Magpie, freshly moulted
magpiealamode.bsky.social
Magpie, freshly moulted
@magpiealamode.bsky.social
Environmental educator with a degree in Natural Sciences and very little clue what to do with it
The moment Discord comes back there is someone whose number I need to save
November 17, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Reposted by Magpie, freshly moulted
This is not a drill, a mummified sabretooth cat has been published from the #Pleistocene permafrost of Russia. It's a Homotherium cub! The team (Lopatin et al.) reckon it's Homotherium latidens. It's too young to have enlarged upper canines. Paper is OA ... www.nature.com/articles/s41... cont...
Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia
www.nature.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Homotherium cub mummy AND it's International Zoo Educators Day? Today is truly my day
November 14, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Not that you asked, but probably the worst thing I ever smelled was the stench that rose up from a bloated raccoon carcass I found floating on the local pond, when I accidentally opened its intestinal tract. I nearly fell over
A lot of people ask me what the worst thing I’ve ever smelled is.

Some people think it’s rotting shark blood, since shark blood has urea in it. That’s pretty bad, once had to throw out shoes that got a drop on them.

But I gotta go with putrefied sea turtle here. There’s something in their fat. 🤢
A lot of folks have been lamenting that now so many people are here and their accounts are growing they can't shitpost anymore and I say: No, friends, shitpost harder! Be the shitposter you want to see in the world! Lean the fuck in!! Protect the Bluesky vibe at all costs!
November 13, 2024 at 6:15 AM
I guess I gotta try to be more active here again
October 17, 2024 at 2:01 AM
What's going on
May 13, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Twitter's down lmao
October 11, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Went birding with some coworkers yesterday and turned around early. And of COURSE they saw a pied-billed grebe once I was gone
September 20, 2023 at 9:11 PM
New lifer today :)
September 12, 2023 at 6:38 PM
I begged and cried for an invite and now I have nothing to say whoops
September 11, 2023 at 2:57 AM
I'm HERE
August 31, 2023 at 2:21 PM