New Headcanon: Apollo Kids Call Anytime They Fail At Anything A “Lester Moment”

It’s sad Mato hours! Inspired and based on this fantastic fic that made me cry 🥲

(but don’t worry, I plan to make a lil continuation in which some bit of comfort ensues)

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This is a gentle reminder to those who keep poultry to PLEASE keep in mind wild snakes if you are using fake eggs in your chicken coop. Snakes are incapable of digesting the wooden/plastic/ceramic fake eggs that are commonly placed in chicken coops to train hens. Snakes (like this little ratsnake here) can and often do eat these fake eggs and suffer life-threatening obstruction as a result!

If you need to use fake eggs in your coop please strive to ensure that the enclosure is snake-proof (difficult) or superglue 3 or more eggs together so that snakes cannot consume them and become obstructed.

🤔🧐🤨 What 😳happens 🤔🤔❓🤷‍♀️ when a house😋 🏡🏠🏡 grows⬆️⬆️ sick 😷😷🤧? Does it wander 🚶🚶👟? Does it sit 🪑👀? When😍 footstep 👠👠 echos 🔊🔊 walk 🚶new😱 👀halls, when key 🗝️locks 🔒rust 😖and bend〰️🌀😳, does🤔 it feel 🙌the rot 🧟🧟🔥🔥beneath⬇️👀🤨 its 👀walls🧱? A memory🗓️💭💭 it was, old 🧓 peace ✌️✌️of mind🧘, no🙅 piece 🧩of mind😣😖, why🤷‍♀️? It leaves🏃💨🍃. A 💯💯hundred 💯💯💯days🗓️, a 👀million🧮 more😱, with😶 windows 🪟fogged🌫️☁️ and shaking😖 📳doors🚪it wraps🧶, it coils🧬, waits🧍‍♂️and roars🤬🦁. All too😶silent🤐for an angry😡🤬 house🏡. An empty🫥🕳️ house🏠. A beautiful🤩😍💁‍♀️✨ house🏚️. Can you🤨🤨 hear👂🔊🔊 the creaks😬🪑? The river 🏊🏊🏞️bends🌀, the mountains😳⛰️🏔️ moons 🌚around👀↩️ the corner? Will 🤨you🤨 even listen🙄🙄? Or just😮‍💨😒 walk past🚶🙄, pay no mind🤷‍♀️, drop a quarter🪙? A lonesome😢💔 blue 💙on street 🛣️🛣️sides, coughing🤧🤧, storing📦🫢, growing⬆️⬆️🌱, wishing☄️🥺 you never 🙅left it 🫥to rot 🤧🔥alone🥺🧍‍♂️🥺🥲. When footsteps 👠slice🔪🔪 the halls🚪🚪🚪 once more⌚, and rot 🧟knocks down 🤜🤜the door🚪, pray🙏🙏 you are far, lands 🗺️🌍🌎away 💨👋from the war🫡⚔️⚔️. 🤨🤨🤫What happens❓❓❓when👀 a Hhouse🏘️🏚️🏘️ grows🌱🌳sick☣️🫠🦠🤒? It grows 🌳🌳away👀➡️🔓, running 🏃💨roots🌳. It leaves🍃😳.

American Photographer, Joel Bissel, took stunning pictures of the frozen Michigan Lake in Chicago, covered by ice scales (x)

I am begging the media to stop making harmless bugs out to be terrifying monsters in their headlines. I’ve seen Joro spiders all over the news lately with these super scary-sounding headlines. Sometimes the truth is buried somewhere in the article, but how many people just read a headline and move on?

So let’s get a few things straight…

1. Parachuting or ballooning is a common method of dispersal used by countless species of spiders, primarily when they are spiderlings and very VERY tiny. They’re not flying, they’re sending out a little parachute of silk that gets caught in the wind. This is, among other things, a way to avoid competing with their siblings for resources. Adults don’t do it, so there will not be giant spiders flying through the sky and landing on your head.

2. Joro spiders are non-native, but so far scientists have no proof of detrimental effects to our native ecosystems. Given the scope of their spread so far, it’s likely they’ll become naturalized and be a new fixture in the US.

3. They aren’t “invading.” They were brought here in 2013 from their native habitat in Asia by human activity, and now they’re thriving because our climate is perfect for them.

4. Joro spiders are not dangerous. Bites may be painful, but their venom is not medically significant, meaning even if you were bitten (unlikely), you would most likely not need medical attention unless you developed an infection. 

5. They can get rather big, but we have several native species of spider that are just as large.

6. Joro spiders are orbweavers and prefer weaving their large webs between trees or other vegetation to catch flying prey. They have no reason to come into your house, although they may make webs on or near your home.

Anyway Joro spiders are beautiful let’s admire one

Photo by supertiger

https://twitter.com/shannonsharpeee/status/1630568238630461441?s=46&t=PGv7U5gYKFFvlwSQLEGoZw this has SO MANY likes and retweets how do you even go about combatting the misinformation :(((

Link for everyone - it's a video of a young alligator getting brushed with a toothbrush. The alligator's body is very tense, and they close their eyes and open their mouth.

Yeah, this isn't cute, and this isn't what a happy alligator looks like. This is one of those cases where it's really easy for people who don't know about reptiles to anthropomorphize - it can look to the untrained eye like the alligator is "smiling."

I think the best way to combat misinformation like this is to provide people with the tools to tell on their own if a crocodilian is feeling content. This video is actually a perfect example of what to look for in a stressed crocodilian - tense body, open mouth, leaning the head back, and clenching the eyes shut are all signs of stress and fear in crocodilians.

A content crocodilian will look much different! They'll be laying loosely, often with their limbs splayed out. The mouth will usually be closed (though they might open their mouth to thermoregulate) and their body will look very relaxed.

Another thing to look for in videos like this - is the crocodilian's mouth taped? No real professional will ever handle a crocodilian without taping their mouth shut, because of the danger crocodilians can pose to humans. Taping the mouth doesn't hurt the animal, and it helps keep everyone safe. Even small crocodilians should always be taped when they're being handled.

In short, this video combines a misreading of crocodilian body language with a lack of common-sense safety precautions - it's an accident waiting to happen!

I think my aquariums haunted

I can't reply to the other wips with a video

anyways this might take a liiiitttlee longer than I initially anticipated :')))

reblog to enlist your mutuals in building the House :)

you know what? cutscene in soundodger. why not

consider this a teaser for something im working on