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Gandalf throwing his staff at gollum is what really makes this

Thank you for commenting because I was going to scroll past this. 

Camel fact: They're incredibly flexible and can kick in any direction. You are not safe from a camel kick just because you're standing in front or to the side

Camel fact: They have tough pads on their chest to raise their bodies off the ground when resting. This helps them cool off

This pad is called a pedestal and it's literally a part of their skeleton

Rumors say they use the pedestal to crush threats to death but I have not found any evidence of this. They prefer kicking and biting.

Camel fact: Their bites are devastating

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best thing about tumblr is seeing pictures of Weird Creatures I’d never heard of before

Tufted Pigmy Squirrel. I learned of it recently and was immediately delighted

Oh my goodness!! I’d never heard of it either, and am also delighted!

they love apple more than god

First class rendition of Baba Yaga’s house for Lisa’s chickens. (Look at the bronze chicken feet!)

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Masha The Hero

They forgot the part where the ambulance actually stopped to let the cat in

oh good I was worried

What a good cat. What a kind cat. How can anyone not love cats they are so good and loving.

they also forgot the part where they only found the baby because masha was screaming her head off bc she knew this baby was in danger. she went around outside the alley the next morning and yelled at passerby until she got one to follow her to the baby. she kept him warm all night and then made sure someone found him. she was adopted after this bc she was a stray and is in a loving home and is a hero

Hero cat

Thank you, Masha, you’re such a good girl.

See.

Kittens can’t regulate their own body temperature. That’s why they pile up.

Cats see us as colony members.

Masha saw a kitten that was on its own, no mommy, no other kittens to cuddle with. She instinctively knew that was a cold kitten. She knew that a kitten alone on a cold night was very likely to die. Because a kitten would have died too.

So, all she was doing was what any good colony member does - protecting the abandoned kitten. Then when the abandoned kitten’s mommy didn’t come back, she called the rest of the colony for help.

People have this bizarre idea that housecats don’t have a social sense. They do, and it saved this kid’s life. And possibly Masha’s too, as life on the streets is dangerous for a kitty.

We say “good dog” all the time, but Masha was being a very, very good cat…not just by human moral standards but by feline ones.

Rebloging again because who can resist Masha the Hero cat 😻😻😻

GUYS OKAY this is my latest favorite animal actually!

-it’s the fastest rodent in the world

-due to convergent evolution it basically evolved to have antelope legs

-like the pronghorn antelope who is still built to outrun long-extinct cheetahs, it’s so much faster than its current predators, the fox and puma, who catch it by ambush rather than at a sprint (and not often!)

-this is because when north america bonked into south america, placental mammals and especially rodents swarmed down into the new continent and diversified, outcompeting the marsupials in just about every ecological niche

-we’re not sure WHAT used to hunt it to the point that it got so darn fast but we think it might have been gigantic terror birds and metatherians, a sort of predatory wolf-ish progenitor of modern marsupials

-the world is full of the weirdest critters you can imagine and i love it

you’d be fast too if this was what was after you

they’re here! it’s them! the

I'm not making a universal general statement here but maybe this will help some people who are afraid of bugs.

I'm terribly arachnophobic. horribly. I get it, the irrational fear you can't fully erase. Yes I'm an entomologist and yes everyone at work thinks it's very funny.

But the more you pick away bit by bit at that general massive ball of fear, the more you can understand it and turn fear to wonder. I started small, just learning some facts about spiders but still unable to stomache looking at pictures.

And then I realized I could look at jumping spiders fine and made an effort to try to appreciate what I could about them. From there I could realized I could look at and Touch harvestmen and that there was a whole world to them to learn and love too. And by turning that Ambiguous Ball of Fear into curiosity and respect I've gotten to a place I can live side by side with my arachnophobia and approach spiders with appreciation, even if I will cry if forced to touch one.

And I guess it makes me sad when people's response to their fear is hatred and to kill. I understand the phobia and bugs and wasps especially is real and I'll never try to convince someone they're wrong for it - but treating insects with intentional ignorance will only make it worse and keep you from a whole world of wonder.

Bupkis and Beeftongue.

Bupkis and Beeftongue.

Bupkis and Beeftongue.

this is the container just having been opened. Bupkis wrinkles a little when disturbed by light, but in this picture it is quite smooth and calm, napping moistly on its faithful friend and pillow Beeftongue.

I do think they’re buddies, as much as slugs can be. I often find them huddled up together despite them being different species.

Bupkis and Beeftongue.

(bupkis and beeftongue)