Sluagh Sith

@dsidhe.bsky.social

They/sidhe. Mixed plural. Anti-endos DNI. Cat lover! Ranty queer pagan cryptid. TMIgraineur. Oversharer. Read the pinned BYF Avatar: Fisher price Little People toys. Banner: Black and white cat looking through a window at a frog stuck to the other side

The majority of living birds and mammals are smaller than the tiniest dinosaurs ever discovered. So what prevented dinosaurs from becoming truly tiny? The answer, new research suggests, may lie not in dinosaur biology, but in their ecosystems. Read more about the findings.👇

New Study Asks: “Where Are the Tiny Dinosaurs?” | AMNH

Research suggests that competition with mammals may explain why non-bird dinosaurs never evolved into truly tiny animals.

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I'll be drawing birds for donations again this year in addition to my weekly running miles! Details on how to donate for bird illustrations will come later this month. Looking forward to doing this again with you all, the kids need the help more than ever!

Illustration of a Blue-footed Booby walking toward the viewer. One yellow eye keeps an eye on the viewer while it raises a bright blue foot as part of its courtship display. The background is pale grass over a blue-gray sky.
Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins@ajcousins.bsky.social · 17h ago

Wanna help? Become a Waymaker! We're running, walking, cycling 20,000 miles in September to raise money to get immigrant kids out of detention and back with family. Someone who kayaks to work is dedicating his miles to Waymakers! A salsa dance class is counting steps! It all counts! #BeAWaymaker

This ant species is Pseudomyrmex boopis, which should be pronounced "BOOOOOOOP-is!" while bopping someone's nose, but taxonomists tell me to sit down and stop giggling and say "boo-OH-piss" like a grownup. So pronounce it however you want, I guess.

Macro photo in side view of an orange ant with absolutely enormous compound eyes, filling up most of its head, standing on a tropical leaf.

my dog is currently experiencing a medical emergency and has fluid in her abdomen. i go into more detail on my gofundme. i desperately need help getting funds together for her care. anything helps, even just sharing to get more eyes on the post. thank you! www.gofundme.com/manage/help-...

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Smoothish-stemmed Bolete - Hemileccinum subglabripes Similar to Leccinum but it's yellow with yellow scabers. Took a little video of this mushroom on Saturday, will see if I can post this one or not.

A beige capped bolete mushroom with a yellow stem growing among decayed leavesA closeup of the stem to show its yellow scabers which may not be visible from a distance.

Join WaterWatch on Sat., Aug. 22nd, as marine biologist Alanna Kieffer facilitates a Shifting Tides workshop as we make seaweed cyanotype prints from a reaction between UV light and chemically coated paper. A suggested donation covers entry and supplies, but any donation to WaterWatch is valuable!

Create Original Prints at Our Shifting Tides Workshop Aug. 22nd

Join marine biologist Alanna Kieffer with Shifting Tides as she facilitates a special coastal workshop in Wheeler on Sat., Aug. 22nd.

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Amy is now about half the time flinging herself on top of me as soon as I lay down so she can get some petting in before I fall asleep. Luckily for her, I'm insomniac, so it can be an hour of solid attention before I actually fall asleep.