2021 Year in Re(Over)view — Fagradalsfjall Eruption
Our 2021 Year in Re(Over)view continues today with the Fagradalsfjall volcanic eruption in Iceland. The event began March 19 and officially ended yesterday, December 20th, making it Iceland’s longest volcanic eruption in at least 50 years. Just 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Reykjavík and relatively easy to access, Fagradalsfjall’s eruption attracted upwards of 350,000 visitors.
“The glory of justice is boldness and an untroubled mind, but the end of injustice is the fear of disaster.”
— Democritus, Fragments, B215 (via philosophybits)
[image ID: Text reading Texas State Aquarium staff stated that the animals have been getting a little restless. One of the employees had an idea to let some of the land animals spend time with some of the sea animals, and it has worked out brilliantly.
Putting the sloths near the dolphins was the biggest surprise of all. The dolphins are absolutely delighted with the sloths, and the sloths, normally very quiet animals, have been squeaking replies back to the dolphins for hours at a time. Who would have guessed these two species would be such a great match?
There is a photo of two dolphins in a large pool, their heads peeking out above the water to look at a brown sloth, who is hanging on a branch. End ID]
As alien species encounters go, this is like the absolute best possible outcome
Okay but in the video the dolphins swim upside down like they’re imitating the sloth and it’s real cute.
THANK YOU FOR FINDING VIDEO! IDK WHY I DIDN’T THINK TO CHECK YOUTUBE! THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING!!!
Here are even more animals visiting each others!!
Oh my gosh, thank you for sharing this! This is so precious!!!
lmao all the animals are all like What, In the name of FUCK? Is THAT?
There are sloths that live on islands and swim island to island for mating season so possibility of dolphin sloth interact in the wild is pretty high and super cool to think about.
