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“Nature Is Weird”: 50 Interesting Pics And Facts About Mother Nature Shared By This Account
Now that everyone is obsessed with technology, from AI to space travel, we rarely look at what’s right in front of our noses.
So this time, we are taking a walk through Mother Nature, where you find bizarre deep sea creatures, the weirdest flowers, and breathtaking fungi. Thanks to the Twitter page “Nature Is Weird,” which boasts more than 100k followers, we have an excellent source for this miscellaneous entertainment.
According to the page’s bio, it’s dedicated to “tweeting the strangest plants, fungi, animals & geological formations nature has to offer!” so get ready to see some marvels of nature you have probably never heard about.
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Carlos 2 years ago
Not many people know this, but wisteria trees are actually VITAL to humanity's survival as they are predominantly used by the Demon Slayer Corps to combat demons.....the more you know
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Couragetcd 2 years ago
I can't help but think of the Hatter's tea party when a dormouse is mentioned. This one seems much more awake
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3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago (edited)
Earth is so cool :) there’s probably amazing and beautiful stuff like this on other planets and we’ll never even know.
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DaisyGirl 2 years ago
Located in Siberia, Lake Baikal is natural wonder known for its crystalline-colored waters. It is the largest freshwater lake on the planet by volume, containing approximately 20 percent of the Earth’s freshwater, and it is the oldest lake in the world at about 25 million years old. Lake Baikal is considered one of the clearest bodies of water on Earth because when it freezes during the winter, large shards of transparent ice form on its surface, making it appear turquoise.
Louisa Johnson 2 years ago
Why your not top comment I don't know, but thank you for the information. I love learning new things and this was very informative xx
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Kate Jones 2 years ago
Every time I see this type of coloring in ice it makes me want to lick it. I saw an image of water that looked like this in some mountain and I immediately wanted to bottle it and drink it. It just looks so clean and clear.
Id row 2 years ago
It's really cool, but reminds me of those gross jelly mints they have in a bowl at the hostess stand of a diner. jelly-mint...a3b6d2.jpg 
Gémeaux jumeaux 2 years ago
Lol, spot on! But those are delicious... if you can get past the communal germ-bowl notion 😝
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It’s no secret that people are growing more distant from nature in today's world. Foraging expert and author Diego Bonetto, whose excellent book “Eat Weeds, a field guide to foraging: how to identify, harvest and use wild plants” educates people how to engage with wild food sources, transforming your neighborhood into an edible adventure, believes that it comes down to the fact that we are all very distracted.
Bonetto, who is an Italian native and has lived in Australia since the mid-1990s, where he spends his time guiding novices, chefs, and other professionals through the parks and outskirts of Sydney looking for hidden-in-plain-sight ingredients, explained: “So many things to do, so many things to watch, hear, experience, listen to, and hardly any of them are in or connected to nature.”
“Even when we go out in a park,” he argues, “or on a walk in the forest, we are often distracted and not present.”
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Whiskey Tango Delicious 2 years ago
Ancient wisdom, bestow upon me the meaning of life. .. *Ruff* ...sage wisdom you have.
Brittany Howard 2 years ago
I'm not a Pokémon fan but immediately thought the same thing!
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Joybug 2 years ago
Love these, have them in my garden. Also have one called midnight gold. Black with yellow edges, stunning
Kerri 2 years ago
I have these in my garden too after spotting them in a local garden centre last year. They're stunning!
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Fraxinus excelsior 2 years ago
I think I've seen these advertised on Thompson and Morgan website, but they are based in the UK.
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Nicole Ford 2 years ago
My mother grew gorgeous flowers growing up. I live in an apartment in a city,no outdoor space, I miss growing flowers. Absolutely gorgeous
Shelly Graham 2 years ago
Beautiful, but unfortunately my OCD won't allow me to enjoy them in my garden!
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Norah Reilly 2 years ago
If the weird stuff is up there, what is the stuff down there like?
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Izzy Curer 2 years ago
We have 'commom groundsel' around us, aka ragwort. It's crazy to think this is from the same genus.
2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
Yes! And the first thing I thought was "No way!". I love to be proved wrong on stuff like this though (although these aren't at the top of the mountain, about 5,000' below the peak) more pics and info here: https://www.thomsontreks.com/blog/kilimanjaro-giant-groundsels/.
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Red PANda (She/They) 2 years ago
I’m guessing mt. Kilimanjaro was so high up that a couple seeds of those things were able to survive the meteor
I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
Woah... Those are amazingly unique. I've never seen anything like that.
According to Bonetto, “we have created a fast-paced world of instant gratification and technological distraction and seem to be forgetting all the simple things like smelling a flower, tasting a berry, being awestruck at how birds fly in the sky.”
