The more you learn about shrews the more dramatic the change in your opinion of them goes from “a kinda boring stereotypical mammal” to “monsters held back only by their size and hatred of one another”
Weevil larvae follow each other along head to tail like a little choo-choo train, which is adorable, but
“[…] since isolated larvae of P. distigma
readily follow lures made from the eviscerated abdomen of a larva,
tactile stimuli applied to the tip of the abdomen are not essential to
the elicitation of locomotion.”
“The cardinals assembled at Perugia after the death of Pope Nicholas IV in April 1292. After more than two years, a consensus had still not been reached. Pietro, well known to the cardinals as a Benedictine hermit, sent the cardinals a letter warning them that divine vengeance would fall upon them if they did not quickly elect a pope. Latino Malabranca, the aged and ill dean of the College of Cardinals cried out, “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, I elect brother Pietro di Morrone.” The cardinals promptly ratified Malabranca’s desperate decision. When sent for, Pietro obstinately refused to accept the papacy, and even, as Petrarch says, tried to flee, until he was finally persuaded by a deputation of cardinals accompanied by the king of Naples and the pretender to the throne of Hungary.”
…after seeing Harley in a thousand Christmas posts…
Harley is actually from an interfaith Jewish and Catholic family, so she could very well celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah! But the fact that her Jewish side is so rarely mentioned to the point that no one knows about it is obviously annoying and likely intentional.
It got censored from the Animated Series episode based on this comic. Like, the network told them they had to omit it.
“Logging companies keen to exploit Brazil’s rainforest have been accused by human rights organisations of using gunmen to wipe out the Awá, a tribe of just 355.”
Monsters and Stuff 