The childhood of Charles Dickens corresponded with an unusually snowy period in England and may be responsible for our idea that Christmas should be snowy
I was just wondering about that. Makes a lot of sense.
My child has been confused why it’s not snowing on Christmas. (We almost never get snow here) Thanks Dickens!
Interesting - same in my house, the dogs are the real boss.
These dinosaurs are scary.
FUN FACT.
We have evidence of early paleo hominin ancestors of ours being predated on by large eagle species. And wow yeah you can really see how with that pic.
CW: non graphic primate child death
Summary
Predation Upon Hominins-Who Ate Our Ancestors?-Guest Post By Mekhi – World of Paleoanthropology
The skull of a juvenile Australopithecus africanus from South Africa, dating to 2-3.2 million years ago, who was about 3 years old when it died, unfortunately seems to have been killed by this species of eagle. (Oro note: this is referencing the ally the African crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus))
This skull is very significant for understanding human evolution, especially the brain development of our early ancestors, but is also important for understanding how these species interacted with their environments, and the threats they faced there.
The skull, known as the Taung Child, possesses talon marks in its orbits, identical to those left by crowned eagles in modern primates. Scratch marks are also present on the rest of the skull, including the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital bones. It seems that the Taung Child was carried off by a predatory eagle, and was eaten in its nest, where the skull would fall to the ground and be preserved.
This re-justifies my desire to not walk alone in the forests in the West. (There be big cats here.)
Hmmmm I think I would like to avoid being eaten.
Humans succeeded long term. Yehaw!
Yeah we have attacks by coolbardie (europeans called them magpies) and, uh, those are medium sized bird just trying to protect their nest, not big flighty dinosaurs aiming for a feed.
I had heard they sleep in flowers (maybe a Neo VR photo), but forgot, and didn’t know about holding “hands”. Fricking adorable.
i had so much fun spotting sleepy bees in my garden last year! hopefully we get even more this year. my favorite is when they sleep inside a snapdragon blossom 
Bumblebees - in a uni class I learned that bumblebees are the only ones heavy enough to open the trapdoor lower petal to access the pollen.
cute! it’s kind of magic when you see it happen.
some of the varieties i grow have a more open petal growth habit so they are open all to pollinators 