Lance is bored

22-spot Ladybird Beetle (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata), family Coccinellidae, Germany

T - adult; B - larva

sleep apnea is more common in people who are fat.

society decided for some reason that this meant that being fat causes sleep apnea. its often difficult to get referrals for sleep apnea treatment if you are fat, because some PCPs will tell you try losing weight first.

turns out!! having untreated sleep apnea causes weight gain in a not-insignificant number of people. it also makes it fucking impossible for many people to lose weight.

my husband worked out the same amount before he got a cpap as he does now. there have been no major diet changes either. yet he has been losing weight -- and gaining muscle tone -- consistently since he started using a cpap in january.

also, his blood pressure -- which was high, which docs blamed on his weight/diet -- went down significantly within one month of starting cpap treatment, before his weight changed significantly.

ANYWAYS. this is getting long. two final thoughts.

- I Want To Strangle Medical Fatphobia With My Bare Fucking Hands

@terreurs :)

@shailion submitted: Found this cool dude hanging out in some bushes

Fire Skink (Mochlus fernandi), family Scincidae, Equatorial Guinea

@thatlittleegyptologist

Red Hunt - open vampire setting

(which means you can create your ocs in this setting)

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Base rules of this setting is:

In vampire world someone is Vampire and someone is Hunter. Hunter is someone who Hunt prey for their Vampire. For it to happen Hunter-turning and Vampire-turning should make a deal Hunter-turning and Vampire-turning take The Ceremony One is giving another their Heart to eat - that's how one becomes Vampire Vampire gives their Eyes and becoming blind - that's how one becomes Hunter Hunters choose Thing for it to be a Weapon - and it becomes, after Vampire and Hunter gives it drop of their blood The more prey Vampire gets - more power they store. Vampire can translate this power to Hunter for more successful Hunt If Vampire don't get prey for too long - they go down for The Dream, loose their power progress and need blood of 100 prey with a drop of Hunter blood to wake up If Vampire dies - their Hunter becomes blind.

Giant Chinese dobsonfly, Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi, Corydalidae

Like other dobsonflies, this species displays sexual dimorphism with males having considerably larger mandibles.

Western Gull (Larus occidentalis), parent and chick, family Laridae, order Charadriiformes, CA, USA