hugo grayling

unpublic songwriter/mobile hermit

[hugograyling]

The allegations are true

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[itscolossal]

A peek at our recent trip to the Bosch Parade in the Netherlands!

[mousegirlheart]

release me you bastard i am not a yummy gyoza dumpling

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

hehehe

[olorotitghten-up]

understanding taxonomy is so funny to me, cause now i see this and go

ah yes, two reptiles

[potchatok]

They are literally representing the clade on wikipedia

[todaysbird]

If you watch a bird’s body language along with the body language of a reptile, their closeness really comes through. There is really just Scaly Dinos and Feathered Dinos.

[hugograyling]

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[onenicebugperday]

Vivid dancer, Argia vivida, Coenagrionidae, Zygoptera

Found in western North America

Photos 1-2 by Thomas Shahan, 3 by leslie_s, and 4 by camerondeckert

[crabussy]

hi gang. reminder that we are some of the best sweaters in the animal kingdom (second only to equines) allowing us to stay cool and keep moving in hot weather. we have 10 times the density of sweat glands compared to other great apes.

we are ALSO insanely good at smelling rain (specifically geosmin, found in the soil and activated by rain) with the ability to smell 10 parts per trillion. this is speculated to have helped our ancestors survive!

we ALSO have absolutely batshit diets compared to most other animals. caffeine and chocolate are completely toxic to most animals but we can eat it without even feeling sick. even avocados are severely toxic to many animals to the point where it can be fatal to eat, but humans love it!!!

we are ALSO the best endurance runners ON EARTH out of ANY other species. we beat horses in endurance running. you know, the animals that gradually evolved away most of their toes in order to be the best runners?? yeahhh.

and to top it all off. our lifespan is unusually long for our species' weight/mass. typically, the bigger a species is, the longer its average lifespan (e.g. domestic mice live for 1-3 years, whales can live over 200) but we're very small for how long our average lifespan is. big cats like tigers live around 14-15 years, brown bears 25 years, yet here we are expected to live around 75-85 years. that is NUTS.

humans as a species are so extremely cool. it's not just our intellect that makes us amazing. we may not be the fastest or the strongest in the animal kingdom but we're super cool in many other ways. next time you sweat you can go wow!!! humans are so cool I'm able to keep moving because of my absolutely insane number of sweat glands! thank you evolution!

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[sleepy-bebby]

If anyone wants to know what a leopard seal sounds like 🦷🩸

[bandydear]

Leopard Seals are what happens when god needs a lizard and all he has is a mammal

[gallusrostromegalus]

I'd recommend turning the sound on. The seal is not screaming. It's not very loud at all, actually, but the noise it's making is Much Worse.

[superiorsturgeon]

Guess whose job just started raising Lake Sturgeon (Huso fulvescens)! These little dudes were spawned from one of the first natural spawning runs detected in Missouri for years, and are just starting to transition to a diet of bloodworms! (They scarfed down everything we gave them in no time flat, less than 30 minutes after a 400-mile drive)

That’s right! The Superior Sturgeon is BACK, BABY!!!

PS: @sturgeonposting , these things and shortnose sturgeon were added to the Huso genus along with Beluga! 🤯

[sturgeonposting]

ITS BABY SEASON