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I've gone. Not one for goodbyes, I thought it best to slip out quietly. Love to you all, Giles.

May I present the best apple:

^“At the bottom of the image is the segment of the flag cut for the St. Patrick’s Cathedral protest. Photograph by Mick Hicks”

This 260-Million-Year-Old Reptile Fossil Is Reshaping the Story of Turtle Evolution

Learn how a 260-million-year-old Permian reptile, once thought to explain turtle evolution, turned out to belong to a different lineage, reshaping the story of turtle origins in the Triassic Period.

Eunotosaurus africanus seemed to capture an early stage in turtle evolution. It had wide, flattened ribs, a shortened trunk, and a body that, to generations of paleontologists, looked unmistakably like a shell in the making. For nearly two decades, the 260-million-year-old reptile sat near the base of the turtle family tree, offering one of the earliest clues to how turtles began evolving their shells. Then, a team of researchers looked inside its skull. In a new study published in Current Biology, researchers used CT scanning to examine the internal anatomy of Eunotosaurus in new detail. The scans suggest the animal was not an early turtle at all, but a member of a separate extinct reptile lineage that independently evolved a turtle-like body. The finding removes a source of confusion from the turtle family tree and helps bring fossil evidence in line with DNA studies showing that turtles are closely related to archosaurs, the reptile group that includes crocodiles, birds, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs. Instead, the scans showed a close match with millerettids, a group of extinct stem reptiles from the Permian Period. Milleretta rubidgei, one member of that group, shared 12 anatomical features with Eunotosaurus, including broad, overlapping ribs and a shortened trunk...

moon reaper adopt up on my toyhouse ^^ check it outtt

I really just have to summarize Thomas's entire life:

He was in a committed relationship with a male swan named Henry for 18-24 years before a female swan named Henrietta showed up and mated with Henry.

Thomas was initially jealous of the pair and attacked them, breaking 2 of the 5 eggs Henrietta had laid. However, once the remaining eggs hatched, Thomas warmed up to them and helped raise them.

Henry couldn't fly because of an injured wing, so Thomas taught the cygnets how to fly.

When they needed to reduce the goose population in the pond where Thomas and the swans lived, they dyed Thomas's feathers red so he wouldn't be separated from Henry.

Henry, Henrietta, and Thomas remained in their happy throuple for years and raised 68 cygnets before Henry died in 2009. After Henry's death, Henrietta found another swan and flew away, leaving Thomas alone.

Thomas finally met and mated with a female goose in 2011 and had his own babies. However, another goose named George stole them and raised them himself.

As Thomas grew elderly and blind, he was relocated to a wildlife center where he raised orphaned cygnets.

His caretaker at the center described him as "pretty high maintenance."

Thomas died in 2018 at the age of around 40. He had a funeral that included a small coffin and a procession that was led by a bagpiper. He was buried under the stone where Henry was buried, the two finally reunited in death.

#FirstFamilyFridays🦚: The Jacksons Tap Dance With The Nicholas Brothers • February 23, 1977

Few performers influenced the art of dance like the Nicholas Brothers. Their unique blend of acrobatics, precision, and innovation left a lasting impact on generations of entertainers; including Michael Jackson and The Jacksons.

At first, you’re struck by Michael’s versatility as a performer. But as the routine unfolds, you begin to appreciate just how talented the rest of the family was at tap dancing and overall stage presence.