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Mais il n'y a rien là pour la Science. she/her.

Cover of "The Hawk's Way" by Sy Montgomery, author of "The Soul of an Octopus".
"Do you want other anime recommendations with excessive punctuation?"
three cormorants in flight, mountains behind
double-crested cormorant in flight
a Caspian Tern flies overhead
long-exposure night shot of Westport, NY from across lake champlain. orange-tinted clouds, bright stars, and jupiter directly above the horizon.
A Canada goose flying low over a lake.
reflection of the photographer in a closely-cropped photo of a horse's eye
mother and foal rub their heads together
An adult Morgan horse and her very small (and very narrow) foal--only a few days old.
a third foal in the foreground, walking sedately, as the other two race in the background
two young morgan horse foals prance around each other in a large pen beside a barn
Hepatica flowers.
"I have a rockin' small business in the community"
From Waste Land Pony Express: “I– it’s not something I just do,” Artie said. “It’s not like, a habit of mine.” “I didn’t mean that,” Lou said, holding up her good hand. “It’s just–” “Three times– I know it sounds like a pattern, but– only three– and I haven’t eaten anyone in years,” Artie said. She was beginning to pull at her hair. “I don’t eat people. I’ve just– I’ve just eaten people. In the past.”
klemens von metternich as a fumo clipped to a backpack
A velvet mite on bare rock.
Sulfur-yellow blobby growth on roughly-fracture slate.
Alternative Reproductive Tactics Only 6.1% of the amplectant pairs that I observed culminated in the transfer of a spermato- phore by the courter to the female. This success rate is much lower than that observed in laboratory studies of this species (60%) or other urodeles (40-- 60%; Arnold 1976, 1977; Halliday 1977; Verrell 1982). This significant departure from laboratory findings is not due to an inability of males in natural populations to induce sexual receptivity in females. Indeed, after the courter dismounted, the female followed the male 53% of the time (69 out of 131). This value approximates that observed for isolated newt pairs in the laboratory (Verrell 1982). The significant departure from laboratory pairs in the percentage of spermatophores transferred is attributable to spermatophore transfer interfer- ence. Forty-eight of the 69 times a sexually respon-
Two eastern newts; one fully mature, the other still in eft stage. The mature newt has the eft in a grasp using its hind legs but is also positioned orthogonally to the eft and wrapped around the eft's hips like a U.
An adult eastern newt floating in a pond.
Flower of a trout lily.
Blocks of slate, moss-covered, stacked in a stream.
Periwinkle flower.
red-winged blackird (♀) perching on phragmites
A female cardinal in silhouette. Her red tuft is illuminated from behind.
A spider stands on a ball of silk in her web which contains ~100 tiny young spiders.
yellow-rumped warbler perched on a branch, facing away from camera.
yellow-rumped warbler perched on a branch
swifts dart across the lake around two common loons, both resting with their heads tucked against their backs
an osprey in flight, wings on the downbeat, looking towards the camera.
a common loon on a lake. its body is slightly raised in the water and its wings are extended fully back.
a broad-winged hawk(?) standing on the branch of tree, moments before taking flight
Evergreens on two promontories on a lake.
A mallard duck flapping to exit the water.
A mallard duck sitting on a submerged concrete dock. The patch on its wing is iridescing an intense purple.
a wolf spider (genus Hogna?) standing on leaf litter.
A painted turtle on a log in a wetland.
A painted turtle sitting on a log, neck extended and reflected in the still water below.
Red-winged blackbird ♀ perching on a cat-tail in a wetland.
An american robin wipes its beak on a branch.
An american robin standing in grass. There is a brown catchlight at the bottom of its eye.
A red-backed salamander walking along a strip of quartzite amid moss.
An american toad with one front leg canted forward and one back leg pushed back, posed stiffly.
A four-toed salamander standing on leaf litter.
Giant water bug (Lethocerus americanus?) stepping over large gravel.
juvenile spotted salamander. it is standing on—and entirely within the bounds of—a maple leaf
closely-cropped photo of a de kay's brownsnake with its tongue out
A DeKay's brownsnake coiling around green shoots to avoid the attention of the camera.
Pink sunset clouds over bare tree-tops obscured by mist. A dirt road curves out of frame.
robin standing on a twig, viewed from behind
painted turtle balanced on a log
a red-winged blackbird clinging to a phragmites stalk
a grackle in a bare tree
a female cardinal on budding maple-branches
Four-toed salamander curled up among leaves, forelegs grasping the top of its own tail.