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Pop Takes Photos: My, what an orange dog you have.
I do feel rather strongly that the rock cycle is typically under-appreciated.
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I would suggest that not only is this the greatest self-portrait photo of a monkey ever taken, it is also the greatest photo of a monkey ever taken.
You can argue it with me, but you will lose.
Let's Play Naturalist
The above link takes you to a page in The Guardian where they are having an open contest to provide the common names for 10 species. Go there now.
I really like the way the sloth instinctually becomes “Super Sloth” when he is being carried through the air.
Flying sloths would be amazing.
For whatever reason, this mammal looks sinister to me.
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Al Shoot Squirrels: We’ve named him Gimpy
“It’s an entirely new lineage of life that was being eaten and sold in restaurants for food,” says Grismer. “But it’s something that scientists have missed for hundreds of years.”
“I never thought he was going to leave us in such a way,”
This was just suggested to me by Youtube. It’s pretty great. Of course, I don’t know what I’m doing to make the youtube suggestion algorithm suggest something like this.
It is an intense double rainbow, after all.
I wish I got this jazzed about anything.
Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow 1-8-10 (via Hungrybear9562)
And let’s not forget the inevitable remixing.
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From a gallery of colorized infared photos of trees.
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Remember: It will get worse before it gets better.
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Seems like the oil has decided to summer in the keys, before moving on to the Bahamas.
I’m sure it won’t be forgetting us, up here in NY.
A public service reminder: This is happening right now in the most industrialized nation on Earth.
