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Egyptian Vulture

The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), also called the white scavenger vulture or pharaoh’s chicken, is a small Old World vulture and the only member of the genus Neophron. The genus Neophron is considered to represent the oldest branch within the evolutionary tree of vultures. Egyptian vultures feed mainly on carrion but are opportunistic and will prey on small mammals, birds, and reptiles. They also feed on the eggs of other birds, breaking larger ones by tossing a large pebble onto them. The use of tools is rare in birds and apart from the use of a pebble as a hammer, Egyptian vultures also use twigs to roll up wool for use in their nest. 

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cosmictuesdays asked:

Garak in glacier glasses to cut down on all the harsh light?

laurelhach answered:

cool lizard

[tastefullyoffensive]

“Bro… wtf?” [full video]

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

I had no idea baby lumpsucker fish are this cute. They’re also just a really cool group of fish. I’m going to let Scientific American’s beautiful phrasing stand for itself about these little guys:

“Available for birthday parties, weddings and corporate functions in the Under the Sea region, the lumpsucker is a chubby, almost-spherical fish with modified pelvic fins that have evolved into adhesive discs on their undersides. So literally lumps with suckers. (…)  Other than looking like swollen eyeballs… with eyeballs… lumpsuckers have some pretty strange things going on. For one, they’re pretty awful swimmers, thanks to their round bodies and tiny fins, and when disturbed they tend to flap around aimlessly in different directions. Which is not how escape generally happens. As newly hatched larvae they are surprisingly well developed, equipped with a fully functional mouth and well-developed digestive system. This allows them to begin feeding on tiny crustaceans and fish just 10 days after hatching. Sometimes they’ll resort to eating each other because nature.”

[equagga]

they only let people see the lumpsuckers ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS? cruel. unimaginably restrictive.

[background-alien]

i love the fact that it’s basically canon that gul macet is dukat’s weird mustache cousin, like even skrain ‘the actual worst’ dukat has that one relative you don’t talk about

[tinsnip]

The reason he grew the facial hair is so people wouldn’t think he’s Skrain. For actual real book-canon fact.

[felren13]

@petermorwood

[petermorwood]

That was before, quick as a wink, the sly cat did something to provoke interstellar war…

[phasered]

my favorite thing about au fanfiction the sheer range of it. how like sometimes the tag is like “alternate universe- they’re werewolf space pirates in charge of stopping their planet from being blown up by ancient immortal aliens from another realm” and sometimes it’s “alternate universe- chefs”

[uppityfemale]

Anyone need a pick me up? I need a pick me up.

There are French eagles, named after the musketeers, that are trained to attack terrorist drones.

[eyeofthestormi]

!!! @orange-kremsicle

[thepinknosemare]

@transperceneige is this true?

[transperceneige]

yup, tho it’s for any drone, not just terrorist stuff

(link to the article)

[rob-anybody]

@werebearbearbar!

[elodieunderglass]

Right so what you’re telling me here is that I get to tag Dumas Discourse AND Falconpunk in one perfect post and NONE of you fuckers tagged me

[hobo-logical]

How do their feet stay safe though ?

[elodieunderglass]

By Grabbin

Originally posted by popsci

Carrot just dropped a Trek reference. I love her.

[lemondemon]

@videogamecrashof83