The More I Work With Tarantulas They Less I Understand The Overwhelming Fear And Hatred Most People Have

The skin of Madagascar poison frogs contains the sugar sucrose – the first known case of sucrose produced by an animal, and not a plant.

Can i be completely honest?

I wasnt sure the display enclosures I built were the best choice. Even though i am pro enrichment and larger enclosures, i had my doubts that a ball python would use all that space.

The behavior im seeing is so awesome though. Like Khaleesi, who is 6-7 years old now, raised and bred entirely in a typical rack system for most of her life, is a very different snake. She would hide pretty much exclusively, even in my larger tubs. If you check the past posts- i believe i excitedly posted a photoset seeing her out for the first time ever a few months back. That alone was amazing to me. Now, my mind is blown. Youve seen the pictures, but im not sure you know how proud of her i am.

Look at that. Confidently chilling up top where the hotspot is about 95.

Part of me wasnt going to put her in a display. Not because ball pythons do poorly in large enclosures, but because i was certain she wouldnt use the space, whereas the animals i raised with enrichment would put it to better use. It sounds funny but i was scared i would find out animals treated like breeder would never take advantage of enrichment and thusly would not “need” it. That would make all of my efforts pointless.

Despite all that, I intuitively felt that she needed to be in the first completely finished display enclosure.

You can see, that was the right choice and she has expanded her behaviors.

I see her out and about, but shes also more confident. For example:

She started to periscope when the door was closed, and i was able to open the door and snap this picture without having her shirk away in fear or immediately seek a hiding spot to escape.

Watching her and the other females use their enclosures to perform different behaviors has encouraged me again.

And now, when i get responses like this:

I can smirk and laugh, because my animals are healthier.

Oh i also saw Asteria and Prometheus mating out in the open 🤷‍♀️

Hey so what the FUUUUUUCK happened in this beetle’s evolution??? For that matter why didn’t I know about these if they’re a “common wood-boring pest???”

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep27364 Under “normal” circumstances, they don’t form adults and the larva simply clones new larvae that eat their way out of the “mother larva.” If exposed to extreme heat, they’ll pupate and turn into little beetles like their ancestors did, and the little beetles go through a whole elaborate courtship period where the females fight with each other over territory and try to mount males or each other (apparently the first time same-sex coupling was observed in a beetle), with both sexes having unique little dances to communicate with each other. If I’m reading correctly the male has a mating display while the female has like a little “rejection dance” I think? And then it doesn’t matter because all adults are sterile so the population just dies off.

Goblincore:

-dirt

-nature

-moss

-bugs, spiders, and worms

-collecting useless stuff

-being comfy and not letting anyone judge you

Dragoncore:

-gold

-gems

-crystals

-silver

-metals

-lizards

-being lazy

Crowcore:

-dark colors

-anything remotely shiny

-screaming

-active and hyper

-sharing your shinies with your friends

Cottagecore:

-warm and cozy

-calming colors

-cookies and baked goods

-tea and hot chocolate

-anything made of wood

-FROGS!!

-fall

Farmcore:

-hay bails

-farm animals

-fields

-vegetables

-sunsets

-wheat

-little cats and big dogs

-fall and summer

Dirtcore:

-moss

-anything in nature

-flowers

-grass

-dirt and mud

-amphibious animals

-trees

-cool looking sticks

-wormwormwormworm

Vulture culture:

-bones

-fur

-magic

-herbs

-spices

-october

Meadowcore:

-flowers

-pastel

-fields and meadows

-baby animals

-butterflies

-spring

Honeycore:

-baked goods

-yellow

-bees?

-farms

-sunrises and sunsets

-summer

-honey, duh!

Grandmacore:

-cozy chair/sofa

-baked goods and other sweets

-cottages

-earthy colors

-nice smells

-cats!!

Naturecore:

-plants

-wild animals

-rivers

-rainbows

-flowers

-bugs

Forestcore:

-moss

-mushrooms

-dirt

-trees

-mud

-sticks

-deer

-bears

-racoons

-beetles

-dead leaves

Earthcore:

-nature

-oceans

-skys

-mountains

-waterfalls

-rainforests

-any animal

-plants

-clouds

Witchcore:

-magic

-lizards

-owls

-cats

-bats

-books

-skulls

-herbs and spices

-dark forests

Bogcore:

-swamps

-bogs

-seaweed

-green water

-frogspawn

-frogs and toads

-lilly pads and lillies

-algie

Mosscore:

-moss

-algie

-mushrooms

-green

-dirt

-mud

-bark

Fairycore:

-pastel

-butterflies

-flowers

-magic

-soft animals

-pink

-sparkly stuff

-spring

Techcore:

-gears

-cogs

-wires

-motherboards

-circut boards

-binary code

-cords

Futurecore:

-buldings

-technology

-robots

-cool cars

-screens

-cameras

-black

-decorative lights

Feel free to add more!!!

“What If Our Pets Were Bugs??”

I’ve never seen a wild red fox in my home state but I spotted this poor beauty on the side of the highway today. I really wish that I could have seen her out in the woods where she belongs and this sight broke my heart. Please please watch for wildlife when you’re out on the roads; animals don’t understand why their world is changing and their forests are shrinking. We have to do better by them. 

LICHENS

vor dem Harz photos

The last thing the seed sees…

if u cut off my dick two more will grow in its place

In ‘Wild Design,’ Vintage Illustrations Expose the Patterns and Shapes Behind All Life on Earth