeping away burglars and predators."

And so the Little Red Hen harvested the wheat herself and made it into flour.

"Who will help me bake the flour?" the Little Red Hen asked.

"I would." said the Pig "But I'm a mother of 5 newborn piglets, and I'm too busy taking care of my young."

And so the Little Red Hen baked the bread herself into twenty beautiful loaves.

"Who will help me eat the bread?" the Little Red Hen asked.

"We would." said the Farm Animals. "But we're ashamed, for we didn't do anything to make the bread."

"Nonsense!" said the Little Red Hen. "You, Horse, helped move around the stones that built my oven. You, Dog, kept me safe while I worked. And you, Pig, are raising a new generation of Farm Animals, who will too contribute to our Farm one day. You've all helped me so much by simply being you."

"Besides," the Little Red Hen added. "I couldn't possibly eat all the loaves on my own, most of them would go to waste. Come, eat with me."

And so the Little Red Hen and the Farm Animals ate the bread together. And all saw their own, and each other's, worth.

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y'know, I scrolled past this a few times without giving it much thought, but I just took a moment now to examine the details and I... have so many more questions

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tumblr: if you post sus content without a Content Label enough times we will shadowban you or delete your blog. this is so important, cannot overstate this

also tumblr: if you edit your post or so much as breathe on it wrong the label falls off and you have to manually add it again, provided you even notice it's gone. hope this helps!

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My Wife: whatcha thinking about

Me: Australia used to be populated by giant shortfaced kangaroos that walked like a man.

My Wife: what the fuck

Me: check it out

Unlike modern macropodids, which hop (either bipedally or quadrupedally), sthenurines seem to have abandoned saltation as a means of locomotion. Their comparatively inflexible spines, robust hindlimb and pelvic elements, and the lack of capacity for rapid hopping suggest that these animals walked bipedally, somewhat like hominids, even converging with those primates in details of their pelvic anatomy. Furthermore, their hooved single digits and metatarsal anatomy suggest that unlike their plantigrade relatives, sthenurines were digitigrade, walking on the tips of their "toes".

Procoptodon was not able to hop as a mode of transportation, and would have been unable to accelerate sufficiently due to its weight. Broad hips and ankle joints, adapted to resist torsion or twisting, point to an upright posture where weight is supported by one leg at a time. Its broad hips also allowed for another important modification – large buttocks – a feature shared with other walking species

Me: so yea

My Wife: no but actually what the fuck

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so, many of you have probably seen news about one of the first recorded severe case of HPAI (avian flu) in humans.

a lot of you who follow me are birders or inatters or adjacent. hence, a lot of you guys have birdfeeders.

from a rehab worker of almost 3 years: Disinfect your goddamn feeders. not only for HPAI but other diseases, such as avian pox, and for the safety of the birds

and of course, heres how!

now here at rehab we use rescue to disinfect, which is a big ol fancy thing that looks like this

for all our stuff. it's about 1-2tbsp rescue per 32oz water. however, most of you guys cant get a hold of it. so, heres some other things suggested by friends & coworkers that will work just as well

-diluted hydrogen peroxide

-bleach (diluted)

etc. in addition, it's best to use the hottest water you can handle in order to kill off more viruses (our industrial washer does up to 200°F, but whatever you can works just as well.)

the most important thing here is to USE GLOVES!!! PLEASE. pair of gloves to wash it and preferably when youre rinsing it use a DIFFERENT pair of gloves so it doesnt get dirty again.

lastly, if youre seeing visibly uninjured dead birds in your yard, lethargic birds at your feeder, red discolouration or growths on exposed skin, blood on your feeder, or anything else you might deem unusual, take down your feeder. the birds will get food elsewhere i promise, just leave it down for two weeks at least and sterilize it using any of the steps above.

also. please dont hand feed birds. yes even ducks. please please ignore what you see on instagram, it only creates more work for rehabbers. this includes trying to camouflage yourself and feed the birds from your hand when they dont know youre a person. it only hurts you and the birds, and yes this includes hummingbirds. do not try and feed birds off of yourself directly. please. thank you

be safe, clean your feeders, and happy birding!

in addition, below is an approximate of the procedure we use at my work to prevent outbreaks in our residents/patients.

changing aprons between birds, esp for personable birds (assimilated to people, like to fly onto you), switch gloves between birds, between touching hoses, etc. spray or dip + scrape shoes into rescue/accel solution before entering enclosures & or buildings.

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Post is set for a week, let's see how it goes...

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Animated scrap metal figures by Guillermo Galetti

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Iconic outifts in TŘI OŘÍŠKY PRO POPELKU 1973 | dir. Václav Vorlíček

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cyanometer  for measuring the  blueness of the sky

1789

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Happy Garashir everyone! <3 I just HAD to find some time to draw them again. And then I saw a post by @topshelf2112-blog (https://www.tumblr.com/topshelf2112-blog/766424850740985856/ds9-artists-i-really-think-we-need-this-but?source=share) about this picture:

And then I knew what to do. Also this is obviously an hommage to the best comic book cover of all time. If you know you know. About the setting: make up your own story and if you do, tell me :D

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ERASER@YepWn

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Item: Ring of the Eagle; when the command word is spoken, the wearer's fingernails become eagle's talons. The only caveat is that if the ring sees a fish or small animal, roll Will wave against the hand darting out and attempting to grab it.

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Green Man - R.Wesley 2024

Available as a card and print wherever you find, uh, me! (I'll get a real website eventually... watch this space)

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what is this thing lately with posts that have like

a mile between paragraphs for some reason

is it like a mobile app thing

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Gilbert Williams