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Rainbow Boa II by Robert Oelman

#snakes #wildlife

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a special place to be | itseriksen

#nature

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New Edible ‘Amezaiku’ Animal Lollipop Designs by Shinri Tezuka

#food #art

whatshappeningtothekids

Playing in the Dirt As A Kid Makes Later Life Chronic Disease Less Likely

Thom McDade realized early in his career that a lab was not the best place to study human development. As a young anthropologist, he traveled to the islands of Samoa, the deserts of Kenya and the rainforests of Bolivia to understand how kids grow up around the world. It was through these experiences that he made key observations that helped set the path of his research career.

“Obviously, the way kids grow up in these places is socially, ecologically and culturally different from the way kids grow up in the U.S., but there’s more to it,” McDade says. “As we develop, no matter where we are, we literally embody information from our environment.”

In 2010, using data from a long-running study in Cebu, Philippines, McDade and fellow Northwestern anthropologist Chris Kuzawa published the first-ever study showing that babies surrounded by germs grow up to have lower levels of inflammation in later life.

“Prior research had shown that being exposed to certain types of germs and parasites during early life might, somewhat paradoxically, reduce one’s risk of suffering from allergy later in childhood and adulthood,” Kuzawa says. “Our research in the Philippines extended this work by investigating whether inflammation — another aspect of immune function that has broad health impacts — might also be altered in response to these exposures.”

#biology #medicine

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One Piece ワンピース : The Ōka Shichibukai

“The reason the Grand Line is called the ‘Pirates’ Graveyard’, is because of the Three Great Powers that rule over it. One of them, is the Ōka Shichibukai. They’re seven Pirate Warlords that are officially authorized by the World Government. The Shichibukai inhabit wild regions of the seas and as long as they give a cut of their loot obtained from marauding & pillaging, the World Government sanctions their actions. Other pirates may look down on them and call them ‘Government Dogs’, but they’re among the strongest the Grand Line has to offer!!”

Thus ends my journey with the Shichibukai. It was fun & arduous while it lasted and I had a hell of a great time re-reading some of the most epic and sad moments in One Piece. I’ve compiled all the gifs into a short video in the order of the manga’s storyline, so enjoy this final treat me buckos! Oda has given us so many fantastic characters & memories it’s hard to wait a week for each chapter but it is always worth the wait. I can’t wait to see what else the sensei has in store for us!!

☠ Hoist the Colors

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H O I S T T H E C O L O R S

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