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Mike Pingleton
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Naturalist, Author, Peru wildlife guide, all photos mine 📷 Panasonic G9🪲 Host of the So Much Pingle herpetology podcast 🐸 Co-author of "The Field Herping Guide" 📗 Co-creator of HerpMapper (herpmapper.org) 🦎 Herpetofauna blogger at fieldherping.org 🐢
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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · Nov 8
Welcome everyone, and thanks for following - let's build community, let's heal, and not give up. My agenda? 20k photos just sitting on my hard drive is a waste, so I'm gonna share 'em out - mostly nature pix, esp. amphibians and reptiles, but other subjects too. I'm glad you're here.
A middle-aged man (me) sitting at a table in a small restaurant in Hong Kong. Hunched over because I am very tired, I am holding my cup of morning coffee in front of me. I am wearing a blue shirt, my hair is short and graying, and I have a mustache and goatee. The worn table is painted a neon green, and behind me are other customers having breakfast.
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lunarose.bsky.social
I have done this, it works and made me a true friend as well
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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michaelmhughes.bsky.social
Batman cartoon panel meme. Robin says, "Subscribe to my Substack." Batman slaps Robin and says, "Fuck no!"
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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biodiversitypix.bsky.social
🐸 The frog book
New York ;Doubleday, Page, 1907.

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Illustration from "The Frog Book," 1907, showing nine detailed toad specimens numbered 1 to 9. The toads vary in color and pattern, featuring shades of green, brown, gray, and white with distinctive markings and textures. Some toads are shown from a top view, highlighting their backs and limbs, while others are in profile or three-quarter views, emphasizing their textured skin and eye details. The toad in position 8 is perched on a dark textured surface, adding context to their natural habitat. This plate serves as a scientific reference to the physical diversity among toad species.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
somuchpingle.bsky.social
CBNC is blaming you (and me) for the current state of economic affairs.
whippoorwont.bsky.social tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 1d
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
Resharing for #WorldWalrusDay
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Feb 19
#TwoForTuesday:
Osuitok Ipeelee (Inuit, 1923 – 2005)
Untitled ( #Walruses ), c. 1977
Steatite, caribou antler; 29.2 x 37.2 x 21.9 cm
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal inv. 2014.234.1-4 www.mbam.qc.ca/en/works/667...
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt
official museum photo of the object, front profile on grey background: Steatite (soapstone, greenish-brown with darker blackish areas and whitish veins throughout) sculpture of two tusked walruses huddled together, with facial features and flipper details incised
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
Dish with #peafowls and peonies
China, Ming dynasty, Yongle mark & period (1403-24)
Carved red lacquer
On display at Metropolitan Museum of Art (2015.500.1.29)
#ChineseArt #BirdsInArt #Peacock
photo of the red lacquer plate with its gallery label on display at museum “明永樂 雕漆剔紅孔雀牡丹紋盤 Dish with peafowls and peonies Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Yongle mark and period (1403-24) Carved red lacquer The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015(2015.500.1.29) The "two birds" design featuring a pair of birds among flowers was a popular motif in Chinese carved lacquer, particularly from the thirteenth to early fifteenth century. On this dish, artisans carved into the surface to reveal two peafowls flying amid lush, blossoming peonies. This design also became standard in other media, such as textiles and ceramics, produced by the imperial workshop of the early Ming dynasty.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
somuchpingle.bsky.social
Same, Nancy. Same.
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
somuchpingle.bsky.social
A Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides) from NE Louisiana. These small (<24in) kingsnakes are mimics of the venomous Eastern Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius) and a joy to photograph. #herps #snakes #NaturePhotography 🌿
Side image of a brightly colored snake, posed on a leaf and facing right. The front quarter of the snake is in the image, the body starting at lower right to middle left where it curves back to the right, with the head and neck in an S-shaped curve. The snake is a banded tricolor, as follows a wide red band, followed by a narrow black band, then a wider white band, another narrow black band, and then repeat. The neck and upper and lower jaws are white, while the top of the head and the nose are red.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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youtu.be/e01zTf2tLV0?...

