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📰 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 🌎 Earth: A new cross‑continental study highlights how Indigenous stewardship practices, from sacred‑site protection to sustainable harvesting and cultural fire‑watching, actively strengthen biodiversity, carbon storage, and […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h

📰 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬 🌏 Pacific & Indian Ocean: New research shows that restoring native vegetation, seabird populations, and coral ecosystems helps atoll islands actually keep pace with rising seas. 🪶 Seabirds act as ecosystem engineers. Their […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h

📰 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐧𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐱 𝐙𝐨𝐨 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 🌎 NYC: The American chestnut — once the giant of Eastern forests — has been planted again at the Bronx Zoo, the very place where its devastating blight was first documented about 100 years ago. 🌳 This symbolic homecoming marks a […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 23h

𝐍𝐂 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 🌄 Mountains (Oct 19–Nov 30, 2026) 🔹 Asheville Repair Workshop – Asheville Tool Library Nov 5, 2026 — Full‑service repair event at the Asheville Tool Library (Smith Mill Works). 🔹 Winston‑Salem Repair Café – Lewisville/Clemmons Nov 7, 2026 — Community repair event […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

𝐍𝐂 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 🌄 Mountains (Oct 19–Nov 30, 2026) 🔶 Swannanoa Valley Wild Open Board Meeting – Black Mountain Oct 21 — Community meeting focused on wildlife and habitat initiatives. 🔶 Stevens Creek Habitat Workday – Waynesville Oct 21 — Habitat restoration along a Smokies‑edge conservation […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

𝐍𝐂 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 🏙️ Piedmont (Oct 19–Nov 30, 2026) 🔶 Kids in Nature Day – Charlotte Oct 25 — Hands‑on nature activities, wildlife ambassadors, and family‑friendly ecology learning. 🔶 Triad Chapter Seed Swap – Greensboro Nov 4 — Community seed exchange at Kathleen Clay Edwards Library. 🔶 […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

𝐍𝐂 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 🌊 Coastal Plain (Oct 19–Nov 30, 2026) 🔹 Antioch Bay Workday – Red Springs Oct 19 — Remove encroaching saplings to protect rare Carolina Bay habitat. 🔹 Longleaf, Fire & Wildlife for Private Landowners – Jacksonville Oct 20 — Educational session on longleaf pine ecology […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

📰 Solar Panels Save Cranberry Bogs 🌎 Massachusetts: Long‑idle cranberry bogs are producing again thanks to agrivoltaics that make the economics work. ☀️ Panels raised high above the vines let farmers keep cultivating while earning steady land‑lease income, a dual‑revenue model that finally […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

There were actually flowers visible, even if it was late summer. I found some under tall trees. Airlie Gardens must be breathtaking in the spring. But it is important to have flowers for the native bees and butterflies late in the season. #WilmingtonNC #Bloomscrolling #Travel

A native bee is foraging among a cluster of light purple daisy-like flowers with yellow centers under dappled light.

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Oh, hey, check this place out! "Best Pies in London" It's busy, too! Let's go in here for dinner.

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

While we were at the Airlie Gardens pond, a group of ibises flew in and gathered underneath structures being set up for a holiday lights display. In the sun's glare, that caused weird reflections in the water. Maybe the most ibises I've seen in a small spot […] [Original post on mindly.social]

A flock of seven white ibises with their long bright orange bills stand on the muddy bank of a shallow pond, their reflections shimmering in the murky water.

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

They do what they wanna do, say what they wanna say Live how they wanna live, play how they wanna play Dance how they wanna dance, kick and they slap a friend The Addams Family Addams Groove - MC Hammer www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJdwY5nd8s #FediFamilyValues #TheAddamsFamily #Halloween […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Turner Classic Movies is running classic horror (and just creepy) movies all day today. I'd like to highlight these from around 100 years ago 😬: 🔸 The Mystic 1925 🔸 West of Zanzibar 1928 (based on Hayes-banned play, Lon Chaney vs. Lionel Barrymore, early synchronized soundtrack) It amazes me […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

OK, today is first day of early voting and we are about to leave for the site closest to us. Will it be busy? What do you think? #Vote

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I just learned that the documentary Shifting Baselines f3m.ca/en/film/shifting-baselines, about the environmental destruction caused by SpaceX, is available through most US libraries streaming on Kanopy I'm in it. So is @planet4589.bsky.social. So are my goats and my llama! (RIP llama […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

