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Professor Goose
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Magpie mind interested in all things biology and anything else that catches my attention. Clumsy ally. She/they
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Professor Goose @thundergoose.bsky.social · 22d
I’m (trying) to take a break from The Horrors so I’m not going to be around much for an unknown amount of time. If someone could End The Horrors I’d appreciate it.
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tishamark.com
Something tiny for you!

Tisha Mark ©2025, To Dream by the Sea No. 2509, oil on gessobord, 4"x4"

Original is available (with maple frame):
tishamark.com/product/to-d...

#art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm
Photo of a hand holding an original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "To Dream by the Sea No. 2509" 4"x4" oil on Ampersand Gessobord (2025). The painting is an atmospheric textured seascape with white cloud formations over a dark blue sea. A paint palette with puddles of oil paint, a paintbrush, and a palette knife are visible in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
A thread on the Red Crab Mass Migration. Biology is sooooo cooool
c0nc0rdance.bsky.social c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2h
Why did the red crab cross the road?
The answer is sex.
You're seeing an island-wide booty call.

This is a MATING MIGRATION. These red crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) are meeting up on the beach to make lots of little crabs.

It's Crab Spring Break (literally).
derek.bike derek van vliet @derek.bike · 11h
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
thundergoose.bsky.social
My cats love these toys.
octopusgallery.bsky.social The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 1d
I am not doing a special sale in my shop this weekend because everything is already at cost, I’m not able to ship until next week, and I didn’t make some of the extra stuff I intended. But cat toys and goat totes are available! Bookmarks! A couple of original paintings!

ko-fi.com/octopusgalle...
Visit OctopusGallery's Shop!
Pay what you can crafts and art. Lots of upcycling and creative reuse but mostly cat toys.
ko-fi.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
I just dropped my husband at the airport. I’m the one in the back.
burrowingowl.bsky.social Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 8h
Ugh, I'm so ready for this week to be over. 🪶
Four burrowing owls standing together, waiting for this week to be over.
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
Fewer cars. More crabs.

This phenomenon is on my travel wish list
derek.bike derek van vliet @derek.bike · 11h
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
This is especially a problem on The Cape in Massachusetts due to the shape of the peninsula- turtles headed south run into land and don’t know to go north to get back the open ocean. In that state contact the New England Aquarium in Boston.

www.neaq.org/conservation...
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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minouette.bsky.social
It’s always a great week to buy art from actual artists rather than enriching billionaires, but this week I will also give you 25% off at minouette.Etsy.com
My 8” x 10” Lino block print ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon.’ It shows a standing polar bear facing forward with one arm around a girl with braids in a dress and a bell between his paws. It’s printed in a dark blue-black. The girl has round pink cheeks. There’s a hint of silver for the bell. Behind the bear the aurora glows green.
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
I just hit 5 years of remission. This one made me cry.
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
Wow! Sound up!
twigtechnology.bsky.social Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 4d
Seals singing in a sea cave

#Orkney 🦭🎧
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
A conservation success story. In 1967 the American alligator was listed as an endangered species and considered at risk of extinction. Now there are between 3 and 5 million (estimates vary).

Despite the large population there are few “attacks” and fewer deaths (less than 2 a year).
plesnercph.bsky.social plesnercph🇩🇰 @plesnercph.bsky.social · 1d
🐊American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in Hartley's Crocodile Adventures.

Max size: males 4.6 m (15'1"), females 3 m (9'10").

Found from North Carolina in the northeast across to Texas and occasionally even into Mexico.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by FPV_Drones on Pixabay
The head, neck and front legs of an alligator. Only the eyes, nostrils and the top of the head are above water. It is black with light brown markings. The alligator is looking directly at the camera.
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
Cows. Good photos, fun alt text.
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10d
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.

You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
A cow who is feeling happy because I have taken the photo it will use for the cover of its psychedelic debut LP which it feels confident will get a five out of five star rating in Rolling Stone magazine.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
It me during the Season of Gimme
callanbentley.bsky.social Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 2d
VERY. GROUCHY. HERON.
🦉
A submature Great Blue Heron is all fluffed out and hunched up and standing on one leg in a marshy area. He looks PISSED OFF.
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
Great photos
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
Looking for a gorgeous nature necklace?
silverpebble2.bsky.social Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 2d
I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells.
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
My snowdrop necklace made by casting a real snowdrop in recycled silver My lily of the valley necklace made by casting a real lily of the valley flower in recycled silver My wren necklace, individually handmade like all my jewellery designs, made by sculpting a tiny wren in recycled silver My bluebell necklace made by casting a real English bluebell from a friend's garden in recycled silver
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
A sweet folktale to start your day
minouette.bsky.social Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 2d
Here is The Maiden of the Dawn & the Firebird for the 7th #FolktaleWeek2025 prompt dawn.

