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2022dirt · 5 months

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Capybara looks like It’s wearing clothes due to the reflection.

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maureen2musings · 6 months

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Bioluminescent algae

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#jervis bay #australia #nature is awesome #sea #starlight #curators on tumblr

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jaubaius · 1 year

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#switzerland #house #trabling #forest #nature is awesome #valley #classic

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injuries-in-dust · 8 months

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#if sad check this tag #cute #animals #adorable animals #adorable #cute animals #creatures #nature is awesome #nature is amazing #tiktok #not my video

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selvaggea · 1 month

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10.03.2024

Bloom in the rain

#bloom #tulip #flower #rain #spring #nature is awesome

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alpaca-clouds · 9 months

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Some thoughts on conservation

Well, having spoken about the bees yesterday and there is something in there, that does not only affect insects.

You know the jokes about the panda bears, right? Looking at those animals being kinda stupid and being like: "How do they survive in the wild?"

The answer is: They don't. Chances are, that if it was not for the conservation efforts, panda bears would probably be extinct. Yes, partly because of climate change and habitat loss, but also because even without that, there is a good chance that pandas would've gone extinct because evolution wise... well... let's just say they are not exactly the best suited species for the entire evolution thing.

But they are kinda fucking adorable.

Which is why humans want to keep them around. And that is something that happens a lot when we talk conservation.

See, there are this certain animal species that are either super cool or super cute. Pandas, wolves, lions, elephants, parrots... You name it.

And don't get me wrong: A lot of those kinda cool species that we protect are actually important and we should absolutely be protected. But a big problem is, that a lot of people do not see the bigger picture.

The eco system is that. A system. The lion needs those zebras and gazelles to eat. And those zebras and gazelles need certain trees and grass to eat themselves. And they need water. And the plants need other stuff and at times certain insects. And you cannot protect the lions by only focusing on stuff like lion hunters.

Sure, we should absolutely do something against poaching (hint: which we can do by doing something against poverty), but just doing something against poaching will not do it.

I do not find the article right now, but I remember that one of the American national parks had this big shift in their systems just by reintroducing the beaver. This alone did not only bring back the wolves to that area, but also inproved plant health and the insect population.

In the end, we have to do conservation for the whole system. Not just the cool and sexy animals. Because the cool and sexy animals actually need all the other species - which includes plants. Even the unsexy species. Like some cockroaches or what not.

Nature is great. And we should protect it as a whole. Not just the cool awesome lions or what not.

#solarpunk #conservation #sustainability #animal conservation #save the planet #climate change #nature is awesome

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cathchicken · 1 year

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I learned that this specific species of mongoose, the yellow mongoose, has horizontal pupils. This is strange to me, as typically peripheral bias is a prey thing. I asked some people on r/biology and we pretty much came to the conclusion that no one really knows. A good hypothesis we have for now is that it simply and uniquely uses this trait for predation instead.

Thought you’d might find it cool!

#animals #biology #cool animals #nature is awesome

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neliiitoo · 11 months

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