#baby tortoises ^^ #good news
There hadn’t been one single baby tortoise sighting in more than a century on the Galapagos Island of Pinzon, until a small group of the tiny, shelled youngsters were spotted this year.
The recent births are helping to pull the critically endangered animals back from the brink of extinction after they were nearly laid to waste as a result of human activity.
This is huge news for a species that has been struggling to survive for a century, relying on humans raising young tortoises bred in captivity until they are large enough to not fall prey to rats and predators.
aiw meme: 4/10 animated movies → Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
“I had been waiting so long to run free, but that goodbye was harder than I ever imagined. I’ll never forget that boy and how we won back our freedom together.”
Leonard Nimoy, smiling, laughing, enjoying life. Black & White.
I needed this right now; you probably do too.
The Good in People Makes the hairs stand up on my arms and neck sometimes…
On January 10th A pod of eleven killer whales, a family of 2 adults and 9 juveniles were discovered trapped in the ice of the Hudson bay off the coast of the small inuit village of inukjuak. Confined for two days in the small breathing hole that was shrinking by the day, the whales began to panic as they tried unsuccessfully to find another breathing hole and their way to sea.
While an icebreaker ship would typically be brought in to free the orcas, the closest crew was thirty six hours away, so the villagers decided to cut a half mile of holes for the killer whales to travel through to get them to open water.
“Always.“
Some horse pictures for you, @missbamf
We had great weather today, so I was able to take some pictures of Endor, the stable owner’s horse. This is the horse, I’m allowed to ride whenever I want to. He’s a little rascal sometimes, but also really sweet.
The “Log Off” protest is in response to the recent NSFW ban announced by Tumblr. The ban flags all content the filtering system detects as NSFW, reducing visibility to the community. The system has proven time and time again that is inefficient, oftentimes flagging SFW material as NSFW.
This SFW material includes art, memes and so on. This ban directly hurts the community and will not solve the actual problems at hand due to the poor flagging system. Because of this, the entire community will suffer.
So to respond, I propose that every user on Tumblr logs off of Tumblr for 24 hours on December 17th at 12 am EST.
Times are listed above depending on timezone!
This post responds to some very common questions about the protest. So make sure to read it over!
https://tumblr.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005118894-Export-your-blog
Pillowfort
Mastodan
Wordpress
Twitter - https://twitter.com/logoffprotest
Tumblr - https://logoffprotest.tumblr.com/
There will be official updates on each account. Make sure to tag us in any posts, or use the hashtag #logoff2018 !
Thanks for your support guys. Let’s fight to make Tumblr better. Actually better.
Time for another giveaway! This time I’m doing coinciding Vulcan Script Themed Giveaways with itreallyisthelittlethings at To Boldly Hold! Pendants and rings are up for grabs by reblogging this giveaway. (see below) Totes, pillows, and notebooks are available by rebogging her giveaway. Like/Reblog BOTH posts for the best chance to win awesome Vulcan merch!!
PRIZE: Your choice of ONE Vulcan script ring (in steel or polished brass) OR pendant (in steel) from my store, Trekkie Treasures. Word/phrase and color are entirely up to you! (Jump rings and chains will NOT be included for pendants. Rings WILL be fitted to your specified ring size.)
TWO WINNERS: I’ll select two winners and each person will get their choice of ring or pendant. (See the winners of my last giveaway [x] [x])
TO ENTER, like and/or reblog this post. Each person is only allowed one of each, BUT a ‘like’ will earn you ONE entry, and a reblog earns TWO. So your name can be entered up to THREE times.
You are not required to follow me nor the Trekkie Treasures blog to win, but if you like what you see, I promise there’s more where it came from. :3
Giveaway closes at midnight MST on SUNDAY, JULY 12th. Winners will be tagged in a post and contacted via ask, so be sure you’re available. The winners will have 24 hours to respond. If I don’t hear back within 24 hours, I will select another winner.
PLEASE NOTE - SHIPPING: Shipping within the U.S. is free, but anyone participating outside of the U.S. may have to pay international shipping fees.
Good luck! And LLAP!
Today’s afteroon walk in the forest ... the trees are just so beautiful!