Foraging for wild edibles can provide a great avenue to re-engage with nature, and you get free food in return, Bonetto argues. “It forces you to look, seek out, pay attention to shapes and colors, seasons and cycles. It fosters a new way to connect to your neighborhood, or local fields and forests, as you can progressively build a map of treasured colonies, trees and bushes, that you can come back to visit and look out for.”
Moreover, foraging turns you into a stakeholder for your local ecology, and that fosters care and connection.
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Spocks's Mom 2 years ago (edited)
Aren't they cute? I have a hognose snake named Hoggle. He's my little grumpy noodle!♥️♥️♥️
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
Those are adorable. I want to double boop their itty bitty snek nosies.
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Ronstantin 2 years ago
I never understood that after midnight thing. It's always after midnight, isn't it? And if not: When does this "after midnight" end?
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2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
It's a Brown Long-Eared bat from the UK, and the ears are just as big on the adults! https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/brown-long-eared-bat
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Roger9er 2 years ago (edited)
Yet, they make no sound at all as they approach their prey. I saw an experiment somewhere - YouTube I guess - with what was I believe a hawk, another predator bird (can't recall) and an owl. Last one was soundless!
2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
Can confirm. When we were building our house the Great Horned Owls in the area weren't happy with all the activity and would sometimes swoop down from behind and then hoot loudly as they were flying over us just barely above our heads. Even in the absolute quiet of a desert night you couldn't hear them at all until they yelled. It was startling as heck! Happily, the owls settled down after we finished construction and they often use our property as their gathering spot at dusk before heading out to hunt. They sit in the trees and hoot owlish gossip to each other for about 20 minutes, then one by one silently swoop out of the trees and off on their nighttime rounds.
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Even little things like a walk in the park can have tremendous benefits on our mental health. Science backs up these benefits.
“People have been discussing their profound experiences in nature for the last several 100 years—from Thoreau to John Muir to many other writers,” researcher David Strayer of the University of Utah argues. “Now we are seeing changes in the brain and changes in the body that suggest we are physically and mentally more healthy when we are interacting with nature.”
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Raine Soo 2 years ago
This is an African rain frog. This one looks sad. Others can look like an angry avocado.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
If anybody needs an adorable video to cheer themselves up today, I give you the cute noises of the dessert rain frog which looks incredibly like the little guy in this photograph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBkWhkAZ9ds
Brightly 2 years ago
OMG, I totally needed that! It sounded like a squeaky toy. Insanely adorable 😍
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I know that look. I have my cup all ready and someone left about a teaspoon of juice in the carton.
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Spocks's Mom 2 years ago (edited)
I didn't even realize it until you mentioned. It does look Escher-esque.
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In one recent experiment conducted in Japan, participants were assigned to walk either in a forest or in an urban center (taking walks of equal length and difficulty) while having their heart rate variability, heart rate, and blood pressure measured. The participants also filled out questionnaires about their moods, stress levels, and other psychological measures.
Results showed that those who walked in forests had significantly lower heart rates and higher heart rate variability (indicating more relaxation and less stress), and reported better moods and less anxiety, than those who walked in urban settings.
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Trash Panda 🦝 2 years ago
I feel like there's a brainteaser about this... Is there a scorpion on the other side of the bank?
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Raine Soo 2 years ago (edited)
Creepy, isn't it? This is particularly so as snapdragons are delicate and pretty flowers.
A Nelson 2 years ago
And as a child I loved to squeeze them to make them "talk" so this makes perfect sense that they are tiny creepy skulls
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Karen Krause 2 years ago
Fairy skulls! I do remember playing with snapdragons as a kid. We used to make "their mouths" open and shut. I don't remember seeing their seed pods, however. Don't think I could forget them!
Mickysixxx 2 years ago
I had 1 student in Horticulture class for an entire year one year. She was a goth kid and we grew these because of the seed pods and she painted the most phenomenal art work on a terracotta pot to plant them in.
Scientists believe that being in nature offers a different kind of beneficial effect in reducing stress, which may be even stronger than the one produced by exercise alone.
Moreover, in a series of experiments published in 2014, Juyoung Lee, GGSC director Dacher Keltner, and other researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, looked at the potential impact of nature on the willingness to be generous, trusting, and helpful toward others, while considering what factors might influence that relationship.
After being exposed to the more beautiful nature scenes, participants acted more generously and more trusting in the games than those who saw less beautiful scenes, and the effects appeared to be due to corresponding increases in positive emotion.
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JoyfulZebra 2 years ago
I have serious arachnophobia, but those little feet are pretty darn cute
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Me too, I had to scroll quickly before my brain caught up!
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honeyk 2 years ago
sadly, probably not... they need them to be bean free to shoot out webs like silly string.
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
Those feet are fine, as long as they come separately from the eight legged NOPE.
