Me, In A Blog

If you watched until the end, you've already challenged your fear a little, and that's something to be proud of. Maybe spiders don't have to be scary all at once. Maybe they just need a chance to surprise you.

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), chick (fledgling), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Arizona, USA

If you need another reason why tardigrades are epic, thier resilient nature has been studied to make vaccines better.

tardigrades are so good at keeping their biomaterials together under whatever circumstances befall them that scientists are trying to steal their strategy to make dry vaccines that don’t need to be refrigerated.

this is particularly helpful for places that don’t have consistent access to electric cooling. everyone say thank you tardigrades

source:https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2023-05-05/research-on-microscopic-animals-could-lead-to-more-stable-vaccines

One of our favourite things about jumping spiders is how curious they are. Every little reach of those front legs is another way they're learning about what's around them, and it's impossible not to fall in love with their inquisitive personalities.

Cassowary Chicks 🐦Dino Bird (2017)

Google likes to show you this, which is crow fledgling

Or this, which is not even a corvid, this is some other type of chick that is not a crow or raven but is shared around

This is my baby, it looks like an adult crow, but is just a baby

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Colombia