[beadyeyes]

Where's it made? Who brought it here? How much were they paid? Who makes it? Is it made in separate parts and put together? How much were they all paid to do this? Where do they get the materials? Who paid for that? Who brings it there? How much were they paid? Who streamlined the base materials? How much were they paid? Who gathered the base materials? Where? How much were they paid? Is it good for them? Is it good for us? Is it good for the land? Is it necessary? Is it biodegradable? How much does it hurt? Do I need it? Do I even want it?

[pnglove]

Mate, you’ve got a chubby lizard on your dashboard

[markscherz]

Graced by Geckolepis typica from Madagascar. I love that they’re quite round creatures and then they have these dainty little toes. Also, their scales are full bone and both scale and skin come off when they get grabbed, which is…unpleasant. Consequently, catching these geckos for research without damaging them requires special techniques. 19th century researchers used bundles of cotton wool, but I imagine this wasn’t very effective, because cotton still has a lot of friction and the friction would pull the skin and scales off. In my (quite extensive) experience, the best technique is to carefully and quickly flick the geckos from their tree trunk or branch into an open dry plastic bag using a finger or stick.

[mrskayathefrog]

'scuse me, Mr @markscherz, does it harm the gecko for the scales to come off?

like, of course it harms them but... can they grow back? like how some lizards can drop their tails and eventually the tails grow back

[markscherz]

Not only do they grow back, but they come back so well that we cannot even tell where they have ripped off before. This is very weird, because when a lizard loses its tail, it is very obvious where it has been lost and regrown. Not so these chaps. They seek out a humid place to hide, and within a few weeks, skin and scales have started to regrow. The fact that they can do this so well is the reason a team has just sequenced their genome. I believe it is hoped that the skin regeneration tech they have built into their cells could eventually be harnessed for human skin grafts.

[creature-adjacent]

Carnivorous plants doin this is so funny to me

They don't wanna eat their pollinators :(

[questionablepastries]

[therapatical]

POSTING FOR VISIBILITY, PLEASE SPREAD

IF YOU ARE IN KENTUCKY OR KNOW ANYONE IN KENTUCKY, PLEASE SHARE

adding directly from image transcriptions:

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AND/OR go directly to the Covington Police Station.

Edit: it is Covington, not Corvington

[just-screaming-into-a-void]

[validblogname]

[malcolmxnetwork]

"You're more dangerous sober than you are drunk."

[your-local-martin-martinaise]

So I found this stick in my mom's yard and I need this tattoo immediately

[huariqueje]

Meadow with flowers  -   Jette Stoltz

Swedish , 1923-2010

Oil on canvas ,  114 x 114 cm..

[cristianattolico]

[mirrormaelstrom]

Leonora Carrington - "The Necromancer"

[1-moebius-1-universe-1]

[fallen-in-love-suggestion]

Do you wanna go hiking and pick up rocks we think are cool?

[stillnaomi]

using violence to liberate people from sweatshops, unsafe mines, and grinding poverty isn't the same as using violence to impose those things on people. the idea that violence is morally repugnant regardless of context is a belief that every oppressor throughout history would love for the oppressed to hold

[validblogname]

one fight at a time

[ellenjewettsculpture]

waltz of the grotesque - 2025

[ellenjewettsculpture]

adaptation and endurance - 2025

[gardenstatetait]

I love yall, stay tough and help each other out.