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Wicked Witch 2 years ago (edited)
All I can hear is the (fabulous) songTiny Dancer when I look at this picture! 😆
Asher Tye 2 years ago
I'd say more rabbits considering kangaroos are probably supposed to eat them.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
Kangaroo numbers are artificially high in many areas because of the provision of artificial water sources for livestock. Because of this, they can cause significant grazing damage (although admittedly the feral horses and the rabbits are far worse).
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Mark Fuller 2 years ago
That's quite incredible. I had no idea there even was a bloody supply...
3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago (edited)
compare horse hooves with human fingernails - it’s not that inaccurate!
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Sandy Kavanaugh 2 years ago
They don't, unless they're subjected to hard surfaces. Poking nail holes in the hoof wall only weakens it.
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Asher Tye 2 years ago
I saw this at a science/art exhibit depicting animals stripped down to just their blood vessels.
smugdruggler 2 years ago
Was it the "Bodyworlds" exhibition by Gunther Von Hagens? Saw that in London and it was amazing. He calls the process "plastination".
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Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
I can't imagine knowing how to clean and manicure a horse hoof! I'm amazed by furriers who can do horseshoes and upkeep without hurting them!
Sandy Kavanaugh 2 years ago
I'm sorry, your auto correct probably changed your word from farrier to furrier. They go to school to learn the art, and have worldwide competitions!
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SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
If you think this is horrifying, then don't Google baby horse hooves.
Load More Replies...But although the benefits of being in nature are obvious, people’s disconnection from nature has been growing rapidly. A recent study conducted by professors Selin Kesebir and Pelin Kesebir uncovered a shrinking of nature in our collective imagination and cultural conversation. They looked at millions of fiction books, thousands of songs, and hundreds of thousands of movie and documentary storylines.
What they found was that nature features significantly less in popular culture today than it did in the first half of the 20th century, with a steady decline after the 1950s. In fact, for every three nature-related words in the popular songs of the 1950s, for example, there is only slightly more than one 50 years later.
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Spooky Scary Skeletons 2 years ago
There's a place in Mallows Bay where there's a whole fleet of these. It's where they took all of their unfinished ships at the end of WWI and dumped them.
Anon822209 2 years ago
I immediately thought of Mallows Bay, too. I wouldn't be surprised if that's where this pic came from. Excellent kayaking.
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Nonesuch 2 years ago
I'll bet there is some good fishing here. We used to throw our used Christmas trees in our pond, not artifical trees of course, and the bass would bed in them.
Old Roadie 2 years ago
First thing I thought of ...sunrise fishing. Oooooh yeah.
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Monarch cat lady 2 years ago
No no no f*** no and that guy just standing there like what that ain't nothin!
Allison Riley 2 years ago
Hey they kept down the number of malaria cases because of this so give our little eight legged friends a break. https://cities4forests.com/fun-curiosities/spooky-spiders-stave-off-malaria-following-freak-flood/
Lupita Nyong'heaux 2 years ago
errybody doing the "nope" thing here, and i get it. i understand. i'm not a spider person either. but can we just take a moment to recognize and appreciate the majestic brilliance of spiders and their indomitable survival instinct? there are likely ALL types of spiders in those cocoons, spiders who in peace times are mortal enemies and predator/prey. but when it came to SURVIVAL, they put that b******t aside and webbed themselves together into those trees. to SURVIVE. ... if only humans were capable of that kinda beautiful selflessness and understanding of the bigger picture. SURVIVAL.
Hiram's Friend 2 years ago
Should solve the fly problem and the mosquito problem and the moth problem....
Mommy Panda 2 years ago
Looks like cotton candy trees! Which is funny because in my native language we say "suikerspin" which translates to sugarspider
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT OF DAD JOKE: My son: We just passed a wood bee! Me: If we passed him already, that makes him a wood've been.
Anthony Kreashko 2 years ago
Not the bees that you wanna save.... They destroy trees....
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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
Yes. Also, it might carry parasites and viruses, so it should be handled with care and sanitation. It’s cute tho
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LandAhoy 2 years ago
It's a trick if perspective, it appears as if she is holding the snail close and it's as big as her body. But look at the size of the hand, nobody has a hand longer than the width of their body. Therefore the hand and snail must be much closer to the camera than the person.
Luna Crow 2 years ago
Even then, I didn't know snails could get as big as a hand. Neat!
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I really want one of these, but I would get in sooo much trouble if I got caught in my country with one. They are adorably destructive.
My O My 2 years ago
And rightly so! On a personal level I agree about the cuteness factor
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Zeus of Africa 2 years ago
Unfortunately this image was debunked as fake some time ago. While giant African snails get big, they don't quite get to this size...
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
Adults of the species Achatina achatina average about 18cm shell length, and can measure as much as 30cm (1 foot). I have large hands for a woman, and my hand is around 18cm long. This is a perfectly believable size for a snail.
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Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
The one on the right is really cool, that one on the left is the stuff nightmares are made of.
