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Seriously I was so happy to see Artherton that I was lulled into a false sense of security. Plus I had like no idea that was the FINALE. *roars Nooooooooo like Edmund Reid*

#ripper street

Dudes I wasn't ready for that to happen 😰

#ripper street

I really just came on here to say:

I AM NOT OK!

I am sinking, sinking, sinking.

I'm really not ok.

Shaping up! So pleased :-)

#knitting

To press and rotate but the bare bones are here!

#knitting

Hey! You there! I have 8 rows of my knitting left. Then sewing. Then a border but then finished. Hang on baby, do not arrive yet!

#knitting

the-hobbit

“We are sons of Durin. And Durin’s Folk, do not flee from a fight.”

allthingseurope

Regensburg, Germany (by tewhiufoto)

aggressionbread

when the “just do it” meme finally dies:

drsimetra

when it’s inevitably revived

When you buy a new outfit in a shop and think it looks ace then get home and think oh god I'm not skinny enough to wear this. What was I thinking?!

cheers-mrhiddleston

Glasses.

funkysafari-deactivated20260131

See Which Animals Have the Most Enormous—and Tiniest—Babies

Why So Little? Whether an animal has big or little babies depends on how self-sufficient the babies need to be at birth. Babies that need a lot of care are called altricial babies, and animals that are born more developed are called precocial. Both pandas and people fall firmly on the altricial end of the spectrum. Panda cubs rely on their mothers for everything—warmth, food, and even help urinating and defecating. One reason that so much of their development happens outside the uterus could be that breast milk is better at transmitting nutrients to the panda cub than the placenta is. But their small size relative to mom puts them at risk of being crushed while their mother is caring for them. In contrast, precocial young like giraffes can walk (clumsily) soon after birth. These more self-sufficient babies tend to be relatively large compared with their mothers. When giraffes are born, for example, they’re already 10 percent the size of their mothers.

Born Yesterday At the very tiniest end are marsupials like the red kangaroo, born 100,000 times smaller than its mother. Marsupials don’t have placentas, and their young are so altricial when they come out that they’re practically fetal. They can be born jellybean-sized. They are so small that they cannot survive at all for themselves, and they need a really, really long time to be attached to the teat to get milk. Baby red kangaroos exit the uterus, crawl into the pouch, and stay there, attached to the teat, for much of their early development.

Born to Be Wild Whether a species gives birth to tiny, helpless babies or larger, more developed infants depends in part on the environment the species is adapted to. Carnivores at the top of the food chain, for example, don’t face much predation as they care for defenseless young. Plus, many have dens they can raise their young in. But prey animals, in general, have to be able to run from predators early on. As with all rules, these have exceptions: mice are not top predators but have helpless young, and guinea pig young are actually pretty precocial. It comes down to the baby’s odds of survival, and uses a suitably reproductive metaphor: “You don’t want to put all your eggs in the one basket.” [x]

woodland-warrior

“In my father´s den” - Paul Prior - Matthew MacFadyen

clarestar

Love this film :-)

handsomedogs

Mia | Merisa Mackinnon

jungkooksan

clarestar

Good morning Fassy for your dash.

quipsycute

At least the Mercs are separated this time so we don’t need to listen to the racing equivalent of two ten-year-old boys having a slap fight in the back seat of a minivan over team radio

clarestar

Ha ha! Mooooooooommmmm! Nico is sitting on my side 😢😢

How cute is this??

Awww <3

He’s just adorable!

Hi baby Matthew ! <3

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