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Pelicans, like many sea birds, are aerial divers. They spot their prey from high above, bank, and dive into the water to catch the fish. Although they hit the water at high speeds, pelican diving techniques differ somewhat from plunge divers like gannets or boobies. Pelicans are only aiming for a shallow dive, so they have features – like their expandable neck pouch – that help them decelerate quickly instead of taking a full-body plunge. The goal is to increase drag after the head enters, slowing everything down. That can add more stress to the bird’s neck – the rest of the body is still moving quickly even after the head begins to slow. To counter this compression, the birds must have strong neck muscles to stabilize their spines during the impact process. (Video and image credit: Deep Look)

#islamabad #night #special #car Evening with friends ..... I-8/4 Islamabad (at Islamabad, Pakistan)

natgeo Video by @tbfrost | Right in front of John F Kennedy’s winter White House in Palm Beach, Florida, a friend took me on a walk and we stumbled upon a researcher who was checking sea turtle nests that had hatched to look for any little ones that hadn’t escaped. We got lucky (so did the little turtles) and the researcher found 2 Baby loggerhead sea turtles , pulled them from the nest and sent them on their way, their first journey being a 40 foot dash to the sea. Several different species of sea turtles lay nests here but beach front properties with giant retaining walls to try and keep the sea at bay and landscaping / house lights left on all night are affecting the nesting success of sea turtles along this highly developed stretch of coastline. Despite how sad it makes me knowing humans are impacting wildlife like this - It is random mornings like these that make life so wonderful and this work worthwhile.

Run your fingers through all the edges and curves and see what you find. Some nights you will sleep cold on your skin and wake up with the taste of salt on your lips from the sea of your heart that flows through your eyes waiting patiently for what you think you should be because honestly you haven’t quite pointed out who that person is and while you do it, you become a casualty of stab wounds that only you know of how severe sometimes it gets. Some days the sun shines too bright and with much cruelty that it leaves your lips dry and chirped from all the nonsense you keep repeating to yourself but not convinced just yet. And you will still curse the sun for it. Clearly we have devised ways of escaping this type of madness and we just stare at the space and dream it out painfully wanting to grasp it and orbit it about our hands to pick up on what can absolutely capture the need for a true story inspired by broken souls and it won’t feel so draining because an automation of words drawn from the ink in your blood stream to truly testify of the treachery and have a good laugh about it with one or two tear drops to seal the pain. Just mimicry of a stubbornness that has caused resistance that won’t barge at the stroke of an empty song that isn’t reverberated by the soul. So kiss my goodbyes and taste of the horrors that has kept my eyes wide open most nights.

(via misplacednotes)

par·ox·ysm

/ˈperəkˌsizəm/

noun sudden expression or outburst of a particular emotion.

Good habits

Waking up early (like every day, even on weekends)

Going to sleep early (so you can wake up early)

Going for a walk every day (at morning or at night)

Drinking water before and after every meal

Eating breakfast

Stretching

Exercising

Reading something

Doing your work as soon as you get home

Planning your time

Taking time for yourself

Getting a shower

Brushing your teeth

Washing your face

Talking to your friends

Writing how your day was (memories for your future self?)

Being less than 3 hours on the phone

Not pressing the snooze button

Doing something good for someone

Being thankful for the day you got to wake up and for the day you lived through

How to learn astrology; read as many books as available to you

Watch people, talk to people, love people, be in awe of people

Watch Disney movies through the eyes of mythology, read fairytales and biographies see everyone as a god and goddess, fall asleep contemplating the cosmos

Listen to people. Understand them. See their solar system come to life. Attend the daily classes the universe has written and follow its lesson plan. See the unity in everyone, worship their spirit and story

#jungle #dangerous #trip #islamabad #jungle While traveling to damane koh

read classics - I know from experience its a slow but steady climb when it comes to reading classics, but it’s a worth while experience to put yourself in world that so different from the world now but mirrors it quite the same. Reading classical opens you mind to how simple but complex the human race is. It might seem like chore especially if your not a reader but you can start by just picking a classical that ficinated you the most  and listening to it on audiobook first. After a couple times of listening on audiobook you’ll get used to rhythm of the language and it’ll be easier to continue reading on your own. Also, pro tips- if you really wanna kick it up a notch, write a short review for every classic you read to help retain the info. 

expand your genres-  Everyones knows there’s a lot to be learned from movies, tv show and music but for most of us, once we learn what kind of genres we like we tend to never branch out and this limits our learning. You don’t have to like every genre but exposing yourself to different styles of music and movies teaches you tolerance and after a while of forcing yourself to do this, you might find your pallet start to shift.  

watch youtube videos- This is one of my favorite ways to not only be entertained but to get a general overview of a certain topic, usually if it sparks my interest i’ll do a little further research. Youtube channels such as ted-ed, asap science, scishow and today i found out do an amazing job of giving you a little bit of knowledge about everything.

listen to people who have different opions than you- I know this one is particularly hard one for most people, but your going to learn the least from having repeptive conversations with people with the same ideas as you. People with different opinions than you will have an impact on how you live your life wether you like it or not; its not your job to accept their ways of thinking but to understand why they think the way they do- you never know, you might just find that the other persons opinion has some merit and might make you more knowlegable about a certain situation. A great way to do this is to watch interviews, read articles about the opposing side of your opinion.

Accept that you’ll never know everything- This is an important one, you may be thinking, how does this have to do with educating myself? well, I added this one because I truly feel like you can’t educate yourself without acknowledging your ignorance. A person who thinks they know eveything has no room to learn. One of the most powerful ways to educate your self is to accept that you are never going to be finished learning, this opens you up and makes you more receptive to lessons we learn in life everyday. So in short, if you want to be more educated, just live! we’re all life long students and that’s okay. 

#ittehadsteel #ittehad #islamabad #marghazarzoo (at Islamabad, Pakistan)