Happy birthday to my favorite fictional hero 🧡
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Animal of the Day!
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)
(Photo from Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Extinction Date- 1939
Habitat- Midwestern United States
Size (Weight/Length)- 280 g; 25 cm
Diet- Seeds; Fruits; Nuts
Cool Facts- The Carolina parakeet was once one of the three parrot species native to the United States. These brilliantly colored birds were once found from New York to the Gulf of Mexico along riverbanks and cypress swamps. Flocks had up to 300 individuals, building nests in tree hollows and eating nuts or fruits. Carolina parakeets were in decline since the last glacial maximum, and combined with inbreeding and capturing for museum specimens, the parakeets were eradicated from the wild by 1904. A pair of Carolina parakeets, Incas and Lady June, in the Cincinnati Zoo passed away in 1918. Strangely enough, they were not classified as extinct until 1939 under the hope that some parakeets remained in the mangroves of Florida. Today, the sun parakeet, or sun conure, remains their closest relative. Sun conures are endangered due to hunting for their feathers, habitat loss, and capture for the pet trade. Conservationists are rushing to protect the sun parakeet’s remaining habitat and cracking down on cross-border trade.
Rating- 11/10 (Possibly poisonous from their diet including cockleburs.)
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October 10
by Wendell Berry
Now constantly there is the sound,
quieter than rain,
of the leaves falling.
Under their loosening bright gold,
the sycamore limbs bleach whiter.
Now the only flowers
are beeweed and aster,
spray of their white and lavender
over the brown leaves.
The calling of a crow sounds
loud—a landmark—now
that the life of summer falls
silent, and the nights grow.
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— October 10, 1911 / Franz Kafka diaries
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Happy 3rd Birthday to
“This is For FUN and NOT a Fetish”
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Quinton Flynn as Raiden | Tuesday, 10.10.2023
Since 2012, Quinton Flynn (happy birthday) voiced Raiden (Metal Gear) in the following games:
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013)
Super Bomberman R (2018 (via update))
Super Bomberman R Online (2020)
Super Bomberman R 2 (2023)
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hey are you todays date? cause you’re 10/10
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