BoneDigs

Hello! I am a lab tech that works for a fossil reproduction facility, which sounds boring but also dinosaurs.

[paleontologeist]

The culmination of a month and a half long project, perfect replicas made from plastic painted to be photographocally perfect compared to the originals.

[paleontologeist]

This is for both the biological and spiritual/philosophical viewpoints: Do you think that humans are born "wild" with no sense of "right and wrong" and simply a desire to breed and survive?

[thebibliosphere]

Oh my god, food extract is not the same as an essential oil.

Food extract is the flavoring of something cooked down into a carrier oil or alcohol that is safe for human ingestion.

Essential oil is the pure extract of the plant refined down and distilled for concentrated medicinal purposes to a significantly higher strength than simply adding ground up mint leaves to your water. The two are not comparable in any way.

Cinnamon extract and cinnamon essential oil are not the same thing.

One is about 100 times the strength of the other and can also cause acute organ failure. I’ll give you a hint, it’s not the food extract.

Sweet gods I’m not trying to be mean, I want you to be aware and safe and stop putting yourselves and others at risk. Please.

[thebibliosphere]

Like maybe my tone is hard to read, maybe it just comes off as really angry but it’s not, it’s fear and worry. I read posts and clutch my head in alarm going “no! No! That’s how people die!” And then I get exasperated because a bunch of people not formally qualified chime in with “um actually this is a lie” and it’s not, it’s really, really not.

I’m not some big pharma advocate. I’m a crunchy witch hippy just like you with salt rock lamps and rose quartz all over my house. I just happen to have spent the last 15 years of my life studying the actual science of holistic medicines and I’m trying to help you not get hurt (or worse) becuase you trusted a sales person with no idea what the ever loving hell they were talking about beyond a sales pitch designed to maximize profit. Gah.

[thewoonderkabinett]

I see this so often in the Mommy world. There was a lady not long ago in one of the mom groups who was really worried about her toddler. He’d had a persistent cough for weeks and the doctor couldn’t figure out why. Someone asked, well what have to tried to treat it with, so far? She said she was using a humidifier, honey, and eucalyptus EO in the shower every night.

Yeah.

In case you were wondering, eucalyptus can cause respiratory distress in young children.

[thebibliosphere]

Sadly I don’t wonder. I have a friend whose daughter died from a home made menthol oil chest rub. She wasn’t even ten yet, but her mom– a qualified aromatherapist– thought she’d be old enough to handle it. She went into respitory distress and died seizing in her mother’s arms on route to the hospital. It was one of the most harrowing stories I had to listen to during my holistic training. She stood up there, on this podium next to a bunch of ponzy scheme essential oil sellers who looked like they wanted the floor to swallow them, and said “I killed my child with good intentions”.

I’ll never forget the look on her face.

So to reiterate, children under the age of ten should not be directly exposed to things like eucalyptus oil, peppermint or wintergreen. If you are using such things in your house and your child starts to complain of headaches, lethargy and general “feel worse”, don’t just assume it’s the cold/flu. Those are all signs of menthol sensitivity and they only get worse with increased exposure. Ventilate the room, take them outside if you can until the air clears. Do not apply again.

Rapid onset wheezing may be a sign of allergic reaction or possible asthma attack triggered by the menthol too. If they tell you their chest is warm or fuzzy when you use it, that’s another sign it’s not going down well with them. Again, ventilate the area or remove anything you applied to them. Administer inhalers if necessary. Watch for any more labored breathing or if they suddenly go limp or you can’t wake them up. If they do call 911.

This can also apply to people with allergies and asthma who are otherwise healthy.

One of the safest, natural ways to alleviate congestion is with just pure good old fashioned warm steam. Keep the air moist, drink plenty of warm fluids. Menthol can help relieve the feeling of congestion, but there’s limited evidence to suggest it actually clears the airways. And for the love of god don’t inhale mustard or horseradish (I’ve seen that suggestion on posts too, though how you’d get those oils I don’t know). That’s literally what tear gas is made of.

[thebibliosphere]

I apologize sincerely for bringing this long post back into your lives, fam, but I’m getting inundated with questions about what can the possible harm be if you dab a little neat peppermint oil on your child’s skin to help them with a little head cold, and this is the most succinct way I can put it.

The harm you may do, is in fact death. I am not telling you these things to be a kill joy, I’m telling you so you won’t accidentally kill yours.

[everythingisproblematicin]

Reblog if you're bisexual, or if you support bisexuals, or if you want Queen Elizabeth II to outlive Donald Trump

[paleontologeist]

Pouring a massive block mold.

[jurassicsunsets]

Petition to make all size charts like this

[reasonableshirts-deactivated201]

[hotpoultrywings]

This is why they remade Spiderman.

[paleontologeist]

Male pteranodon before and after paint

[rockhardgeologist]

I´m in love with a geologist. What should I do?

Lay a trail of rocks leading to your bedroom. The geologist will follow this trail only to find you at the end of it, seductively laying in bed wearing a flannel, cargo pants, and safari hat

[everythingisproblematicin]

Reblog if you're bisexual, or if you support bisexuals, or if you want Queen Elizabeth II to outlive Donald Trump

[thebelladonnaboy-deactivated201]

[paleontologeist]

Pteranodon before paint, wingspan of 15ft.

[paleontologeist]

I like to think about whay a tungsten based life form would look like, I imagine they'd be huge.

[palaeofail]

From Jurassic World: The Game

[jurassicsunsets]

No it didn’t.

[paleontologeist]

Currently building three, and it depends on who you talk to as we have found what could be teeth but the honest truth is we don’t knoiw one way or another

[jurassicsunsets]

Er, no. There very much are no tooth sockets.

[paleontologeist]

Plenty of animals don't have sockets, this is either because the teeth were socketed in cartalidge or muscle, look at a pachy skull, the top set of teeth have no sockets

[palaeofail]

From Jurassic World: The Game

[jurassicsunsets]

No it didn’t.

[paleontologeist]

Currently building three, and it depends on who you talk to as we have found what could be teeth but the honest truth is we don't knoiw one way or another

[paleontologeist]

This one's kinda a Frankenstein as it's got a nanuqsaurus head and an albertasaurus body!

[paleontologeist]

No picture today as they shipped my fish out over the weekend, we have two more of the same kind so I will be able to update with I differebt one tomorrow!