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Purple-crowned Lorikeets (Psitteuteles porphyrocephalus), parents with chicks, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, southern Australia

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Speckled Racer (Drymobius margaritiferus), family Colubridae, South TX, USA

Although some people might avoid being more honest and straight forward with "sorry I'd love to stay and chat but I have to run!" because they think it would be rude, but it doesn't have to be so long as it's said in a polite and friendly manner, and especially if it's followed up with a promise to finish the conversation later.

Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), family Eurypygidae, order Eurypygiformes, found in southern Central America and northern South America

This bird is the only member of its family.

Its closest living relative is the Kagu of New Caldeonia.

can't stop putting him in situations

The other half of the class were told, “you can make only one pot”. But that pot had to be perfect. The quality had to be high; the highest quality pot would get the best mark.

But when it came to the grading, they noticed something weird.

All the best quality pots were in the ‘quantity’ group.

The guys who were literally churning out pots, trying to make as many as possible, not concentrating on the quality. But every pot they made, made them better at making pots. By the end of the month (I think it was a month) - they had some pretty awesome pots coming out, because they enjoying finding all the ways and all the things they could do to make all their pots. Where as the ‘quality’ guys had spent their time reading up on pots, and technique, and researching and planning; which was all great but they’d had no further practice at actually making pots.

The best way to get really good at something, the only way to be really good at something, is to make lots of shitty attempts at that thing several of which will fail. If all you create are perfect things then you won’t improve, because how can you improve on perfect?