Raelene Christie 2 years ago
I love these they look a little like Japanese snow monkeys, and they're on the bucket list so silver linings if I buy one of these.
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Senjo Krane 2 years ago
Woah dude! The colors. Jokes aside, this is wonderful. What a beautiful, magical World we have ❤️ ❤️
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assdog 2 years ago
I was asked to cut down about 25-30 dead trees and 3 of the trees had woodpecker's in them so i refused to cut the trees with them in it or the surrounding trees because they are cool birds. The owner of the place respected me for that. To this day the dead trees and birds are still there. They have beautiful colours. The birds not the trees !!
QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
No wonder Woody was always laughing … he was tickling his own brain! Haha haha ha haha haha ha hahahahahahaha!
grotesqueer 2 years ago
I'm a bit skeptical about the protection part.🤔 It's wrapped over the skull, not under it.
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Raelene Christie 2 years ago
Hahahahaha honestly made me laugh so hard I cried thank you!
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Kristin Carter 2 years ago
I saw a two headed hippo… read the comments looked back now I can’t unsee it
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Jason 2 years ago
We have a bunch up the road pretty cool looking. Always see tourists taking pictures
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RedMarbles 2 years ago
I cannot believe this exists and I've never seen it. Looks like it's not known for certain what exactly causes the colors, but there's some explanation and educated guesswork here: Rainbow Eucalyptus: An Unusual Tree With a Multicoloured Trunk - Owlcation https://owlcation.com/stem/The-Rainbow-Eucalyptus-A-Strange-and-Beautiful-Tree
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James 2 years ago
Seal's reaction : Same for anything or anyone under that attack!!!
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Anon Yymi 2 years ago
Seals eat penguins so who is the bully here, really?
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NightmaresNope 2 years ago
The world underwater is like another planet in space. You can't breathe in their world, and they can't breathe in yours, and there are mysteries we may never discover until our tech is strong enough.
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
This must be an amazing place to explore as a diver. I would still love to learn how to dive since I love snorkeling.
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Penny Polek 2 years ago
this is one of the most interesting flowers ive seen, aside from the ones in this post
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JuniorCJ82 2 years ago
Anguloa uniflora, not Hydnora africana (a parasitic plant commonly called jackal food).
Fraxinus excelsior 2 years ago
Don't want to sound pedantic, but it looks more like a type of orchid than a tulip species.
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Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Those girls who think lip fillers are attractive - this is what you look like.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
"A Rose by any other name is still a Rose, but that plant is a s**t" -- Billy Shakespeare.
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William zeringue 2 years ago
Ah a common occurrence down here in Louisiana you ever been jugging for catfish at night and seen these guys
Luna Crow 2 years ago
A good friend from Florida has told me some crazy stories about these guys. To me this looks like a lake full of Nope! Pretty though
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Elita One 2 years ago (edited)
Love these little guys, my fruit/nut/palm trees are covered in them when they flower making the trees quite literally buzz. Yes they don't have a sting, they can bite but they are so small it does nothing, they are quite friendly little cuties and make great honey.
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
I don't think they make as much honey as their stinging counterparts and probably wouldn't do well in other climates.
Load More Replies... Trash Panda 🦝 2 years ago
So the Africanized bee crosses continents and oceans, but the stingless bee is content to stay put where it's at. That's messed up.
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 2 years ago
Well we brought the Africanized bees with us deliberately...
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Alleman Jennifer 2 years ago
It’s a Australia. I am certain if they’re disturbed they will all fly up your nose and suffocate you by filling your lungs. The US has guns. Australia has every deadly creepy Crawley thing known to mankind!
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Violets are Grey 2 years ago
All I can think of is Breath of the Wild! Don't get electrocuted Link⚡
Dani Fogel 2 years ago
Isn't this the tree that "ble*ds"? Why show this cool tree, without showing its most awesome feature?
Sunshine 2 years ago
They aren't related. The baobab is from the "mallows" family and the dragon blood tree belongs to the "asparagus" family.
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Dragon's Blood incense...Dragon’s Blood is associated with the element of Fire and can be used in any rituals linked to that element. It’s energy is masculine, and linked to the astrological sign of Aries and the planet Mars. https://m2labs.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/metaphysical-index-dragons-blood/
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BakedKahuna 2 years ago
Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds look like waves under the right conditions. Years ago, there were some that became so big, people thought there was a tsunami approaching. It was in Cardiff, if I remember it correctly.
Jeremy Evans 2 years ago
the second image house thing reminds me of the star wars houses that Luke lived in on Tatoine
Elisabeth Clark 2 years ago
Sounds like an 'I need my kids name to be instagrammable' person's baby name.
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J.Lomax 2 years ago
The poop of these goats is used to make argan oil which is used in many cosmetics.
Amanda Rose 2 years ago
It can also be extracted directly from the fruit pulp.
