Cute and Small and Ready to Brawl

Aqua ☆ She/They ☆ Polyamorous

[herpsandbirds]

Cuckoo wasp on aster from the Hudson Valley

Gorgeous, thank you for sharing! 

[godzilla-reads]

She is beauty 😍

[cornercritter]

my self-indulgence. happy fucking pride.

[sapphireh3arts]

today is the ten year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. a full decade ago, i lost a friend and a coworker. i was lucky. i had friends that lost several people. today, please remember and fight for all those that have died to live the life they should have been free to. i'll always remember you, Cory.

[nephtactic]

The male shrimp are running all over the place because a female shrimp molted somewhere

[nephtactic]

Posing

[orcinusalba]

Toki enjoying watching the tanks. I wonder where she gets it from 🐟😹

[mod2amaryllis]

it ain't much but it's a healthy ecosystem

[herpsandbirds]

Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus bullockii), parents and chicks, family Icteridae, Lake Casa Blanca International State Park, Laredo, TX, USA

photographs by Rosie Ochoa

[herpsandbirds]

Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis), family Iguanidae, Borrego Springs County Park, Borrego Springs, CA, USA

photograph by Danny Cain

[herpsandbirds]

Jumping Spider (Cytaea dispalans), male, family Salticidae, Bandung, Indonesia

photographs by Naiyla Arta Pratama

[aticketplz]

夜なので？ウナギが起きてた　かわいい

@水環境館

There were cute eels.

@Mizukankyokan

[exai]

i no longer respect the hustle i want universal basic income and dignity for everyone

[herpsandbirds]

A record die-off of sea stars was followed by something that stunned biologists

The creatures almost went extinct along the West Coast a decade ago. Recently, they have been making a comeback.

Six months ago, Menge’s team published exciting research — five-legged sea stars were undergoing a significant “baby boom.” The tide pools were denser than they had been before the disease, and the juveniles were eating mussels and clearing space for other species. In short, something rare and wonderful was happening on the Oregon Coast: One of the intertidal zone’s most important predators had returned from the brink...

Read more:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/06/06/after-massive-die-off-west-coast-sea-stars-experience-resurgence/

[sixth-extinction]

Potosi pupfish (Cyprinodon alvarezi) Extinct in the wild since the 1990’s, this species of pupfish is now bred in captivity by dedicated aquarium hobbyists. [Source]

[scarebluetales]

Confession notes

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[cbk1000]

As a society, we need to go back to understanding that strangers on the internet are, you know, strangers. I feel lately that I'm seeing a rise in 'An author I love blocked me because they took my comment the wrong way' posts on the ao3 subreddit, and then the comment is them calling the author a fucking bitch or something like that.

Don't do this. Tone doesn't translate well in text, and if you don't have a rapport with that author, they are not going to interpret, 'You're a fucking bitch' as, 'Author I hate you for being so talented and making me feel so keenly.' They're going to interpret it as you being an asshole. You can shit talk with your friends because you have an established relationship with them and can distinguish between playful banter and genuine anger. You do not have this with a stranger, no matter how much you like their fics. You will have a much more pleasant time in fandom and not get cockblocked from interacting with your favorite writers if you remember this.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#I don't often see comments like these when I'm reading a fic but there have been a few that made me raise an eyebrow#I don't know if I would block over someone calling me a bitch on a fic I wrote but I'd probs try to gently tell them it's not right#coz honestly I feel like this is an issue with younger age groups who are new to reading fics and might not understand fandom culture#or at least I hope it's younger people who simply don't know better 😬#otherwise... yikes

This isn't some esoteric niche aspect of fandom culture, strangers at the potluck also do not like being called a fucking bitch.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

People in the comments like "you just need to add a /pos tone indicator to your comment!": strangers at the potluck do not like being told "You're a bitch!" with a smile and a thumbs up.