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Source reads 'Red fox father and Kit, Washington. © Chase Dekker/Minden Pictures'

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Our understanding of intelligence is always growing, but recent research has thrown a fascinating curveball: we're discovering that plants are intelligent too. Though they might not look like creatures we typically describe as intelligent, plants can store information, solve problems, and develop complex social networks. This week, Adam sits with Zoë Shlanger, author of The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth, to explore this galaxy-brain concept of plant intelligence and what it means for how we see all life and our place in the world.

stopped at a gas station near the Kyger Creek Plant this afternoon (visible through the trees on the right) and saw the opportunity for this lovely photo that captures the feel of southern Ohio

(if you really want to get into the vibe, it was high 80s and humid as fuck, because it was about to storm and we were next to the river - the dumpster was fragrant, and the high voltage lines were audibly crackling)

completely coincidentally, there was a billboard a few miles down the road advertising a nearby clinic specializing in lung cancer treatment

this is perverted

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Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

Beavering | Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Natural History Museum

LOUIS-MARIE PRÉAU'S IMAGE

'I have never forgotten,' says Louis-Marie, 'the first time I saw a European beaver under water delivering a branch to its family.' He is passionate about beavers and has returned each season for the past four years to the same spot on the Loire River in France to try to photograph what he saw that first time.

Last summer, wearing snorkelling gear, Louis-Marie eventually got lucky. Using weights so he could lie on the river bottom, being careful not to move and frighten the beavers, he finally photographed this adult dragging a poplar branch back to the dam for its kits. 'It looked like hard work,' says Louis-Marie, 'a long journey and a long time holding its breath.'

Imagine this alarm clock

it's about danged time, that egg sac has been there a while, i was getting worried

Bicycle Tree - Snopes

The "tree that ate a bicycle" on Washington's Vashon Island has been a popular destination for curiosity seekers for years.

The fake story

Pictures of the bicycle are commonly associated with text claiming it was left chained to a tree by a boy who went off to war in 1914.

The real story

The bicycle was left behind in the mid-1950s by a local resident who simply abandoned it.

A Ship of Theseus debate

The bicycle exhibits a somewhat varied appearance in photographs taken at different times because over the years parts of it (e.g., handlebars, tires) have been stolen or worn away and replaced with similar parts, creating a Ship of Theseus debate over whether the current bike is truly an original at this point.

I fucking hate SEO. The good stuff is never at the beginning. Snopes articles always waste your time by forcing you to scan through needless text. But SEO demands such shit.

Ever searching for sugary drinks.

https://subium.com/profile/jocelynanderson.bsky.social/post/3kugv4uefiz2u

Minus credits the vid is 2m flat. But if you're in a big hurry - here's the dessert starting at 1:18 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANxlmqF0wj8&t=78s

Japanese snow fairy

It's springtime in the northern hemisphere so we're getting a lot of quality bird child content. Here's another recent example: https://hexbear.net/post/2680810

I do love how bird nestlings are straight to the point and just like FEED ME YOU FUCKER

Source: https://m.phase.org/@parsingphase/112566932097873545

Source: https://birds.town/@BelfastRoadster/112559266350890248

edit: Also, I watched the mother feed them a couple times. She just flew right between the two spikes without any issue, landing on the rim of the nest. This would definitely stop a larger predator though.

edit: Also their names are Binkbonk and Pikachu. I don't make the rules.

It's a blog post by a professional photographer with lots of photos.