{ PURE NATURE }

The Dance

love wins!!!!!!!

starfish cactus

by The.Rohit

opening up my satchel and dumping a pile of critters on your table

WELCOME TO STOAT SATURDAY

Photo 1 by leptonia, 2 by rejoicegassah, 3 by dhfischer, 4 by antoniogiudici, 5 by mark027, 6-8 by ivijayanand, and 9 for scale by soooonchye

day 651

If i saw that here in California, I'd think it was a suspiciously chonk young coyote or a coydog.

BY NICHOLAS HESS

Axolotls are often referred to as “Mexican walking fish” but they are actually amphibians that prefer to live their entire lives underwater. These remarkable creatures can regenerate almost every part of their bodies if necessary, including their spines, internal organs, and even some parts of their brains. They have a very unique appearance and are extremely popular as exotic pets, but they can also be found in captivity at zoos, laboratories, and breeding facilities. Axolotls exhibit a trait called neoteny, which means that they never outgrow their juvenile characteristics like other salamanders. For example, they have both gills and lungs. According to a 2019 International Union for the Conservation of Species assessment, only about 50 to 1000 axolotls could be found in the wild. While critically endangered, artificial selection has created many axolotl variations with different shapes, sizes, and colors not seen in nature. [A-Z Animals: Axolotl]

THDI IS FUCKING KILLING MEEEE

Photo credit: Lisa Brunetti via Macaulay Library