[melonmemes]

[queenwhiskey]

What food group is honey what the fuck is this stuff

[violetvappy-deactivated20220306]

Apparently its categorized as raw meat by the FDA, which is cursed information if I’ve ever seen it.

[queenwhiskey]

WHAT

[veganmemesyearly]

Y’all: Honey isn’t vegan because it comes from bees.

Me an intellectual: Honey isn’t vegan because it’s a raw meat.

[subtilitas]

Barozzi Veiga - Museum of Fine Arts, Lausanne 2019. Photos © Simon Menges.

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[animalcrossingmemes]

[brucebocchi]

[empiria-caterima-deactivated202]

i am mad that this is actually how it worjs

[zvaigzdelasas]

[tastefullyoffensive]

Don't mind me, I'll just be over here not dying.

[flowerinaflame]

[beedablogs]

naughty goats get the noodle horns

[dreamsensitive]

[yg-ou-deactivated20180202]

this is the exact atmosphere emitted by every dollar tree store in every location across the country

[bunjywunjy]

What is island dwarfism and what are your favorite examples?

island dwarfism is actually just one half of a whole phenomenon, the flip side of this coin is called island gigantism and this story really can’t be told without it! 

basically, island dwarfism/gigantism is a descriptor of the effect on animal populations when they get stranded on an island for a few million years and evolve to fit their new limited biome! when this happens, large animals tend to become smaller (due to the limited resources on an island) and small animals tend to become larger (due to the lack of natural predators). 

island gigantism and island dwarfism sort of work together in this way to force animals into an equilibrium state. this effect has given some truly bonkers results over the eons, including pygmy mammoths on the channel islands off california:

and giant rabbits on an island in the mediterranean:

my favorite example of island dwarfism in particular though is the dwarf elephants of cyprus, believed to be the source of the legend of the cyclops.

[thecraftybear]

How do dwarf elephants relate to cyclops legends, exactly? I just… can’t see the connection here.

[bunjywunjy]

dwarf elephants went extinct in a volcanic eruption about 12,000 years ago, but they left plenty of bones kicking around for humans to find! and if you were an early human sailor just wandering around an island beach stuffing clams into your pants and you happened to stumble across THIS:

…you could very easily believe that you were looking at the skull of an extremely large dude who had exactly one giant eyeball and also some pretty scary teeth.

[bunjywunjy]

and, as several people in the note have pointed out, island dwarfism has actually even produced a single human species: homo floresiensis!

these 3-foot-tall humans were descended from a population of homo eructus that went and got themselves island-locked on the indonesian island Flores for 100,000 years or so, and reduced in size in order to compensate for the limited resources.

they were indeed true humans, being in the same genus as modern humans, homo! aside from the size difference, they probably weren’t all that different from you, except that social media hadn’t been invented yet. like you, they understood abstract concepts and had hopes, fears, and dreams for the future.

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unfortunately though homo floresiensis was ultimately also a casualty of a volcanic eruption, disappearing from the fossil record some 50,000 years ago during an island-leveling event and leaving only bones and tools behind.

[animalcrossingmemes]

[animalcrossingmemes]

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[renthony]

this post made by aquarium gang

[a-mini-a-day]

300-year-old Chinese abacus ring was used during the Qing Dynasty to help traders. Source.

[exeunt-pursued-by-a-bear]

[18th century Chinese teenager voice] Haha and teachers said we wouldn’t have a calculator with us everywhere we go

[love2bfit]

I love this.

[babyanimalgifs]

I don’t understand but I agree.

[j-liz]

[pancakeke]

I just found an etsy shop that sells parts for escape rooms and it feels like looking through a store for decorating your animal crossing house 

[pancakeke]

I want this in my real life house

[raidell]

im going to throw a party and stay in the attic and only talk to guests through this

[iamanemotionaltimebomb]

Now see, this is the kind of millionaire we need in real life.