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Jason 2 years ago
My goats will climb branches and houses they are a little crazy sometimes
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Stupid Harold. ("It's my studied opinion that they're roosting.")
Cindy Walters 2 years ago
i'm gonna be the downer here - went here saw the goats in the trees - was disappointed to learn that even though it is a natural talent of these goats - their "handlers" herd them up the trees for the tourists and they have to stay up there for long periods of time and the goat guys do want money for you stopping by to see this. i did not like much about Morocco sorry to say.
Penny Polek 2 years ago
goats can climb on anything as long as it is above a 90 degree angle (Ex. 92)
Phantomwise 2 years ago
No matter where in the world you go, goats just give gravity the finger.
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Raine Soo 2 years ago (edited)
I love bees. I try to propagate flowers that they would like, and I follow them around in the garden. They are fascinating.
Redheaded1 2 years ago
From here on out, I have honeybee thighs. It sounds way better than saddlebags.
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Raine Soo 2 years ago
If I saw that in a forest, I'd be running away in the opposite direction. I'm not that curious a person.
Mim“the Swede”Sorensson 2 years ago
They don’t smell great, so I usually keep away too.
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Mari Balot 2 years ago
So if someone proposed then it would be corpse bride all over again? :D
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Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
They do. And the size is about accurate for my brain.
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Little Wonder 2 years ago
We had one of these when I was a kid, it was four little "pebbles". We called it the dead elephant, because it looked like elephant feet sticking up out of the ground.
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
I've never seen the colorful ones, only brown, and I thought they looked like little deer poops.
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
They're perfectly safe - until that big Rock Biter goes for a swim and sees all those delicious cookies...
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Giles McArdell 2 years ago
More like Dr Nefario IMHO: https://universalstudios.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._Nefario
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B Martin 2 years ago
Yes! My first thought, too. Maybe a very old, shy and quiet Sesame Street character visiting.
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JoJo Anisko 2 years ago
I can't believe I'm actually finding this cute...in an ugly sort of way, but definitely cute.
Hendo 2 years ago
Why does this remind me of The Yip Yips from Sesame Street! yip-yip-64...a37f7b.jpg 
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WindySwede 2 years ago
I a couple of million years from now, the future generation of these fish's is going to wonder why they ever rose from the waters in the first place. While surfing memes on BoredFlipper... /s
Nash Nopper 2 years ago
Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening me Galileo, Galileo Galileo, Galileo Galileo, Figaro - magnificoo
Cara G 2 years ago
🎶 Who can skip through the mud with the greatest of ease, who's got segmented eyes? 🎶
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Marcellus II 2 years ago
Bastards eat each other. Friend had six of similar size, but the largest could JUST eat the smallest, grew, therefore could eat the second-smallest etc until there was one fat fish. Before that it was really cute, they are very territorial and each was sitting on their stone.
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fair_weather_rose 2 years ago
*annoyingly reminds you directly after you asked*
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Rougarou Cher 2 years ago
When we went to Yellowstone we noticed in some areas trees always had a rock on the same side of them. We asked the ranger and they said they were called nursery rocks. They provided shelter so the trees could grow.
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Roger9er 2 years ago
I'm really struggling with the pronunciation here..!
Load More Replies... I'm.Just.A.Girl 2 years ago
I read somewhere the folds in the llama eyes are to protect them from constant sunlight.. since they aren't often in the shade.
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
I thought the llama one looks like a canyon from bird eye’s view
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Kookamunga 2 years ago
I love all bats, but the giant flying fox is my favorite! flying-fox...94b1ca.jpg 
Elisabeth Clark 2 years ago
I learned yesterday from the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh show that over in the UK, NT holds the title of being the host of the largest number of roosts, over 10,000. The main property highlighted was a Cistercian monastery, and they interviewed a bat conservationist as he caught and tagged them, amazing.
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CatOverlordsWelcome 2 years ago
I think it's kind of beautiful. They're forever at home, watching over it.
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majandess 2 years ago
There's a lake in Olympic National Park where people are saponified (turned to soap).
Mimi La Souris 2 years ago (edited)
ok for the bat (they can sleep in this position, the photo is upside down) but birds die like that ?
Imperial Guard 2 years ago
These pictures were taken by a photographer who placed the corpses in positions to make it look like they just froze there. They weren't originally in the pictures shown.
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G҉A҉C҉H҉A҉ A҉L҉E҉X҉ 2 years ago
Awwww but they look so pretty, is there any for buying just wondering- I love to collect fish in resin
Goth Nurse 2 years ago
This is an artist's exhibition.I hate when the wrong "facts" go around time and time again.
James Tartaglione 2 years ago
upon my death, place my corpse coming out of the water. trust me it'll be funny in a few decades
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Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
I‘ve seen this so often now. Does anyone know if it is dangerous to swim there? Is there a downward pull or something?
