Hello, I am an Aromantic Asexual Agender Atheist PRO CHOICE rainbow-loving vegan punk leftist from Northern Germany. First of all: - DISCLAIMER - Regarding the posted pics: unfortunately not my property! I'd love to give credit if anyone knows their origins (please tell me!). Likes and Dislikes: I love my fellow animals esp. parrots, corvids, bonobos, orangutans. I love punk, folkrockpunk, alternative, etc. I love books (by: Frans de Waal, Carl Sagan, Carl Zimmer, Neil Shubin, Desmond Morris, Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond... biology in general! (esp. evolution) I love STAR TREK: esp. TOS + VOYAGER + DS9. I love to ask questions. I love science (esp. biology). I love social welfare/ equality. I love environmentalism/ green energy. I dislike: sexism, homophobia, racism, xenophobia, dogmas, nazis, right-wingers, GOP, capitalism, wastefulness, religions, cults, idolizations, 'X is better than Y' / 'this is the best...' attitude (you tell me the arbitrarily chosen criteria by which you judge... then I'll tell you mine... anyhow, I like measurable criteria and verifiable scientific / evidence-based evaluations). I love nature, and natural evolution is an evidence-based fact. current fave quote: 'I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.' (Stephen Hawking)...
Meet the blunt-headed burrowing frog (Glyphoglossus molossus)! This amphibian is also known as the balloon frog because of its spherical body shape. It lives in parts of Southeast Asia including Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand, where it inhabits forests and wetlands, spending much of its time underground. During the breeding season, it comes to the surface and takes advantage of seasonal rain pools to release up to 300 eggs. Unfortunately, the species is threatened due in part to humans catching the frogs for consumption when they come out to breed.
This International Tiger Day, we’re remembering the Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata). This large tiger subspecies, which went extinct sometime during the 20th century, weighed up to 530 lbs (240 kg) and was second only to the Amur tiger in size. Once inhabiting a wide range from what is now Turkey to Central Asia, the Caspian tiger likely went extinct by 1970. This cat was driven to extinction by the same factors threatening surviving tigers—human activity, including deforestation and overhunting.
