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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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Yard Snake - Spotted this North America Racer, Coluber constrictor, drying out on our Croton bush after the rain. Feisty but completely harmless consumer of rodents, reptiles (including venomous snakes), insects, and other small animals. #snake 🪶

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NEW BLOG: Hey June. Some lepidopteran highlights of an intense month. www.jameslowen.com/blog-24-june... #teammoth #mothing #MuchAdoAboutMothing

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Athens night life! Mediterranean House Geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus) are out and about after dark #Evol2025 🦎

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I've been told that it's #InsectWeek and that I should plug my work. I'm so bad at marketing... Uhhhhh... Buy my books...! www.owlflyllc.com/publishing

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Wetlands in the Southeast often support high biodiversity. Many amphibian species rely on seasonally flooded wetlands for breeding because these habitats typically lack established fish populations—major predators of larval amphibians in permanent water bodies.

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Closeup look at a Helmet-head Gecko (Tarentola chazaliae), encountered on a coastal highway at night in central Morocco. About 4 inches (10cm) in length, these are nocturnal lizards that prey on small insects, esp. ants (much like horned lizards). #herps #lizards #NaturePhotography 🌿

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To My Transgender Friends Throughout This Country I may have the good fortune to know you, but likely, I do not. That means I don’t know your story I can’t imagine how you feel. I can't fathom how difficult this road has been for you... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-message-...

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

A lot of us are already Stuff Posters, but that’s not gonna be enough - we need more dialogue on a simple level. If someone posts a turtle and you think it’s cool, TELL THEM. That like button ain’t gonna build community.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

For anyone who needs it; you really don’t need to put NO DMs in your bio. Simply go to your messages, click the settings icon and choose “Allow new messages from No one.”

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#nowplaying Renaissance A Song for All Seasons 1978 Annie Haslam’s most gorgeous vocals with Opening Out and Day of the Dreamer. Two Symphonic prog rock songs that are totally accessible to anyone if they give them a try. #musicsky #renaissance #symphonicprog #vinylcommunity

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We might have FINALLY met our match… #WorldBollardAssociation

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Tiger Lily morning here. I’ve learned to make time to enjoy their brief blooms. Now I gotta mow the front yard but I’ve never learned to enjoy THAT. #flowers #garden #BloomScrolling 🌱

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A Merry Solstice to you all! I'm processing photos this evening (the Neverending Story). Poppies in Spain, clouds full of rain, the world begets the world again. #solstice #bloomscrolling #flowers

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Happy Summer Solstice. 🌞🌻🌱 #BloomScrolling

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Same. I've learned about many different lived experiences, including from trans folk and those from other socioeconomic backgrounds/strata. Without them, my mind would have expanded MUCH more slowly, if at all. Avoid algorithms and their drive towards fear and rage. Use social media for growth.

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Resharing for International #HorseshoeCrabDay:

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This is Crowfoot Mountain overlooking Bow Lake in Banff National Park. Taken right in the middle of blue hour well before sunrise. Such a beautiful place here on this earth. #photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #reflections #bluehour #banffnationalpark #Canada

submitted 6 days ago • 11 comments