Pete jamail 2 years ago
It’s not a deep hole, it’s an optical illusion. It won’t pull you down but it will definitely pull you out. Always swim perpendicular to the shore kids!
Load More Replies... Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
Looks like someone pulled the plug at the bottom of the ocean.
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Tom Hardeveld 2 years ago
so... that is a sculk block, right? Is the Warden going to show up soon?
Kara Owens 2 years ago
...And where exactly is this, so that i can add it to my NEVER GO THERE list, please?
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Margaret H 2 years ago
I wonder who got the bright idea to test them for their anticoagulant properties in the first place.
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Raine Soo 2 years ago
"Come my lovelies, and I will lure you to your doom". Isn't nature grand?
patricia patricia 2 years ago
I don't think it kills the flies. As far as I know, the plant needs the flies to be pollinated.
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Not Perry The Platypus 2 years ago
I was waiting for this reference. Take my upvote
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David Paterson 2 years ago
Although it's said to be the biggest individual flower in the world, most are only about the size of a magnolia flower. The plants themselves are parasites.
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Pandaronimo 2 years ago
yeah..i like to think some of the giants just choose not to rise
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Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
The comparison that always gets me is the T-rex and an elephant. They're much more comparable in size than one often sees in the movies.
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François Carré 2 years ago
"Cleared for development", really ? "Destroyed forever by greedy, brutal and careless agroindustrial exploitation" would be more accurate.
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago
Cleared to grow Soybeans. Brazil is the leading producer of Soybeans, the US is second. Still doesn't make clearing right.
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Kookamunga 2 years ago
They'll ruin your BBQ on Christmas Island! get-off-my...3a-png.jpg 
Izzy Curer 2 years ago
How do they ever unalive? Why isn't the whole world covered in them at this point?
Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
Crazy ants and natural death - Christmas Island is just a little spec in the ocean, too far from anywhere for the crabs to get to.
Load More Replies... Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
Crazy ants - they've killed millions of the crabs.
Load More Replies... CORGI QUEEN 2 years ago
why don't we start hunting these? they aren't endangered and prolly taste better than imitation crab
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Margaret H 2 years ago
I've seen one pick up a branch the size of my arm and throw it over the firebreak to start a new fire. They are fascinating and as scary as hell.
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Kookamunga 2 years ago
Looks like he's been dredged in flour and breadcrumbs.
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Giles McArdell 2 years ago
A few of these hanging from the ceiling and we got ourselves a disco!
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
"Edible but flavorless." Better taste like the nectar of the gods for me to try it.
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SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
They were probably cultivated by us for ornamental purposes.
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bottomless.abyss.of.bordem 2 years ago
Yeah, I thought a FIREHAWK would be more gentle and loving
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Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I read an article that said they helped spread the brush fires a few years back. Don't know how true it is.
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David Paterson 2 years ago
Scorpions fluoresce in UV light. That is, they emit blue light when UV shines on them. I don't think they emit UV light.
RedMarbles 2 years ago
Yeah, they absorb the UV light and emit it at a different wavelength.
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Izzy Curer 2 years ago
"Ah, just going to turn on my secret invisible flashlight so I can go hidey hide..."
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Kel_how 2 years ago
Can someone please make an animated bat movie with all of the different bats from this article??
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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 2 years ago
Also, Wave Rock, Western Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTdDO_mKTTA
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
The Little Ice Age caused desertification. Yes there are more modern causes of desertification, but I'm going on this based on the date.
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Izzy Curer 2 years ago (edited)
Is this the cave where you die from overheating if you stay too long?
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Yep! And for the curious, the crystals are gypsum.
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
It looks SO ridiculously photoshopped, even when you know it's not.
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Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
Look them up on youtube there is a great video showing a puffer in action making one of these.
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CORGI QUEEN 2 years ago
they be holding council, and i think hades showed up and zeus got pissed
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David Paterson 2 years ago
Shiver with fear. There's probably a humongous thunderstorm above that.
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Kat Pekin 2 years ago
How?! Stunning! Is it natural? Minerals or animal waste? Or is it something awful like pollution?
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Lyop 2 years ago
Yeah, and when I go about with the heads of those I have conquered, I'm called a psychopath....
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
Yeah it happens… sometimes people are just so paranoid
Load More Replies... François Carré 2 years ago
They carry the burden of all these murders for the rest of their life though.
SaneMinotaur (she/her) 2 years ago
Assassin bug: "Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I just don't recognise the bug looking back at me. I just don't know who I am any more, or if I can live with myself any more."
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Weasel Wise 2 years ago
They're super cute with and without flesh! Look at those tiny hedgey toes!
bottomless.abyss.of.bordem 2 years ago
I don't know if that is a statement that has ever been made before. At least by a person not incarcerated.
