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HA HA 🤣
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HA HA 🤣
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I thought the same thing. Why is this barely getting a mention on the news…
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😱
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Not surprised.
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Sure except that’s the only way adults can get vaccinated for whooping cough aka pertussis
Velvet ants are so common in the Florida sand that I don't always give them a second look (unless they're miniscule), but this one caught my eye because it suddenly buried itself in the sand, by scooting backwards. Brachynemurus nebulosus - an ant lion mimicking velvet ants! 🧪 #Invertebrates
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I frequently get this when I type fast.
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Bummer
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I guess it’s impossible for you to get drugs like gastrocrom just like it is for me… sigh
Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish! You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
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That was a great article.
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😐
Was visited by baby aliens at the banding station today 👽👽👽 (American Woodcock)
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That’s my exact problem. I had to leave my once excellent doctor when she started selling expensive “functional medicine” tests and trying to treat me with expensive supplements 😭 It’s an extreme reaction to the current medical system and only accessible to patients with $ to burn
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I totally agree
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Baby bird bleps? HOW ABOUT EYES CLOSED BABY BIRD BLEPS AAAAHH!! You never know what you're going to capture when you leave your apartment 🥰 🥰
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That’s disgusting!
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Well I learned something today.
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Wow thanks didn’t know that.
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Why didn’t you like the nortriptyline?
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Delightful
dottiespeck.bsky.social (@dottiespeck.bsky.social) reply parent
What kind of bird is that?
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Too bad they stink
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Thank you for your service 🙇🏻♀️
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Yeah I disagree with that
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I have starlings in my yard that mimic red winged blackbirds!
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Yikes
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Perfect
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Thanks 😊
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How can they tell if the spike came from the vaccine versus infection?
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This is INCREDIBLE!!!
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Great video! I’ve heard them from a distance but never seen it up close
I think that this superb parrot chick is objectively 25/10 adorable I can’t even with its face fluff
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Surprisingly we were able to get one after 6 months in the USA
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I’ve had to block so many ugh! I don’t want them in my follower count, they’re mostly porn bots!!
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They do the same thing in the USA I believe
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Purple martins
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That’s disgusting
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Looks like the future baby crickets have some lice playmates 😅
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I’m sure this isn’t just happening in New York, but Philadelphia and other cities have similar markets with live poultry and livestock etc
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Adorable packaging
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It has a cute pattern on its back 😍
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Here we go again
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Thanks! The huge vernal pool near me was completely dry last week. The same time last year it was already full of singing spring peepers
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If you don’t mind my asking, vaguely what region of PA? I’m in SE PA but don’t hear anything yet 🤔
Ten years ago today. The Plain Dealer, Ohio, US. 1st March 2015. #mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
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Yikes
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Oh wow. I’ve seen this behavior but never understood it!
This is perhaps the most outrageous thing I've ever captured. A moonbow (rainbow made from moonlight rather than sunlight), with snow (rather than rain) with the northern lights behind it. A Polar Lunar Snowbow?
I was quite confident on my knowledge of marine biodiversity in my area (I have a PhD in marine biology after all). But today I learn about Paromola cuvieri, one of the largest crab species of the Northeast Atlantic, that uses its last pair of legs to carry live specimens of sponges and corals 🦑 🌊
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Are you joking or did you really lose an eye? I’m so confused 😫
Race a tiger beetle, blow up a pipeline, eat some dry leaves! You can do anything as an isopod! 🦐🧲 Isopod demo is OUT NOW and will be available until the end of Steam Next Fest on March 3rd! store.steampowered.com/app/2053910
I’m so excited to announce that my new book THE BIRDING DICTIONARY is available for preorder! It's a humorous dictionary of real birding terms and goofy definitions, plus a ton of silly illustrations. It's out May 6 but you can preorder it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
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What do you feed them?
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These are AMAZING
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This is pretty amazing
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Aw. When the juncos leave where I love that’s how I know spring is coming 😆
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My HRV drops with migraines
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Fantastic photo
This katydid from Ecuador has been affectionately named by photographers "candy-cane katydid". The truth is... we are not sure which species it is. One possibility is a Harroweria nymph, but until someone witnesses the transformation into the adult stage it will remain a mystery.
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I mostly agree, the only thing I can think of is maybe smoking and alcohol use in adults which does cause preventable cancer.
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Well that’s just genius. I hope I remember to look closely next time I come across one.
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It’s not automatic but it’s electronic for me (USA)
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I didn’t know I had a fave astronaut photo until I saw this one.
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😔❤️
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Oh you have ADHD too, makes sense.
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Oh yeah. Huge.
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Wow I hope I can find this incredible being one day.
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A tiny transformer 😍
The spectacular Crimson-collared Tanager at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #birds #nature #costarica
if you see someone wearing a mask PLEASE assume that YES, they would love it if you also masked. if they say “no, don’t worry about it” they probably don’t mean it. signed, an immunocompromised people-pleaser
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It’s prescription only in USA also. But this is a good tip I’m filing away for future use
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Masked Flowerpiercers are omnivorous birds that eat insects, fruit, and nectar. They use their uniquely shaped beak to cut a hole in the bottom of flowers to drink nectar. These birds can be found in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains. Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
I did capture a SMILING echidna in 2020. Perfect snap of the moment! Might be useful at this trying time :)
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I’m still dismayed over the course of the pandemic my doctor turned against vaccines and became pro-infection 😩 I had to get a new doc. I thought she was smarter than that
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Gorgeous!!!
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Ugh it’s an nsaid ☹️ off the table for me
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I absolutely love them, and your photographs have a lot to do with that. They are spectacular!
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I’m just a patient. I only know that Cochrane is untrustworthy and now have the worry that my physicians will rely on it and I won’t get treated appropriately, making my life worse.
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I knew they were hot garbage when they came out with that mask review
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A walking turd. It’s perfect.
While pylochelids MAY represent a similar form to the ancestral hermit crab, symmetry has re-evolved many times within them (longboi-ification of carcinization?) 🦀🧪🦑 In rocks, in wood, in abandonded worm tubes in coral, and more! I'm really interested in this!
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LOVE IT
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I found one of these giants once. I gave it a sugar water snack just to watch it for a while
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It didn’t come across that way to me. The majority of people don’t even know that people that keep bugs etc exist lol
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This is a very popular pastime actually! 😆 among invertebrate keepers, anyway
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Wow again!
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Mourning doves are underrated!
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Thanks!
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What is it?
dottiespeck.bsky.social (@dottiespeck.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow!
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Right 😑 this is how migraine is diagnosed… etc
#OnlyBeautifulThings Along a stretch of the Pacific Coast Trail in the Desolation Wilderness: a view from Fontanillis Lake/Falls, with the three Velma Lakes and Lake Tahoe beyond. Sometimes I envy the PCT hikers being able to see this for the first time.
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A beach jumping spider! 🥺
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I completely agree. How did we get here? They’re terrible
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I just saw a sapsucker with a red bellied woodpecker in a black walnut tree the other week! I thought it was unusual