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cat riding sheep

learning from the reblogs of that post that there's a lot of people out there under the impression that "kill your darlings" means "kill your characters" and that's the funniest possible interpretation of that phrase

Breathtaking- Eagle flying over the Alps 

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Ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) close-up. As you can see, this Coleoptera has a skull painted on its head, just like a common heavy metal band member:

Many thanks to @sarcasm-andotherstuff for her pareidolic superpowers.

Lamprosoma sp.

photos by Gil Wizen

dont make me tap the sign

not exactly using the ask box correctly here but shshshshshsh just wanted to share with the class incase anyone was curious! cats actually can have "skunk stripe" patterns like cashew

images from http://messybeast.com/bicolours.htm it's not the prettiest site but it's got alot of info + images of cats with really funky patterns! great design inspo don't mind me, i just think these kitties look cool

Aww pretty cats! It's nice to know that my ridiculous sparklecat designs have some kind of basis in reality.

two of the big bear valley bald eagle eggs have hatched so far!

Do you have a favorite threat display pose from a bug? I know its bad if the animal is stressed but also so many mantis ones are just so pretty and silly (up go the arms!), it makes me wonder what other bugs have got goin on

I do love mantid threat displays! My favorite species (Idolomantis diabolica) has a beautiful threat display:

Ahhh I’m scared! Photo by also_sprach_susscrofa

But there are a lot that are super fun, especially the ones with false eyes on the wings. The katydid Pterochroza ocellata comes to mind:

Neat :) Photo by paulcools

Honorable mention to the ilia underwing moth caterpillar who, when threatened, flips onto its back to reveal a startlingly purple/pink belly!

Very “don’t eat me.” Photo by hannahwojo

Can you believe that there are people who live so close to the ocean that they can just think “hey, I should go to the ocean” and then they just do???