#outside bones

[bugthebard]

References:

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Machado, G., & Raimundo, R. L. G. (2001). Parental investment and the evolution of subsocial behaviour in harvestmen (Arachnida Opiliones). Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 13(2), 133–150. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2001.9522780

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[hagleyvault]

Don’t forget to check under your pillow - it’s National Tooth Fairy Day. This biannual holiday also occurs on August 22nd, but today’s observance is associated with National Children's Dental Health Month, an awareness campaign created around the year 1940 by the American Dental Association (who recommends that dental cleanings be scheduled, like National Tooth Fairy Day, twice a year).

Shed tooth rituals for lost baby teeth can be found throughout all recorded human cultures. The tooth fairy, however, is a creation of the late 1890s, likely inspired by the French le petit souris, a little mouse who collected lost teeth from children’s shoes in exchange for a coin, as well as similar mouse-based traditions found throughout Western nations at the time.

This undated photograph, likely taken at some point between 1950 and 1961, shows dental professionals in training at the dental clinic of the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. It is part of the Hagley Library’s S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Company photograph collection (Accession 1972.244).

The S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Company was founded in 1844 by Samuel Stockton White (1822-1879), a dentist from Philadelphia. By the 1850s, the company was one of the world’s leading manufacturers of false teeth and dental appliances, with sales offices and representatives operating across the globe. Click here to view the digital collection associated with the S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Company photograph collection, which includes documentation of company personnel, company buildings, corporate events, dental equipment, dental offices and schools in the United States and abroad, as well as photographs from trade shows and exhibitions.

[chickadeewild]

never forget your teeth are outside bones

[bugthebard]

A couple of tags on my previous comic about Opiliones were talking about other daddy longlegs - that’s the trouble with common names!

(Deleting and reposting because I realized I uploaded it wrong - sorry to anyone who commented, I’m still getting used to Tumblr again and very much enjoying it!)

[justshinythings]

outside bones, outside bones,

i need to watch the unbreakable kimmy schmidt again specifically for this song

[proseandcons]

I’ve seen zero (0) episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, but the scene where Titus (I think that’s his name?) sings about teeth is the funniest goddamn thing I’ve ever seen

[novavisitor]

@pedanticmonster @riftytale

i might have to start getting trident gum again after seeing this video in all its glory

[emperorkitten]

Just watched Kimmy Scmidt again. Probably the funniest moment of the series.