LeafSchafe @LeafSchafe@social.cleverlibre.org

Dolophones conifera, the "wrap around" spider did *nothing wrong* -- these spiders are literal wall flowers (branch buds?) and just want to curl up and not be noticed.

You can pick them up and they will run around in a panic until they find a place to "wrap" so they can feel safe.

They are unlikely to but, and if they do their venom isn't anything much.

Let them be poor things live in Australia with all kinds of dangerous creatures like bull ants and Australians.

#spiders

I was enjoying a well-earned cuppa yesterday morning when I heard chirping. Then this little fella strolled out from behind a curtain and stood on the carpet, looking up at me - expectantly.
Apparently, it's a fledgling blackbird (but you can see they're related to thrushes at this stage). I gather they usually spend several days living on the ground after leaving the nest, before they learn to fly.
We put it out in the garden, where it got reunited with its parents later.

#Photography #Birds

Bunker was one of four juvenile male #kakapo released into Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain last week, in the first translocation to mainland NZ in living memory. We’ll monitor them closely in the coming weeks and months to ensure they settle in well. #conservation #returnofthekakapo

la lumière intérieure des ours

Unknown, Amber Bear found in 1887 in a peat bog near Slupsk Poland, Thought to be Neolithic, between 1700 and 650 BCE
#animals #history #mastoart

@RiBurton

Isopod means "equal foot" -- isopods are a family of crustaceans that have seven pairs of legs all about the same size.

The isopods that you already know are "potato bugs" aka "rollie pollies" -- they are land crustaceans!

But this family has many interesting members including giant deep sea isopods the size of cats and parasitic isopods that replace the tongues of fish! Yes they eat the fish's tongue... then become the new tongue so they can mooch on the food when the fish eats!

@toxtethogrady

Also bumble bees fall asleep in flowers all the time. Which is just ... the cutest thing in the whole universe if you ask me.

Oh to be a fuzzy fat bee who ate too much nectar and fell asleep in a tulip.

宝宝在被窝里打洞

塑料小恐龙就是真正的恐龙！由恐龙尸体原浆提炼塑形而成，怎么就不是真正的恐龙呢！

A protein from the venomous scorpionfish kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria in patients with cystic fibrosis. https://elifesciences.org/articles/86369?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_pr

BY THE WAY ITS BEEN OVER A CENT...
*coughs*
By the way, it has been over a century, folks.

Trying something different cc @studiochris #Photography #Boston #Snapseed

Anthophora curta (possibly), napping on a rock by a patch of yellow buttercups it was patrolling incessantly. By the beach at Santa Barbara, California.

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173683325

#iNaturalist #nativebees #Hymenoptera #entomology #insects

New on Entomology Today: Responsible use of pesticides includes striving to avoid negative effects on the environment, often with an emphasis on protecting bees and other pollinators. A new study, however, finds that many common methods for minimizing pesticides' impact on bees—even some recommendations on product labels—are backed by minimal scientific evidence. #entomology #insects #bees https://entomologytoday.org/2023/07/18/do-common-methods-protecting-bees-pesticides-work/

猫迷迷糊糊过了安检。
没有违禁品。
因为也没带任何东西。
核对了肉球和鼻纹就可以。

猫进入飞船，被引导坐在靠窗的位置。
外面是夜空，向下看不到地面。
猫第一次看到自己离星星这么近。
数得出的祖辈都是人养家猫，没什么户外经验。

猫把蜷起来趴着的自己稍微舒展一点，之前痛的地方好像变轻松了，开始觉得有点饿。
轻快的小推车路过，笑着问猫：牛肉还是鸡肉？
猫舔舔嘴唇，说，牛肉和鸡肉。再来点猫条条。
小推车上果然有猫条这种好吃又不太健康的零食。
吃饱以后很快又困了。

再次醒来，飞船上循环放着介绍节目。
过关以后就可以办手续，可以挑选自己的居住地。
猫想找一个有椰子树的海岛，屋子还是得多几个房间。
居住地的资料看得猫眼花缭乱，感觉身体完全不痛了。

终于到了，猫走出飞船来到大厅。
突然听到广播叫自己的名字，让去取行李。
猫很惊讶，因为自己踏上旅途什么都没带。
猫脚步轻盈地走过去，工作人员拿出一大堆包裹好的物品，等猫签收：
这是地球上和你一起生活过的人类和小动物给你的爱，他们很想你。

猫推着满满一大车行李，心想，居住地可得替你们好好挑挑，等你们很久以后到了，一定都喜欢。

#猫

A team of researchers has sequenced gut microbiomes from Hadza people.

Samples from the Tanzanian Hadza group included species previously unknown to science.

Hunter-gatherer lifestyle fosters thriving gut microbiome
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02065-y

女足球迷总要忍受新离谱。德国足协为去年男足世界杯球员提供了每人40万欧奖金，却在今年女足世界杯连少的可怜的奖金都不愿意提供

https://weibo.com/7347500052/4916957847752877

英足协比德足协还狗屎，鸡贼到女足准备上飞机了，才发布不给女足一分奖金。导致世界杯开赛在即，女足球员只能暂时搁置争议专注比赛。

https://weibo.com/3612819874/4924931239841264

我不管我就是要到处发！！！请象友围观North Cascades NP的Blue Lake trail上的可爱小羊一家

湖景本身就还好啦，因为雪也不多，也没有冰川，也不是金松季节，但是小羊太可爱了

好在今天多云，不热，基本没出汗，不然我真的很害怕，爬到山顶一身汗臭的我们，要如何避免和山羊狭路相逢时不被山羊攻击 山羊最喜欢盐了，猛起来很可能攻击浑身大汗的登山者，也千万不要把汗津津的衣服放在trail上，更不要在山羊生活的地盘里野尿……

按理说要和野生动物保持几十个yard距离远，但是山羊一家好chill，就坐在trail上，羊妈妈也don’t give a fuk的样子，真是谢天谢地。哎，毕竟人类才是闯入者，是我们打扰了 希望小羊一家健康生活快乐成长！

#猫和柴的野游

@board
我也来问问，浙江地区有没有象友有意向收养三个月小猫？一共四只，颜色长相如图，脸都很周正，脾气蛮好的除了有点胆小，现抓现领养，舟山宁波杭州可以送猫上门，要求有病治病不弃养，可以附赠猫粮！