Ginger Bee

A guy that is interested in the bizarre animals of the world. Also, I love bees! - early 30's

[expressions-of-nature]

by Bernhard

[todaysbird]

today's bird is this Common Swift! this CRAZY photo was taken by Eden Davies from the uk. (image was pulled from reddit in r/Birdsfacingforward)

[avxx]

Me: oh if only I had a way to plot points in two dimensions

The ever reliable cartesian coordinate plane:

[crowboy-bebop]

unauthorized fucking thing!!!!!!

(warning: loud chirping throughout)

source: hellgate osprey cam

[curlicuecal]

[escuerzoresucitado]

[distantwave]

[royalhandmaidens]

sometimes i think about the history of coffee culture in islam and how it spread like it’s so funny

discovered by sufis who decided it was a miracle from Allah since it allowed them to stay up late into the night for night worship

miracle beans = UNLIMITED DHIKR

cue scholars debating for years about whether it’s haram or halal and if it should be classified as an ‘intoxicant’ or not

fast forward to 16th century ottoman empire, where a woman had the legal right to divorce her husband if he failed to provide her with enough coffee

europeans called it the “mohammaden gruel” or “devil’s drink” bc they believed it to be a “bitter invention of satan and his followers”

fast forward to pope clement viii finally giving in and tasting it to see what the hype is about and then stating: “This Satan’s drink is so delicious that it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it.”

pope clement viii then proceeds to BAPTIZE THE COFFEE BEANS

[royalhandmaidens]

the tags on this post are some of the funniest i’ve ever seen in my notifications but this one made me choke on my Mohammedan Gruel

[royalhandmaidens]

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

[amuseoffyre]

One of my favourite photos from my trip to Warsaw in 2006

[smsomah]

Cormorant fishing in Yangshuo near Guilin, Guangxi, China. Christian Vaisse

Cormorant fishing is an old tradition in which fishermen use trained cormorants to catch fish.

[thetursithan]

Even anteaters have fun...

[catchymemes]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This mixed-media artwork, titled "Victorian Velociraptor with Violets," was created by artist Adam Mazur using acrylic paint and liquid gold leaf.

I like this.

[expressions-of-nature]

by Zhou Hong

[valtsv]

blood being frequently described as having a "coppery smell" in fiction is kind of funny considering that there is a metallic component to blood and it's not copper

[valtsv]

in fact if your blood smells or tastes like copper you probably have more urgent things to worry about than it being outside your body. it's probably better that it's not inside you anymore actually.

[valtsv]

story where blood is described as smelling or tasting "coppery" and it's actually early foreshadowing that all the characters are suffering from heavy metal poisoning

[valtsv]

[melancholic-whimsy]

CHOOSE YOUR WARRIOR

ed (eating disorder)

ed (erectile dysfunction)

ed (executive dysfunction)

ed (encephalomyelitis disseminata)

ed (sheeran)

[dreamycastaway]

The original pride flag and the sewing machine it was sewn on

[iwriterobots]

[kristina100000]

she is so cutie vibes. she is so sweetheart vibes

[my-dailydreams]

[theinturnetexplorer]

Being a nature photographer seems great, maybe I should try…

[hareofhrair-in-a-funny-hat]