Aug 5, 2021
More puffin pics
Mykines, Faroe Islands
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More puffin pics
Mykines, Faroe Islands
Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) being very dramatic.
Wattens, Austria
A lone puffin in the mists over the grey sea
Mykines, Faroe Islands
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wait what
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turns out that pack rats (Neotoma sp.) creates these big middens which they urinate on. The urine then crystallizes over time, creating amber-like deposits. Some of the ones found in caves are 50.000 years old and contains intact plant material, allowing scientists to analyse the prehistoric flora.
the dark deposits in the middle are 10.000+ year old crystallized rat piss
what a world
I was reading some zoo exhibition manuals and uh
is it just my tumblr acting up or can you no longer see who added what to posts any more
im losing my mind here
There’s something deeply satisfying about finding a perfect fly agaric.
Tisvildeleje, Denmark.