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Your daily dose of science, tech, and cosmic wonder. Please turn on notifications, so you don’t miss a post. 🚀🛰️ #Science #Nature #Technology #Space

created February 23, 2025

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Lovebird collects paper strips and tuck them between their tail feathers to transport back to the nest as building material.

30/8/2025, 3:15:19 PM | 1277 304 | View on Bluesky | view

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Beavers pause while chewing trees to listen for movements so that the tree doesn't fall on them.

30/8/2025, 1:46:04 PM | 2190 458 | View on Bluesky | view

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Explorers have found what appears to be a giant doorway located in the Dzungarian Alatau Mountains of Kazakhstan.

30/8/2025, 11:05:25 AM | 969 203 | View on Bluesky | view

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A flock of flamingos walking together.

29/8/2025, 10:09:52 PM | 1361 255 | View on Bluesky | view

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This Cave of Giant Crystals (selenite) is located 980ft underground in Naica, Mexico.

29/8/2025, 9:57:29 PM | 1304 241 | View on Bluesky | view

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Box turtles are aptly named as they can completely close up their shell like a box. #Bluesky

29/8/2025, 12:04:30 PM | 1229 188 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Baby hippo vs slippery rock.

28/8/2025, 2:26:24 PM | 615 88 | View on Bluesky | view

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Interesting! Sunlight breaking the rock. -credits: joemyheck

27/8/2025, 7:20:11 PM | 885 170 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's just a school of fish following a duck.

27/8/2025, 12:43:26 PM | 1239 236 | View on Bluesky | view

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A close-up with a wild lynx.

27/8/2025, 8:23:42 AM | 2034 345 | View on Bluesky | view

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A bald eagle going into defense mode when she spots a predator circling her nest.

26/8/2025, 7:07:14 PM | 973 135 | View on Bluesky | view

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A bald eagle going into defense mode when she spots a predator circling her nest.

26/8/2025, 7:07:14 PM | 973 135 | View on Bluesky | view

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The size of a polar bear close up.

26/8/2025, 1:28:37 PM | 1102 202 | View on Bluesky | view

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A flyby of Earth from the International Space Station. -Credits: NASA

25/8/2025, 6:48:06 PM | 3118 646 | View on Bluesky | view

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Two French speaking guys encounter a Frill-necked lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) in the Australian outback.

25/8/2025, 5:16:14 PM | 661 135 | View on Bluesky | view

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Water (life) returning to a dried river bed after a good rain.

25/8/2025, 3:36:58 PM | 8455 1009 | View on Bluesky | view

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An Owl getting surprised.

23/8/2025, 4:15:11 PM | 530 102 | View on Bluesky | view

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A microscopic Tardigrade (water bear), walking across a glass slide. Extremely resilient, they can survive decades without food or water and can survive in direct exposure to space.

23/8/2025, 12:51:26 PM | 5454 1040 | View on Bluesky | view

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The white cat is blind and has a best friend, a black cat, who is always by its side to guide it.

22/8/2025, 8:17:48 PM | 16243 2375 | View on Bluesky | view

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A "spatial illusion" is a visual or perceptual illusion where your brain misinterprets the size, position, depth, or orientation of objects in space.

21/8/2025, 2:16:11 PM | 796 140 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Baby hippo's first steps on dry land.

21/8/2025, 12:47:58 AM | 952 140 | View on Bluesky | view

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A peacock showing off its art.

20/8/2025, 12:32:56 PM | 1163 200 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Timelapse of a kitten's growth.

20/8/2025, 7:11:05 AM | 6069 868 | View on Bluesky | view

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Watch this fox dodge a falcon's capture 3 separate times.

19/8/2025, 1:50:43 PM | 1196 222 | View on Bluesky | view

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utmsi.utexas.edu/science-and-...

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ocean.si.edu/telescope-fish

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An incredibly rare synchronised moment as this man proposed to his girlfriend at the exact same time as the volcano erupted.

19/8/2025, 12:42:12 PM | 967 128 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tigers with a frozen milk brick on a hot day.

18/8/2025, 11:47:34 AM | 2985 452 | View on Bluesky | view

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This fascinating time-lapse of an orb-weaver spider building her web is even more remarkable considering she removes it before dawn each day and constructs a new one every night to avoid daytime predators.

17/8/2025, 7:03:24 PM | 2321 432 | View on Bluesky | view

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Above and below in Alaska.

17/8/2025, 12:23:49 PM | 980 124 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bravo! Two dogs herding hundreds of sheep into the pen without missing a single one.

16/8/2025, 8:09:15 PM | 1437 302 | View on Bluesky | view

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A curious Arctic Fox pup checks out a nature photographer.

16/8/2025, 5:07:58 PM | 1440 256 | View on Bluesky | view

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A carcal flexing its ears. Can you do this?

15/8/2025, 2:51:36 PM | 1495 255 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is how the world should be.

15/8/2025, 1:12:26 PM | 2590 630 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stunning! An 8-hour time-lapse to show the Earth is rotating while capturing the Milky Way.

14/8/2025, 4:57:11 PM | 1698 402 | View on Bluesky | view

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This Starling murmuration over Rome.

14/8/2025, 2:25:03 PM | 2479 640 | View on Bluesky | view

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A family of wild Pallas's cats (Otocolobus manul).

14/8/2025, 12:18:19 PM | 7035 993 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tigers are solitary animals, they love huge personal space. In comparison, Lions are clingy and social animals.

13/8/2025, 5:26:23 PM | 2169 383 | View on Bluesky | view

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Epiphyllum oxypetalum, the queen of the night, blooms nocturnally, and its flowers wilt before dawn.

13/8/2025, 3:20:11 PM | 2753 469 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ducklings swarm perceiving the guardian as a safety instinct.

13/8/2025, 11:20:44 AM | 8961 1067 | View on Bluesky | view

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Smart! A Raven doing Raven things.

12/8/2025, 4:48:16 PM | 11658 1816 | View on Bluesky | view

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A baby Giraffe's first steps.

12/8/2025, 2:36:30 PM | 2604 439 | View on Bluesky | view

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An owl with some attitude.

12/8/2025, 12:12:13 PM | 6359 920 | View on Bluesky | view

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A turtle taking a nap.

11/8/2025, 6:24:25 PM | 1111 204 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ducks walking on Hydrangea petals.

11/8/2025, 3:44:56 PM | 7916 1209 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is how a Polar Bear crosses thin ice.

11/8/2025, 12:09:59 PM | 1239 229 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Waterfall That Refuses to Fall.

10/8/2025, 6:24:29 PM | 1300 272 | View on Bluesky | view

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Removal of a hornet’s nest.

10/8/2025, 1:51:54 PM | 1839 322 | View on Bluesky | view

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An octopus on the run.

10/8/2025, 11:51:15 AM | 1330 258 | View on Bluesky | view

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When you clean for hours and then get reminded you have kids.

9/8/2025, 9:51:44 PM | 1325 324 | View on Bluesky | view

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No, it's not. The Parlor Roller pigeons are a domestic breed developed through many generations of selective breeding specifically for their unique rolling behavior.

9/8/2025, 8:24:33 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stunning! A pigeon doing backflips.

9/8/2025, 5:05:55 PM | 9933 1459 | View on Bluesky | view

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Incredible footage of Plasma ejecting from the Sun.

9/8/2025, 2:59:50 PM | 3627 834 | View on Bluesky | view

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A family of sleeping whales: mother, daughter, and son.

9/8/2025, 1:15:37 PM | 1432 331 | View on Bluesky | view

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A solar parhelion, also known as a sun dog.

8/8/2025, 4:18:22 PM | 756 156 | View on Bluesky | view

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An absolute Art. A close-up of a Jaguar skin.

8/8/2025, 2:23:43 PM | 738 119 | View on Bluesky | view

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The way touch me not plant's (Mimosa pudica) leaves fold up when touched.

8/8/2025, 12:30:54 PM | 920 191 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Neuron looking for a connection with the rest of the network.

7/8/2025, 7:30:48 PM | 527 101 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Reindeer posing under the Aurora Borealis.

7/8/2025, 4:22:46 PM | 762 128 | View on Bluesky | view

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Run Ane Run! This is how it looks when a Sea Anemone runs away from a Starfish.

7/8/2025, 2:23:07 PM | 624 121 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is an uninterrupted minute of Maruay the rescued tiger, with his beloved ball.

7/8/2025, 12:24:34 PM | 714 121 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ice calving and a 200 foot tower rise from the water.

6/8/2025, 6:35:38 PM | 520 112 | View on Bluesky | view

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Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.

6/8/2025, 3:46:30 PM | 18365 3047 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes, it is ornamental, edible in small amounts, and has some medicinal uses.

6/8/2025, 2:27:30 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stunning! A Timelapse of an Oxalis plant blooming.

6/8/2025, 2:18:24 PM | 5655 774 | View on Bluesky | view

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An ice pillow for a Red Panda on a hot day.