1977.
Jerry Garcia was struck by the idea for a singular melodic line. He set it down in notation before it escaped him. Robert Hunter: "When we met the next day, I showed him the words and he said, 'I've got the music.' wiki

#music #musicsky #musiciansky #GratefulDead
Terrapin Station (2015 Remaster)
YouTube video by Grateful Dead - Topic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
They grow bacteria on those hairy arms and then lick the bacteria off for a delightful snack, isn't that gross and cool?
vireosy.bsky.social Emil L’Amour @vireosy.bsky.social · 2d
yeti crab

#art #sciart 🎨🦑🦀
Drawing of a yeti crab on a dark slate gray background. It is a white crustacean with long forearms covered in fine hairlike filaments, tinted somewhat teal as if seen from underwater.
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
somuchpingle.bsky.social
I finally wrapped up photo processing from last December's South Africa trip, so here's a timeline cleanse before I hit the sack. A Highveld Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus), or as I like to call it, a Pumpkin-bellied Rock Hopper. Drakensberg Mts. #herps #lizards #NaturePhotography 🌿
Side image of a lizard perched on a rock, and facing right. The limbs and the sides of the lizard's body are pumpkin orange, and there is a wide black stripe running down the back. The tail is black from the tip up to the black legs, where it is splattered with orange. The head is various shades of brown and the chin is dark gray. The lizard sits on a reddish rock in the foreground, and in the blurred background is a rocky hill covered in vegetation.
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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admirablewomen.bsky.social
Microbiologist Dr. Rita Colwell was born #OTD in 1934. She is recognized for her study of global infectious disease spread through water sources. Her research on cholera helped save 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 lives.

She was the first female director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 1998-2004. #WomenInSTEM
Portrait of Dr. Rita Colwell with short silver-gray hair, smiling warmly at the camera. She is wearing round glasses, pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, a white blouse, and a dark blazer. Her arms are confidently crossed, and she stands against a plain medium-gray studio background.
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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jowolff.bsky.social
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...

... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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A cartoon shows an ancient Egyptian boy standing in front of a wall covered with hieroglyphs. He is saying, "Plague... locust-skull-river of blood-frogs... plague." The caption below reads, "Hieroglyphic Spelling Bee".
November 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
somuchpingle.bsky.social
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, each one she passes goes "ah!"
gingertotty.bsky.social ‘Clark’ the Herald Angels Sing @gingertotty.bsky.social · 4d
Little ditty, bout Jack and Diane. Two Merican kids growing up in the heartland…
Pope sings meme
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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theonetruekat.bsky.social
We have 42 people signed up for the volunteer program and ready to start amphibian audio surveys in the city of Davis! Preliminary surveys start tomorrow and run all week, with teams officially starting Dec 1st. This is my first widespread-effort citizen science program, wish us luck! #herps
A western Spadefoot toad sings in a puddle.
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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biodiversitypix.bsky.social
🌎 North American herpetology: Philadelphia, J. Dobson;1842.

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Illustration of a North American snake from 1842, titled "Elaps Fulvius." The snake features a coiled body with distinct bands of black, red, and yellow. The head is black with yellow markings, and the underbelly shows alternating black and red bands. The detailed scales and vivid color pattern are characteristic, highlighting the snake's identification and classification in early American herpetology. The background is plain, focusing attention solely on the snake.
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a three quarter profile of an ancient Egyptian figurine of a leaping dog facing left. Carved from ivory, now a warm caramel brown colour with glossy surface. The dogs eyes are outlined in black, the ears are floppy, the mouth is slightly ajar (the inside of the mouth is painted red - not sen in my photo). The front and back legs are outstretched as if running at full speed. A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth so that the dog looks as if it’s barking. Dimensions: L 18.2 cm × H 6.1 cm × W 3.6 cm. Dated to Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC, reign of Amenhotep III who was Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The dog is mounted on a thin metal rod in a display case. In the background in the same display case is a ‘galloping’ brown horse, which is the handle of an ancient Egyptian fly whisk or light whip.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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incnaturalist.bsky.social
Is this the best cup of coffee ever? I swear that I didn’t know that the star of the show was there until I sat down. Made the eyes open wide for sure! 👀
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
Image of Richard Scarry’s apple car. The red apple car has four tiny wheels and the right side shows a windshield and the car interior. Visible inside the window is a worm (“Lowly”) with a red bow tie and a green hat.
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
somuchpingle.bsky.social
Adding this to 2025 Lessons Learned: groundhogs can climb chain link fences. My wife calls them “land otters”. 🌿
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Did you know Georgia is home to 50+ salamander species, some found nowhere else on Earth?

Enter our GivingTuesday Raffle & Auction to support their conservation. Our raffle grand prize: a field herping adventure for two, led by Noah Fields and Ben Stegenga!
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM