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i’ve said it before but it genuinely bothers me so much that every convo about animal welfare in ag is so wrapped up in things that are blatantly untrue/things that aren’t actually bad because there ARE problems with welfare (and environmental impact) but no one in ag can ever take time to talk about them because people want to scream about “rape racks” and snapping the legs of every sheep as they’re sheared

Those of you without your glasses on may be asking: "why are there fruit gummies on this leaf?"

The answer: these are some absolutely stunning Glass Frogs! You can see straight through these little dudes' skin!

‘Green gold’ tree offers Brazil deforestation hope

Trees that help keep soils fertile could slow or stop deforestation in Brazil’s “arc of destruction”.

A project using inga trees hopes to show smallholders that they can earn a decent living from the land.

“It’s very much a kind of ‘miracle tree’ or a super tree because some of the species can do some amazing things,” said Toby Pennington, professor of tropical plant diversity and biogeography at the University of Exeter, UK.

“They can grow really fast on very, very poor soils, even soils where a rainforest has been cut down and have become very degraded.”

The trees (there are more than 300 species) are in the legume family and that means they can fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil.

“More than that, these species have fruits that are edible and often have local markets right across Latin America.”

The trees can also be coppiced, providing wood fuel, and the leaves are a good source of forage for cattle.

As the tree was common and found throughout the Amazon Basin it was deemed to be a miracle tree or super tree by projects trying to stem the relentless deforestation in the region.

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Tiger checking the depth of a watering hole before getting in 

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Could i please get a small mammal cursed bio fact if u have one

the grasshopper mouse of the southwestern United States looks like a standard house mouse but is almost entirely carnivorous and is known to kill and consume everything from less homicidal mice to goddamn rattlesnakes, which they kill by jumping onto the snake’s back and gnawing through its spine

I’m hornet af

i recommend keeping an eye on New Zealand news. not bc of politics or anything, but bc of the HILARIOUS DISCOURSE happening over the 2020 Bird Of The Year Contest. someone called the kiwi a Fat Flightless Fuck. the white-faced heron was accused of racism. voter fraud is rampant 

Moooooooom ! (Unmute !)

i am afraid of what tiktok is doing to people's view of sharks.

i love sharks. i am obsessed with sharks.

and i'm glad that the "jaws" view of sharks is fading. but it worries me that people are saying things like "sharks are literally just ocean puppies". no, they're not as dangerous as a lot of people think, but they're still wild animals. do not treat a shark like a puppy. i've seen videos of people getting themselves bitten by nurse sharks. if you know anything about nurse sharks, then you know that these people were really harassing them. they're not monsters, but they're not your friends either. they're animals who will lash out if they're antagonized or crowded.

anyway sharks are still adorable and i love them very much