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toetagsandbowties

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It is what it is but like. Can it be something else

heylsgowt

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One of my favorite thing I’ve learned about animals studies is that you should avoid using colorful leg bands when you’re banding birds because you can accidentally completely skew the data because female birds prefer males with colorful bands

Apparently if you put a red band on a male red wing blackbird his harem size can double

So like you can completely frick up the natural reproduction of a group of birds by giving a guy a bracelet so stylish that females CANNOT resist him

volcanokids

Me, putting a red bracelet on the leg of a male red wing blackbird: ON GOD we gonna get u some pussy bro

jordisstigander

I remember reading a study where researchers realized that female birds of a certain species preferred males with a darker breast. So they created what they literally called a “Super-Sexy Male” by catching a male and coloring his chest with a marker. They then ran dna tests on the eggs in the area.

Previously when the researchers had run these tests, they found a certain amount of infidelity was common for these birds. Somewhere around 10% of eggs were fathered by males who were not the primary mates of females.

After the advent of the Super Sexy Male, however, stuff got crazy in bird world. Infidelity skyrocketed, with upwards of 25% of ALL EGGS in the area being fathered by this specific male. Furthermore, his mate’s eggs were 100% his.

This is just insane to me. Just imagine you’re living your bird life when suddenly somebody scribbles on Dave’s chest and the ladies can’t stop throwing themselves at them. It’s stupid that we theoretically can wreck this kind of havoc on an ecosystem.

kirkspocker

via @elytrians

butterfly-sapphic

It’s back! I think about this post monthly

teaboot

Aliens abduct me from a cornfield only to set me back down at the club with a sick leather jacket and some shades

twerklina

I’ve been waiting since March to post this…

noxassula

Time for some loyalists. My sister of Battle and my Shadowkeeper

aesfocus

rowscara

A smattering of the monthly bust rewards so far!

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The first Dragonborn

first attempt at digital mimic-mosaic 💃

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singleteapot

Guess who’s gearing up to host a skyrim poll?

Me! The goosegirl! Everyone’s favorite sentient teapot!

This will surely not go horribly in any way!

Introducing:

Skyrim Niche Sexyman Poll

Throw all your niche and underrepresented, scrunkly skyrim folk! Guys or gals, either or. Send your submissions to me via asks or comments, and they’ll be recorded into a list before getting sorted for polls!

Example entry: Bjorlam the carriage driver in whiterun.

Drelas the random pyro mage near rorikstead who kills you for entering his house.

Hamelyn the Skeever King

And so on.

singleteapot

ATTENTION ATTENTION:

HEAR YE HEAR YE

Submissions are now closéd!!

I have officially reached the max 52 sexyman pickup! But you know what, i will accept exactly two more names! Last call for your niche skyrim (Tes V)faves!

After which, I will proceed with the first stage of the polls!

For max reach, reblog with your submissions!

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Warhammer 40k Commission for @/Urdothor ☺️

did-you-know

The oldest living tree ever found was a pine named “Prometheus.” It had been alive since before the Egyptian pyramids were built. Some guy cut it down in 1964. Source

aclockworknick

he was actually a forestry graduate student who was doing research on bristlecone pines (Pinus langaevea) and got his increment borer stuck in the tree. this tool costs almost $800, so he asked the forest service if he could cut down the tree to recover the tool. after cutting it down, it became apparent that the tree was actually the oldest living organism. ever. (around 8,000 years old). so, not just some asshole. the guy feels extremely guilty and has even broken down in tears during an interview about the accident

wellshitcaitlin

OH MY GOD SO LET ME TELL YOU A STORY

So after the grad student cut down the tree and discovered it was the oldest tree in the world he quit studying forestry and went to study salt flats (can’t cut down the oldest trees in the world on salt flats no siree none of that happening) and he was being interviewed about his research, but in the middle of the interview the reporter just stops and says “wait aren’t the guy that…”

And he just takes off running. Literally. Turns around and runs across the salt flats away from the interview and I feel so bad for him but I can’t help but start crying I’m laughing so hard about it imagine a guy high tailing it across salt flats away from a dude with a recorder

thoughtsofadame

its so different to know it was an accident and that NO ONE was aware until after. its not like this was one ignorant guy cutting down a fucking relic.