my Margie

[the-awkward-turt]

Guys, insects are animals

I don’t know how or why so many people think that insects aren’t animals. It’s not debated or controversial; there is not a scientist in the whole world that thinks insects shouldn’t be classified as animals. The only other options are plants or fungi and they definitely aren’t either of those.

Please stop saying insects aren’t animals because it hurts my insect-loving biologist heart.

[cyan-biologist]

Do people actually think insects are not animals?! 

[tylerthrasherart]

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A nautilus shell I spent way too long crystallizing for an awesome client! #tylerthrasher #nautilus #crystallized #alchemy #chemistry #tulsa

[taylorrosemakesart]

Teaching myself some tiny steps in animation with these little rain buddies-

[my-illogical]

Cult Leader Unleashes Giant Snail Plague

Giant African Land Snails have been rampaging Florida for the past four years, though it seems their reign has finally come to an end.

It’s theorized the infestation traces back to a Miami-based religious leader named Charles L. Stewart, described by court documents as “El Africano” or “Oloye Ifatoku,” practicing the traditional African religion of Ifa Orisha (which is often confused with the Cuban Santería). According to an interview conducted by the Miami Herald back in 2010, a witness described the ritual thusly: He would “hold [the snail] over the devotee, then cut the [snail] and pour the raw fluid directly from the still live [snail] into the mouth of the devotee.”

The snail ritual was supposed to cure worshipers with medical problems, but instead they went to the authorities complaining it was making them violently ill. On grounds of illegally smuggling Giant African Land Snails into the U.S., state and federal authorities raided Stewart’s house in January 2010, finding at least 20 of the giant snails in a wooden box kept in his backyard. At the time there was no sign that the snails had gotten loose.

This all changed a year later when a family eight miles from Stewart’s home reported that their backyard had become infested.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/14/cult-leader-unleashes-giant-snail-plague.html

[cybergata]

[snailsslugsndrugs]

Bff!

[nightskywires]

The Mysterious Snail Lady

I walked for about two hours before I got to the closest train station. I wanted to be out longer, maybe just walk the same way back, but I have 30 pages to read for tomorrow. I took a longer train-ride than I had to, so I didn’t have to go through the central station. It’s a bit depressing to me for some reason. Not even sure why. 

So I am waiting at the station where I will take the final train, and I am sitting on one of the benches, sipping coffee, with my headphones blasting loud music, so I can’t hear the people around me. A woman is standing about 10 feet away from me, and touching something on the low brickwall in front of her. She is smiling happily, and with a few discreet looks, I realize she is looking at a snail. She is touching it’s long eyes, and what seems like petting it as well, while she has this big smile on her face. It almost looks like she is laughing.

At the beginning I thought she turned her head and said something to the woman behind her, but she didn’t. She was alone on the train station, she didn’t know anyone, and she was at least 30 years old. Just standing there, continuing to smile at a snail. Her clothes where quite normal, she was dressed for the weather and nothing about her, made her seem either drunk or under any kind of influence of drugs.

It’s not that I thought she was weird for smiling and petting a snail. I thought she was interesting, because she seemed so careless. She just did it in front of strangers, like no-one was watching. I wasn’t really judging her, I don’t think her behavior was much stranger than removing live frogs from bikepaths because you are afraid they might get run over, or removing dead hedgehogs from the road, because you want their last resting place to be in the dirt. I guess in that moment, I just figured she was kind of a wild child. But a rather fearless one I guessed.

then I noticed her eyes. The bags under them were very “deep” and clearly outlined, with a very intense dark blue tone. She looked like she hadn’t slept for years. Maybe she actually was out of touch with reality. But her clothes and everything about her seemed so clean and well-groomed. And after all, they actually did not look like the typical “junkie-eyes”. I was confused.

I got into the train, and stared at her from the window. She turned around, and I caught one last glimpse of her, with a very serious look on her face. Then she starting walking, as if she was determined to get away fast. She didn’t look embarrased. Just pissed off.

That’s the tale of the mysterious Snail-Lady from the train station. Don’t know what you can learn from it, other than it can be difficult to determine if other people are crazy or not, when you yourself, let’s fear of judgement hold you back. Or maybe it is that I am so weird that I don’t consider snail-petting that crazy… That’s up to you.

[worldofwils]

One of many beautifully intriguing animations by Rene Laloux. 

[nightfly19]

[my-illogical]

snailsploitation

[affirmsglintng]

ADIDAS

All Day I Dream About Snails

[my-illogical]

Hey! Whoís there?

[peachfairyy]

Snailssss

[my-illogical]

Два моих экспериментальных парня. С рождения оба живут в гидрогелевых шариках с дубовым опадом. Правый почти всегда прячется в укрытии, левый всё время проводит снаружи и спит на полу, зажав в ноге пару шаров.

[my-illogical]

[my-illogical]

[my-illogical]

Последнее время часто задаюсь двумя вопросами:

1. кому-нибудь кроме меня приходило в голову снимать что-то такое в тесном помещении без света на телевик?

2. чувствовал ли он себя извращенцем в процессе?

[snailsslugsndrugs]

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