A Lot Of My Friends Have Backslid--understandably--into Despairposting And Doomreblogging About This,

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Walthamstow says fuck racism.

A lot of my friends have backslid--understandably--into despairposting and doomreblogging about this, so I want to give you something a bit different: the UK does not like these rioting racist twats and is prepared to say so loudly and with force.

please don't reblog posts that are "EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE" unless they contain some way for the people reading them to take action--whether it's gofundmes, or letter templates for MPs, petition links, etc. "LOOK AT THE BAD THING" is for the newspapers. we are not the newspapers, we are the people trying to fix the fucking mess they've made.

THE BADASS BUG BRACKET

ROUND 2, BRACKET 7

Devil's Flower Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica) vs Synagris Proserpina

Devil's Flower Mantis propaganda: Looks cool as hell overall but especially SICK with it's threat display! Also its about 10-13 cm long (3.9-5.1 inches), so its a pretty damn big bug!!! Look up more pics of them they always look sick as hell

Synagris Proserpina propaganda: Is this wasp a total nobody? no common name, not even a wikipedia page, just a few images on inaturalist and the sort? yes! but tell me it doesnt look AWESOME. it looks like a LITTLE DEVIL. it literally looks like a cartoon demon to me its the devil from the bible. i dont know anything about it as a species, but i am enamored and delighted by its shapes. plus, those huge horns are unique to its genus, so its special little dude. when have you seen a wasp with horns before? NEVER I BET.

YESSSSS MMF UPDATE RAA!!!

And it begins!

I also announce I'm not putting more transcriptions here in the comments xD They'll be in the image's alt text, essentially letting this comic be read by visually impaired peeps too. Wahoo.

Spent some time hanging out with the African lions (Panthera leo) yesterday. We filmed an interview with visiting researcher Larisa DeSantis, who is interested in studying microwear patterns on feliforms - species of wild cats, and hyenas. Tiny breaks in the teeth can be an indication of what an animal was eating shortly before it died, whether they were shearing soft tissues or breaking into hardened bone, which could indicate scavenging behavior.  

This sort of research becomes particularly interesting when you’re looking at specimens living during extinction events. Museum collections allow these scientists to compare recent specimens to older examples of that species. If, historically, a species wasn’t known to be scavenging, but you see significant microwear in the more recent specimens, then it could imply that prey animals were scarce and a non-scavenger would have been more desperate for prey. 

But what really blows my mind is the application of this research when studying man-eating behaviors. We still aren’t certain as to why the Lions of Tsavo began preying on railway workers in 1898. A few theories include evaluating dental and pain disease, and how that could have precluded the lions from hunting their typical large game (although research published in 2011 indicates they were still consuming herbivores). Other hypotheses suggest there was food scarcity and they were simply desperate – or perhaps the lions gained a taste for human flesh after eating workers who died of other causes. By taking dental impressions of the Tsavo Lions’ teeth, we may be able to answer this question – with science! In other words, heavy microwear on the Tsavo lions’ teeth could indicate they were super desperate and eating whatever was around - including people.

Stay tuned for the upcoming videos on the Tsavo Lions and Other Man-Eaters – and check out more of Larisa’s fascinating dental-work-meets-paleontology research here.

Borgar.......

Right arm is too short but life goes on

As a brazilian I didn't know that but I love it omg 😭 thats so real, when me and my Filipino friend join forces we become unstoppable

An example of how much Asian culture is present in Brazil, the first language my father learned was Japanese not Portuguese, and I'd like to note that he comes from an italian family, by no means he'd learn Japanese at home. He learned it because all his neighbours and friends were all Japanese lmao 💀

Do non Brazilians/Filipinos know about Brazilippines…. Brazilians and Filipinos randomly decided that we were two sides of the same coin and have now become besties