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Annie Persson 2 years ago
Oh yes! Must pick them while still all white and non-melting! I fry them carefully in my best butter, and when done perfectly it is like eating a savory cloud
The only Plueschopossum 2 years ago
As far as I know they are only edible while they are young (I already added them to a mixed mushroom dish). Once they open and start dissolving you can't eat them anymore.
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Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
I don't think that people are very good at recognizing sarcasm. I thought it was funny.
Load More Replies... Шостакович千葉 2 years ago
i am here to hide the other comment :) this is pretty! hard to believe that it’s been here for two billion years! assuming the average human lifespan is 80 years, that’s 25 million human lives back to back! (though we certainly weren’t there that long ago lol.)
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I think the comment you are covering up is a joke. Weasel Wise definitely doesn't like the Vatican. 👍
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Karen Heiner 2 years ago
The Bible does NOT say the Earth was formed 6,000 years ago. You are giving the Bible a bad name.
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Mari Balot 2 years ago
Wise last word from someone who apparently did walk barefoot in there xD
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Seymoura Butts 2 years ago
And it would be even bigger if the damn humans didn't cut it down to weigh it.
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Mari Balot 2 years ago
When all your friends are fit and you the only chunky in the group photo xD
Verinder of the Valley 2 years ago
I have the chubby one in my garden! It is very big, but apparently it is still a baby!
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David Paterson 2 years ago
Although the Platypus and Echidna look totally different, their skeletons have surprising similarities. The duck bill of the platypus is the same structure as the snout of the echidna. And if look at Miocene fossil skulls, the Echidna had a noticeably broader snout, looking closer to a duck-bill.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
The only venomous mammal (along with its closest relative, the Echidna AKA the Spiny Anteater). Do I need to bother mentioning what continent it's from?
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Nitka Tsar 2 years ago (edited)
We‘ve just seen a couple of these. They are so cool to watch. It‘s supposed to bring good luck if they nest on your house.
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Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
These birds are so cool. We have them were I live and they are excellent at catching fish. Bald Eagles however are not as good as they are so often I will see a Bald eagle chasing an Osprey that has just caught a fish until the osprey drops its and the Bald Eagle snatches it out of the air. By the way Bald eagles are cool too.
Jason 2 years ago
We had them where we used to live too. Would eat fish on the dock. Could always pick out their cries pretty unique. Claws are pretty impressive in person
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HelluvaHedgehogAlien 2 years ago
I think I remember that a species of goats die because their horns slowly grow to impale their skulls…
Gila Gila 2 years ago
You should check on Babirusa also then, it's a fascinating animal
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Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Here in Michigan, on below zero nights, you can see the shafts in town from our house 2 miles away.
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Nitka Tsar 2 years ago (edited)
Is this the lake where the jellyfish were cut off from the ocean and due to no predictors have lost their … protection abilities?
NightmaresNope 2 years ago
I think I read somewhere that those jellyfish can sting, but they have so few predators, the stings are harmless.
Imperial Guard 2 years ago
Are they safe to be in the water with? There's a person in there with them.
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Elita One 2 years ago
Best to stay away from these things unless we want to start The Last Of Us.
Trash Panda 🦝 2 years ago
I knew fungai were deadly, but ghat damn, this is some serial killer shiet
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I've walked among these at low tide! I always thought the poking up roots would be hard and sharp, but they're actually quite soft.
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 2 years ago
In the Sundarbans they are sharp. There are stories of people being stabbed to death while trying to walk amongst them.
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Mari Balot 2 years ago
I hope humans don't come up with stupid ideas again. Like remember the forest? Yeah me neither >_>
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Little Wonder 2 years ago
Nutrient poor would be my guess, there are plants that can survive without nutrients but they need insects or other sources of food. No plants, no insects therefore no plants... and so on.
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TK 421 2 years ago
Why would you tell a seal he tastes better deep fried?
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
My grandmother had a bleeding heart plant/bush that was taller than me (5’ 1”)!
Amy Manning 2 years ago
These will always remind me of my grandmother. She had one in her yard by the light post.
FloralDangerNoodle 2 years ago
We love these so much, we have several of these pink ones, plus one each of red and white.
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Aristan Maranichi 2 years ago
plot twist: your little brother throws it in your room not knowing what it is
QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
Anybody got a flamethrower? A lighter and a can of hairspray will work, too.
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Imperial Guard 2 years ago
I keep forgetting that moray eels are a thing and every time I remember them I'm completely blown away. Strange alien creatures
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Mari Balot 2 years ago
That's the first time I've read that a flower parasitized a fungus. Normally it was always the other way around so...Go little flower! :D
M O'Connell 2 years ago
Many plants in the family Ericaceae (Monotropoideae sub-family in particular) are parasites in that they have no chlorophyll of their own, and instead live off of other plants, or by drawing nutrients from soil fungus, which by association gets its carbohydrates from other plants. Mycorrhizal fungi and their interactions with plants is a fascinating subject to study.
