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[mistakery]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE COMMON VAMPIRE BATS SCIENTIFIC NAME IS DESMODUS ROTUNDUS? WHO LOKED AT THIS CREATURE AND SAID “Yeah that’s Fat Desmond.”

[viralfrog]

[plasticfangtastic]

With the sudden virality of Jimothy the raccoon and now a sudden interest in ats and dogs with short spine syndrome... i pray to the gods and to all sensible members of humanity... that there is not gonna be a sudden demand for these animals... i know the pitbulls and pug breeders of the world are already masturbating at the thought of breeding an even more ill and fucked up version of an animal but as "cute" short spine syndrome is... there are limits to whats okay.

[rasmasandra]

Not So Itsy Bitsy Spiders

Biggest spiders in the world Many of these big spiders belong to the tarantula family. They can eat small birds, lizards, frogs, and fish. Even though giant spiders aren’t aggressive, they will bite to defend themselves or their egg sacs. There are some exceptions, but most of the large spiders are nonvenomous. Male spiders have specialized appendages known as setae they use to produce sounds…

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[artefarte]

A perfectly natural heterosexual black swan couple raising their cute fluffy babies together as God intended <3

SIKE

THEY'RE GAY

And they're not some rare exception to the rule, either!!!

About 25% of black swan couples consist of two swans of the same sex (typically, two males).

These couples will court each other, build a nest, and raise their young together in a more-or-less committed monogamous relationship.

In fact, these same-sex couples have a high success rate of 80% when raising their young to adulthood, as opposed to the 30% of their heterosexual counterparts! Two big buff papa swans are better than one when it comes to stomping on invaders of nesting territory.

"But," I hear you say, "where do their baby floofballs come from? Does mpreg exist among black swans?"

Alas, no, but there is a very elegant solution to this. The swan couple may simply temporarily associate themselves with a female swan.

Afterwards, the female swan deposits their eggs and swims off free to live her single girlie life if she wishes (or, find a boyfriend. Preferably one who isn't already committed to another boyfriend.)

So whenever someone commits the naturalistic fallacy "homosexuality bad because unnatural >:(" I like to point out not only their glaring illogicality, but also, respectfully, there is homosexuality happening in the local lake right now.

This concludes my Ted Talk on gay swans.

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[pandanorama]

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[aphydex]

Günaydın, mutlulukla.

[highlandcattleofsaarela]

[jardindereve]

Sue Cro

[aphydex]

Günaydın, mutlulukla.

[jemsjumpers]

One tiny spider. One tiny step 🥹

If you watched until the end, you've already challenged your fear a little, and that's something to be proud of. Maybe spiders don't have to be scary all at once. Maybe they just need a chance to surprise you.

Thanks for giving this little eight-legged friend a few seconds of your time. Who knows... you might just leave with a soft spot for them.

[herpsandbirds]

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), chick (fledgling), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Arizona, USA

photograph by Mark Koster

[partialscarab]

If you need another reason why tardigrades are epic, thier resilient nature has been studied to make vaccines better.

tardigrades are so good at keeping their biomaterials together under whatever circumstances befall them that scientists are trying to steal their strategy to make dry vaccines that don’t need to be refrigerated.

this is particularly helpful for places that don’t have consistent access to electric cooling. everyone say thank you tardigrades

source:https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2023-05-05/research-on-microscopic-animals-could-lead-to-more-stable-vaccines

image from live science