me on saturday: ok friday was a rest day. today i gotta get shit done.  .. well ok i mean i still have sunday so i can kinda take a breather today but

me on sunday: gotta do everythin. right. okay

me on sunday night: ok i didnt do the stuff today so im gonnna stay up all night and do it

Mama Hens And Their Babies

The Wendigo King  

enjoys – long desolate walks, howling at the moon, his pet rat mr. grizzles, reading poetry and avoiding humanity 

The number of known species of geckos has just jumped upwards, with 15 new species being formally described this week.

“And if you count the four I’m looking at right now it’s 19,” says Lee Grismer of La Sierra University in California. “When you called I was in the process of describing them.”

This is a big increase, as there are only around 1500 known species of these lizards, famed for the sticking power of their feet.

The 19 species all live in a small area of Myanmar just 90 by 50 kilometres in size. “That’s the really amazing thing about it,” says Grismer. “They all come from such a small area.”

It’s common to find lots of closely-related species of invertebrates like snails or insects in such a small area, but it is unprecedented for a backboned animal, say Grismer. “For lizards, it is remarkable…”