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I can't think of a good name 2 years ago (edited)
"Oh, I've been eaten. Oops. "
Load More Replies... RedMarbles 2 years ago
Some fish do use jellyfish for protection, although apparently it's unclear what's going on with this particular situation. Living Fish Found Inside Jellyfish in Bizarre Underwater Scene https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/fish-stuck-inside-jellyfish
Izzy Curer 2 years ago
When I was a kid, I remember netting a jellyfish at the beach once, and there was a tiny little fish inside.
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
I think I’ll pass, thanks. I’ve had enough hecking Nope for the day.
TK 421 2 years ago
I know I speak for all of us when I say, “Hey, look! A big freaky hole in the planet! I should stand there!”
Bender Bending Rodríguez 2 years ago
Seriously. Not only a big freaky hole but a big freaky hole filled with icy water. You will not catch me anywhere near 100 feet radius of that thing.
Load More Replies... Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
Use a special move to break through the seal and jump down to access the secret bonus ice level! But be warned - the reanimated Mammoth skeleton is a pretty tough boss fight.
JD Cass 2 years ago
Be sure to gather icicles before the battle, they will be your only weapons.
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Can someone please fly a drone down there or something like that? I‘m too curious for my own good!
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 2 years ago
Did anyone check if that's REALLY a wood carving? If not, they should check, someone should. Not me, someone else should.
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Weasel Wise 2 years ago
Of course those little critters have to claim all the coolest wins: oldest animal on Earth, most badāss eggs.
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
They can survive space and invade other planets...
Load More Replies... I can't think of a good name 2 years ago
Tardigrades:CON:20 everything else:who cares I'm immortal.
Load More Replies... PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
Reminds me off that toy fromm the 90s for baby’s the bumble ball
Becca Kuehn 2 years ago
Omg! I couldn't stand those bumble balls. My brother bought one for my daughter when she was a toddler and that thing drove me absolutely crazy. She only seemed to play with it when her infant brother was trying to sleep. 😵
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Refugee Pups 2 years ago
Silk cotton trees are from the Americas. The Ta Prohm trees are probs Tetrameles. There's debate (weirdly), but I'd go for Tetrameles cuz they're native and those huge trees are old.
Weasel Wise 2 years ago (edited)
You're absolutely right. Silk cottons can be found in SE Asia but they're a smaller cousin of those found in Mexico and central America. And from my personal experience, the ones in the Americas had this amazing spine covered bark (like in Costa Rica); the Tetramelea I saw in Cambodia were smooth and covered in giant ants!
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M O'Connell 2 years ago
This is a Eulychnia acida, native to Chile. The Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) is only found within the Sonoran desert
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Persephone 2 years ago
They are called elk in Europe, and moose in North America.
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Autocannibalism Moose would be a great cartoon about a moose who eats its own velvet and gains super strength. But does he use those powers for good where he'll decimates āsshole visitors in N.American parks that can't read signs to stay on trails and not to litter? Or are the powers used for evil where he attacks and murders other moose so he can eat their velvet too and grow stronger and stronger until no mammal can stop him!?!
QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
Both elk and moose shed their antlers and grow new ones yearly. This photo is of a moose. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/animals-antlers-moose-seasons-mating
Anna Ekberg 2 years ago
Elk and Moose is the same animal just that we call them Elks in Europe.
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KC Lancaster 2 years ago
The elk and moose might be two different species, but they all belong to the same family. In Europe, the word elk is used to refer to the moose (Alces alces) whereas Wapiti (Cervus Canadensis) is used for elk: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-difference-between-moose-and-elk.html
I've also attached a picture of difference velvet shedding in (North American named) moose, deer & elk for those curious about the difference;) north-amer...6b8df0.jpg 
Weasel Wise 2 years ago
It does itch. Hence, one of the reasons they rub it against trees.
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Weasel Wise 2 years ago
It does. Don't know why you need to talk to Jesus about it though. 🤣
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QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
What the hecking heck?!? The thorns are on the leaves? I’m thinking they need a redesign.
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Mari Balot 2 years ago
Clicking on the "article" thinking you can see the last pic. My brain fooled me good there xD
QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
I, too, am guilty of clicking on the ghost article. ::Facepalm::
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 2 years ago
According to google Slow Worm is neither worm nor snake but a kind of legless lizards.
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Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
This is why we haven't met aliens yet - they came to study us, and there's so much fascinating stuff in nature, they haven't got round to dull old humans.
Margaret H 2 years ago
It seems orchids are winning in the weird category. There are so many examples here.
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
This is why we haven't met aliens yet - they came to study us, and there's so much fascinating stuff in nature, they haven't got round to dull old humans.
Margaret H 2 years ago
It seems orchids are winning in the weird category. There are so many examples here.
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