This guy is BEYOND IMPRESSIVE: Former 6th round NFL draft pick "sneaks off" and finishes his PhD in Math from MIT on his downtime from football and becomes full math professor at MIT _after_ concussions sideline his athletic career. He just made news for solving a long-standing […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

📰 𝗡𝗖 𝗭𝗼𝗼 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 🐅Finally, we know. The massive new Asia exhibit will open March 1, 2027 🐊 Fifty new animal species, many seen up close 🪷 Extensive botanical garden with more than 6,000 new plants. www.nczoo.org/news/asia-opening-dat… @NCConnect […]

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Veteran wildlife photographers and birders have seen this 1,000 times - the plunge, the catch, and the toss. But as an occasional amateur who has only been at this a few years, it's still a bit of a thrill to see and capture it. Great blue heron, Alexandria […] [Original post on mindly.social]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

On down the path in Airlie Gardens, there was a pond - with wildlife! Here's a wholesome scene featuring two basking comrades with one absolutely not more stressed out than the other. 📸 open for horizontal pic #TurtleTuesday #WilmingtonNC #TravelTuesday #Travel #TravelPhotography

A mid-sized alligator rests, eyes closed, on a partially submerged log in a calm blue body of water, with its reflection visible below. A turtle is perched on the same log farther along, facing toward the alligator, head extended and held high, on alert.

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

🇺🇸 𝗡𝗖 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸!! ❗ Early voting begins on Oct. 15 and runs through Oct. 31 🧛 If you vote on the last day of early voting, you must go in costume. It's in the law. Don't check, tho. @NCConnect #Voting #Halloween

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

"A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality." – Lucy #ProTip #Halloween

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

🚨 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗹𝘂! Data show flu cases nationwide are starting seven weeks earlier than in the past two seasons, making this the earliest flu onset in the last five years. In North Carolina: UNC Health in Chapel Hill reported an uptick in flu and cold cases, with 25 ER visits last week for […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

📰 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗜𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 🌎 Latin America: The region’s ecotourism market is projected to grow from USD 109B in 2025 to USD 196.6B by 2034, driven by travelers choosing low‑impact, community‑run experiences. 🏘️ More than 55% of international visitors now opt for eco‑lodges, carbon‑neutral […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

📰 Emerging Economies Are Leapfrogging Fossil Fuels 🌍 Asia & Africa: Renewable electricity here is scaling faster than in Europe or the US. In 2023, almost all new global power capacity came from solar and wind. 🔆 Solar is now cheaper than fossil electricity in many regions. Installation is […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

📰 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 🌎 Uganda: Community‑led tree planting along the edges of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is giving residents access to medicinal, timber, and firewood species outside the gorillas’ habitat. 🦍 Less pressure on the forest means safer […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

📰 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🌎 Brazil: Conservation researchers have carried out a first for the endangered black-faced lion tamarin, vaccinating wild animals as part of an effort to safeguard a highly threatened primate population. 🐒 This tamarin survives in a small coastal […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

📰 Artificial Nests Help Endangered Cockatoos 🌏 Hong Kong: Conservationists are installing artificial nests to provide habitat for local cockatoos while simultaneously giving researchers new opportunities to study their behavior. 🦜 Nest shortages are a growing issue in many urban and developed […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

📰 Endangered Frog Releases Mark Major Recovery Step 🌎 Southern California: Conservation teams are continuing releases of endangered southern mountain yellow-legged frogs into suitable habitat. The latest releases of large numbers show success from learnings about the species needs. 🐸 Declines […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

After visiting the historic downtown area of Wilmington for a couple of days, we headed out about 20 minutes to Airlie Gardens. 🌷 This used to be a large estate in the Gilded Age, now a busy private botanical garden. 🌳 Soon after entering, I see the massive […] [Original post on mindly.social]

A majestic live oak tree draped with Spanish moss stands prominently against a clear blue sky, surrounded by lush green foliage. People can be see nearby, but they appear very small compared to the tree which is seen to have a very wide trunk. In the foreground on the right is Spanish moss from another tree

A wide, sunlit expanse of a manicured green lawn stretches towards a grove of trees, dominated by a large, ancient live oak tree draped with Spanish moss. The sky is a clear, vibrant blue. Near the tree on the right is a photographer and a future bride wearing white but they are very tiny in comparison to the tree, showing its large size.

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C. @cazabon.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Saw a new-to-me account go by in my feed with an annoying blurb and link to outside article. At first just scrolled by, but then I stopped and went back. "I'm not going to just walk by the trash someone left on the sidewalk in my neighbourhood", I thought. Went to look at that account's posts […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

[alc] @randy_s Looks good!! If I remember correctly, there was a separate recipe on the site for higher volume.

