A Star-Forged Ruby

So cute!! || littlewolfiebird

Music: Rachel Platten•Better Place

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LITTLE PALS

I love this picture so much! Post it whenever I come across it.

Inner Mongolian Child

The little girl’s name is Butedmaa and she was just 5 when this picture was taken in 2003 by Han Chengli.

(I used to have a printout of this at my desk at work because I just loved looking at it so much.)

ELEPHANTS!!!!!!!!!

Day 985 of reblogging videos of elephants.

Sent to me by @fizziboo !

Mariaelena Mariotti, Mother of the Dinosaurs, sculptress specializing in Paleoart and creatures. Walking her velociraptor mongoliensis.

instagram @motherofthedinosaurs

@pangur-and-grim

Sperm whale mimics a spinning diver.

Humans: *encounters Earth’s Largest Carnivore, who would could swallow them whole, probably*

Human: … Spin?

Earth’s largest carnivore, with a brain that weighs almost as much as this naked beach ape*: SPIN!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SPERM WHALES ARE CARNIVORES

I THOUGHT THEY ATE KRILL AND STUFF LIKE OTHER WHALES

Nope! Sperm whales eat extremely large deep-sea squids, like the Giant and Colossal Squids. They have also been known to opportunistically eat dead whales, sharks, and seals, but not actively hunt them. They got real big teeth for it too:

However, they only have teeth on thier bottom jaw!  they have corresponding holes in their top jaw for the teeth to lock into, which makes hanging onto a slippery, boneless squid:

It should be noted that the human here isn’t in particular danger of being eaten on purpose, but an accidental swing of it’s multi-ton head, a clip from the teeth, or being directly in the line of it’s sonar could seriously injure or kill them- Divers that have been in the direct line of echolocation for a sperm whale calf have described being hit with the soundwave like “being kicked by a horse” and some have suffered internal organ damage.  Sperm whales, like other large whales, aren’t particularly aggressive towards humans, but they are still very large wild animals who behave in unpredictable ways.

I know that in US waters, it’s illegal to intentionally come within 300 yards of any whale or dolphin, and if one appears closer you should turn off your engine or stop paddling to avoid accidental injury to you or it.  This human is doing something dangerous and ill-advised, but it’s still hopeful that we can love something like a 130,000 lb deep-diving, squid-eating Oceanic former ungulate.

Im.sorry I’ve lived my entire life not realizing that echolocation could possibly be felt and I have to come to terms with the fact that whales have sonic attacks

HELP. chat i found another funny sea creature sex image

WHY IS HE WATCHING THEM LIKE THAT !!!!

🦌 🐈 🤎

These are possibly the best tags I've ever seen. Tomato schlorpus indeed

Octopus had a weird day

things to say to bugs when science finally unlocks the secrets of human-bug communication:

i used to work for a nature center and we would constantly have wild owls come and call out to the owls in their cages and try to 1.) get them to follow them or 2.) they were looking for a mate

in the spirit of this post: when you live in areas with wild horses, the number one culprit for horse theft is actually other horses, because the young stallions that get chased out of the herd wanna start their own, and oh, look, look at all those cute mares in just,,,,a fenced off grassy area,,,how easy would it be to lure them over the fence,,,like some four-legged yodeling pied piper,,,

i think about this a lot

This is so cute wtf

Social animals will see another animal amd be like: Is anyone going to befriend this? And then not wait for an answer.

Humans are, delightfully, nowhere near the only ones who do this.

boop

What's everyone's favourite flowers that aren't like. The normal ones. Like everyone's a fan of roses and sunflowers what's a more niche one. One you don't get in gift sets. Mine's sweet peas

Chicory, Evening primrose, Purple passionflower

Okay so I like daisies, which is a pretty stupid one. I also like morning glory, which, while a bit more unique, is still a boring one. But hear me out guys: stinknet. I know it’s so stupid and who likes a weed called “stinknet?” Only weirdos right? But it’s so pretty! It looks like little balls of sunshine! I feel oddly guilty for this, like I’m going to ruin the world by loving a thing that most people hate and want to demolish entirely. That does not change the fact that I love it.

Had to look it up

Orb...

Mine is rabbitfoot clover! The flowers are these delightful little delicately-colored green-purple puffs that are soo soft and photos don't do them justice

OUGH that's adorable

Sneezeweed!

borage!

Blanket flower!

And sensitive plant! An especially good one because it just grows in, like, the ditch. Parking lots. Any weird scraggly patch of grass.

(via Facebook)

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He goes wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-waltzing with bears. Raggy bears, baggy bears, shaggy bears, too. There's nothing on earth Uncle Walter won't do So he can go waltzing, wa-wa-wa-waltzing, wa-wa-wa-waltzing, a-waltzing with bears!"

-- Girl Scout Troop Song Book

every moment of every day i am thinking about this tiktok

Lumpfish come in a variety of shapes and colors.

[He scoops up the fish, it spits water and he turns it toward the camera]

This one is stumpy and green. Very beautiful, very powerful.

[He picks up another fish and turns it toward the camera]

This is what a normal lumpfish looks like. It is more elongated, but still a vibrant blue color. Very beautiful, very powerful.

[He picks up another fish and turns it toward the camera]

This is one of the stumpiest ones we have. Its hump is very high. It is very stumpy, but yet very beautiful, and very powerful.

[He pans over a lot of fish, all looking up at the camera]

My fish army is ever growing, and soon I will over throw the world. Very beautiful, very powerful.

because of this tiktok, i frequently murmur "very beautiful, very powerful" at myself, and i cannot recommend it enough.

Dog: I AM SORRY BABY HUMAN! DO NOT CRY ANYMORE! i SHALL BRING YOU MORE TOYS

The cutest thing ever.

is no one gonna mention how it gives the kid a playstation controller?

like ‘here small human, this makes the big humans happy. i am sorry please stop crying’

dogs are so pure like ???????

& the dog looks aside at the human holding the camera like AM I DOING THIS RIGHT?

By Yash Pandit

I’m absolutely not exaggerating that my dog saved me from a suicide attempt ( who knows, could be a successful one), because I had to take care of her. She was my anchor to the reality at a very, very bad time - which eventually passed. I SO wish the rainbow bridge would be real, so I could thank her for being there for me 🥹