Little Secrets.

[tlirsgender]

We need more women characters who are Male Protagonists. You know. Slightly haggard. She's splashing cold water on her face and gripping the edge of the sink staring in the mirror for a minute. She's coping badly with her deadwife

[herpsandbirds]

Oleander Hawk Moth (Daphnis nerii), family Sphingidae, Hungary

photograph by Tamás Bekő

[herpsandbirds]

Philippine Pit Viper (Trimeresurus flavomaculatus), juvenile, family Viperidae, endemic to the Philippines

Venomous.

photographs by Kyle Anadeo Tamayo

[herpsandbirds]

Blue Clipper (Parthenos sylvia), family Nymphalidae, Chiang Dao, Thailand

photograph by Michael Khor

[zmeess]

take me with you, or let me follow

tip jar

[a-scarecrow-probably]

Op I have to let you know that this artwork single-handedly made me go read the manga (I’m about halfway through as of now so don’t spoil anything!) and I’ve never read manga before or anything. Until yesterday I did not know what Witch Hat Atelier was. This is was done so beautifully I needed to find out where it was from.

[herpsandbirds]

Black Bittern (Botaurus flavicollis), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, India

All bitterns were recently folded into the genus Botaurus, removing many species from the now defunct genus Ixobrychus.

photograph by Saswat Mishra

[herpsandbirds]

Crested Jayshrike  (Platylophus galericulatus), male, family Platylophidae, order Passeriformes, Malaysia

The only species in this family

photograph by JS Ong

[passtheseppie]

"all because I could throw a ball": on pitchers and pain

two pitchers warm up in a bullpen / ada limón, "the hurting kind" / mets pitcher david wright 05 / blue jays pitcher shane bieber 57 / pitcher matt harvey 33 / "Equine performance genes and the future of doping in horseracing" / dodgers pitcher shohei ohtani 17 / pirates pitcher nick burdi 57 / yankees pitcher carlos rodón 55 / yankees pitcher max fried 54 / cubs pitcher shota imanaga 18 / cubs pitcher ben brown 32 / pirates pitcher paul skenes 30 / cubs pitcher andrew kittredge 59 / phillies relief pitchers in the bullpen / Mary Oliver, "Blue Horses" / Mary Oliver, "Two Horses" / Blue Horse 1, Franz Marc (1911) / The Tower of Blue Horses, Franz Marc (1913)

huge s/o to @hxwae for the incredible original webweave about pitchers and racehorse which compelled me to explore similar themes <3

[herpsandbirds]

Siamese Red-Necked Keelback (Rhabdophis siamensis), family Colubridae, Cambodia

Mildly to moderately venomous.

Venom is excreted into the saliva, and enters the prey through the bite wound. Keelbacks do not have fangs.

This species is also poisonous! They sequester toxins from the toads they prey on.

photograph by Yuehua Pu

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-banded Pitta (Erythropitta arquata), family Pittidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Borneo

photographs by Supasil Kalayanakoul 

[perplexi]

room for one more? 👀

[kedamakedama]

オナガとネコヤナギ

[kedamakedama]

[wehavekookies]

Old Mabel, she used to run illegal fighting pits in the City, no one knows for sure what she's up to now but she's plotting somewhere in the background.

[more portraits here]

Characters created for the Labyrinth story I put together with my friend, Pauli.

[lingthusiasm]

What's this gesture called? A Lingthusiasm zine 

The same gesture can mean different things, or have different names in different languages. In this Lingthusiasm zine, Lauren Gawne gets enthusiastic about these "emblem gestures." 

Print and fold your own copies

8½ x 11 paper: colour, b&w 

A4 paper: colour, b&w

How to cut and fold a minizine

Learn more

Why do we gesture when we talk? (Lingthusiasm podcast)

Why do we move our hands when we talk? (Tom Scott's Language Files on YouTube)

Gesture: A Slim Guide (book by Lauren Gawne, 2025, on Amazon or Bookshop)

Gestures (book by Morris et al, 1979, borrowable on archive.org)

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[worldsandemanations]

Loïe Fuller by Koloman Moser

[thecollectibles]

SHAYA by Dmitry Klyushkin