Professional Baby Cuddler

It can almost certainly tell different species apart based on the shape of those air bladders. And it can tell if a fish has something weird inside it, like a metal hook. In Hawaii, false killer whales often pluck tuna off fishing lines, and “they’ll know where the hook is inside that fish,” Aude Pacini, who studies these animals, tells me. “They can ‘see’ things that you and I would never consider unless we had an X-ray machine or an MRI scanner.”

This penetrating perception is so unusual that scientists have barely begun to consider its implications. The beaked whales, for example, are odontocetes that look dolphin-esque on the outside—but on the inside, their skulls bear a strange assortment of crests, ridges, and bumps, many of which are only found in males.

Pavel Gol’din has suggested that these structures might be the equivalent of deer antlers—showy ornaments that are used to attract mates. Such ornaments would normally protrude from the body in a visible and conspicuous way, but that’s unnecessary for animals that are living medical scanners.’

I'm not sure if I ever shared this story before here, but in Curacao, when I was allowed to assist in a guest interaction programme, there was suddenly consternation in the pool behind us. A guest had entered the water and the dolphins were going crazy, paying no heed to the trainers anymore. The lead trainer that was with me gave the dolphins to me to watch over while she went to help. When she came back she told me what had happened. The guest that had caused so much uproar had left the water again and was asked if he had done anything to upset the dolphins. He hadn't, and he couldn't imagine what was wrong... until he mentioned he had a pacemaker. The younger dolphins in the pool had never seen someone with a pacemaker before and apparently it rocked their world.

however, I think it's useful to be more precise about what this behavior is. if someone is making misogynistic dehumanizing jokes about women, i don't want them to be doing that anywhere. however, if "my wife, blorbo" is a kink/game, then it's acceptable behavior as long as everyone has agreed to playing.

there are people who are understandably upset and people who just don't get the appeal and are kind of grossed out who are speaking like the feminist thing is to never call your man babygirl. i think reframing this as kink behavior is something that lets everyone win: the people who like the joke keep making it, they just do it somewhere else.

"Livresse" is not a word that exists in French. It's a play on word between "livre" which leans book and "l'ivresse" which means both drunkenness (not in this context I believe) or euphoria /exhilaration.

Also "-esse" can be used in some context to feminize (I doubt that's actually a word, but you know, turn it into a female version) a word, so I believe there is also the idea of the person being a woman "made of books" if that make sense? The idea that she's a bookworm.

Wait @cbpolt posted it on Twitter but it's been made private. Maybe they'll share with you if you ask? https://mobile.twitter.com/CBPolt/status/1535327694614933504

It's impossible to tell where the frog ends and the plant begins. Its entire body looks like the roots of a water plant.

The Dawn of Pangaea is a board game that takes place in the magical lands of Pangaea. I illustrated a bunch of different creatures that inhabit this world, each of them being a blend of some animal or other life form and aspects of the nature in Pangaea.

The Dawn of Pangaea is now live on Kickstarter! 🌲

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That scene from Lotus Empire 👀

Priya binding herself for Malini was so hot 🥵

Centaur kiss ♥️