An Australian Shepherd snuggled in some pillows on a bed. The headboard is painted with light bulbs

Coolest headboard ever

This is the single reason I switched to Apple years ago. I had a friend who was a developer for Microsoft at the time tell me “oh - but you can’t add X and fiddle w/ y”. What I want is to turn my machine on, do my shit, turn it off. Nothing else.

Just his food pellets. He acts like he’s never been fed in his life.

A white cake on tinfoil. It marginally resembles a rabbit with suspicious looking bright colored unidentified objects that kind of might be eggs?

I present you my granny’s Easter cake, circa 1970

A very happy hello from Smokey the foster bun who finally got his egg open 😮‍💨 🥚

A girl sitting in the grass trying to feed Canada geese ritz crackers. A city skyline is in the back

About to be the before pic for State Farm

Thank you!!! I took screenshots

This is an excellent example - can I share your post with my science communications course?

Ty!

What city/state?? (Googling flights now …)

Jeez I feel old - I was a toddler when we were on the moon (“we”)

Yeah that’s cool

I can no longer eat canned food because stupid histamines, and I’m v upset about it 😠

Imagine sitting strapped in and hearing “oh hang on - there’s a dead battery” JFC, they need an admin assistant

Stop 8, part 3:

Fun Fact: In some wrasse, a single fish can change from a female into a dominant nesting male later in life. Completely shifting its body, colour, and behaviour to take on a new role.

Stop 8, part 2:

Smaller sneaker males look more like females and dart into the nest during spawning to release sperm.

All types of males contribute to fertilizing eggs. In some species these strategies can even change during a lifetime

Stop 8:

In several wrasse species, there are two or three distinct male strategies. Nesting males build nests and court females. Satellite males form temporary alliances with nester males. This strategy attracts females and possibly increases survival of offspring.

Stop 7, part 4:

In parrotfish, biological sex can change in response to their social environment.

Fun Fact: Parrotfish woo with dancing under the full moon

Stop 7, Part 3:

The development is often triggered by social conditions. If the dominant male in a group disappears, the largest female may transform into the new male, taking over reproduction for the group.

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Many species are protogynous, meaning individuals begin life as females and later develop into males. Notably, their reproductive organs shift from producing eggs to producing sperm.

Stop 7: Sex Change

Parrotfish are brightly coloured reef fish known for their beak-like teeth that scrape algae from coral surfaces, helping maintain healthy reefs.

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Fun fact: Hermaphroditic flat worms engage in “penis fencing” to determine which individual will become pregnant

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Some species have evolved dramatic strategies to increase their success. The Roman snail (Helix pomatia) fires a tiny calcium “love dart” into its partner during courtship, delivering hormone-rich mucus that improves the chances its sperm will fertilize the eggs.

Part 6, part 2:

When two individuals meet, they exchange sperm so that both partners can later lay eggs. For slow-moving animals that rarely encounter mates, this system increases the chances that reproduction will happen.

Stop 6, All in One:

Many snail and slugs species are simultaneous hermaphrodites, meaning that in these species, each individual has both male and female reproductive organs.

Stop 5, part 4: Fun Fact: Seahorses often mate for life and start their mornings with a 1 hour courtship dance involving color changes and tail-twining.

Stop 5, part 3: The pouch regulates oxygen and nutrients much like a uterus. When development is complete, the male releases dozens—or even hundreds—of tiny seahorses into the water.

Stop 5, part 2: During courtship, the female seahorse transfers her eggs into a special structure on the male’s body called a brood pouch. Inside this pouch, the eggs are fertilized and protected while they grow.

Stop 5, When Males Get Pregnant:

In most animals, females carry developing offspring. Seahorses show that this is not always the case.In seahorses, males are the ones that become pregnant.

Stop 4, part 4: Fun Fact: Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins at the Central Park Zoo, successfully raised chicks together. Interestingly, afterwards Silo paired with a female, showing that some animals can bond with both sexes, an example of bisexual behaviour in nature.