not a real doctor

critters and creepy crawlies

[herpsandbirds]

Bornean Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri), male displaying to a fine ass female, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Borneo

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Megh Roy Choudhury

[pikaole]

[pikaole]

Isopods wearing a strawberry hat…

[dykenettles]

i love to squirm

[bthecasualdoofus]

whore

[dykenettles]

my squirming is entirely pure

[areyoureallytheree]

Vivienne Westwood snail necklace 🐌

[depsidase]

[cosmicanger]

Candy cane snail, Liguus virgineus, Orthalicidae

This arboreal species is found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

[possible-390t]

DNI if you are any of the following: Allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters, Trash compactors, juice extractor, shower rods, and water meters, Walkie-talkies, copper wires, safety goggles, radial tires, BB pellets, rubber mallets, fans and dehumidifiers, Picture hangers, paper cutters, waffle irons, window shutters, Paint removers, window louvres, masking tape and plastic gutters, Kitchen faucets, folding tables, weather stripping, jumper cables, Hooks and tackle, grout and spackle, power foggers, spoons and ladles, Pesticides for fumigation, high-performance lubrication, Metal roofing, water proofing, multi-purpose insulation, Air compressors, brass connectors, wrecking chisels, smoke detectors, Tire guages, hamster cages, thermostats, and bug deflectors, Trailer hitch demagnetizers, automatic circumcisers, Tennis rackets, angle brackets, Duracells and Energizers, Soffit panels, circuit brakers, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, Calculators, generators, or matching salt and pepper shakers

[deadwooddross]

For some reason my original post of this never lets me enlarge the image. so I'm posting it AGAIN!!! Patreon commission of a Slime that I still like a lot

[psalidodont]

nanaimoteusthis and mosasaurus because of fun and idk whatever time to lock in commissions.

[enameledcoppergirl]

*Wriggling around on the lab floor* I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute. I’m so cute.

[krippe90]

[pnglove]

Mate, you’ve got a chubby lizard on your dashboard

[markscherz]

Graced by Geckolepis typica from Madagascar. I love that they’re quite round creatures and then they have these dainty little toes. Also, their scales are full bone and both scale and skin come off when they get grabbed, which is…unpleasant. Consequently, catching these geckos for research without damaging them requires special techniques. 19th century researchers used bundles of cotton wool, but I imagine this wasn’t very effective, because cotton still has a lot of friction and the friction would pull the skin and scales off. In my (quite extensive) experience, the best technique is to carefully and quickly flick the geckos from their tree trunk or branch into an open dry plastic bag using a finger or stick.

[intactics]

swearing eternal fealty to a bug I found

[theartistrans]

[m1sterryan]

a little guy on a snowy night

[m1sterryan]

a little guy sees the full winter moon

[m1sterryan]

a little guy follows the smoke to the edge of the woods

[m1sterryan]

a little guy enters the woods

[m1sterryan]

a little guy finds a clearing

[m1sterryan]

a little guy goes deeper into the woods

[m1sterryan]

a little guy realizes he's not alone in these woods

[m1sterryan]

a little guy finds the source of the smoke

[m1sterryan]

a little guy finds a bigger guy

[m1sterryan]

a little guy spends a moment alone

[m1sterryan]

a little guy gets back to his walk

[m1sterryan]

a little guy sees his goal

[m1sterryan]

a little guy walks through the thinning woods

[m1sterryan]

a little guy takes a break

[m1sterryan]

a little guy finds an almost frozen river

[m1sterryan]

a little guy nimbly jumps across the ice floes

[m1sterryan]

a little guy falls in the river nonetheless

[m1sterryan]

a little guy nears the base of the yawning mountain

[m1sterryan]

a little guy is dwarfed by the first few feet of the mountain

[m1sterryan]

a little guy begins his climb while the snow starts

[m1sterryan]

a little guy is now taller than the trees

[m1sterryan]

a little guy climbs higher and higher

[m1sterryan]

a little guy passes history by

[m1sterryan]

a little guy reaches the summit

[m1sterryan]

a little guy spends another moment alone

[m1sterryan]

a little guy pays his respects

[m1sterryan]

a little guy falls asleep

[m1sterryan]

a little guy wakes up untouched by the winter night's snow

[m1sterryan]

a big guy kept an eye on his little guy

[m1sterryan]

a little guy heads home once more

[m1sterryan]

the end

[greater-than-the-sword]

When you're a kid you just take trees for granted. Then when you get to be an adult you realize that a fully mature tree cannot be created in an amount of time that fits in a convenient landscaping timeframe for love nor money nor all the powers of science. Then you realize that people are very very very cavalier about chopping them down

[jackhawksmoor]

It's a bit of a mind fuck when a massive tree breaks during a storm and you look at it on the ground with green needles or leaves and realize it doesn't know it's dead yet. The branches could lie green on the ground for weeks. If you take a sprig off and put it in water it may grow roots, become another tree, and live a hundred years. You never really look at a fallen tree the same again.

The first time you root a cutting you feel a little bit like Dr. Frankenstein. The tree might outlive you by centuries but very briefly you were some form of Cthulhu-type elder god of that tree. You are an incomprehensible being that performed unnatural rituals to give that tree new life. Go forth, my pretty, I shall build you an army of fellows

[what-even-is-thiss]

It’s crazy that countries on the edge of the Sahara desert are reversing desertification by just digging half circles

[what-even-is-thiss]

The ground in these places is too compact for water to soak in during wet season which leads to flooding but digging these holes gives the water a place to stop and soak in. And they’re pushing back the desert with this. By just digging holes.

[what-even-is-thiss]

The new plants also help even more water soak into the ground which reduces flooding even more.

These places also give people places to grow food and graze animals like people are turning completely dry compact desert into a refuge for wildlife and plants and solving regional food insecurity just by digging holes.

[untitledgoosegay]

Yacouba Sawadogo - Wikipedia

The half-circles are called zaï! They're a traditional farming practice in the Sahel desert, and their introduction + reintroduction can be largely credited to Yacouba Sawadogo, the man linked above! He reintroduced and innovated on the zaï on his own farm in the 1980s, and did extensive outreach (along with scientist Mathieu Ouédraogo) to encourage other farmers to adopt them as well.

He also promoted the use of cordons pierreux, which are basically just lines of rocks to reduce erosion, preserve sediments, and increase water absorption.

Immensely cool dude. He's been a personal hero since I learned about him.

[she-is-amused]

Ooooh, Mr. Sawadoga innovated the traditional zai method by adding manure and other biological matter to the holes! This put nutrients in the soil as well as helping even more with water retention and attracted termites whose tunnels helped loosen the compacted earth, all of which supported plant-growth like no zai before! Which increased water-retention even further! Oh excellent, excellent work!

[shannoneichorn]

It is a crime that the link preview doesn't show Mr. Sawadoga's face, so here's his photo from Wikipedia.

This is the face of a man adding beauty to the world and making the future better.