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Drosera
@drosera0sundew.bsky.social
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just hanging out
mostly repost things(with alt text): art, native plants, cool critters, books, etc.
icon is Drosera capensis, banner is Drosera anglica
both photos attributed to wikipedia user NoahElhardt
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inaturalist.bsky.social
If so, this is the first known photograph of a living member of this species! The last known documentation was a preserved specimen from roughly 150 years ago.
A brown and cream spider with spikes on its abdomen crawls across a leaf.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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breelundberg.com
I know we all have a lot of other things to worry about right now but this is your PSA to get the latest covid booster & flu shot if you haven't already. It takes a couple weeks to build immunity and holidays will be here soon. (Stickers from my shop! shop.breelundberg.com/product/get-...)
Photo of a hand holing a round bright yellow sticker with a cute illustrated white bunny looking determined showing off their arm with a bandaid on it. Below bunny it says "get vaccinated!" in bold pink lettering.
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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neolithicsheep.bsky.social
STAY. AWAY. FROM. WILDLIFE. Keep your trash locked up. Do not feed wildlife or otherwise encourage it to hang around human habitation.
beckyhammer.bsky.social Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 1d
Apparently missing out on some exciting rabid fox neighborhood drama

Got this photo via two different group chats
Fox trying to attack a dog through a glass door
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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poorlycatdraw.bsky.social
be there or be square!

me:
a poorly drawn uni the cat shaped like a square uni is a tuxedo cat with bright yellow eyes, and a white chest that contrasts with its black fur, and he’s looking like a square in the picture
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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curiousordinary.bsky.social
'Eagle Owl' - Yoshida Toshi, 1968.
#OwlishMonday #JapaneseArt
An owl sits on a branch in a tree surrounded by autumn leaves.
October 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD

📷 me

On display at Museum am Dom, Trier

🏺 #archaeology
A mosaic depicting a duck
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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banditelli.org
Sorry to stop by with some joy, I'm pretty anxious myself too, but luckily I found the ducks I was looking for. Backlit which can be better for editing later on. Just some quick edits. 🪶
A male wood duck flapping its wings and looking towards the light. This is actually about two inches the wrong direction A male wood duck swimming directly towards the camera A female wood duck yelling in the water. Like we all are at our Senators right now A male wood duck chirping with its mouth open
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓

The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺

Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
Sarah holds up an eel facts advent calendar in front of blooming flowers on her sidewalk. It says eel facts an advent calendar. It has 24 boxes with orange and yellow zigzags and yellow circles in the middle with numbers one through 24 in the middle of the boxes there are six eels depicted on this calendar, one green Moray, two splendid garden eels, one blue and yellow ribbon eel, and one American eel and one European.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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golvio.bsky.social
Cornell also has an app called “Merlin” that lets you identify birds by listening to their songs and comparing the audio to a database of birdcalls. That’s how I got to find out that I was hearing bluejays and woodpeckers all the time despite being terrible at spotting them in the trees.
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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golvio.bsky.social
For anybody who wants help with this, I really recommend downloading the iNaturalist app onto your phone. You can identify local plant, fungus, & animal species by taking pictures of them.

The same org also has a second app with a more simplified UI called “SEEK,” which I use to ID wildflowers.
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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almmyrart.bsky.social
please learn about your local ecosystems. please. its so sad and strange to me how many people live in a place and learn nothing about the land that surrounds them and the ways in which that land has grown and changed and flourished for hundreds of years before your town even existed
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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kimmymonte.bsky.social
football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Trying to imagine what it is gonna be like for whole generations growing up believing nothing they see is real. This is fine I'm sure
ryan.blacksky.app Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 2d
Already run into kids who, when seeing my wildlife photos, exclaim 'that's AI'
susannashore.bsky.social Susanna Shore, Author @susannashore.bsky.social · 7d
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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athanaca.bsky.social
Birb with a golden crown👑

#bird #animal #birdart #animalart #illustration #digitalart #decorative
Illustration of a golden crowned kinglet
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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gettoknownature.bsky.social
American Oystercatchers taking a stroll. I don’t have a single favorite bird but these are Top 10 for sure

#birds 🌿 🥕
Four black and white shorebirds with long red beaks strut along the beach with the ocean waves blurring in the background.
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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jencross.bsky.social
It's a beautiful day here in Pennsylvania. Here a Great Blue Heron shakes things out during golden hour. Despite their large size, Great Blue Herons only weight about 5 to 6 lbs, thanks to hollow bones.
A large wading bird with a powerful beak, dark blue on the sides of the head, and gray on the neck, wings, and body, with dark blue at the trailing edge of the wing. It is standing in shallow water with a green grassy shore in the background.
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
It's time for #Caturday and a timeline cleanse!

