A bird with a good name is the least grebe. If that grebe grebe'd any less there wouldn't be any grebe there, hence it is the least grebe possible without no grebe.
[a least grebe shown next to mallard duck]
image credit: Richard Ditch -> https://richditch.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/maricopa-countys-first-least-grebe/
A lot of animals have bad names, But the snook? That thing is definitely a snook. There is no snookier animal than the snook, just look at it, snook snook snook is the sound it would make if it were a cartoon character. Snook.
Hey, do YOU live in the Southeastern United States?
i just want to let you know you share a landscape with some absolutely rad little guys.
Saffron Shiner: Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia.
Gulf Coast Pygmy sunfish: Georgia and Florida
Candy Darter: Virginia and West Virginia
Bluemask Darter: Only found in Tennessee (there are a large number of Darter species only found in Tennessee, I could not come close to putting them all here)
Mountain Redbelly Dace: Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina
Spotfin Chub: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Russetfin topminnow: Florida, Georgia, Alabama
Rainbow Shiner: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
image credits, please check these folks out!:
Saffron shiner: Enchanting ectotherms
Gulf Coast Pygmy sunfish: Isaac Szabo
Candy Darter: Joel Sartore
Bluemask Darter: Isaac Szabo
Mountain Redbelly Dace: Roughfish.com
Spotfin Chub: Enchanting ectotherms
Russetfin topminnow: Isaac Szabo
Rainbow Shiner: Isaac Szabo
Any thoughts on the little fellows from the Bird's Head Haggadah?
delightful ask, thank you. huge fan of those fellows! i love how modern that kind of medieval cartooning can look sometimes. here's a pair enjoying some Jewish zines (was the haggadah the original Jewish zine? discuss) ♥
tumblr, tumblr sweety that’s not how hillstream loaches work…
(it’s a common misconception that hillstream loaches, suckermouth catfish, and other biofilm grazers act as “vacuums” in aquariums and require no additional care/feeding when in reality they need to be look after just like any other fish!)
I also can’t believe they called a hillstream loaches mean, they’re just lil guys :(