Tag: lizards

mszombi:

imagineham:

plume:

OMG everyone I know the ACTUAL story behind the gif this time!

Yes, it’s in Australia– that’s a big angry goanna that wandered into a popular restaurant. All the Australians in the vicinity went OH FUCK NO and cleared off, because goannas are mean.

The waitress you see there is a French exchange student, who was quoted as saying something to the effect of “I thought it was a weird ugly dog” and had no idea it was a reptile that wanted to rip her arms off. She’s been hailed as a hero who saved diners.

Australia is a fucking weird place

What the fuck typa dogs they got in France?

Source: katswenski

zarekthelordofthefries:

mousathe14:

plume:

OMG everyone I know the ACTUAL story behind the gif this time!

Yes, it’s in Australia– that’s a big angry goanna that wandered into a popular restaurant. All the Australians in the vicinity went OH FUCK NO and cleared off, because goannas are mean.

The waitress you see there is a French exchange student, who was quoted as saying something to the effect of “I thought it was a weird ugly dog” and had no idea it was a reptile that wanted to rip her arms off. She’s been hailed as a hero who saved diners.

It’s amazing what power “not knowing” has.

The thing I especially love about this is this is a pretty dangerous animal, except she managed to defeat it by just fucking grabbing it by the tail and walking too quickly for it to turn around. Once again the animal kingdom is thwarted because we evolved opposable thumbs, long limbs, and reckless bravery.

Source: katswenski

typhlonectes:

Unsung Heroes of Pollination

While we love butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, and bats (here’s the proof),
some pollinators might feel a little sad that they are not better
known. But now is their moment of glory! We want to celebrate some of
these unique species and help broaden the pollination conversation.

Lizards, Geckos, and Skinks 

In Tasmania, a snow skink only found there seems to have a visible
co-evolutionary relationship with Richea scoparia plants (shown at the
top of post). It is only after the skinks tear off part of the flower
and eat them that insects can access the parts of the flowers used for
pollination. 

Mosquitoes 

Not all mosquitoes feed on blood. Only the females feed on blood, and
only when they are producing eggs. Male mosquitoes feed exclusively on
plant nectar, sometimes serving as vectors for pollen transmission. 

Cockroaches 

Yes, cockroaches! Are you excited? While it’s admittedly a new area of
research, pollination relationships between cockroaches and plants were
discovered in three countries around the world, with the latest being in Chile.

A wingless cockroach (Catara rugosicollis) in Malaysia, one of the three
places (so far) where pollination relationships between cockroaches and
some plants are documented…

Read more:

https://medium.com/usfws/unsung-heroes-of-pollination-155154367654

Source: typhlonectes