6/8/2025, 11:43:39 AM | 1144 162 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Crystal clear Glacier meltwater in Alaska.

5/8/2025, 6:41:29 PM | 880 186 | View on Bluesky | view

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A peacock showing off its art.

5/8/2025, 2:05:34 PM | 18761 2637 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Happy Snow Owl.

5/8/2025, 12:00:59 PM | 830 122 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) drinking coconut water.

4/8/2025, 7:14:35 PM | 624 98 | View on Bluesky | view

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An Enormous Plasma Wall Captured on the Sun.

4/8/2025, 4:20:53 PM | 3809 562 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Girl in Portugal accidentally captures a falling meteorite.

4/8/2025, 1:54:16 PM | 956 204 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stunning! This Rainbow Waterfall at Yosemite National Park.

3/8/2025, 2:05:46 PM | 1005 204 | View on Bluesky | view

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Skiers witnessing the stunning phenomenon known as 'Sun candle'.

3/8/2025, 12:04:01 PM | 1269 291 | View on Bluesky | view

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A British crow is asking passersby if they're alright.

2/8/2025, 6:12:42 PM | 9809 1917 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nature’s masterpiece! Behold the beautiful Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata).

2/8/2025, 2:57:46 PM | 5590 812 | View on Bluesky | view

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Aww Curious. This seal could have gone its whole life not knowing lizards exist.

2/8/2025, 1:20:40 PM | 656 108 | View on Bluesky | view

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A flyby of Earth from the International Space Station. -Credits: NASA

1/8/2025, 7:12:14 PM | 8618 1573 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rate it! The Leaf Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) or Leaf Slug is a sea slug that has the ability to photosynthesize.

1/8/2025, 4:12:54 PM | 905 213 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Rare sighting of the deep blue underside of a glacier during a collapse caused by glacier calving.

1/8/2025, 1:37:46 PM | 1115 291 | View on Bluesky | view

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This dead leaf that isn’t quite a leaf is actually a leaf-mimicking spider-Eriovixia gryffindori, discovered in 2015.

1/8/2025, 12:03:23 PM | 625 141 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tortoise VS Hare -Guess Who Wins?

31/7/2025, 6:37:30 PM | 420 80 | View on Bluesky | view

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Red Pandas use their tails as pillows.

31/7/2025, 2:30:11 PM | 1267 191 | View on Bluesky | view

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Colossal Waves at Nazaré, Portugal.

31/7/2025, 1:59:47 PM | 665 156 | View on Bluesky | view

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An antelope showing off its moves

30/7/2025, 7:08:09 PM | 576 77 | View on Bluesky | view

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An antelope showing off its moves

30/7/2025, 7:08:09 PM | 576 77 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is how a seal’s nose prevents water from entering its lungs.

30/7/2025, 3:32:14 PM | 5002 653 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's just a “swarm of fish" following a duck.

30/7/2025, 2:04:25 PM | 13892 2095 | View on Bluesky | view

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An Otter sliding on ice.

29/7/2025, 8:27:50 PM | 506 84 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rate it! Furcifer pardalis, commonly known as the panther chameleon, is a strikingly colorful species of chameleon native to Madagascar.

29/7/2025, 5:36:16 PM | 640 126 | View on Bluesky | view

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Blue Ghost's view of the moon at 100km altitude. -Credits: NASA

29/7/2025, 7:48:47 AM | 3270 556 | View on Bluesky | view

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A stunning drone shot of falling lava rocks.

29/7/2025, 12:54:16 PM | 644 115 | View on Bluesky | view

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Blue Ghost's view of the moon at 100km altitude. -Credits: NASA

29/7/2025, 7:48:47 AM | 3270 556 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Moose cooling down in someone's garden.

28/7/2025, 6:31:54 PM | 1103 205 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Kinetic Sculpture in motion.

28/7/2025, 2:30:58 PM | 868 200 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Moose cooling down in someone's garden.

28/7/2025, 6:31:54 PM | 1103 205 | View on Bluesky | view

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A Kinetic Sculpture in motion.

28/7/2025, 2:30:58 PM | 868 200 | View on Bluesky | view

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Stunning! Above and below in Alaska.

28/7/2025, 1:02:35 PM | 7074 857 | View on Bluesky | view

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Mokokawa Falls, Indonesia.

27/7/2025, 9:02:14 PM | 386 61 | View on Bluesky | view

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A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month. -Credits: NASA

27/7/2025, 4:05:06 PM | 8634 1900 | View on Bluesky | view