[furbyowo]

I wanna study marine biology but I have no money and a ged. Boy help I need advice

[oh-look-car-horns]

IM NOT READYYYYYY

[snowylynxx]

already got a blazed marvel post. the adpocalypse is closer than we think so heres your daily PSA

don't interact with corporate tumblr accounts

yes even to dunk on them. i don't care if you have the sickest burn of the century lined up, don't even give them the time of day

the eventual and inevitable fall of twitter marks a change in the advertising industry, and tumblr is unclaimed territory. if we want tumblr to remain the social media bastion it has become, it needs to remain as unappealing to corporations as possible. do not engage. in a marketing strategist's eyes, any kind of attention is good attention. don't "silence, brand" them. don't kungpowpenis them. don't send them hate anons. don't hate-follow them. corporate tumblrs are not a single entity and they will not be harassed off this site. we only have a shot at repelling them because of tumblr's lack of an algorithm. so turn off recommended posts on your dashboard, put it chronological order, and install an adblocker. if you don't seek out these blazed posts and actively ignore them when they happen upon you, the corporations will starve. in this case, the best kind of protest is a silent one

[furbyowo]

creature

[ampervadasz]

Unmute !

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

I watched this without sound and it was just so happy and joyful I knew it could only get better with the music

And I was right

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

(source: Jisoo Yu & David Hart from UNC Moonlight Dance Crew)

[ampervadasz]

[tell-the-stars-hello]

this was cute until i realized the fish is probably trying to not get eaten

[killhitleragain]

A fish trying not to get eaten wouldn’t slow down when the “predator” slows down. It also wouldn’t constantly swim in a circle near the edge of the tank; It’d try hiding. Also a fish in a tank in a a public place that is constantly filled with people is not likely to see people as predators.

[darkwingsnark]

Animals, I think people tend to forget, also enjoy playing.

[bunjywunjy]

yeah that fish is absolutely playing with that kid, if it really wanted to escape it would just dive into the reef in the center of the tank!

(Moorish Idols are reef fish and naturally will seek shelter in the nearest nook or cranny if they get scared.)

many people don’t realize this, but fish aren’t stupid animals! most of them are on par with mammals like mice and squirrels in terms of intelligence, and they absolutely do play.

[i-need-glitter]

I was at an aquarium a few years ago and decided to sketch a fish. It came up to me.

I decided to flip the book around and pressed it against the glass. Fish lost it

Swam away then came back with MORE FISH

to this day I love those little sketches and I really love how I got the fish to bring me it’s friends

[mysticdoodles]

Hi! Professional marine biologist and aquarist here- fish absolutely play, and not only that, can be trained.

I accidentally trained a fish once through playing.

Let me explain.

The small-time aquarium I worked at about 4 years ago had a decent sized female Sheephead. Sheephead are bright red with the males sporting a black head, and get big. I’m talking almost 1m long at full maturity (and may or may not transition from female to male depending on the number of males present). Point is, even though not fully matured, this Sheephead was a bit of a heavyweight in her kelp forest tank with a length of about 1ft making her the resident Biggest Dog In The Yard. And she absolutely knew it. She would bully her tankmates if she wanted to steal their food.

The thing about this Sheephead- let’s call her Red- is that she had one heck of a ‘tude. Red was known to splash aquarists whenever they fed the tank, and at almost a foot long with a wide tail, her splashes had quite a bit of heft and would soak you from the torso down. We were advised to bring a towel or two to protect ourselves from most of the drenching. When it was my go-around to feed Red’s tank, I was fairly new to the little facility, but I had been warned in advance of Red’s penchant for food thievery. I noticed she would follow my hand movements, so I slowly moved to drop her food in a far corner, and fed her tankmates directly from my hands or by tong if they were too deep. I always made sure Red had plenty to eat, but I didn’t want her to associate the food with bad behavior, so I treated her to a bit extra food whenever she didn’t steal food. One day, she made a beeline to the surface so fast that she did a small jump, her entire head breaching the water. She wasn’t bothering her tankmates or doing anything remotely dangerous- and full disclosure, it was cute seeing a fish jump for joy- so I laughed and gave her another piece of food.

Naturally, positive reinforcement led to her connecting the dots that jumping at the surface, even the tiny jumps she was doing, meant she got more food.

This started to become an everyday occurrence, whenever I was assigned to feed Red’s tank. She would jump, just enough for her head to pop out, then she’d wait patiently for me to give her the treat she CLEARLY earned. It even got to the point that she’d open her mouth and I’d drop the food right into those massive jaws- this was preferable to her Kenghis Khan-ing her way through a shower of chopped squid like the Tasmanian Devil, as there was less risk of her accidentally (or purposefully) biting a tankmate that got too close. Red became a polite eater for the first time.

It wasn’t until I noticed she followed me around outside of feeding time that I realized Red was playing with me.

I never got splashed by Red even once. My coworkers, however, received quite the dunking whenever it was their turn to feed the kelp tank.

[sleepyowlsleeps]

There are many benefits to being a marine biologist

[furbyowo]

Smushing my 2 hyperfixations into once. Ft my bby FootLettuce (the green one)

[tikkety-tok]

meme dress up party 🎉

[todaysbird]

[little-korora]

God I feel so strongly about this.

I don't know if I've ever shared Obi's story here on my blog but he is the biggest reason why I will never ever support the clipping of birds wings (this does not include poultry and fowl which need their wings clipped to stop them from flying over fences as I saw some people talking about in the notes).

(Obi is what happens if clipping goes wrong - even if done 'correctly' clipping a birds wings is inhumane and should never be done)

When I adopted Obi he was about one year old and I was at least his third home. The first people who had Obi clipped his wings while he was still a fledgling, without knowing what they were doing, and they clipped too short.

