What Tickles My Fancy

Caitlin. Hope to continue to see the beauty in everything I come accross.

[itchycoil]

No offense but your friends are your soulmates too and not just people to complain about your romantic relationship to

[cineraria]

[shortvideosandstuff]

Octopus changes colour outside the water

[cherryslurpeee]

It looks like it’s dying

[mrslovett93-blog-blog]

OH GOD. THAT’S SO FUCKING SCARY.

[badgerofshambles]

Waaaaait whoa. Guys. He’s also changing the texture of his skin, along with attempting to match the tone of the ship’s(?) floor.

HE’S TRYING TO BLEND IN.

HE KNOWS HE’S IN DANGER AND HE’S SCARED AND DOESN’T WANT TO BE SEEN.

SHHHHH NO BABY OCTOPUS COME HERE IT’S OKAY <3

[venomousqueer-deactivated201906]

We literally have a shape shifting animal with the best camouflage mechanism in nature and nobody thinks that’s the coolest shit like what the fuck we could learn so much from it’s biology everyone needs to get outta my face cause this creature is metal as fuck

[poisonxxkiss-deactivated2015070]

There’s one better than this. It’s the cuttlefish. (I watch a lot of animal documentaries, okay?)

[geekishchic]

No but you have to post a gif of the cuttlefish now. Animal shows are the best shows because nature

[child-of-flame-and-sky]

[deactivatededed]

the ninjas of the sea

[vandaystrick]

y’all see this motherfucker right here?

this is the Indonesian Mimic Octopus.

This cool little guy can mimic a crab, lionfish, sea snake, flatfish, and jellyfish. He uses these amazing disguise techniques to avoid and deter predators, and also to attract possible meals.

he is the sneakiest ninja of the sea

[iridessence]

what the fuck is happening underwater to create these fucking things

[charlesoberonn]

Time and space is happening.

Animals lived on ground for only 550,000,000 years, while underwater life existed for billions of years. Also the ground is only 30% of the Earth and height wise it’s only as tall as some tall trees unless you’re flying. Also many places on the ground are deserts and thus don’t have water to support much life.

The ocean on the other hand is 70% of the Earth’s surface, has depths of down to 10+ kms, and most of those depths can support life, so there’s a lot more variety in the types of animals you can see while on the ground most animals stick to 20-30 different basic survival strategies.

[gallifrey63]

Octopuses are the shit

[skarrin-deactivated20160415]

Years ago I made the personal decision to stop eating octopus and squid at sushi restaurants. I honestly and truthfully believe them to be as intelligent as we are, just in different *directions*. 

My mom and her wife volunteer as docents at the Hatfield Marine Center in Newport, OR. The Center catches, studies, and releases great Pacific octopuses every 6-8 weeks. Longer than that is considered cruel. Male octopuses don’t live very long - females live longer, but only until they lay a clutch of eggs. Then they starve to death protecting their hatchlings.

Depriving them of too much time is like solitary for DECADES for a human.

And the Hatfield treats them as close to people-in-different-shapes as possible. Octopuses learn individuals. Docents they like, they hug (since they taste through the sensors in their suction pads). Docents they don’t like they squirt with jets of water - and everyone knows that’s valid, and that docent is reassigned.

When the time period is up, the Hatfield takes the octopus in question out to the bay and releases him/her back to the sea. It’s a testament to their treatment that the animals tend to hug everyone goodbye, then swim away slowly. They form attachments. 

I think they’re smart. I think their smarts involve their lives underwater, and not our technological world in the air - so they don’t LOOK smart to US.

I want to be kind and gentle with them. I wish I could talk to them and hear what they say to each other. I wish I could understand how they perceive and conceptualize the world - because it has to be SOMEWHAT similar to the way we do - look how their camouflage looks like how WE perceive the animals they’re pretending to be.

[imperfectkreis]

@fun-lovin-sea-monster

[nyokoko]

I love the ocean.

[hallistarling]

Cuttlefish and octopuses are badass.  They’re incredibly intelligent and emotional creatures. I highly, HIGHLY recommend reading Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus (a National Book Award Finalist BTW).  It is an astounding read, a look into the people who work with and study octopuses along with the emotional behavior of these amazing animals.

[0ldmancopper]

#knowledge

[fourlinks]

[taraljc]

@lemonsharks !!!!!

HE IS THE SNEAKIEST NINJA OF THE SEA

[kyraneko]

OK but imagine someday when humans develop a way to implant artificial chromatophores in human skin like tattoos, so we essentially have moving tattoos created by the same process that octopodes and cuttlefish change colors with, what if some of the docents at the aquarium get tattoos like that, and then they can change colors and patterns just like their cuttlefish friends?

[ironbite4]

Gonna be a war between them and crows to see who becomes dominate life form after we nuke ourselves into oblivion.

[catchymemes]

[wiselwisel]

[cydonianmystery-deactivated-dea]

N U N   R A V E

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

BLESS THIS MOSH PIT

[debonairbexar-deactivated202108]

“Drop the blessed bass sister Mary Bethel!”

[weallneedsomethingtobelievein]

I’m not gonna lie, this made my night.

[xoxo-gossip-gay]

I thought this gonna be young ravers dressed as nuns but nope. they nuns.

