amnhnyc:

The aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is one for a nighttime snack. This mostly nocturnal animal spends the day sleeping in its burrow, but at night it springs into action, consuming as many as 50,000 insects in one evening!🐜

It uses its 1-foot- (0.3-meter)-long tongue to scoop up ants and termites, which it swallows whole. It lives in parts of southern Africa including Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, where it inhabits grassland and savannas. This expert digger can excavate more than 1.7 feet (0.5 meters) in 15 seconds—which comes in handy when it’s looking for its next meal, making a place to nap, escaping from predators, or creating elaborate tunnels where moms give birth to young.

Photo: Albert Herbigneaux, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr

#AnimalFacts #Aardvark #NaturalHistory #AnimalKingdom #DYK
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mevil:

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ubernegro:

NYPD shoot a 18 yo kid in the back of head during traffic stop. Mayor defends them because it could have been a terrorist attack somehow

Police shoot man during traffic stop in the Bronx

Police shot a man in the head during a traffic stop in the Bronx on Sunday night, the NYPD and sources said.

New York Post

Mayor Eric Adams statement here.

Funny how he now considers vehicles as weapons now when he failed to mention their usage during the BLM protests or any left adjacent protest. But it’s weirder that this guy, 18 years old btw, allegedly ran a series of red lights and now he is immediately being labeled as a terrorist or criminal.

70s-pop-80s:

Death Race 2000 (1975) (Italy)

70s-pop-80s:

Raw Meat aka “Death Line” (1972)

amnhnyc:

Meet the streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri)! You might spot it in wetland or forest habitats in parts of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. It likes to hang out beneath rocks or in burrows underground, usually not too far from a stream.

A few of its favorite snacks include insects, worms, and plankton. How big does this salamander get? On average, it’s around 5-7 inches (12.7-17.8 centimeters) long.

Photo: Andrew Hoffman, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr

#AnimalFacts #salamander #amphibians #NaturalHistory #nature
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zt2ga:

RTMP 81.6.1 better known as ‘Black Beauty’ is a Tyrannosaurus specimen that currently housed in Royal Tyrrell Museum.

The fossil was discovered in 1980 by Jeff Baker, a high schooler, while he and his friend were on a fishing trip around Crowsnest Pass, Alberta and showed their teacher. Soon, the teacher contacted Royal Tyrrell Museum and they started digging at near the confluence of Crowsnest and Willow Rivers.

The specimen is called ‘Black Beauty’ due to the shiny dark color fossils. And how ‘Black Beauty’ got their famous color and name is due to the bones being were darkened by manganese in the water during fossilization thus the the bones turned black.

As of right now, ‘Black Beauty’ is the smallest adult Tyrannosaurus specimen in the world although there are cases for smaller adults out in archives and collectives alike.

‘Black Beauty’ is truly a wonderful specimen.

Photograph belongs to Madeleine Holland

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

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