Confused Scientific Flailing

Paleontology hobbyist, occasional artist, and enthusiast of nature and history. He/him.

[thekinglemingle]

I referred to something as a "real Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra moment" in conversation with someone who has never seen TNG, and let me tell you, that was a real Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra moment

[b-vandykei]

there may be An App For That™, but have you considered that there is also very likely a Parasitoid Wasp For That™

[thecolorofthegame]

I know this trophy is supposed to represent a triathlon, but it looks like a cyclist award for attacking pedestrians

[ominous-signs]

Official ominous sign

[butch--dan]

once these 15 million different stressful situations resolve themselves I’m gonna be so normal again. I can be normal and not exhausted

[roycohn]

there's always so much confusion when you use the word "stakeholders" in a meeting here at the federal vampire eradication task force

[officialunitedstates]

it’s quick, it’s easy and it’s free:  pouring river water in your socks

[evilscum-deactivated20160223]

why would i do that lmao

[officialunitedstates]

it’s quick, it’s easy and it’s free

[deinonychian]

. ^ . \ / \ V \ \ F /-_. |/ \

the noble quetzalcoatlus

[darkestbrook]

I hope they pirated Minecraft on those computers. I think Rocky would like it

[superbnature]

Cedar Waxwings by jocelynefeizo1 http://ift.tt/1RM3Kk0

[manyblinkinglights]

#do cedar waxwings ever eat anything besides photogenic red berries#do cedar waxwings ever do anything besides eating photogenic red berries#is there any way this child can get its parent to stop feeding it photogenic red berries

[speciesofleastconcern]

watch how many berries I can cram into this other bird

[autistobrat]

scientists are experimenting on cross-breeding a crab and a cheetah; things could go sideways real fast

[saturnmortis]

(:3 っ)∋ <- seal

[lackeyhenchman]

I don't know. I just don't know

[maniculum]

It took me a solid thirty seconds to realize that Phragmites was probably the genus name of the plants in the picture and not, like, an ancient Greek warrior waiting in the marshes to attack.

[anodymalion]

[importantpics]

[greelin]

they just look like this

[greelin]

too many of you are being far too cruel.

[mammalidentifier]

Brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri) and white-striped dorcopsis (Dorcopsis hageni). Dorcopsis are cat-sized marsupials native to Western New Guinea, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, closely related to kangaroos and wallabies. Their tails are partially hairless and they look remarkably greyhound-like when seen from the side.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

"the world's wettest building" is a place that logically must exist somewhere but I will admit I had never once thought about it

[great-and-small]

Yeah okay there are like 11 species of heron native to the USA and yes fine I’ve only managed to spot 10 of those species. You might think I’m bitter about that one species evading me but I’m not. I’m actually the Least Bittern person about it in the entire world

[fidelcostco]

can't believe the only options are 30 minutes early or 10 minutes late. if only there were some other way. but what can you do