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Mike Pingleton

@somuchpingle.bsky.social

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Naturalist, Author, Peru wildlife guide, all photos mine 📷 Panasonic G9🪲 Host of the So Much Pingle herpetology podcast 🐸 Co-author of "The Field Herping Guide" 📗 Co-creator of HerpMapper (herpmapper.org) 🦎 Herpetofauna blogger at fieldherping.org 🐢

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · Nov 8

Welcome everyone, and thanks for following - let's build community, let's heal, and not give up. My agenda? 20k photos just sitting on my hard drive is a waste, so I'm gonna share 'em out - mostly nature pix, esp. amphibians and reptiles, but other subjects too. I'm glad you're here.

A middle-aged man (me) sitting at a table in a small restaurant in Hong Kong. Hunched over because I am very tired, I am holding my cup of morning coffee in front of me. I am wearing a blue shirt, my hair is short and graying, and I have a mustache and goatee. The worn table is painted a neon green, and behind me are other customers having breakfast.

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll fight anyone who uses this

lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 2d

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 1d

That was one helluva belly flop

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my, looks delicious!

Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 1d

Nice! We had rain and temps in the upper 50s - soup triggered!

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 1d

Today I made a big pot of vegetable beef soup.

Fall has officially arrived

Angled down image of vegetable beef soup. Visible are carrots, potatoes, peas, corn, beef, and mushrooms, in a rich tomato and beef stock.

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorites!

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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🎃Cabin in the Woodsey🎃 @norahwoodsey.com · 2d

My favorite "game" to play with our kids and friends is on Kickstarter for a new series. It's such a delightful way for multiple generations to spend a few hours (warning: some of the mysteries are a bit mature, so use your discretion)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lit...

Literary Adventure Society: Play-At-Home Mysteries

A creative mash-up of cooperative game, murder mystery party, and at-home theatrical experience. Take your place in every story!

www.kickstarter.com

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2d

For #TurtleTuesday, a Black-nobbed Sawback (Graptemys nigrinoda) floating in liquid space. A few years ago, I made a swing through the southern US to see and photograph map turtle species; this turtle was from the Tensas Basin in southern Alabama. #herps #turtles #NaturePhotography 🌿

Angled down image of a turtle floating at the surface in yellowish-brown water, and facing left. The turtle's shell is a dark brownish-black, but most of that is obscured by a rusty-brown coating of algae. The head, limbs, and tail are black, each with a number of thin stripes of bright yellow. One more feature - there are several raised scutes on the center of the shell that look like swept-back horns or knobs.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

A Red Fox among yellow leaves, makes for a perfect fall scene in Prince Albert NP #SK. #mammals #wildlifephotography

A Red Fox crouches low with blazing yellow fall colours as a backdrop.

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2d

Such an evocative image. Superb shot!

Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2d

Also terrifying - the number of people who don't care which is which.

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MBA Library @nmbluk.bsky.social · 2d

From our rare books collection we have this illustration of Vampyroteuthis infernalis, also known as the vampire squid from hell. In an order of its own, we don't really think the vampiric moniker is fair either as they actually feed on detritus and not blood #EYAMonsters

A colour illustration of Vampyroteuthis infernalis. The main body is painted black, with eyes painted to look bioluminescent

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2d

dang 🖤

Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2d

❤️

Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2d

me yesterday

Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2d

Someone's in denial. I'll turn 67 on Wednesday. Given my current list of complaints and ailments, I can't imagine another 67 years.

Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2d

I can only hope that the entire drunken carousel screws itself right into the ground.

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2d

In my inbox today. As Jimmy Durante often said, “everybody wants to get into the act.”

Also, as someone in a constant state of perplexity, I’m thinking that’s a swing and a miss from Venmo’s marketing group. Or did they ask their shiny new AI to name itself?
#WeAreSoScrewed

Screen shot of an email from Venmo, about their new AI service named Perplexity. “Score 1 free year of unlimited AI-powered search”

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 3d

Awesome!

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The One True Kat @theonetruekat.bsky.social · 4d

LOOK AT THIS CREATURE!

BirdyBurney @anttanager.bsky.social · 4d

After several failed attempts, we finally found a Turtle Frog (Myobatrachus gouldii). Endemic to SW Australia, they only emerge a few nights a year to find mates.

#herps #canon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #frogs

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 4d

They’re amazing!

Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 4d

#addOcean

Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 5d

The Marine Life feed has hit a whopping 2k likes 😱 so my friends, POST CELEBRATORY SEA CRITTERS. Birds Feed folks, seabirds count 😉🪶 come join us in the feed if you are a lover of ocean life!
bsky.app/profile/did:...

A dolphin above the surface of the ocean, mid-leap.

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Mike Pingleton @somuchpingle.bsky.social · 4d

😁