#papau new guinea

[er-cryptid]

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[creme-meme]

I’m sorry that this is the funniest fucking shit ever. I’m sorry to everyone in Papau New Guinea who has to suffer this indignity.

“President of the United States claims his uncle Mike Truck was eaten by local people of an island” is just objectively funny in the worst way possible.

[the-first-man-is-a-cat]

Sago Storage Jar with Bird Face

[cakeywakeyfakey]

My personal favourite moths are the Spanish and Malaysian Moon moths and the Diva moths! They’re so beautiful to look at! <3

I’m very glad you agree! <3

This is a Malaysian Moon Moth!

This is a Amesia sanguiflua! It is also in Malaysia! <3

This is a Spanish Moon Moth!

gorgeous stunning amazing beautiful i am In Love

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Giant River Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)

(Photo in public domain)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Southeastern Asia; Papau New Guinea; Northern Australia

Size (Weight/Length)- 30 cm

Diet- Algae; Mollusks; Insects; Crustaceans

Cool Facts- Not quite a shrimp, not quite a crayfish, the giant river prawn is a beast of its own. Both males and females have their distinct, bright blue claws. On males, these claws can be twice as long as their body and are used to show their strength to females. The longer the claw, the more attractive the male. Females use their claws for catching food, needing as many calories as possible. Mama giant river prawns lay up to 250,000 eggs a year, that’s 750,000 eggs in her lifetime. While babies only have half a percentage of a chance of making it to adulthood, the giant river prawn population is booming.

Rating- 12/10 (The closest we have to a real blue lobster.)

[nuclearbedbug]

Been gone for a while but I'm back with another bird of the day!!

Today we have the victoria crowned pigeon!

Being one of the biggest pigeons in the world, they're can grow up to 28 inches and weigh about 4-5 pounds!

It's appearance is stunning, vaguely resembling a peacock in pigeon disguise!

It lives in papau new guinea, and can be found in swamps and forests foraging for fallen fruit from the trees to eat!

[nerdneeniya]

Hey Shrimpblr have we heard of this tree dwelling shrimp from Papau New Guinea???!!!

It was found on the Cyclops Expedition in the rainforest there last year (along with a lot of other really cool discoveries. But I'm just here for the tree shrimp). I can't find anything more about this shrimp, i don't think they've even given it a scientific or even common name yet. But I need to know everything about this shrimp!!

[oblivious-aro]

They are literally the only country in the world worth no form of paid maternity leave.

holy FUCK does the us not have paid maternity leave. what the FUCK

[tracybirds]

week 2 of @gumnut-logic's palette challenge :) very much enjoying getting to try new things :D utilised a ghost ship screenshot by sketching over top of John's exo suit because I looked at that and went no <3 but in terms of everything else, especially how the colours came together I'm super happy!!! Just don't look too closely at papau new guinea or japan lol

[berylian]

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The 14 countries who voted against a ceasefire:

Austria

Croatia

Czechia

Fiji

Guatemala

Hungary

Israel (obviously)

Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Nauru

Papau New Guinea

Paraguay

Tonga

United States of America

Even with the votes against and the votes abstained put together, the motion passed by a wide margin of 71 votes. And yet it doesn't mean a damn thing.

From CNN:

What gets me about this, is this notion that Hamas is effectively holding Gaza hostage.

[er-cryptid]

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[usafphantom2]

Anti-aircraft gun position manned by Royal Australian Artillery, on an airfield in Papau New Guinea. Kittyhawk fighter can be seen coming in to land. September 1943

Source & caption: AWM, 026629 (Thomas Fisher) colour by Cassowary Colorizations.

