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We gotta re appreciate just how different bacteria are from us. The fact that in this statement the "us" would include single celled protozoa, that amoebas and algae have cell structures like animals and plants, but bacteria are their own completely different kind of cell.

You're in the Eukarya. So is a cactus, bread mold and malaria. Bacteria are more alien to you than your distant cousin, the yeast infection.

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My salmon bag I finished last night, wanted to make something for myself for once. This is what I came up with.

Enjoy!

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some fishe studies pt 1 orbicular batfish juvenile || rainbowfish

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the thing about learning to identify plants is that you just keep learning about stuff that looks so delicious. the tastiest looking fruits on earth. delectable little morsels. and then you find out they either taste terrible or will make you very sick if not outright kill you if you eat them. it's a whole new world of forbidden snacks

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posted this during last year's City Nature Challenge and sure enough I'm experiencing the exact same thing again during this year's one.

I've also started experiencing this thing where I briefly try to emoji react to people's comments and IDs on iNat as if they're discord messages before remembering it doesn't work like that. I think that would be a fun feature though

I've spent so much time IDing things on iNat over the last few days that now when I see random photos of creatures on here I start mentally sorting them into the lowest taxonomic category I can identify them as being in before realising there's no button to suggest an ID because this is Tumblr not iNaturalist

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you have to be able to defend people who are receiving unjust treatment even if they annoy you even if you personally find them extremely annoying you still have to be able to stand up and say "well thats fucked up"

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We've already had a Pope John-Paul, it's time for Pope George-Ringo!

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New achievement unlocked!

Nuh uh!

Successfully parry a thought that may have caused you to spiral.

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We 🧡 marigold flowers ✿

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most of the time i draw people with bushy eyebrows and big brown eyes so it's no wonder i love drawing wilson......

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Ok not to be really insufferable but I think the thing that’s often lost when people talk about the Pokédex is that it’s assumed it’s genuinely a tool for adults. Like the in game professors describe it as a “high tech encyclopaedia” and that’s taken at face value.

But in Japanese the word used is “図鑑” - “zukan”. This means “picture encyclopaedia”. But what the implication of this is is actually mostly stuff like this:

Like the type of thing you read in primary school! Those big illustrated books that give kids introduction to just simple concepts of biology, or zoology. Full of fun facts that may not be 100% accurate but sure are cool! Not necessarily a robust resource for adults.

I’m not saying “zukan” is never used to refer to something a bit more high level. A little search around and I did find zukans that seemed targeted at older people, but honestly I noticed some of these had negative reviews like “there’s no furigana in this! This is too hard for my kid!”. So that to me suggests the connotation is very much like. Kids encyclopaedia.

So my point is when the Pokédex says bonkers stuff like:

It’s more akin to children’s encyclopaedia publishing a “fun fact” that’s just like…could be theoretically true but only if you simplify a bunch of stuff.

Anyway my point is

a) the Pokédex is a resource specifically for grade-school age children

b) Professor Oak is one of those professors that at some point diverted most of his time into children’s science communication.

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Bath White (Pontia daplidice), family Pieridae, Catalunia

photograph by malbafont_macrophotography

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september’s silly shark of the month is an epaulette shark ^_^ join my ko-fi before the end of august to get this as a postcard + sticker!

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when you find a friends oc hot thats literally it for you. they practically own your soul. youve entered a fail state in which they can put on a sockpuppet and do a silly voice and make you swoon like youve locked eyes with a gorgeous fortysomething dyke at the bar

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Introducing the brush-footed butterflies

With 30 species I think I am happy with the diversity represented here and will move on to the next family soon. Which of these is your favorite?

Species pictured (in order of appearance): monarch, queen, gulf fritallary, variegated fritallary, red-spotted purple, zebra longwing, painted lady, American lady, gray buckeye, California patch, bordered patch, Arizona sister, Empress Leila, hackberry emperor, American snout, Polyura dehanii, Texas crescent, tiny checkerspot, mylitta crescent, variable checkerspot, elf, red admiral, mourning cloak, Milbert's tortoiseshell, red-bordered satyr, western red satyr, Anna's 88, malachite, common morpho, and my personal favorite, the blushing phantom

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griffin's skinny jeans and pink holo camelbak slay

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the bottom of the museum of human history