#bluey in the bush

[blueyinthebush]

night, fruit bats! - grey-headed flying fox

requested by @alpaca-dave

grey-headed flying foxes have appeared in two episodes so far: season one's "fruitbat" and briefly in season three's "bedroom". bluey loves fruit bats, and so do i! australia is home to over 75 species of bat, but the grey-headed flying fox is the biggest. flying foxes--also called fruit bats--are megabats, the larger of the two classifications of bat. while microbats primarily eat insects, megabats love to chow down on all sorts of fruit and nectar. since we're going to be talking about fruit trees as well, this post will be under a read more.

these bats are highly social, forming groups called "camps" that can contain tens of thousands of individuals. there are three other species of flying fox found in the country (black, little red, and spectacled) and all are effective pollinators, promoting forest health as they disperse seeds and pollen. as bingo correctly states in "fruitbat", these critters are primarily nocturnal, like all bat species. they roost during the day and hunt for fruit, pollen, and nectar at night.

grey-headed flying foxes are partial migrants, and will travel hundreds of kilometers as foraging locations change. the episode gives us a nice montage of dream-bluey and her flying fox friends on a couple different types of fruit tree. lets take a quite detour to learn about some fruit trees.

first up is a nice looking mango tree. this one looks like it could be a bowen variety. they're the most common and one the most tasty kinds grown in australia. so well beloved, in fact, that there's even a 10 meter tall fiberglass one in its namesake town!

next, a papaya. there are two main varieties, mexican and hawaiian. this one is mexican, the larger of the two, and is a favorite of fruit-eaters like birds and megabats. despite their prevalence, papaya plants are not native to australia.

this is a cavendish banana, by far the most popular banana in the entire world--it makes up 99 percent of all bananas grown. the primary variety used to be "big mike", but a devastating fungus-borne disease wiped them out in the 1950s. its likely that the same could happen to the cavendish if we're not careful.

last but not least, a guava tree. this one is a recognizable common guava, which are native to south and central america and the caribbean. they've been introduced worldwide, and can quickly take over. interesting to note that australia actually does have a native guava species, but a highly infectious invasive plant disease called myrtle rust is driving them to extinction.

such a fun assortment of fruits for a cool critter! these big bats are often considered a nuisance in cities, but they are vital to maintaining healthy forests. one grey-headed flying fox can spread as many as 60,000 seeds in a single night! they're particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures, and experts have noted a considerable decline in their numbers in the last century. the grey-headed flying fox is a beautiful and unique member of the australian ecosystem, and it's high time we appreciated them for the wonders they are. so the next time you say good night, be sure to thank these fascinating animals for all the work they do while you're asleep.

[righteous-r0de0]

milo getting unreasonably drunk at the wedding and undoing his tie and the top couple buttons of his shirt and dancing sweaty, but perfectly all night long

like this

send twt

[this-is-a-love-story-isnt-it]

Bluey 1x43 - Camping

One of my favorite scenes- Bluey and Jean-Luc meet again at their tree, years later

[heart-star]

My 1st time drawing the Smiling critters from Poppy playtime. 1)First we have Craftycorn waiting to be all alone for her to make drawings of Dogday or them together and maybe see old ones she did, it's inspired by the turning red meme of course.

2)A scenario where the smiling critters meet Bluey heeler, they all draw together and Bluey wants Crafty's expert opinion, of course seeing a drawing of Dogday makes her go with the head between clouds.

3)At last we have a scene from Mlp g4 remade with the critters where the female members wanted to help Craftycorn confess her feelings to Dogday but she rans off like other times.

[megatraven]

i grabbed these screenshots to help me express something, and that is, i love all of my friends on here. i don't plan on leaving. but i always worry about what happens if the website ever does go down. i just want everyone to know that i love them. and i'm happy for the time we've had together, and the time we still do have together. i hope we have so much more of it to come :) 💛

[pineappleempanada]

my brother and his wife are at a restaurant with patio seating and my nephew just did a “bush wee” while they were sitting outside

[dougwallen]

Bluey: Dance Mode review for The Weekend Australian

[codecraftr]

WHAT IS THIS AI GENERATED SHIT AND WHY IS IT ON THE OFFICIAL BLUEY PAGE 😭

[tinyevelyn]

OHMAHGAHD THIS GOT ME BAWLING MY EYES OUT THIS WAS SO GOOD!!

I WAS TRYING SO HARD NOT TO CRY (ESPECIALLY AT BINGO'S PART WHEN SHE REALISED WHAT IT MEANT WHEN THEY SOLD THEIR HOUSE OH THAT PART WAS SO GOOD!! IT WAS SO HEARTBREAKING!!)

