Samantha biobabbler

Wow. This is now tempting me a little....

Ever wondered what 2.8 magnification gets you?
Sony 100 Macro 1.4x GM + 2TC

UhMAYYYYzing!🤯🤩😍

Sometimes you just do it in Black & White

(Written and directed by Bobcat?!?)

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<throws a blanket over you>

omg, as a fellow sticks resident, you couldn't PAY ME to watch that. Nope!!😅🙈

brown tree bark with pale blue lichen and a few spring green round leaves.

Beautiful bark, lichen and all.
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Protecting pangolins IRL, not just on paper: Interview with conservationist Kumar Paudel KATHMANDU — Of the eight known species of pangolins found in Asia and Africa, three are listed as critically endangered on the Red List that’s maintained by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation…

Pangolins, the scaly anteaters that are the most trafficked wild mammals in the world, face a host of challenges throughout their range, including South Asia.

The IUCN Pangolin Specialist Group is working on a global action plan to conserve the species, with subgroups working on regional plans.

Large cluster of little barrel-like Hemipteran eggs on an oak twig, and a slender dark red eupelmid wasp is tapping them one by one

The egg cluster, with 3 eupelmid wasps hanging out around it

Eupelmid wasps borrowing Hemipteran eggs (a lot of them Hemipteran eggs will be producing Hymenopterans) 👀

👊

Day 151 of showing the internet that (jumping) spiders aren't scary

Our Phidippus Arizonensis girl has just moulted, and she looks absolutely incredible! 🧡

And when she's mature… She’s the one we plan to pair with Peanut 👀 (Imagine how gorgeous their babies will be!) #jumpingspider #cutespider

Golden hour Stonechat. 🪶

We have a friend whose nephew visited her, and she gave him the behind-the-scenes grand tour of Yosemite.

His favorite part was in the maintenance parking area with the giant snowplow trucks.😂

A thin sliver moon seen tonight. The right edge is illuminated and the craters can be seen.

12% illuminated waxing crescent #Moon tonight.
Cheshire Cat moon 🌙 seen two hours before moonset in the southwestern sky. SoCal

😆👍

An orange tabby sleeps on the top of an opened box (shipped items and padding still intact) in the sunshine on a blonde wooden floor.

Ginger approved of the all-paper (biodegradable) packaging in this box.😻🥳

The star of today's hike was this critter. It's a mink! It came scampering(?)--they don't really scamper-- maybe ambling? Moseying? Anyways, it was coming down the trail towards me as I was just leaving the kingfisher.

How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known Image via Diego Sevilla Ruiz A certain Zen proverb goes something like this: 'A five year old can understand it, but an 80 year old cannot do it.' The subject of this riddle-like saying has been descr...

How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known

Sunset- Cheyenne Wyoming.

Bonus Image.

😆 So glad to hear it.😅

Yas!!😹

Oh, good--I find that reassuring.😁👊

Aw ... thank you!! Trying!

I would imagine it's cause a tree there was hanging off a steep slope, or some such?

Double-crested cormorant
#birds

<sitting under cat, awaiting cat's dinner alarm, so I can feed her & get off the couch and onto the treadmill ... but, NOT until the kitty's needs are met, per The Schedule>
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Is it just me?

Want to keep your brain from aging? Try a cognitive workout : Short Wave Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age. The results of this 10-week study back earlier animal research showing that environments that stimulate the brain can increase levels of certain neurotransmitters. And other studies of people have suggested that cognitive training can improve thinking and memory. So how does it all work? And by how much does it all work? Here to break everything down and help you understand how to keep your brain sharp is NPR science correspondent Jon Hamilton.Interested in more brain science? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.

Cognitive function tends to get worse as we age. Scientists have developed “brain workouts” to fight that decline.

Association between vaccinations and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis AbstractImportance. Dementia is a highly prevalent issue in older people. Whilst the prevention of dementia is a public health priority, the role of vaccin

Study: Adult vaccinations, particularly against shingles, influenza, pneumococcus and Tdap (tetanus, diptheria, pertussis), are associated with a lower risk of dementia. The COVID-19 vaccine very new. It will be interesting to see if it's protective, too.
academic.oup.com/ageing/artic...

Wow, gorgeous!!