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calibraptor:

Oh my god I’m glad I’m not the only person that sees this

Did you know that leeches were once used to predict storms? Well, a tornado warning just dropped and my squad is climbing

plaguedocboi

@takemetoturch

My dad is a meteorologist and he has never once warned me about an incoming storm. My leeches, however......

sucresanguine

https://amp.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/19/weatherwatch-forecasting-tempest-prognosticator-storm-leech

articulate-anxious-atheist-deac

*urgently* Lads, the leechometre is at 12 bong, I repeat, 12 bong!

sixthrock

"tempest prognosticator" absolutely sounds like some kind of arcane device a wizard would have lying around in his workshop

hearthburn

It would also probably have leeches in it.

digitaldiscipline

every time I walk through my yard and the enormous swarms of grasshoppers flee, plonking off of everything (including me, my fence, and pretty much everything), my brain helpfully supplies, "Twelve bong!"

elodieunderglass

The reason leeches do this is because they are hoping to latch onto the talons of low-flying storm-birds and cloud-fish. They need to get high up enough to reach. Hope this helps

crazy-brazilian

hapalopus

There are so many guinea pig coat types I didn't know about until a few months ago and they all rule, here's all the coat types I know of:

American -- Satin -- Crested

Abyssinian -- Plumed -- Ridgeback

Rex -- Teddy -- Swiss Teddy

Silkie -- Coronet -- Peruvian

Texel -- Merino -- Alpaca

Lunkarya -- Sheba -- Minipli

Werewolf -- Skinny -- Baldwin

Geopolitical Jessye #JessyeLunaNorman #NovaLectio @novalectio #PerAsperaadAstra #cat #cats #gatto #gatta #cats_of_world #catsofinstagram #catlover #catlife #catlovers #cats_of_world #instacat https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl5763bM3BF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=