When Obi moulted and his flight feathers began to grow back, the surrounding feathers were too short to protect the blood feathers which then broke when he flapped his wings. It was around this time that Obi was living with his second owner, who - trying to stop the bleeding - would pull out the bleeding feathers. (I'm not sure how many people are aware, but a birds flight feathers are anchored in bone. This would have been excruciatingly painful).

Of course, when a new feather would begin to grow in to replace the pulled feathers, there would again be no protection for the blood feathers and they would break, then be pulled by his owner.

Obi is now six years old. Because of the repeated trauma, he no longer grows flight feathers on his left wing, and the flight feathers on his right will sometimes grow in wrong.

Obi never got the chance to learn how to fly before his wings are clipped and because they were clipped incorrectly the first time, he never will. His cage has to be very carefully set up because Obi still instinctively tries to fly if he gets a fright or if he gets very excited and he could be badly injured if he falls.

Now, Obi may be an extreme case, but the vast majority of people who are going to try clipping their birds wings will not know what they are doing and most will not bother to look it up - how hard could it be to cut a few feathers off, right? But all it takes is a small mistake, cutting slightly too short, and birds like Obi will suffer for it.

[oarfjsh]

please reblog the edited version for the source!

flashlight fish gifs! if anyone has the original video sources please let me know so i can add links :v

edit: Attenborough's Life That Glows (2016) from around 13:00 has the original footage, gifs not by me but i cant trace them back further than imgur, giphy, etc. reposts.

[memesandlaughs]

[the-silent-screamer]

All I’m seeing is a well paying job with good customers

[prismatic-bell]

Also?

MANY religions worldwide would consider this a solemn and respected post of work. Every form of paganism I have personally run across would say you’re doing an important duty. In Judaism, we’d say you’re fulfilling a Mitzvah by respecting the dead and honoring their memories.

If you go in with good intentions, any spirits still hanging around WILL NOT HURT YOU. Just show them respect.

[ruffboi-mags]

Also seriously that’s nearly $17k a MONTH. I’ve had jobs where I didn’t earn that in a YEAR.

Even if those ghosts ain’t friendly, I am full-on taking that job. $200k a year. $200k a fuckin year. No retail, no food service, no manager hovering and riding my ass, no annoying coworkers? I’ll deal with the ghosts.

[queer-lemons]

i’d take ghosts over people any day <3

[lady-byleth]

Fresh air, no sitting in an office, no customer service, just me and a bunch of gravestones and maybe Maria from three graves down having a hissy? For that money, what’s not to like?

[sindri42]

Plus like, what ghost is gonna decide ‘yes today I will take horrible vengeance on the person who quietly and respectfully keeps the plants tended and the headstones clean’. Whoever they’re gonna fuck with, it’s not gonna be me.

[basedyatsuhashi]

Fr tho, since when have you ever heard of the graveyard keeper being the one haunted? It’s always the dumbass who doesn’t listen to their advice that gets got.

[wakandama2]

Me and Miss. Johnson sharing some gossip while I tend to the rose bush her lover planted next to stone last year.

[777hm]

[good--bye--binary]

[luulapants]

stop feeling hopeless, start getting ready

If you are in a red state, your state either has an abortion ban in place or is rated by the Guttmacher Institute as likely to enact a ban. Your focus should be on protecting yourself and others who need abortions.

stop using electronic period tracking apps or software

educate yourself and others about pregnancy prevention and join groups that are making preventative birth control more accessible

learn the nearest and most accessible routes to states where you and your loved ones can access abortion

contribute to mutual aid funds to help transport people over state lines if they are in need of abortion

consider joining The Satanic Temple so you can claim protections under the Religious Abortion Ritual if you are prosecuted for obtaining an abortion

keep a stock of by-mail abortion pills for yourself and/or others who may need them (you may need to travel out of state to obtain them)

form community provider networks and see if you or someone you know can be trained to use manual vacuum aspiration kits or a Del-Em

all of the above should be done in complete secrecy using verbal communication, end-to-end encrypted apps such as Signal, or a VPN

If you are in a yellow state, you currently have constitutional abortion protections but they are in jeopardy. Get active in local political groups NOW to fight back against constitutional amendments to ban abortion. Your focus should be purely on political action.

If you are in Michigan, you currently have a ban in place which is being challenged, and your governor is working to add abortion protections into the Michigan state constitution. Your focus should be on supporting the work that is currently under way.

If you are in a green state, your state has constitutional protections for abortion that are unlikely to be challenged. Your focus should be on helping others to enter your state for abortion care.

connect with abortion access groups such as Aid Access, Abortion on Demand, the National Network of Abortion Funds, or Just The Pill

volunteer to help people enter your state for abortion care, either with transportation help or letting someone crash on your couch

if you live in a green state with no current or predicted primary routes from other states for abortion access, you can focus your efforts on supporting political action in other areas

If you are in a purple state, your state currently has no constitutional protections for abortion but is unlikely to implement a ban. You have two focuses: pushing for constitutional protections AND helping others to enter your state for abortion care (see green state list).

[sullxo]

A state to state guide to abortion support resources.

The national abortion helpline: 1-800-772-9100

A master document with abortion funds to every state.

Missouri already has signed to end abortion, help here.

Abortion resource for minors.

A help service for privacy abortions.

[ankle-beez]

Welcome to the United States of America where if you want to be safe from guns you die if you want to get a safe abortion you die if you're gay you die if you're black you die if you're a woman you die if you're a POC you die and no one will do anything about it because some stupid cuntrags that are two steps away from tripping on a staircase and dying cling to some dipshit beliefs from over 6 decades ago and decide to make it everyone's problem

[nicostiel]