I feel like you could put an Anomalocaris in a touch tank and jt would genuinely be fine. Like tbey didn’thave any truly hard biting parts they jist had little graspers for grisping up soft-bodied prey and cramming it into their mouths. I could pet Anomalocaris and teach it to take treats out of my hand. And it would feel like a velvet worm but Big and Wet

don’t let birding become a wealthy people thing. you don’t need to complete a list of 500+ birds, you don’t need to travel around the world, you don’t need to have seen a species only seen by a handful of people in the wild. it’s OK to just watch the birds in your area, with or without binoculars; gatekeeping birdwatching is ridiculous and i hate to see it

you are winning birding 👍

I think about how hayao miyazaki said that love is two people inspiring each other to live. and to live doesn’t just mean to be alive. living involves finding beauty in the simple moments of being. so to inspire someone to be in awe of the simplicity of living? that’s special

YOU don’t have to be perfect to be loved. but I do