ALSO CHILLI STANDING AT WHERE BUEY TOOK HER FIRST STEPS, OH MYY😭😭😭

i have so many feelings about this episode :')

"The Sign" ending!

[blueyinthebush]

bin chicken! - australian white ibis

requested by @alpaca-dave

this cheeky bird has shown up a lot in bluey--5 seperate episode cameos, in fact! the australian white ibis is first seen in episode 50 of season one, "shaun". with a striking black-and-white silhouette, these wading birds have adapted well to city life. their habit for digging through the trash has earned them the moniker of "bin chicken".

while wetlands are their habitat of choice, human activity has drastically impacted these sensitive ecosystems, leading the white ibis to increasingly flock (hah) to cities. interestingly, the birds are often endangered within their natural habitats and over-abundant in urban areas.

despite their reputation as urban pests, these birds are actually native! in fact, they've even been known to predate the wildly invasive cane toad. don't underestimate these birds.

want more bin chickens? check out this video from the backyard naturalist, from which i sourced a few of these facts.

[riverpiracy]

my devious 17th century bavarian dandy of an ex-husband has been trying to turn our child against me during his weekends for sure. every time eckhart gets back from his dad's he scorns the bluey and ipad games i lay out before him and berates me for not having planted a rose bush for him and the neighborhood children to play clapping games around

[blubushie]

I just wanna say.

I don't know who did the dialogue for the comics but they're pretty good at Intuitively Aussie Things (outside of spelling "cark it" wrong).

The amount of times I've hauled arse while chanting "bugger" under my breath is too goddamn many. I once cleared a click on foot with a 20kg bluey on my back and a rifle in my arms because a VERY angry pig was chasing me (when I got back to Matilda he tried his damnedest to pop one of my tyres but that's beside the point). Screaming "BUGGER BUGGER BUGGER BUGGER-" while being chased by the wildlife is just part of the bushman experience. I don't care if it's outrunning magpies, outrunning pigs, outrunning a bushfire, outrunning a tornado, outrunning hail big enough to knock you out, outrunning a perentie, staring down dingos, waking up to a venomous snake in your swag, seeing a shark while swimming at a beach, blowing a tyre on a rough bit of track, or wading in waist-deep water and seeing the bubbles of a crocodile submerging a few metres away. If you live in the bush you will chant "bugger" like a prayer at some point in your life.

On that note, if you're ever somewhere and you see an Aussie running away from something while screaming "BUGGER" it's a good idea to trust his gut and follow him because 9/10 times whatever's chasing him will end up chasing you instead. If he's running he's got reason.

[mathewharris7703]

"A sun shines bright over Bluey's eyes as she finally wakes up from what seems to be a long nap. She rubbed her eyes, yawning, before her vision were unblurred and saw that instead of being inside of her house, she found herself lying on the beach filled with colourful palm trees and a sea overlooking a mountain. It looks so familar to her, like something that came from a fairytale that she heard before. However, it is oh so real. She could feel the sand and the breeze flowing through her body. It is one thing for sure, she isn't at home right now.

Dusting herself off, she walked to what she saw to be civilianisation and walked towards it, passing through the bushes to see some beachhouses and some stores in the distance. In her mind, she can go up to one of them and see if they can contact her family so she can be picked up and taken back to her home before they can worry. Seems simple enough. She continued to walk forward passing next to the various dogs in this holiday looking town. She was confused by the site of everything.

Bluey saw kids riding on bikes with no helmets; sitting on high seats. In one of the stores she observed, she saw tons of music cassettes and an arcade machine where a bunch of kids were playing and waiting to have a go, she even saw some of their tacky outfits that has their own names on it. She felt something was off, she felt the same familiarises from a previous story she was told about a wild place. She tried to remember but with her mind feeling slightly fogged, she couldn't for now. All she knows is that she has to contact her family. So she went inside of the shop, asking the keeper if he could contact someone for her, giving the name of her dad: Bandit.

The keeper's eyes were widen, laughing quite a bit before seeing the serious look on the young blue dog's face. Calming down a bit, the kind keeper pointed Bluey to the holiday house nearby to the shower blocks, past the grass, warning her to be careful of the prickles. She thanked the shopkeeper and ran off towards the block. It wasn't too far but she made it to the shower block and walked onto the grass to take the shortcut towards the holiday home that she was pointed towards to. Just then, she then sees a purpleish-blue frisbee disc coming her way and landing just right in front of her. She looked down with a thought and picked it up wondering where it came from.

