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Samantha biobabbler
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Unbridled enthusiast of that nature thing, card-carrying conservation biologist, photography phan & word nerd. Have swiffer, will fend off mountain lion. she/her
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Chocolate Tube Slime Mold. #Newfoundland, Canada.
The slime mold is about 3cm high.
#myxomycete #fungifriends
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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Ope it cleared and there’s quite a colorful arc right over my apartment here near Fairbanks! Looking good!
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / John Downing)
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Harbinger of spring!

Chinese quince in the neighborhood, singing a brilliant pink-red song in the wintery grey.
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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Lovely opportunity to compare and contrast between Bewick's Swan and Whooper Swan out on Ludham airfield this afternoon...
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#norfolkbirds
February 5, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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Saw this little cutie on the trail this morning
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I have to say that in times of EXTRA stress, I am really getting comfort from very basic, mundane tasks.

Like making tea.

It's small and easy and simple and reassuring.

And tomorrow, a morning walk and gab with a neighbor.🥰🌄
a man in a white shirt is standing in a kitchen behind a mug that says ' sd ' on it
Alt: a man in a white shirt is standing in a kitchen, yards behind a mug, and tosses a tea bag from that distance, and it lands in the tea cup.
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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Check out these Merlin pantaloons 🪶
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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I love the little toes and eyes of western banded geckos. 🐍
February 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Winter walking.😍
February 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Thank you, Catherine O’Hara, for your vivaciously venerable vocabulary.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/wor...
16 Glee-ridden Words from Schitt's Creek
Don’t watch without reading this, you little frippets!
www.merriam-webster.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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#VetTales Friday QUIZ TIME:

Can you ID which type of animal is being cared for at our vet hospital in each of these photos?

ANSWERS will be posted later tonight!
January 31, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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February 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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You don’t need towering trees nearby to experience the benefits of forest bathing. With hundreds of California state parks across the state, opportunities to reconnect with nature are closer than you think.

Visit calparks.org/forestbathing to learn more!
February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
An unfurling daffodil doing its best peony impression.💛
February 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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...and while I'm not an ornithologist by trade, I do know that Cormorant eyes are fashioned in the depths of Oz, and then rolled down rainbows to be collected by elves, and thence lovingly installed by water nymphs on the day of their hatching
#birds #facts
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Very beautiful, teeny tiny plants.😍

('Fraid I don't know which spp.)
February 2, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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roadside hawk #birds
January 29, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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Cladonia #lichen. NWT, Canada.
#fungi #fungifriends
Photo covers about 2.5cm, left to right.
January 31, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Hmmm ... which stripy thing should I use to dry dishes?
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Mocha had a lot of fun today! 🤭 We still cannot believe her colouring! It's phenomenal 😍

Species: Phidippus Regius Bahamas
January 30, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Powerful Owl pair sleeping at dusk in a Brisbane conservation park yesterday. After sunset they were allopreening ("kissing"). There was a sign at the entrance saying there would be burn offs, so the Powerful Owl Project will get in touch today to say the POwls are there & where the nest hollow is.
January 29, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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She came for a late breakfast today.
A female pileated woodpecker

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #PhotographersUnited #CanonPhotography #R5Mark2 🪶 #ornithology #woodpeckers
January 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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1/ Time for a quick infectious disease “weather report.” We're giving you a quick look at what we’re seeing right now across measles, flu-like illness, and Covid. 🧵
January 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Today's vocab moment brought to you by Agatha Christie.😍
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM