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Carol Pope Gordon @carolpopegordon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's Platypus Friday! One of the great thrills of our trip was seeing a Duck-billed Platypus swimming in a stream in northern Queensland. They are much smaller than I thought, only 17-20 inches (43-50cm). #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Australia

Dark brown Platypus seen from the side, swimming with water rippling around it.

Platypus surfacing at a slight angle with beaver-like tail extended behind and duck-like bill at the waters surgace

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pladica @pladica.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I will be so sad if none of my squashes grow this year

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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/07/08/4 “Remember, milk, eggs, loaf of bread … and pick up one of those No-Penguin-Strips.”

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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The strangest thing happened today. We went to the uninhabited island of Lunga, west of Mull, to look at the puffins nesting there. I was just taking photos when I felt a thump as something landed quite heavily in my head. It was a puffin! It stayed for about a minute before flying off.

A man with his back to the camera, wearing a blue jacket and a grey woolen hat. A puffin is sitting on top of his head. On the left, an arm holding a mobile phone can be seen. In the background, a green slope and the sea beyond.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A couple days ago, they were deep in the reeds, like moving shadows with a hint of orange. But this morning one decided to explore and popped out of the reeds for just a bit. This is a baby Sora, and as it dashed to another reed clump, those little wings helped for balance! #Birds 🪶

A small fuzzy baby Sora runs among the reeds in a small marsh. The morning light is very warm and the black Sora has one of its big feet, with long toes, raised as it runs. Its tiny wings are flapping and act as stablizers when they run. It has a bit of orange on and around its bill … a precursor of the yellow candy corn beak that is to cone!

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

As we move from Ruddy Duck display season to Ruddy Duck raising-ruddy-ducklings-being-a-responsible-parent season, let us enjoy this guy 🔥 #birds

Head-on view of chestnut coloured duck with white cheeks and intensely blue bill. His eyebrow ridges are erect, as is his fan-shaped tail. He is so ready for anything.

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Big Wonderful Wyoming @wydot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Pumpkin Vine, 6/24/2026, 10:23:42 PM

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Nils Warnock @dunlin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Baby wild turkey n the garden. Marshall, CA #birds

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Moa @moa810.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Breaking News: Two Serama babies have come to my home 🪶

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Every Mario Frame in Order @marioframes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Super Mario Brothers Super Show - Season 1 Episode 1 - The Bird! The Bird! Frame 1314/3234 Caption: (BOTH SLURPING) Timestamp: 00:08:45.2

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ka92 @ka92.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

ローポリ

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pladica @pladica.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Some of these are so funny. Founder and former CEO of chipotle

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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

SCI_FI/SCIENCE.GIF

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 31/05/2026

B151.1.2.1 Cow determines road to be taken.

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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026

Happy #BlackBirdersWeek to me 🦢 I check on my local Trumpeter Swans every day during nesting season and today WE'VE GOT CYGNETS!!! 🥰 Felt like Mom made sure I got the chance to check on them, which never stops feeling special. #birds 🪶📷🧪

4 of the 5 trumpeter swan babies tucked underneath their mother in their roadside nest

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

🐧 The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror. v.1. London, E. W. Janson, 1844-1875. [Source]

Illustration of a penguin labeled "Eudyptes antarctica," shown swimming in water with only its head and back visible above the surface. The penguin’s plumage is dark on top with scaled feather details, and white on the underside and face. It has a distinctive black stripe near the eye extending to the beak, which is robust and dark. One reddish-orange webbed foot is partially submerged. The background is minimal, with light watercolor shading suggesting a calm sea and faint horizon. The style is detailed and scientific, consistent with 19th-century zoological illustrations from the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror.

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arXiv bot (astro-ph) @krxiv-astro-ph.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Sub-stellar Strange Quark Matter Objects: Predicting a New Class of Highly-Compact Candidates arxiv.org/pdf/2605.18260 Jonathan Joás Zapata Campos, Rodrigo Negreiros.

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https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.18260

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pladica @pladica.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

becoming a doctor just so i can do that thing where you squeeze the excess liquid out of the needle

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Concretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Clasping Venus' Looking Glass (Triodanis perfoliata) shot in East Oregon yesterday. #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #UrbanFlora

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pladica @pladica.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Don't know what flower this is but its cool

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old wildlife illustrations @wildlife.nathan.fun · 05/05/2026

Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares ... Edinburgh: Neill, 1880-1895. (source: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004122) #nature #illustration #art

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pladica @pladica.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

*akʷā is almost certainly avidic and I'm surprised no one has made the connection yet

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Paludarium @paludarium.org · 04/05/2026

Petrocephalus catostoma, the Churchill, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the Rovuma River system including the Niassa Reserve, and the western confluences to Lake Malawi.

Petrocephalus catostoma (Günther, 1866) (alt text from Wikimedia)

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Concretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

#Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) shot Saturday in East Oregon. #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Pavementplants

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Patrick @watchinthesky.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Mr Flashy returns to the BirdBuddy this evening. So much iridescence even with the clouds and sun below a hill to the west. 🧡 #birds Allen’s hummingbird

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Moa @moa810.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Thinking of Barnacle geese on Monday morning #birds

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Patrick @watchinthesky.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

If you’ve got a minute, here’s Mr Flashy, an Allen’s hummingbird having early brekkie 15 minutes after official sunrise (hill to the east blocks the sun for an hour for us). The sun will rise later behind him, but that iridescence!! 🤯 #BirdBuddy cam #birds

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller April 17,1963

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- NANCY SEES THE GOLDFISH IN THE FISHBOWL JUMPING STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR

NANCY:I WONDER WHAT HE'S
SO HAPPY ABQUT

P2- WHEN NANCY GETS CLOSER TO THE FISHBOWL SHE SMILES,SHE SEES TWO REGULAR SIZE GOLDFISH LOOKING HAPPILY AT A TINY GOLDFISH

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Mike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The Three Amigos! Great Horned Owlets in their human-made nest. 🪶

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pladica @pladica.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

none of you fw the amiga like i do

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Moa @moa810.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

はーとふる彼氏は4月1日に15周年を迎えました。おかげさまでHappy Birthday! 🎂 The first Hatoful Boyfriend hatched on Apr 1 in 2011. Thank you for your support! 🍓 #Hatoful

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

🦥 Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur /. Erlangen: Expedition des Schreber'schen säugthier- und des Esper'schen Schmetterlingswerkes [etc., 1774]-1846.. [Source]

Illustration of a brown, furry three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) clinging to a short tree trunk with sparse green and brown leaves. The sloth has a rounded face with a slight smile and visible claws gripping the tree. The background shows a soft, distant landscape with greenery and faint structures under a pale sky. The style is detailed and naturalistic, typical of historic scientific illustrations. The image is labeled with the species name below the sloth.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

#Heronoftheday is this very sexy male Bare-throated Tiger Heron showing all of the ladies his manly inflated throat at Caño Negro #CostaRica #birds #herons #nature

A close-up of a Bare-throated Tiger Heron with its long, sharp beak pointed upward. The bird features a distinctive yellow patch on its throat, a gray head, and fine black-and-tan horizontal barring on its neck feathers. It is set against a background of lush green leaves.

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