@WW2airfields via X

[bobvelsebanswers]

"Did you know,that if you eat a human brain you get a disease similar to mad cow?"Yes yes I do know it's called Kuru.Its a prion disease like mad cow,chronic wasting disease,and .A prion is a misfolded protein that builds up in one's body over time(months to years and years),causing damage to the brain and spinal chord.Prion diseases can run in families or be picked up by consuming infected meat or bodily fluids.No matter what you do to try and disinfect the meat,the prions with persist as they are not bacteria,viruses,etc.Kuru is a type of prion disease picked up by consuming contaminated meat,so yes including the brain like you said in your bare bones fact.Kuru tends to be fatal within 6 months to a year.The symptoms tend to including walking problems,shaking or trembling,slurred speech,and mood swings.The presence of Dementia is little to none with Kuru,though it can happen with other prion diseases.The most prominent of these symptoms is the shaking and trembling,that symptom gave Kuru its name,as Kuru in the language spoken by the South Fore tribe in Papau New Guinea ,where it was observed.It was a cycle within the tribe before the cannibalistic practices were put to rest(though no one knows how it started) that Kuru spreads,as after a tribe member dies the tribe ritualistic ate the past persons corpse as a part of the funeral,causing the prions to spread starting the cycle over again,when the practices were still in use(Kuru has now dissappeared since the practices are no longer happening)Your fact was right just really bare bones.

(I'm sorry for my rambles about this I'm bored and I love talking about shit like this,and the Kuru stuff honestly fit Bob since he had thay fact about it.I hoped you learned something though)

Mod!: thats really cool actually

[reality-detective]

Eucalyptus Deglupta, otherwise known as Rainbow Eucalyptus, is a species of tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines & Papau New Guinea, characterised by its striking multi-coloured bark. 🤔

[returning-to-her]

From The Waterbury Observer page on Facebook:

A decade-long DNA project by National Geographic collected DNA samples from individuals in the jungles of Papau New Guinea, the rolling hills of Tuscany, Brazil, Siberia, China, Ireland, Kenya, Puerto Rico, Iceland, Albania, and every nook and cranny on the planet.

It was the largest and most intensive DNA project ever conducted on the planet and resulted in a startling discovery; every living person on Earth is a direct descendant of one woman who lived in East Africa 150,000 years ago. They named her Mitochondrial Eve.

She was a nomad and after many many generations her descendants began to migrate out of Africa and eventually physically adapted to populate every viable ecosystem in the world. The further north her descendants traveled - and after hundreds of generations - their skin and hair lightened. This is known as natural selection, a biological process where a living organism will morph and change to adapt to its environment.

The Observer has shared this information with dozens of our friends and family over the years, and while most are surprised and delighted, for some this scientific discovery is not well received.

"We all come from an East African nomad?" they ask shaking their head.

"Yes."

"And she was black?"

"Yes."

"Well I don't believe that," they'll say.

And in today's world divided by faith and culture and politics and skin color, it is a hard concept to fully embrace - but we are all related - blacks, whites, Asians and Hispanics.

We all come from that one mother in East Africa 150,000 years ago. She may be the biblical Eve, or she may have evolved from primates and Neanderthals. It really doesn't matter if you embrace her in faith, or in science, but by accepting her and learning about human history and how we have adapted in the past 7000 generations we might begin to realize that we literally are one human family. And in that realization we might begin the slow and painful process of reconciliation and learn to accept and embrace our physical differences.

So today, on Mother's Day we salute our mothers, our grandmothers, our great grandmothers, and all the mothers on the path that lead straight back to Mitochondrial Eve, who started our astoundingly diverse family 150,000 years ago.

Happy Mothers Day

My add-on.....

Isn't it interesting that Christianity states we came from Adam, including Eve when the opposite is actually true. Just like they say God is male when it is the female sex that births life. And the mother, maiden, and crone became god, the son, and the holy ghost. Let's also add turning Yule into Christmas and the rebirth of spring to Easter-the rebirth of Christ. Did they do anything original?

[endangeredanimalsau]

Name: Thylacine/ Tasmanian Tiger

Location: Mainland Australia and Papau New Guinea (prior to colonisation) Tasmania (after colonisation).

Status: (EX) completely extinct

Reason: Mainland Australia: (contested) probably lack of food sources due to most megafauna dying. Tasmania: Mass eradication from the Tasmanian government, famers and bounty hunters as well as the introduction of dogs, destruction of habitat, demolishing of food sources.

Date: The last one died in captivity on 7th September 1936.