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

[alc] Vincent would not want you to suffer with a simplistic cocktail. 🍹NIGHTMARE ON BOURBON STREET 🏠🦇💀😱 Add the following to ice-filled shaker and shake. 🔸1 1/2 ounces bourbon 🔸1 ounce fresh lemon juice 🔸1/4 cup apple cider 🔸1-2 teaspoons real maple syrup more or less to taste 🔸1 teaspoon […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

🦖MONSTERDON 🎞️ Theme Drink Recommendation for 🎦 HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) Join the group that VINCENT PRICE invites to his haunted house. Will we survive all the scheming between him and his estranged wife? Join us for the watch party on Sunday and find out! 🏠🦇💀😱 (recipe in reply under […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Today is my anniversary and I'm pondering being with this person I first met in 1984. I think I'm ready to share something with you all. She might be the one.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Today in Master Gardener: this herb demonstration garden in front of the extension office has been essentially abandoned for years now. They put out a call for a new head gardener to take it over. Say hi to the new head gardener. 🤗 #Garden #Gardening #Herbs

An area in between a parking lot and a building with a sign that says "herb garden." It is full of plants and planters and mostly very overgrown weeds.

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

The Riverwalk at night, the perfect location for a romantic walk. with plenty of places to sit quietly or to slip into a more lively spot. #WilmingtonNC #Travel #TravelThursday

A wooden boardwalk illuminated by streetlights runs alongside a dark river at night, with buildings and a bridge visible in the distance. The boardwalk continues straight along the left side, but in the distance, curves to the right along the river, lights reflecting in the water.

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

After dinner, it was time for a stroll on the extensive Riverwalk along the Cape Fear River. There is a long segment of boardwalk that eventually attaches to Water Street and beyond, with restaurants, bars, and shops along its entirety. On this fence around an […] [Original post on mindly.social]

A chain-link fence adorned with numerous colorful, hand-painted buoys hangs along a waterfront promenade at sunset. In the distance on the right are trees.

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

[food] First dinner in Wilmington at Elijah's. Took a chance and tried their Firecracker Oysters - baked with smokey roasted poblano, *pimento cheese*, and a pickled red onion. It works! With a side of collard greens, natch. Finally, the best key lime pie I […] [Original post on mindly.social]

A white bowl of cooked collard greens sits next to a white platter of baked oysters topped with melted cheese, pickled red onions, and a lemon wedge, with a glass of iced beverage in the background.

A slice of Key Lime Pie topped with whipped cream and a lime wedge sits on a white plate with a spoon and caramel drizzle.

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Krikket @krikket.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

I treated myself to a small doodle workshop, and I think even if the only thing I take away from it is that even if it’s not perfect, keep going? It’ll have been worth it. www.shopalisaburke.com/products/pat…

My first “assignment”, a pattern of rectangles inside of rectangles.

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

I'm travelling again! Now in Wilmington, NC with Beloved on our anniversary trip. Also will be checking out local history, some of it pretty dark. Haven't forgotten that I have been dispatched by @feritae to investigate invasive blue land crabs. Finally, I will continue my search for the rare […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

📰 Community Street Tree Bed Gardening Saves Social Ecosystem 🌍 Germany: Freiburg neighbors garden around street trees and boost plant diversity. They’re building also connection. Stewards describe the work as calming, restorative, and a way to meet people who stop to chat. 🏙️ Visible care […]

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

@futurebird The next day, I hiked some more and saw these ants that cut leaf segments and carried them to their mounds. Goodness knows what they are called. JK. The real find was following them to this megamound. From walking around where I was able, I […] [Original post on mindly.social]

A group of leafcutter ants carrying pieces of green leaves across damp, clay-colored muddy ground covered with debris and fallen leaves.

A forest floor covered in many mounds of reddish-brown soil on the left and more grey soil on the right edge, suggesting numerous ant nests along a winding path between trees. Forest with more typical green leafy ground vegetation in the background.

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Joe Wynne 🌻🚗⛰️ @joewynne.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Hey @futurebird ! 🐜 I was hiking in the Cuyabeno region of the Amazon recently and saw this Bullet Ant! Thought you would want to check it out. Look how big it is! It was moving very quickly, so there is some blurring. I let the guide hold the stick. You know […] [Original post on mindly.social]

A large, black ant with visible mandibles climbs a thin, green blade of grass held against a person's lightly pink palm.

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