To create a clove hitch, make a loop around a nearby fish. Then make another loop and pass the free end under the second loop before tightening. You can also just create a loop in the free end and slide it over the fish, if the fish is moving slowly enough. Then make another loop the same as the first. Put the second loop over the fish (just above the first loop) and tighten the hitch.
This spider got bit by a radioactive high schooler and now has the proportionate ability to make poor life choices and get B’s in Chemistry.
Signs sure can be judgemental.
Not pictured: the other sign reading “You’re about to find out!” and the crumbling walkway.
This is a statue commemorating the bear that inspired Winnie the Pooh. There are two such statues – one in London, where the bear became famous, and one in Winnipeg, where the bear was from.
I’ve seen them both.
The London Zoo has the best signs
Like this one, that isn’t so much warning you against specific action as just informing you of certain risks you take by being alive.
One interesting thing about going to historical zoos is how seldom the buildings, built to house animals, gave any consideration to the animals at all.
Decimus Burton, the first architect of the zoo is on record as being quite upset that his brilliant designs, made so people can appreciate the animals, were being thrown away because, as it turned out, they were also killing the animals that lived there.
While not as bad as that, this aviary has also reached the end of its useful life and there were signs up about how the zoo planned to replace it soon.
The more we learn, the more we realize just how wrong we were when we thought we knew what we were doing. I think this is true in all fields, but more apparent in the world of zoos.
I seldom post other people’s photos, much less photos of other people’s photos.
However, I have to mention that a little over 100 years ago, the largest lizard – with a massively infectious, poisonous, *and* venomous bite (to the point that a bite is often a death sentence, even with modern medical technology, with people dying of infection even years after the bite) came to the London Zoo … and small children got to pet it.
These spiders have gathered together on the 265th* anniversary of the Weenen Massacre to discuss the complexities of colonization and how seldom those in power personally feel the impact of their decisions.
* in base 8, of course.
I suspect the name “black oystereater” might be slightly more accurate.
Brittle stars reenacting the classic fight scene from West Side Story.
I’m pretty sure this is actually a shrimp cosplaying as a sea star.
They told me that feeding kids was easy. They told me that everyone loved peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Turns out they were wrong.
This jelly believes that everything that happens, for good or ill, for pain or for joy, absolutely everything … happens for a reason: ocean currents.
I still don’t understand why my UV camera shifts everything into a violet-red-orange spectrum except yellow flowers, which stay yellow.
This pair of ivory billed woodpeckers were reviewing comments claiming violent behavior is simply biological and impossible to change. The woodpeckers know that’s wrong, but are sympathetic as there are many feelings involved in going extinct.
This stegosaurus is upset with Slack for changing their logo with minimal warning.
Some pictures do not need captions.
I’m not great at botany, but I’m pretty sure this is not poison ivy.
It was dark so this photo is grainy. However, I find it interesting how it shows that only the front part of the flower if coloured in UV. The back of the petal is boring, which probably makes it easier for bees.