Growing Wild

This is like the top of the hierarchy of needs for me now. This is better than self actualization. There's snails.

Its National Coyote Day! I look to them as my guiding animal, a true spirit of resilience, resistance, and growth. Every day I am grateful to embody and honor them.

This video depicts a moment that is nearly impossible to observe: a sperm whale surfacing with a giant squid clenched between its teeth. These predators hunt at depths exceeding 800 meters, where light does not penetrate, and only biosonar directs the pursuit. Consequently, clear surface images are exceedingly rare.

My favorite thing about this clip is that, in the original uncropped footage, you can see her calf is right beside her, ascending from the depths along with her. Whale calves don't dive until they're taught by their mothers. It is very likely that this footage is of a mother whale teaching her calf to hunt on one of its very first dives.

[VIDEO TAKEN: MAY 13TH, 2026 | Video ID: A video of a common blue mud dauber on a human hand crawling around as the camera moves with it, appearing to attempt and fail to fly off, then giving itself a quick clean off, and pausing for a moment /End ID.]