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Mike Pingleton

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Naturalist, Author, Peru wildlife guide, all photos mine. Host of the So Much Pingle herpetology podcast. Co-author of The Field Herping Guide. Co-creator of HerpMapper (herpmapper.org) Herpetofauna blogger at fieldherping.org

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Awesome!

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Get To Know Nature's avatar Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social
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Please join me for 2 minutes at my local creek which is filled with quiet nature happenings. There are damselflies and dragonflies laying eggs, tadpoles with a big meal, fish, a bird bathing and so much more.

🌿 🧪 #invertebrates #birds #herps

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The first episode of my new video series, Cosmology 101, is out now! This one is about cosmic expansion. Check it out and subscribe to the Perimeter Institute’s YouTube channel to get the whole series! youtu.be/7GC8XOKwRpM?... #Cosmology101

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CHOAM Nomsky 💭's avatar CHOAM Nomsky 💭 @thielman.bsky.social
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yes, we boiled the planet, but it was worth it to make a machine that, instead of adding two plus two, takes the statistical average of every answer to questions containing "what" "is" "two" and "plus" from a database of illegal cell phone transcripts and returns a fake nude pic of a high schooler

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Sitting at my desk working and hear a big splash in the pool and I know who it is! I hope he wasn't too freaked out by all of the fireworks last night, poor big buddy.

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Big day for baby dolphins. Got plans in Sunday to see some more and get better shots than this, but overall happy with it. 🐬

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I’m also fond of those tiny sloth fingers…

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While many ducks have a coloured wing patch, the Northern Shoveler said “give me two!” Add the green head, the spoon-like bill and the orange feet, and they are a package! This male northern shoveler decided to fly to the other side of the marsh to check out the foraging options!🪶

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Lady Cardinal. The dads have been bringing the kids to the feeder so maybe she is taking a nice respite from raising a family.

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😁Furcifer is Lucifer’s sticky-tongued brother

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This fallen tree trunk must be filled with bugs, I keep seeing woodpeckers on it. I have to remember to sneak up on it cautiously so they don't fly off

(Pileated Woodpecker) #birds #WoodpeckerWednesday 🌿

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Who needs fireworks? Jeweled chameleon (Furcifer lateralis), SE Madagascar, 2023 #herps 🦎

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I came to my 14 year old with a concern about social media. He literally took his glasses off, rubbed his temples, and asked: “what have the moms on the internet said now?” 😯🫤😆

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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

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Look at this beauty. This glory. This fabulous ancient fossil cockroach of the sea. www.sciencenews.org/article/stun...

They chewed food along the length of their whole bodies before passing it up to a tiny little mouth!

Inspirational.

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Awesome. I haven’t seen a fledgling yet but I think there’s at least one nearby, given the behavior of adult jays

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Constance Lee Menefee 's avatar Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social
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Life is longer and shorter than we want it to be ... 💛

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OK, here is one of my favorite bird sightings ever. It's called an Oilbird or Guácharo. These birds live in caves and grottos in South America and are the only nighttime flying fruit-eating birds in the world. They can navigate like bats, using echolocation!

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Soras spend a fair bit of time foraging in the weedy shallow areas of marshes. This Sora had been searching the shoreline when it saw something in the shallow water that looked interesting!🪶

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Many people kinda get creeped out by bugs unless they have pretty wings. Here is one of my fav insects that is just dashing, the Gulf Fritillary butterfly.

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Nature's abstract art Tints, textures, and hues...

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A late in the day post for #frogfriday. Here’s an Ankafana Bright-eyed Frog (Boophis luteus). Vohimana Reserve, Eastern Madagascar March 2023. #herps 🐸

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Want to join my upcoming Naturalists feed? 'Like' this post. Please share! The more people this invitation reaches, the better.

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Y’all didn’t think this through, didja?

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Judith Butlerian Jihad's avatar Judith Butlerian Jihad @xanindigo.bsky.social
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I still think solarpunk gives the best vision of futuristic cities.

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Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires,. A Amsterdam, Chez Reinier & Josué Ottens, 1754. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50095087

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