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Women’s March, Los Angeles

Trump said in his inaugural address that "we must think big and dream even bigger."

To those looking on: this is not about fear, though many are afraid. This is not about anger, though many are outraged. This is about love, and acceptance, and hope, and driving this nation to a brighter place, against odds.

This is a woman playing "This Land is your Land" on her guitar atop a car in the middle of the road, and the crowd joining in. This is the chants of 100s declaring that "love Trumps hate,” that “this is what democracy looks like.”

In appreciation of plants, and adhesion.

Back in January, I went on a hike with two friends and in the small, shallow canyon/cut we wandered into, there were hundreds of ladybeetles. And that may be an underestimate...

In appreciation of spiders and spider webs.

If you ever get the chance, treat yourself to a hike right after rain. Or, even better, in light rain. And keep your eyes peeled for raindrop-speckled spiderwebs and their architects.

Some terrestrial adventures!

Actual Pokedex/Zoodex #3: The Gharial!  (AKA the gavial, long-nosed crocodile)

[Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia, Order Crocodilia, Family Gavialidae, Genus Gavialis]

Extended 'dex:

While alligators and crocodiles have special wrists and musculature that let them both "slide" on their bellies and "run" with their bodies high off the ground, Gharials do not. They do have well-webbed rear feet and a vertically skinny tail. Great for swimming, even in the fast rivers they inhabit! The ghara's function is not entirely certain, but probably is a characterisitc for female mate choice and for resonating a loud buzzing noise. Unfortunately, these animals are severely threatened by habitat loss, despite the successes of conservation efforts and captive breeding.

For more information, check out Scientific American, and of course, Wikipedia as a launching pad for further sources!

Pokemon and the Pokedex/setup belong to Nintendo. For educational/fun purposes.

And we break from your regularly-scheduled sciency-pokemon to celebrate the aquatic beasties of MH3U

I can't friggin wait for 4U guys, oh man

Zoodex #3, the Gharial!

Trying out a new "pokedex" format. It's a bit less pokemon-y, but hopefully more legible and/or clean?

WIP of a tard for the actual pokedex