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Should be on a talent show

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Garry Lake

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Cat is happy

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this!!!!!

in a conservation class I took years ago, the professor emphasized that we have to take the people living in the area into account. people need food and firewood and money and safety. we can't just barge into someone's home and demand they change their entire way of life because WE like the "exotic" animals and plants better than our "normal" ones.

for context, he was from Tanzania and got very excited over American bison mating habits. I think our animals were "exotic" to him.

let's say hypothetically your loved one developed a serious illness and you lived in absolute poverty, there are no jobs around that could feasibly pay for their treatments, then somebody rolls into town and offered you a single payment of all the money you'd need to save their life in exchange for supplying a tiger to them. Would you do it?

or perhaps all of this is happening to your friend or relative while you're out patrolling the forest armed, knowing all of this beforehand would you shoot them dead to save a tiger, leaving their family even more destitute?

what if all this were happening to you but instead, some people roll into to town offering a steady paycheck that could treat your loved one and the job is to find and remove traps, help organize community education seminars, or set you up with the trade you've always been eyeing and covering startup costs for the business you and your friends constantly fantasize about running, leaving all of you sustainably self employed. Which offer would you rather take if both were equally available to you?

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Daily dose of cute

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He’s baby

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your cats have such names

their normalsona names are Snowy, Tigger, and Oreo

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Deeply fucked up that this game (real life) forces you to play a crafting mini-game (cooking) every time you want to replenish your stamina bar.

You can skip the crafting game by using a pre-made consumable if you have them on hand, but high level players will constantly nag you about it and tell you that it damages your character's stats in the long run.

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same tbh

not big on institutionalized religion but i really like the Virgin Mary. enjoy seeing her, the little statues, etcetera. she just does it for me

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Here's a cat. Stare back at it.

(Source)

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shoutout to the "foolproof" bread recipe I fucked up entirely for inspiring this

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This family loves everyone, even if someone is a little different.

(Source)

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Hey friend your turn 😹

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Megachile leachella or silvery leafcutter bee is a solitary bee of the genus Megachile, this genus possesses their pollen collection hairs (scopa) on their abdomens, unlike most bees that have them in their feet. So you can see them carrying the pollen in their bellies.

Solitary bees that are very important to the ecosystems (more than honeybees). Remember to protect the native bees in your area by planting native flowering plants.

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“fish don’t even know theyre wet” and? you don’t even know youre luft (air equivalent of wet)

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Love this lady and her Pocket Potato™. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.