holy shiiiiit every time I think I’ve seen it all in terms of biology there’s still always something new! Look at DENDROGASTER.
These are parasites found only inside of starfish and they are CRUSTACEANS.
There are many parasitic crustaceans who lose all arthropod anatomy as they mature and come out like just a glob of flesh but I’ve never seen one this ornate!
It’s most definitely a cat, I took the photo. The netting pushes the cat flat, look at the nose and whiskers.
This is an EZ Nabber, one of the few products I am prepared to directly endorse on this blog, because it’s saved my face and arms on numerous occasions.
It’s like a steel framed set of square jaws filled with netting in between, allowing you to close them over any hissing ball of claws and retribution safely, whether it’s still inside the typical cat carrier, in a hospital cage, or behind a washing machine.
The hurricane of fury and teeth may then settle comfortably in the stretchy netting, where we can still see it and even pat it in a condescending manner while calling it a sweet kitty. You can give a vaccine through the netting before opening the jaws back over the cat carrier to deposit the cat with ‘dignity’, or in this case jab the angry thing’s backside full of sedative so we can actually do our job.
I love how Garnet and Pearl character development episodes are like “Steven goes into Pearl’s mind and meets multiple aspects of her guilt-ridden past personified” and “Steven follows Garnet into the improbable and helps her come to terms with how uncertain fate truly is” and then with Amethyst it’s like “Steven and Amethyst fucking fight each other” and “Steven tackles Amethyst out of the sky while having a screaming match about his therapy practices.”
In such trying times I wanted to share a happy story…
So about a month ago I’m getting back from a break and hear a strange cheeping coming from my boss’s office. I poke my head in and see him staring at a small bird in a cage with a look of consternation.
“A guest brought this to the front office. They found it in the garden and thought it was injured.”
I take a closer look at the bird in question and my heart sinks. It’s a fledgling robin. Someone saw it hopping around learning to fly, assumed it was injured, and essentially kidnapped it.
“Did they say where they found it?” I asked.
“Not really, just somewhere on the green. I think I’m gonna take it to the Nature Center after work.”
But then we talked for a bit and decided to take the little bird out to the green just to see if the parents happened to show up. We set the robin out on the grass near some undergrowth, stepped away, and watched.
At first nothing happened, except a lot of unhappy cries from the fledgling. I played some robin calls on my phone.
Then finally we see an adult robin watching from a nearby tree. It lands and the baby immediately starts hop-sprinting towards the adult. At first the adult stays put, but then it flies away.
Our hearts sink.
And then the adult bird returns with a worm and plops it into the baby’s mouth. I almost applauded.
We watched for a few more minutes as the two parents showered their kidnapped offspring with food. We also posted a sign in the general vicinity warning guests not to kidnap the fledgling birds.
Sometimes things work out. I try to take heart in that, even when it’s little things.
This eagle
truly represents America. What a majestic symbol.
It’s only fitting that this gets reblogged today
This is the only eagle that deserves reblogging on the 4th
The Eagles know
it was a warning to everyone and no one listened
Watch how he’s holding the bird. Eagles are heavy birds that need good, solid perches, and he’s putting it too far away from his body where it doesn’t have a stable perch. It’s not attacking him in the first two videos, it’s trying to leave because he’s not doing a good job here. It’s DEFINITELY attacking him in that last video, though, since it knows that trying to stand on his hand will be unpleasant for it.
In other words, Trump isn’t even as competent as the average tree, and the eagle knows it. And this isn’t a very smart bird, either!
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