I found this weird… critter while I was going for a walk at night in Southern California. They appeared blind, and only responded to me poking them. Any clue as to what it is or who may know?
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oh hello this is a solifugid ! theyre known as camel spiders or wind scorpions, but theyre not actually either of those things – theyre ground dwelling hunters that dont spin webs or sting and mostly feed on whatever small things theyre quick enough to catch with a 10 mph running speed ( a bunch )
they live mainly in desert areas and are mostly nocturnal ( and the order name solifugae means ‘those that flee from the sun’ ) but not always ! theres a bunch of species thatre found everywhere but antarctica and australia, and as none of them have been found to have a venomous bite, the worst they can really do is give you a sharp nip if you try to pick em up
its yoshi night though so i cant legally post this without making a compromise
saw atomic blonde by myself in a theatre of hets in the middle of the night and let me just say watching THE lesbian in the film get brutally murdered in one of the most violent ways i’ve ever seen onscreen really um what’s the word traumatized me for life
uhm boost
yeah uh i saw this movie just cos I heard it was gay and was really not expecting the ingenue lesbian get strangled by a man in her own bed while half-naked it was Unfun
holy hell, people, boosting the hell outta this warning cuz that’s not okay at all
If you go to libraries and if you shop at Thriftbooks (both of which I recommend) then you may already know this fact. But if you don’t, let me enlighten you;
These places are breeding grounds for BED BUGS.
No this is not me telling you to stop. No this is not me calling that places dirty or gross. This is just the consequence of book sharing. Because these books trade hands and houses in a wonderful and perfect system of intellectual freedom. And I think that’s beautiful. But when a book trades houses that many times it’s prone to pick up something. That something is usually bed bugs.
Due to their natural structuring, books are ideal homes. And once a book returns to the library or the warehouse, these bedbugs wiggle out and find more places to burrow and breed.
And here’s another fun fact. Unlike ants, bed bugs are not social insects. They don’t like each other. So if you think you can just put down a single trap and catch them all, you’re wrong. They don’t work like that. If you poison one, it won’t go home and do a secret handshake with a hundred other of its friends. It’ll just die. If you kill one, you’ve only killed one.
Why am I telling you this? To scare you? To ward you away? Of course not. I’m just here to make sure you’re aware AND to introduce you to something that could save you a shit ton of grief.
The moment you bring the book home or take it out of its packaging, PUT THAT FUCKER INTO THE FREEZER.
NO. THAT’S NOT A JOKE. MOVE THE LEAN CUISINE OUT OF THE WAY AND POP THAT SUCKER INTO THE FREEZER!!!
Extreme cold and extreme heat kills bed bugs. And since we’re not Trump and holding book burnings is generally looked down upon, we do the next best thing. Freeze it. No, it won’t damage the book. A few days in there will only leave it cold and bug free. But if you’re worried, pop it into a large Ziplock before you do.
Read safe and stay bug free, my bookish friends! 📚📚📖
i never thought about this 🙂 🙂 🙂 brb putting all my books into the freezer
I’m highly confused because my preservation class never mentioned it. I know it would work, but I’m not 100% sure it’s even bed bugs you gotta look out for.
There’s a few NYT articles on it. It definitely is! This is what they do in museums and libraries, too, because bed bugs are a pervasive issue
Sprinkled some large superworms around the exhibit today for Ryer and Shasta to nibble on.
Sometimes good enrichment is just as simple as encouraging foraging behavior.
tfw you’re walking up the stairs w/o thinking about it, but then you realize that you are putting 0% of your brain into coordinating yourself, and suddenly you just forget how to casually climb stairs and have to think really hard about it the rest of the way up
If you want to keep reptiles or really any animal please read this.
This leopard gecko was kept by someone I know who, despite loving him very much, did not spend time researching his care. Therefore they did not know that he needed calcium and d3, they also did not know how much heat he needed.
Because his owner didn’t know to provide these things for him he developed MBD (metabolic bone disease) and a respiratory infection along with a huge amount of shed collecting on his feet.
He has seen a vet and is on antibiotics and vitamin supplements, while he will probably survive he will never walk well again and has already suffered far more than any creature should.
This could all have been avoided if his owner had done research and provided for him everything he would need to stay healthy and happy. There is no excuse for not researching the care of a pet you are going to be responsible for. Just a simple google search would have prevented this little guys suffering.
Please take the time to learn about any animal you are going to be responsible for, they cannot get themselves what they need to stay healthy that is up to YOU. Love is not a substitute for proper care.
Edit: this was posted with the owners consent
Louder, for the folks in the back: Love is not a substitute for proper care.
THE WHOLE VIDEO I WAS WONDERING HOW THAT CAT LOOKED AND HOW CUTE THE MEOW WOULD BE AND I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED.
Made myself some earrings to match the necklace earlier. Dime-sized split ammonite, a couple of beads, some copper wire, a pair of bronze-colored earring hooks, and about 10 minutes.
The mat under them is this cool silicone-esque mat that’s gently sticky, so you can put beads and stuff on it and nothing rolls bounces off of or rolls away from you.
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