[peppapigvevo]

I’m the nuns doing the macarena

[h0n3y0il-deactivated20240510]

Here’s the original.

[pr1nceshawn]

[cutekittengif]

[ditzyalpaca]

fish are friends. not food.

[jennytrout]

I love how outraged the gray cat is.

[azaraspirit]

that double take though LMAO

[anarchetypalarchive]

i saw this post earlier about therapists and it reminded me of my old therapist paul, who in my opinion is one of the greatest men alive and who did not put up with my bullshit for even one second

anyway i go in to see paul one week in the summer of 2016, and i’m doing my usual bullshit which consists of me talking shit about myself, and paul is staring at me, and then he cuts me off and says that he’s got a new tool for helping people recognize when they’re using negative language, and gets up and goes over to his desk

and i’m like alright hit me with that sweet sweet self-help article my man, because i’m a linguistic learner and whenever paul’s like here i have a tool for you to use it’s pretty much always an article or a book or something

paul opens a drawer, takes something out, and turns back around. i stare.

i say, paul.

is that a nerf gun.

yeah, says paul.

i say, are you gonna shoot me with a nerf gun in this professional setting.

he happily informs me that that’s really up to me, isn’t it. and sits back down. and gestures, like, go ahead, what were you saying?

and i squint suspiciously and start back up about how i’m having too much anxiety to leave the house to run errands, like it was a miracle to even get here, like i’ve forgone getting groceries for the past week and that’s so stupid, what a stupid issue, i’m an idiot, how could i–

a foam dart hits me in the leg.

i go, hey! because my therapist just shot me in the leg. paul blinks at me placidly and raises an eyebrow. i squint again.

i say, slowly, it’s– not a stupid issue, i’m not stupid, but it’s frustrating me and i don’t want it to be a problem i’m having.

no dart this time. okay. sweet.

so the rest of the hour passes with me intermittently getting nailed with tiny foam darts and then swearing and then fixing my language and, wouldn’t you know it, i start liking myself a little more by the end of the session, which is mildly infuriating because paul can tell and he’s very smug about it 

anyway i leave his office and the lady having the next appointment walks in and i hear what’s all over the floor? and paul very seriously says cognitive behavioral therapy tools.

[satan-graffitied-my-soul]

The “I won’t hesitate, bitch” vine but @ friends who don’t love themselves

[trasemc]

The most iconic cats snaps of 2018

[aww-so-pretty]

I love this.

[ripndipcl]

[powerburial]

[chubbinafatzarelli]

this is the single saddest thing I’ve ever seen on cutthroat kitchen

[serinos-kitt]

The contestant didn’t speak English as a first language Due to this the judge didn’t judge his dish as biscuits and gravy but as brisket and gravy and the contestant moved onto the next round After this Alton started explaining the dish he was asking them to make more in detail to make sure it didn’t happen again.

[artemistheartist]

THE CORRECT WAY TO REACT TO LANGUAGE MISCOMMUNICATION

[michellepsychologist]

😻amazing, pt.1

[winterstar95-deactivated2023110]

Always need good news stories

[growing-up-gay]

Just some positivity, because we could all use some more of this in our lives.

[catsbeaversandducks]

“Bran our Ravens idea of having fun this morning, he holds on just enough to keep hold without hurting me.”

Video/caption by Lloyd & Rose Buck Bird Specialists & Handlers

[maramahan]

Please turn on audio it’s adorable

[wethekeegsta]

My dog and my bunny were playing in the back yard and I thought other people might enjoy watching as much as me

[vote-for-eggman]

Please watch this video

[blue-pixiedust]

This is one of the most magical things I have ever seen

[necron-9-9]

That bun thinks it’s a doggo

[atomictourists]

My favorite thing about bunz is that they express joy by leaping around. That’s a happy bun.

[yourdreamscantlast]

@whateverthepoodle

[thebestoftumbling]

HELLO SMALL COW

[orangevegan]

*SNIFF SNIFF*

[transmasculine-spock]

What gets me is that after the dog realized they were kinda scared, he/she lied down so the cows could be in control and feel safer. Such love. Animals are amazing.

[minato2525]

[standpoor]

this literally changed my mood 180°

[lunamoonlc123-deactivated201910]

IT’S FACE WHEN IT POPS

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

<3_<3

LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES

[wan-shailu]

every time I reblog this my sister sends me a message to the effect of “thank u for reposting that cat video on your tumblr i have seen it so many times but it delights me every time because their paws are so gentle and graceful”

[talesfromtreatment]

Foiled!

Today I got to go on one of our runs to more rural shelters to help relieve overcrowding there. We ended up bringing back 21 kittens and 10 dogs. So fun day. But this morning, while I was getting stuff together in preparation for the 90 minute drive…. This happened.

Excuse you Tiniest Opossum, but you are NOT allowed to escape through the front bars of the cat carrier we were housing you in. I’m going to put you back.

“NO!”

I am going to catch you and put you back and you have no say in this matter.

“NO!”

Catching you and putting you back now.

“NOOOOOO!”

Aaaand back you go. Let go of the purple towel and go in the cardboard box.

“Noooooooooooo!”

[friendlyfrankenstein]

very tiny quiet ‘born to be wild’ plays

[my-middle-name-is-awkward]

[paininthejas]

THAT is big dick energy