"Oh Stripe..." Bluey heard a voice in the background of some older teen, sounding annoyed at someone. She raised an eyebrow, wondering who said that and why her uncle name was used. Maybe it was someone with the same name? "I got it!" She hears another voice, a more younger voice of that of a 10 year old with a gruff kind of voice. It was now more familar than ever to Bluey, like she heard that voice before. That was when it dawned on her.

She heard running footsteps coming towards her before sounds of grass scrattering as her thoughts came to her more. She was not just away from home, she's not even in her own time. The arcade machines, the cassettes, dogs not wearing any helmets and the place she was in. It all came to her in a sudden. She looked at the frisbee disc again and turned it around to see three names on it: Rad, Stripe and Bandit Heeler. She gasped, realizing it all before she looked straight up and saw a confused 10 year old dog, who looked very similar to Bluey.

The 10 year old dog was a boy with a blue fur colour scheme like Bluey, a black bushy tail at the end and a hair mullet. It was Bandit Heeler, Bluey's dad as a kid from the wild 80s.

The two dogs didn't spoke a single word. Bandit was confused over seeing a dog looking similar to him and Bluey was surprised in actually seeing her dad when he was a kid himself, more surprised that she is now in the 80s and not in her own time period. The silence went on for a bit before the young 10 year old asked if they had met before. This caused Bluey to chuckle feeling nervous and pretending that she's their second cousin from a distant family, that was visiting the holiday place but accidentally lost them. This caused Bandit to feel bad for Bluey and asked if she wants stay with him and his family in the meantime until her parents were found.

With no other place to go and no way to get back home to her time, she accepted the offer, giving the frisbee disc back to Bandit and the two walked off to the beach house. The two introduced themselves to each other, with Bandit finding Bluey to have a wonderful name." Art by Mochiskii Inspired from the Gravity Falls Timestuck AU

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Concerning

Stephen King: submitted for the Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyyyy itsa me, elon muska! Barker: oh look steve, it's your friend King: we're not friends King: we're barely acquaintances!

Musk: eyyy da twitter gotta de bots Musk: de too many bots! Musk: de only way i can stoppa de bots Musk: i gotta make everyone watch de prager u anti-trans propaganda Musk: its de only way to stoppa de bots King: how does that- Musk: itsa de ONLY WAY

Dennis Prager: i scoured the country, looked high and low, and found one actual detransitioner Prager: here's their story about how they gave up gender euphoria to live a good christian life of self-sacrificing misery Prager: surely this will convince you all

Prager: still not convinced? take a look at this chart [Prager points to chart plotting "trans" against "bad"] Prager: as you can see, the more trans there is, the more bad there is too Musk: mama mia!!! Musk: concerning!

Prager: and look at this chart [reveals chart plotting "hate crimes" against "delicious ice cream"] Musk: mama mia! botha de lines go up! Prager: yes exactly Prager: think about it Prager: you know what you must do Musk: theya couldn't put it inna chart if it wasnta true!

Musk: i buya de twitter Musk: i maka de twitter into de 8chan Musk: i maka de whole world hostile to my unnagrateful transa daughter Musk: itsa de only way to stoppa de bots

Prager: now that i've made my point, i have to get back to my day job Prager: the victimless crime of masturbating to underage porn and also animating bluey knock-offs to indoctrinate kids Prager: don't worry, those two interests are totally separate Prager: definitely no overlap

[thecalvinistkat]

I just watched The Sign Bluey episode and had a mental breakdown 😳

Watch the speedpaint for the featured artwork here: https://youtube.com/shorts/AzRqUUiP_Ms?si=YQUWHdY3qbDXGNQs

[long-sleeved-sandwich]

i think my friend’s 3 year old son is a naturally born witch:

—he is obsessed with the moon. he watches for it every night and keeps up with it’s cycle. one time he said, “i wish we could build a rocket ship to the moon.” i asked why we couldn’t. he said, “cause we might get hurt and get blood.” he talks to the moon every night and tells us what the moon says to him.

—he has a black cat that guards him fiercely and sits under his chair when he eats.

—he loves flowers, grass, and rocks, and likes to give them to people. he likes to plant seeds too.

—one time a hummingbird landed on his shoulder and just sat there.

—i showed him my tarot cards(the cat tarot) and he went through all of them and pulled out the Wheel of Fortune and said “this one is you.”

—he sees things. i was once standing too close to some dead bushes and he said “get back. there’s a ghost in those bushes. he needs to tell you sorry” a few weeks passed and no one mentioned the ghost in the bushes, and then on a list of people he knows, he included the ghost. not bluey or bingo. not jack skellington or any other fictional character. just the ghost.