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A blog for Beasts. If you say something hateful about a beast on this blog, I will block you.

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[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199739314] Eastern Phantom Crane Fly || Bittacomorpha clavipes Observed in United States No Conservation Status

[kristina100000]

she is so cutie vibes. she is so sweetheart vibes

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[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217570520] Burrowing Owl || Athene cunicularia Observed in Argentina Least Concern in location of observation

gif constructed from photoset

[parachim]

inat's email game is wild

[ambermaitrejean]

Pine siskin. Jefferson County, Colorado. Photo by Amber Maitrejean

[badassdemonsword]

[worm-suggestion]

It looks funny, right? You think it looks funny.

I do too. But it lives its whole life. So you have to take it seriously eventually, right? And be respectful and shit.

I think it can digging in the ground for tubers.

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[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4307274] Rufous-Booted Racket-Tail || Ocreatus addae Observed in Peru Least Concern in location of observation

[herpsandbirds]

Alvarado's Salamander (Bolitoglossa alvaradoi), family Plethodontidae, Costa Rica

This is one of the Bolitoglossine salamanders, often called Mushroom-tongued Salamanders or Arboreal Salamanders.

photograph by Diego Ugalde

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[despazito]

[spiny-ant]

Ggoouuuuuh what the fuuuuckkkkk

[bird-gifs-collection-agency]

Ohhhh you don't even knowww baby barn owl gif variations

[flyingiseasy-landingnotsomuch]

Waterfall vibes from Silver Falls State Park in Oregon from 2022.

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[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143750279] Shining Sunbeam || Aglaeactis cupripennis Observed in Colombia Least Concern in location of observation

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[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106822459] Common Swift || Apus apus Observed in France Near Threatened in location of observation

[venndaai]

have you guys heard about the greenland shark. some crazy shit happening there.

[venndaai]

they are sexually mature at ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OLD.

their (live!) young gestate for. wait for it. eight to eighteen (??) YEARS. can have up to 10 at a time. good grief.

longest lifespan of any vertebrate, up to five hundred years

toxic flesh

has giant eyes but is usually blind because of a weird little crustacean that's evolved to live on and eat their eyes. this doesn't seem to bother them much.

lives in deep cold water and has the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species. just generally lives life in extreme slow motion

largest genome of any shark

eats everything including moose and polar bears

ma'am you are delightfully strange and I'm privileged to share a planet with you

[fluorescentbrains]

this post prompted me to refresh my memory on Greenland Shark Facts and this detail about how they feed goes so hard

just vacuuming up their unsuspecting prey. whole !

[muffinlance]

Good news good news good news! Recent research suggests the eye parasites do NOT blind them!

Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Ir

I <3 you a normal amount Greenland sharks

[wintercorrybriea2]

juvenile bush cricket

[all-consuming-rot]

that is a springtail and seemingly stills from this video where it's identified in the title so like how did you mess up that bad