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Hyper realistic tarantula tattoo I have no interest in tattoos but this one is sort of neat. Steve might like it. A lot more on it under the link.

  David Attenborough is 99 today. I didn’t know he was a live or that old.   The BBC comments.

  Flowers, or plants, pressed into book covers is a nice touch I have seen a few times. The Sweet of the Year by Palmer Baker, Jr. Limited Edition Slipcase I mentioned this before. ​I was somewhat surprised to see it in an ephemeral thing like a sketchbook.

The Real Story Behind “Rock-a-Bye Baby” Many years ago, Effie Crockett, the older sister of Davy Crockett, visited the Muskogee Tribe to help some mothers. When she arrived at their camp, she was surprised and even laughed a little. She saw something unusual — the tribe’s babies were not lying in cradles on the ground. …

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I’ve never seen a raven on the beach grabbing fish from pools of water on the Northumberland Strait. Amherst Shore May 2025 Dave Cole I have never heard of it either and I am surprised but given how smart ravens are it is hard to put anything past them. Updated There was some question if …

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News to me. I didn’t know the lakes were covered in acoustic monitors. The scale is impressive. Very cool the data they are finding.

How to get yourself shot? More

Devils Tower and the Missouri Buttes about 12 miles distant on a moody October morning as seen from the Bearlodge Mountains. ©MeghanDave Porter.. 10-29-2024. A prior post. An excellent view of the tower. I had a guy send me an email that it was a prehistoric tree stump a few years ago. He was serious​. …

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2025 U.S. State of the Birds Report shows widespread declines in every habitat: https://buff.ly/s2La1Rh Sickening. For the first time, all avian evolutionary relationships revealed Cool The birds and the bees: Including bird data improves estimates of wild bee species Hmmm…  

This is my favourite Black Skimmer video because it perfectly illustrates the beauty of flight and this bird’s mastery of it and its environment. Watch how it makes a full 180-degree turn using its tail while keeping its head perfectly stable and its eye on the prize. It’s hard for me to fathom the amount …

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