A Prince is prophesied to fly away on the Firebird on his 15th birthday & marry the Maiden of the Dawn. So the King imprisons him in a luxurious tower prison & holds an elaborate 15th birthday, without him.
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My linocut print “The Maiden of the Dawn and the Firebird” on 11” x 14” Japanese paper shows the Maiden in dress and headdress on the flaming red bird (reminiscent of a peacock) against a cloud-spotted dawn sky in swathes of pink and cream. The Maiden’s Slavic style headdress is shaped in tiered teardrops and outlined in gold with radiating lines like the sun. Here dress in a gradient of orange through red is decorated with golden suns. She has yellow, pink and red ribbons in her hair.
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
What a cool sighting! More photos in 🧵
photosteve.bsky.social Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 3d
A female American Kestrel with her lunch 🐭 🍽️
#birds #raptors
A female American kestrel standing on a wooden fence post holding a caught field mouse in her right claw.
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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nwtrek.bsky.social
Lettuce take a break and enjoy some crunchies from porcupine Thistle! 🥬 North American porcupines love nibbling leafy snacks, those sharp teeth never stop growing, so all that crunching helps keep them healthy!

📹: Keeper Tess
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
thundergoose.bsky.social
Another good folklore thread by Ele
minouette.bsky.social Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 3d
For Day 6 of #FolktaleWeek2025 prompt #FolktaleWeekStorm:

In the Gaelic mythology of Ireland, Scotland & the Isle of Man, the divine old woman, or hag, created the landscape itself and the storms and weather of winter. Known by many names, she is the Cailleach (literally the old woman or hag) or 🧵
My Lino block print on 8” x 10” Japanese paper shows a blue-black frame with Celtic knot in each corner with the words “The Cailleach” at the top and “Beira Queen of Winter” at the bottom in lettering inspired by Gothic Celtic letters. Inside the frame is my illustration of the Old Hag, the Cailleach marching across the rocky, hilly landscape in a winter storm in two shades of blue. She wears a cloak and great plaid and has her staff in her right hand and her hammer in the left. She has blue skin and copper coloured teeth and grimaces in the wind indicated by swirling lines. There is snow falling and the land behind her is inspired by the Hag’s Head geologic feature named for her.
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
This was the life I wanted when I was still in footie pajamas.
paulle.bsky.social Paul Lê @paulle.bsky.social · 4d
My favorite Wombat fact.

Also: a reminder to watch this video for the 100th time.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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drandrewthaler.bsky.social
Can I offer you a few capybaras in these trying times?
A mother and baby Capybara walking across a field.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
Nice folktale- read the 🧵
minouette.bsky.social Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 4d
Day 5 of @folktaleWeek #FolktaleWeek2025 prompt is charm. My lino block print illustration of the beloved fairytale East of the Sun, West of the Moon shows the bewitched polar bear prince holding the charm, a magic silver bell along with his bride with the aurora in the night sky beyond them.
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My 8” x 10” Lino block print ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon.’ It shows a standing polar bear facing forward with one arm around a girl with braids in a dress and a bell between his paws. It’s printed in a dark blue-black. The girl has round pink cheeks. There’s a hint of silver for the bell. Behind the bear the aurora glows green.
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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theweeowl.bsky.social
My art shop has my original landscape and nature art available.
Good news for buyers in the USA, your art will be sent duty paid, and art is exempt from the tariffs!
folksy.com/find/shop/th...

#OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #Christmas #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
A photo collage of some of my available art: A red cardinal in flight, a seascape, carrots, peacock butterflies with flowers, cabbage white butterflies with yellow flowers and a pheasant.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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phytoseiid.bsky.social
Your regular reminder of what people who are against childhood vaccines (especially those that prevent deadly diseases) because they "might cause autism" are actually saying:

"We would rather a dead child than an autistic one."
ddiamond.bsky.social Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 6d
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
Autism and Vaccines QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS PAGE 2 OF 9 | ALL PAGES J For Everyone NOV. 19, 2025 KEY POINTS • The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. • Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities. HHS Research on Plausible Biologic Mechanisms between Vaccines and Autism HHS will evaluate plausible biologic mechanisms between early childhood vaccinations and autism. Mechanisms for further investigation include the impacts of aluminum adjuvants, risks for certain children with mitochondrial disorders, harms of neuroinflammation, and more. * The header "Vaccines do not cause autism" has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website.
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
Good news (hopefully). Reducing or banning pesticides increase bird populations.

Remember almost all birds need to feed their babies insects. Pesticides reduce baby bird food and/or expose the babies to the pesticides. Either way - your "perfect" lawn is harming the birds.
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
thundergoose.bsky.social
I missed this thread 🧵 the first time around. Hippos are weird. Two words: Migrating Testicles.

Thread goes up and down from here.
nome.bsky.social Nome @nome.bsky.social · Mar 12
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.

2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.

The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.

They're *all* muscle.
A comparison, showing a hippo standing in shallow water, and a see-through model of a hippo with an extremely thin layer of subcutaneous fat and skin over a body that's thick with muscle.
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM