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BORB

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Grasshopper and Beetles. 1951. Leonard Baskin. Linocut. Plate 23 from A Little Book of Natural History. [source]

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Racc of etiquette - Prints available here

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Happy spring, to my northern hemisphere friends. What fascinating beasts did you see this week?

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Slipper lobsters go seriously hard. No fr they’re so swag and full of merriment

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why am I getting "walking away from an explosion" vibes

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Blessed_kindergarten

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After several weeks of painstaking work, my weevil costume is done!!! I made it for a parade where our uni’s entomology club participated in, which was a lot of fun! The colors are based on Eupholus magnificus.

The build is made put of cardboard and masking tape. I covered the top stripe, eyes, and underside of the head with mesh, so visibility and breathability is pretty fantastic. The antennae are adjustable too! The head is attached to the thorax with a velcro strip.

The extra arms are attached with fishing line and velcro to the top gloves. Definitely a challenge to figure out, one of the arms unfortunately snapped off during parading :(

Overall, I’m incredibly pleased with how the costume turned out, it’s been a while since having a cool project to work on!

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I’ve been having fun sculpting creatures from medieval manuscripts

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Kea in New Zealand, 2018

This photo shows a Kea (N. notabilis) the world’s only alpine parrot, soaring above Mt. Luxmore in the Fiordlands of New Zealand.

Photographer: Phil Narodick

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thoughts on cream colored woodpeckers

I think GameFreak is going to sue.

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What the sneef? I'm snorfin' here!

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Megan Whalen Turner