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oh yeah you're mommy's bad little fruit fly aren't you 😈

a lotta people know me for these

honkin yappin

Insects could take over the world if they wanted. However, because all insects secretly hate one another, they never will.

it's nesting season again for the Big Bear Valley Eagle Live Cam pair and I figured I should share some of my favourite screencaps from over the years. these birds don't know how much I love them.

yellowtail 🐟

i dont hate shipping i just think a lot of you people maybe like shipping too much

BOTD: Titanis

Image: Sergey Krasovskiy

"For decades, terror birds have been reconstructed as predators that swiftly ran down their prey and used their heavy beaks to slice through skin and muscle. This is apparent on the basis of their anatomy alone, but how fast could they run? Ernesto Blanco and Washington Jones approached this question six years ago by estimating the strength of the tibiotarsus – the lower leg bone between the femur and ankle – in three terror birds of varying size. By determining how strong this bone was, the maximum running speed of the birds could be calculated. Both a large, unnamed bird and the mid-sized Patagornis were estimated to reach speeds up to 30 miles per hour, while the smaller Mesembriornis was projected to reach the astonishing speed of 60 miles per hour – as fast as a cheetah. In the case of Mesembriornis, specifically, its legs seem to be overbuilt, and the scientists suggest that this bird likely had a powerful kick to kill prey and perhaps crack bones to get at the marrow inside."

- National Geographic (or, if you don't want to enter your email, I put the article in a google doc)