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Grottan
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Let your anger be as a monkey in a piñata... hiding amongst the candy... hoping the kids don't break through with the stick!
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sagan.bsky.social
Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, made 31 years ago.
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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weratedogs.com
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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xkcd.com
Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

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Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
grottan.bsky.social
Woohoo! A small win for native fish. I hope this takes root and spreads to other states. I've seen far too many people claim native species as something they thought was invasive and needed to be eradicated.

www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Once considered 'junk,' native rough fish soon could see new catch limits, protections
For more than a century, native rough fish like redhorse, bowfin and buffalo were lumped in with invasive species like common carp — and not considered worthy of protection or management. But there’s ...
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February 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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pixelthegnome.bsky.social
frogs may be extra aggressive today
#FrogFearFriday
a frog is sitting on a white flower and looking at the camera
ALT: a frog is sitting on a white flower and looking at the camera
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February 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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paulscottcanavan.com
Consider
A photo of a dog (crocodile) in Sri Lanka. The dog (crocodile) is relaxing in a lily-laden lake.
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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averagefrog.bsky.social
Today's frog is the plains spadefoot toad.
January 31, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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randomfacts.bsky.social
#poem #poetry #writing

Spitting red cobras are red
Malaysian coral snakes are blue
They're both highly venomous
Now, here's some matching cakes for you!

#snakes #cakes #reptiles
🤪🐍🍰😂
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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reptiledude.bsky.social
It’s also apparently Rattlesnake Appreciation Day again so here is a photo sequence over two months of a gravid Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, from earlier in gestation to postpartum. Rattlesnakes, like most vipers, are ovoviviparous with eggs hatching in the mother who then births the young
A gravid female rattlesnake camouflaged in foliage. Her chevrons make her standout. She is missing a small part of her snout possibly from infection or failed predation. A closer look at the same gravid female rattlesnake camouflaged in a different part of her mound. She is noticeably larger as the young develop within her. Another angle of the same female Timber Rattlesnake. She is a bit easier to see. She had the classic yellow-green “Pinebrake” phenotype exhibited by New Jersey rattlesnakes. A photo of the now mother Timber Rattlesnake shortly after birthing her large litter. She and the babies stayed together for about a week and a half to two weeks, which is fairly typical. Then all of them except two or three of the neonates dispersed into the Pine Barrens
January 28, 2026 at 8:58 PM
grottan.bsky.social
A little taxonomy trivia for you... Penguins have been extinct for over 150 years. What we call Penguins are based on an animal that no longer exists
reptiledude.bsky.social Bill Rulon-Miller @reptiledude.bsky.social · 24d
Not quite #FossilFriday
Here is a specimen of a very recently extinct creature that is currently relevant for…reasons. The Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, as the name implies is the “original” penguin. It survived until likely the 1850s when it became extinct due to overhunting. Photo from ANSP
A large black and white flightless seabird, Pinguinus impennis. While not a true penguin it was a large and flightless member of the Auk family with an appearance and lifestyle similar to Penguins to an extent. They ranged throughout the North Atlantic into the Arctic. While they lived alongside human beings for millennia they eventually were driven to extinction through over exploitation and it is now believed environmental factors played a role as well. Specimen at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.
January 24, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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thebandcake.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Please enjoy a break with like, 100 gar; if you need one👍

Although they are predatory fish, they’re also quite social, one might even say...greGARious 🥁
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
grottan.bsky.social
I'm not much of a bird person but the New Zealand parrots, like the Kakapo, fascinate me. They are up there with the Ratites as my favorite birds.
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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mcpli.bsky.social
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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skeletorinspires.bsky.social
May your next 6 months be happier than your last 6 months. May they be softer on your heart kinder to your mind. And full of little moments that remind you you're becoming everything you're meant to be.
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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averagefrog.bsky.social
Today's frog is the sunset frog.
December 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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drkatfish.bsky.social
#25DaysofFishmas Day 13 brings us a fish that shines like B-E-A-UTIFUL holiday lights! 🌟

Our road trip takes us to the deserts of southern Arizona + New Mexico to find the Beautiful Shiner (Cyprinella formosa), a small, threatened species that was briefly lost from the US but has been reintroduced
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with the beautiful shiner on December 13
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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maufie.bsky.social
Eastern water skink - all creatures great and small.
#nature #wildlife
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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nuiipointer.bsky.social
Cute little Mycena.
#fungifriends #fungi #moss
A delicate, thin-stemmed mushroom with a light pinkish cap stands in wet green moss.
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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meadowdays.bsky.social
Good morning ☕️
A pie chart of galaxies with three slices. The smallest says "stuff you know," a slightly larger one says, "stuff you know you don't know," and the large majority is full of stars and says, "stuff you don't know you don't know."
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
grottan.bsky.social
One of my favorite places... I can't recommend it enough if someone likes a little nature time or has kids. It's right by Texas State in San Marcos, and it's free. I am sharing because it's garweek and this is my spot I'd pick to see gar in the wild. #garweek #sanmarcos

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Wetlands Boardwalk || Exploring San Marcos, Texas
YouTube video by I Love the ATX
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November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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labwaggoner.bsky.social
Single antivenom nanobody protects against 17 different snakebites @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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@andreaslaustsen.bsky.social
Single antivenom protects against 17 different snakebites
Researchers immunized an alpaca and a llama with snake venoms, and combined some of the antibodies produced into a potent cocktail.
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
grottan.bsky.social
I'm watching 1997's HBO Spawn because it feels right.... punishment for evil and stuff
October 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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jmritchey.bsky.social
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
jacobinmag.bsky.social Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · Oct 16
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
grottan.bsky.social
During the first term, NPR tweeted the Declaration on the 4th of July. Maga got really upset thinking it was about Trump

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October 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM