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'The Land where the Stories Grow' illustration by Florence Mary Anderson, 1929
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), family Alcedinidae, order Coraciiformes, Japan
photograph by @ken_wildbird
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Visit sunny Ethiopia! See the elephants, rhinos, pythons, and depressed snake-charmers!
From Le Livre des Merveilles.
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Today’s sheep appreciation: the Wensleydale
Wait is the sheep the cheese or do they just share the name of the same area they come from
Same area!
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Goldfinch aka European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes, Wales
photograph by Andy Rouse
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What did Victor do while the Creature talked at him for 2 hours straight? Did he just stand there and listen politely? Did he, like, make listening noises and stuff?
Mmhm. Yes. *nods* Fair enough. Alright. Ah.
Today’s slug appreciation: Testacella haliotidea
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Today’s sheep appreciation: the Wensleydale
Today’s chicken appreciation: the Mans
Today’s sheep appreciation: the Wensleydale
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do you wanna go out for a monster sometime? I know this really nice 7/11 down the street that stocks all the flavors
Thought this was a monsterfucker post at first. Still not sure it isn't.
Go out with a monster you say?
Your honor, I call for adjournment on account of my client is just a sleebgy little guy
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Beware of crows!
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Slithery: my unusual collection of vintage snake imagery.
Snakes swallowing people whole is dope?
Source: oneletterwords.com
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I like it when birds have pants, like the booted eagle. Can we get some birds with pants?
When I think of birds with pants, I think of raptors mostly. Let's find some birds with pants...
Red-necked Falcon (Falco chicquera), with prey, family Falconidae, Changalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India
photograph by Sriram Reddy
Shaheen Falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator), family Falconidae, found across South and parts of East Asia
- This is a non-migratory subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon.
photograph by @sambathsubbaiah
Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), family Accipitridae, being chased by a Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), family Mimidae, Santa Clara Ranch, TX, USA
photograph by @hector_astorga_photography
Rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) from Wikipedia
Booted racquet-tail (Ocreatus underwoodi) from Wikipedia
Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) by Mike Prince