EBird May Have Some Funny Descriptions But It Tells No Lies. This Man Is Spherical

In 1982, quite by accident, a zookeeper at Izu Shaboten Zoo in Shizuoka Prefecture discovered that capybaras absolutely loved soaking in hot water, and the practice of providing them an onsen, or traditional Japanese hot spring, was born. Source Massimo; video @yu_haradakei.

Certain words can change your brain forever and ever so you do have to be very careful about it.

don’t forget to lose faith in everything this morning

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Last night I cried myself to sleep, because it ached. To be alive.

- Suvrahadip Ghosh, The Ache Called Life

COUGHING BOMB

VS

HYDROGEN BABY

It’s too late to save the world

Ash trees sprout in cracks in the asphalt. The gutters collect leaves, which become soil, in which dandelions sprout.

There’s nothing you can do

A man plants an entire forest. A young girl teaches a drone to deliver saplings. The elderly volunteer to clean up radioactive waste.

You might as well give up

Wolves return to ancestral hunting grounds. Bison return to the prairie. Otters return to the kelp beds. Young oaks push roots deep into reclaimed farmland.

Who cares anyway?

Children draw pictures of flowers. Festivals are held for cherry blossoms and pecans and apples. A crowd cheers as the last line is cut away from the ensnared creature.

I have disobeyed worse than you

The world does not die on my watch

Magnificent bolas spider, Ordgarius magnificus, Araneidae

Found in southeastern Australia

Photos 1-2 by doggy48, 3-4 by michaeldoe, 5-7 by nicklambert, 8 (for scale) by rhett_dodd, and 9 (egg sacs) by imcmaster