Roaring 20s

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Rise and collapse of a wave. Details of paintings by Michael Zeno Diemer (1867-1939)

(Photos by Joel Sartore)

sequel

bruce, vibrating with excitement, already pulling adoption papers from his utilility: that’s terrible. how do you feel about capes.

Bruce: *sniff, tear in his eye* Not at all.

Z: *rips off mask* i don't give a fuck

“Quick, it’s time to use the Bat-adoption papers!”

Alfred and Iroh complimenting each other on tea while they discuss their overly dramatic children.

alfred: master bruce and i have that interaction at least three times per week.

Iroh: *dying inside*

further fueling their dad-figures’ passive-aggressive rivalry?

Mark Hamill

This is a map of the range of all giraffe species. By my count that puts them in just 16 countries out of the 54 in Africa (of which 5 are island countries with no territory on the continental mainland). That's 30%, quite a long way shy of all, and as you can see many of those countries that do have giraffes only have a tiny portion of their territory within giraffes' habitats

TL;DR - Africa is a big place with a range of environments that are not suitable for every animal that you might associate with the continent. Lions and Zebra are not gonna be found alongside Gorillas and Okapi which aren’t gonna be found with Camels and Fennec Foxes.

I’m not going to pretend that this doesn’t add more to an already difficult job. Being a good teacher (hell, being a bad teacher) takes far more energy than I am capable of giving, and having to suddenly switch to e-learning, or in person socially distanced teaching has to be a nightmare. But try not to intentionally lie to your students to make things easier.

Also, don't lie to kids, they know you're lying. And learning that lying is okay if you can get away with it (even if just temporarily) is a BAD lesson to teach.

This map shows their historic range and how it was directly impacted by human expansion. Giraffe's are not the only animals suffering from this in Africa, Lion's too are in decline. One of the biggest hindrances to both of these iconic animals in recovering their population is the fact that no one talks about it. Just like this post starts out, there is a common belief that Giraffe's and Lion's and other African species are just... thriving all over Africa. That is not the case. We are loosing them. Please spread this knowledge, tell people about their declining populations. Education and information is the first step to saving these magnificent creatures.

Christmas 2020

Do you see the difference?