Elephant shrew
âPhylogenetic analysis revealed that elephant shrews are not classified with true shrews, but are in fact more closely related to elephants than shrews.â
^Black and rufous elephant shrew
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Elephant shrew
âPhylogenetic analysis revealed that elephant shrews are not classified with true shrews, but are in fact more closely related to elephants than shrews.â
^Black and rufous elephant shrew
Trainability in cats is a funny thing.
My cats understand and will obey a number of verbal commands, one of which is âgo awayâ. I donât use it often, but if theyâre bugging me and Iâm trying to work or doing something that could be dangerous for cats, I can tell them to go away, and off they go - theyâll only keep pestering me if thereâs a serious problem they need me to look at.
That said, their idea of a serious problem that requires my attention is somewhat eccentric. Previous instances have included:
There was an unfamiliar car parked across the street
Their water bowl was four inches to the left of its usual position
One of them had puked on the stairs and they didnât want to walk past it
It was raining
One of them saw a weird bug
These are all very important things that required your attention. Theyâre doing a good job.
Dogs really arenât much better.  I teach all my dogs the command âshow meâ.  How it works is if the dog needs something but Iâm having trouble understanding what exactly theyâre trying to tell me, I say âshow meâ and they lead me to whatever the problem is.  Usually they lead me to a real problem (like a toy that got stuck under the couch, their water bowl is empty, etc).  But sometimes they want me to fix things like this-
They pulled the covers off my bed and now they want me to put the covers back
They put their ball on top of the ottoman but the ottoman wonât throw it for them
The cat is sleeping and wonât chase them
A flower fell off the potted plant
The cat is sitting in a box and they donât like it
One of them lost their bandana
The cat wonât take the toy theyâre trying to give her
The cat DID take the toy they gave her and now they want it back
These are all very important things that required your attention. Theyâre doing a good job.
You find a T-Shirt in a thrift store that says "I joined the international manhunt for [your exact name and sketch of your face] and all I got was this stupid shirt"
Even grittier historical drama Cruella where she attempts to raze the kingdom of Dalmatia due to some personal aristocratic grudge.
In the early tenth century, mercenaries under the command of Drusillia of Friuli staged an attack on the Dalmatian Islands but were repulsed by the Dalmatians and the aid of the displaced Saxon warlord Hrodger and his consort Anna. The story of Drusilla and the âHundred Dalmatians,â referring to the many islands of Dalmatia, was passed down into local folklore. The Friulan âDrusilla dâIl FriĂťlâ or Croation âDrusilja Furlanijaâ were eventually corrupted into English as âCruella De Vil.â The confusion in the English-speaking world between the historical territory and the breed of dog became widespread by the Regency period, and the Saxon involvement was of great interest to English writers. âThe witch Cruella de Villa defeated by a hundred Dalmatian dogs led by the Englishman Rodgerâ appears in a late nineteenth century English folktale collection.
The historical Drusilliaâs raid on Dalmatia seems to have been spurred by a dispute over control of a fur trade pipeline that led from the north of the Alps to Dalmatia. A version of the legend discovered in a fifteenth-century Croatian prose manuscript claims that Drusilliaâs widowed mother Katharina of Friuli was murdered by Illyrian pirates, and that Drusilliaâs brothers Horatius and Gasparus did not adequately seek recompense. A thirteenth-century history of Friuli written in Latin mentions the raid of Drusillia and her husband Gasparus against the warlord Bornaus rex dalmatiae, elsewhere referred to in the manuscript as Bogdanus dalmatiae. It is believed that this âBornaâ or âBogdanâ king of Dalmatia was received in English as âPongo of the Dalmatians.â
pov: you are cruella's mother
Itâs almost hereâŚ
A guest looking at the timber rattlesnake in the reptile exhibit: Do the snakes have names?
Me: (Launches into my speech about how No, they donât even though the nonvenomous snakes do, because theyâre wild animals and dangerous to handle. The reptile keeper is wary of over-familiarity becoming carelessness, so we donât give them names as a mark of respect and a reminder of caution.) You can call them anything you want though!
Guest: Oh⌠That makes sense. I was going to say this oneâs name should be Justin. You know, Justin Timbersnake?
Me: I am going into the reptile room this second and asking him to change the name policy
Someone sent me this on instagram and I canât stop laughing at it đ
I don't just think kink should be "allowed" at pride, I think we should train a huge pack of those puppy mask dudes to bark at all of the floats that have corporate branding on them
You get it
Millennials are killing industries accidentally by not having money (manslaughter). Genz is killing industries deliberately, with malice and fore thought (murder). We love to see it
in 1915 are you KIDDING ME?=?????
âsuffering feels religious if you do it rightâ no shut up it doesnât. my friends laughing in the kitchen while i make dinner feels religious. the sun on my face after a long winter feels religious.
somebody in the notes posted this screenshot from the one & only, ursula k le guin. and now i'm screaming wtf