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Prehistoric Planet

Releasing May 23rd on AppleTV+

Real talk ok, this just makes me so unreservedly happy because it’s just something that I didn’t think anyone cared enough to create. A big-budget dinosaur project that pays so much attention to detail, anatomy, and engages in interesting, reasonable and thought-provoking speculation seemed like some unachievable holy grail, seeing it finally become real is wild.

I have such high hopes for this show and you bet I will be raving about every episode, because with even the tiny pieces we have so far this is shaping up to be potentially the dinosaur show of an entire generation, the same way Walking With Dinosaurs was more than 20 years ago.

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shutupmerlin

A series of events:

1. I put in an Annual Leave request form almost 3 weeks ago and my boss has not approved it yet

2. I went into my office today and replaced every single writing utensil with crayons in preparation for April Fools Day on Monday

3. Whilst searching for pens to remove, I found my unsigned Annual Leave form in my boss’s drawer

4. I placed my unsigned Annual Leave form in a photo frame and put in on his desk

5. The frame I used was from a photo of his kids that I deemed less important than my Leave form

6. My boss sometimes goes into the office on Saturdays to work

7.

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aerialsquid

I appreciate the context of 1-6 or else 7 might have had some very concerning implications.

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tropiyas

not to worry mutuals, I’ve recruited a halfling to detect any and all spike traps on your dashboard, just make sure not to scroll too fast so he has time to find them

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toaad

Do you know what's stupid? Do you know what's really dumb? I read "just make sure not to scroll too fast so he has time to find them" and then I literally slow down. tapping the down key instead of holding it. Why? Because there are imaginary halflings down there, keeping me from imaginary spike traps, and I need to go slow. And if I don't, then I guess I'll feel guilty or whatever when the joke the OP set up goes off. Like scrolling slowly will actually change anything.

I saw "Color of the Sky" and just resigned myself to my fate. Tip tapping so that the halflings have enough time to do their work. And then this picture pops up and I don't know if I should be annoyed that this post was not fundamentally changed by my abiding by the pretend speed limit arbitrarily imposed on me, or if I should feel relieved that, while the trap triggered, I clearly went slow enough that my imaginary halfling was not injured.

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In fairness to King Kong, if I had a tiny adorable primate in my hand I would also be very resistant to someone taking it away from me.

We all assume it was romantic, but maybe when King Kong looked at her he was seeing this:

Something like this really happened a couple of years ago at the Mefou Primate Sanctuary in Cameroon, run by Ape Action Africa (AAA).  A western lowland gorilla named Bobo befriended a bushbaby for a couple of hours before releasing it back into the forest. 

According to AAA’s Facebook post (where you can also find additional photos and video): 

Our silverback gorilla Bobo made a surprising new friend this week – a wild bushbaby! Caregivers discovered him cradling the tiny primate during their morning checks, and were amazed to see him handling it with the utmost care – proving that gorillas really are the gentle giants of the forest. Bobo’s group-mates were desperately curious, particularly his favourite female Avishag, but he kept them all at a distance, making sure that no one disturbed his new friend. Bushbabies are usually nocturnal so it is very rare to see one, and even rarer to witness this kind of interaction. The little bushbaby was happy to play in Bobo’s arms, hopping off to explore the grass nearby, before returning to Bobo’s hand. When the game was over, Bobo walked purposefully off on two legs to deliver his friend safely back into the trees.

Incidentally, the western lowland gorilla (which has the best species name of all time: Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is the largest primate in Cameroon, and the bushbabies happen to be the smallest primates in Cameroon.

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