Thagomizers

what a privilege it is to come home to a little animal that loves you like you're their whole world.

that's goddess pose

What the fuck is that

Not really a fan of how much cincinnati zoo is posting cheetah petting videos

Like every time I see a video of their ambassador cheetahs the carers are cuddling and petting them, I have no doubt they have a strong positive bond and the cheetahs are happy but is this really the content you want put out for such a heavily trafficked animal

It's fine to disagree with the IAU about the definition of "planet"; however, if your definition includes Pluto but not Ceres, Orcus, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris or Sedna, you don't actually care what a planet is – you just want the exact list of nine planets you learned in primary school back. Your cute little Pluto-including orbital distance mnemonic ought to be at least seventeen words long, and good fucking luck with the Q!

snake pareidolia is one of the strongest things in human minds too! people report freezing mid-stride before being consciously aware of a snake in front of them, and the same happens with coiled rope, etc. in humans and other primates. it’s even been proposed that the need to detect snakes was a factor in the development of primates’ insanely good color eyesight

It’s because snakes are wonderful and we must stop and admire them at any cost