A terracotta figurine of a #cat playing the harp.

From #Egypt, #Roman period, late 1st century AD.

On display at Museum August Kestner, Hannover.

Have a lovely #weekend!

📷 me

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Fragment of a yellowish-brown clay figurine depicting a cat playing a harp. The cat is upright, with detailed facial features and textured fur, holding the harp to its side. The surface shows signs of wear and age, and the piece is displayed on a clear stand.
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
gbrockell.bsky.social Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.

No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
fangirljeanne.bsky.social Jeanne (she/they) @fangirljeanne.bsky.social · 5d
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.

[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Even 2,500 years ago, people loved a novelty cup! 🦞 🍷 😄

It’s suggested this Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a lobster claw was used as a drinking horn at parties!

The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows an ancient Greek red-figure terracotta vase with a body in the shape of a lobster claw. The vase is painted with black glaze. On one side are five knobly bumps or ‘spines’, on the other side is painted a red donkey (not shown). The vessel has a vertical neck with funnel-shaped mouth and outsplayed rim. There is a strap handle from the bottom of the neck across the length of the vase which attaches just before the claw’s pincers. The inner side of the pincers is warm red terracotta. Around the handle base there is a decorative red pattern. The vessel is displayed on a pale beige fabric. Dimensions: 7 x 7.3 x 15.9 cm. On display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Met label reads: Greek, Attic, red-figure, ca. 460 BC. Attributed to the Class of the Seven Lobster-Claws Donkey; keras (drinking horn). Because so many aspects of Greek life depended on the sea, a vase in the shape of a lobster claw is not surprising. It is, however, exceptional and may be a variant of the askos— a bag-shaped oil container provided with a vertical mouth and strap handle. The Dionysiac iconography of the lobster claw suggests that it was a novelty item used at symposia (drinking parties).
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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nora.zone
Happy Saturday everyone! I have a jewelry shop at nora.jewelry!

I'm also drawing fruit/veg for people who donate $50 to @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social for SNAP replacement grocery gift cards; I'll do up to 20 of those this weekend. See thread for details and quotes of this post for availability.
nora.jewelry handmade glass pendants, earrings, game tokens and bolo ties (the text is surrounded by colorful jewelry pieces) fruit, veg and shroom drawings for mutual aid, $50 drawings, details in thread the text is surrounded by various fruits and vegetables on single colored backgrounds and they are glowing
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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curiousordinary.bsky.social
'Black Cat' - Hasegawa Sadanobu IV, late 1900s.
#Caturday #JapaneseArt
Black cat licks its paw. Muted yellow background.
October 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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curiousordinary.bsky.social
'Early Autumn in Itako' - Kawase Hasui, 1942.
#JapaneseArt
A sail boat on a lake at dusk. A crescent moon in the sky, tall trees on the shore.
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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palaeoplushies.com
I've been working on a Spotted Eagle Ray pattern. Their shape is surprisingly hard to get right.

I have two listed on my website, they are made of super soft minky and are weighted with plastic beans.
www.palaeoplushies.com/shop/eagle-ray
A realistic plush eagle ray. It's top half is brown with white dots and circle patterns on the "wings". It has a long tail with stripes, as well as a pointy nose. The underside of the eagle ray. It has a lighter belly with ocellated patterns around the tips of the wings. It has a mouth that looks like a 3 and is very cute.
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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stevewaycott.bsky.social
It's #FridayFinch time! Here's a handsome American Goldfinch being quiet and being not quiet.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
June 2025

📷 #birds #AMGO #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A gorgeous bright yellow songbird with black and white wings and a black cap on its head (male American Goldfinch) is perched on a bare tree branch, facing to the right and looking at the camera. A gorgeous bright yellow songbird with black and white wings and a black cap on its head (male American Goldfinch) is perched on a bare tree branch, facing to the right and looking at the camera. His beak is open as he sings out.
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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eleanormorton.bsky.social
Football Chant Therapy For Men
(With @misterabk.bsky.social @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social @seanburkeshow.bsky.social @samlakecomedy.bsky.social @wsebag.bsky.social @bjalborough.bsky.social @cbthorburn.bsky.social and Chris Weir)

www.youtube.com/shorts/V20uv...
Football Chant Therapy #comedy #football #mentalhealth
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM