Hollywood spends $200 million on CGI spectacles that make no sense and a billion dollars anyway. Meanwhile, some of the most brilliant science fiction ever made is buried in a streaming library with 400 reviews and a poster nobody remembers. These 11 films aren’t obscure because they’re bad. They’re obscure because they did something …
Commerson’s Dolphin and Cthulhu?
Commerson’s Dolphin and Giant Kelp. Commerson’s dolphins were swimming near giant kelp. The giant kelp makes the dolphins look very small. Taken in the Falkland Islands. Winners of the International Aerial Photographer of the Year Great pic. White sand background with the kelp on a rock, I assume. It looks like someone let Lovecraft’s Cthulhu …
It is the season.
Countless videos? I have to admit when I first saw the still shot l laughed at the cartoonishness of it. However, he had serious injuries and bison are no joke. This has to be posted now as it is already viral and old news. I have other posts on the dangers of tourists and bison …
Woodcock on a deer scrape
Woodcock charge deer to defend nests, footage reveals Both behaviors are another sign of how useful cameras are now.
Steam Punk Muskie
Another clearer video? More on the Channel An interesting curiosity but I wonder if it is worth it. I will say that the copper head is a remarkable likeness. I wonder how it was done.
How reading shapes and enhances our cognitive activity
“One of the most powerful cognitive enhancers, with broad and increasingly well-documented effects, is rarely emphasized in these discussions: the ability to read,” he says. An unexpected finding: Reading and face recognition One of the more surprising threads in the book concerns face recognition. A long-standing idea in cognitive neuroscience holds that because reading is …
Derek Robertson was born in St Andrews, Scotland in 1967
https://www.creativepastures.com/paintings Derek Robertson was born in St Andrews, Scotland in 1967 https://www.creativepastures.com/migrations Some pleasing and interesting images.
Childhood anxieties illustrated
“Some Puddles Are Deeper Than Others” Artwork by Kat Philbin I love it. So perceptive, cute, and funny at the same time. I was also reminded of this. Michael Kosta is joined by director Jon Shenk and former Navy SEAL Marcus Capone, whose experience healing trauma through an experimental psychedelic treatment in Mexico is shared …
Bird masturbation appears natural across 120 species
Published in Ecology and Evolution, the study is the first of its kind, and challenges current approaches among vets and animal practitioners. Masturbation has previously been thought to be caused by unnatural captive living conditions and is a damaging behavior that requires veterinary interventions, including dietary adjustments, drug and hormonal therapy, and in some extreme cases, …
Nature declines in western culture.
The best-known plants included dandelion, common poppy, cornflower, common daisy and stinging nettle. Among birds, sparrows, crows, tits, blackbird and white stork were mentioned most frequently. In contrast, many other species that regularly occur in agricultural landscapes hardly played a role in the respondents’ knowledge. “Our results show that many people are familiar with only …