Here's an old shark comic for you all. I'm not sure this would ever happen. But did you know that makos are the fastest sharks in the ocean? Imagine how fast they'd go with a bitey eel on their tailfin.
Well another Shark Week is up on us. And I, for one, can’t wait to see “Iron” Mike Tyson get into a cage and look at great whites. Alright, I’m not going to watch any of it. BUT I do like making shark comics. So that’s something.
Have you ever looked up the ways early paleontologists articulated dinosaur bones?
August 4 is International Owl Awareness Day.
I guess it was only a matter of time before I made a comic about one of these frogs. I mean, come on!
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Some limpet facts to keep you busy:
Did you know July 23rd is Gorgeous Grandma Day? It’s a day set aside to show the world that old ladies have much to give to society. There isn’t a better example of that than in the cetacean world (except for the humans, probably).
Sperm whales are the biggest predators in the world but barely use their teeth at all. In fact, they only have teeth on their long, skinny bottom jaw.
July 18 is Save the Vaquita Day, although I'm not exactly sure how you can save a species with 20 individuals left.
Hey July 16 is World Snake Day!
Let's get back to autotomy—where animals shed body parts as an act of defense.
Shark Awareness Day is July 14 — it's not a day to be aware of the possibility of being eaten — it's a day to realize that these apex predators are an essential part of just about every marine ecosystem there is. And yet so many sharks are being driven to the brink of extinction because of industrialized fishing, sport fishing, loss of habitat and the ever-increasing demand for shark fin soup lunacy.
July 14 is World Orca Day. This was developed by the Born Free Foundation to raise awareness for the plight of these massively-intelligent and massively-sized mammals trying to swim around in bath tubs.
Holy Cow—It's Cow Appreciation Day!
I'm assuming that most of you who are reading this are humans—so if, like the crested gecko—you perform autotomy, your limbs won't grow back either.
If you had a trunk for a nose what would be the first thing you'd do with it? Id probably drink a beer while typing.
July 3rd is Plastic Bag Free Day.
Here's a collection of some birds of the world. I call it "Some Birds of the World."
I can't think of a more perfect book for kids than Charlotte's Web. There's one thing that always bothered me about it, though. I truly think that if I visited Wilbur's farm, I'd exclaim, "Doesn't anybody give a shit about the spider that can write?" Maybe it's just me. Maybe people really despise spiders that much. What do you think?
June 28th is International Body Piercing Day!
Lumpsuckers are little fish with sticky bottoms. They stick to rocks when the water gets rough. Well they're not really sticky, they use their modified pelvic fins to grip onto the sea bottom. They mainly live in colder, northern oceans and eat little bits of plants and animals.
Let's end Father's Day with an old comic that I always think about this time of year. It features a 7-legged (!?!) Five-spotted hawkmoth and its larva, aka the tomato hornworm.
Happy Father's Day from the animal kingdom!
If you ever see a giant tongue attached to someone (possibly alive, possibly dead) with a sign that says “free hugs,” it could be a trap. Do your best to remember this relatable comic and stay away. One good thing about our need to social distance, besides not getting sick, is that traps like these are harder to come fall for. I mean, who’d take a free hug from a stranger nowadays?
June 16th is World Sea Turtle Day!
🏆We have a winner!🏆 The winner of the Endangered Species Day drumroll contest is @samham37 — she received a fat stack of square prints from @parabopress — enjoy!
Many people don't realize that it's not uncommon for birds like crows to leave the nest shortly before they're completely flighted. As a result, thousands of crows each year fall victim to "crownapping" by misguided, but well meaning people. In collaboration with Kaeli Swift of @corvidresearch [you should follow!], I've created a comic to help keep crows in the care of their parents.
Which is your favorite name for this giant salamander? -snot otter
June 8th is World Oceans Day. Instead of posting a sad comic about how terribly we treat our watery realm—let's celebrate by looking at the flatfish, some of my favorites creatures of the sea.
Today is International Ungulate Day and National Pairie Day—I’d have no idea if I didn’t follow @junglejordan23
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.”
"The fruit of the tree of knowledge can be bitter, indeed." My friend just told me that.
The insects in the Hemiptera order are the true bugs!
Did you know it’s World Otter Day? Answer me this: besides the octopus and otter, what animals would you NOT want to do yoga with?
May 23rd is World Turtle Day!
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The more I find out about these birds, the more they they become my faves.
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May 15 is Endangered Species Day—so let's look at an endangered species, shall we?
Well I’m feeling odd because of the state of pandemic that we’re in, but kind of proud that people are choosing to protect themselves and show off my comics at the same time.
Listen you little punks! I wish all you moms or mom-like creatures a Happy Mother’s Day 💕
Attachment parenting isn't for all species.
Welcome to #FintasticFriday - the day we give sharks a voice.
In Brazil, a scientist picked up a frog, which bit him, and for the next 5 hours, the scientist was in excruciating pain. Luckily for him, he was bit by Greening's frog and not Bruno's casque-headed frog because the latter's venom is 5x that of Greening's. These two frogs have little spines on their skulls that inject poison into attackers. Unlike the famous and colorful poison dart frogs, which just secrete poison from their skin, the two frogs in this comic can inject it into their attackers.
I don't only do portraits of doggies—meet Salvador Mali—the Mali uromastyx. He's a vegetarian lizard who's kin originate in Mali.
Here's something! Once in a great while I get approached to do pet portraits. It's fun to bring out animal personalities. Do you know a critter that needs its likeness in comic-form? Direct message me and we can talk about it.
Oh look it's MerMay.
I was fortunate enough to be asked to make an illustration for an award-winning article for the Journal of Applied Ecology.
April 27 is World Tapir Day! Did you know that all tapir babies are born with white stripes and a few dots for hiding in the forest?
There are three kinds of thresher sharks: common, bigeye and pelagic.
My question to you is what kind of shark would you want to be?
-Toothy, like great whites and such
-filter feeder, like whale or basking
-Carpet, like Billabong
-Thresher for a tail-whip
-Rays, manta, stingray
-Or something else?
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How much do skate egg cases , or mermaid’s purses, look like face masks, though? What would mermaids keep in their purses? Emergency clothes in case they’ve got to get land-lubbin’? What do you think?
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Well, this comic is how early cephalopod paleontology will look. The human fossils will be “octiculated”—hahahaha!
Have you ever read anything funnier in your life?
I think the exhibit should be called “What Made This Mess?” What would you call it?
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Are you aware of how weird owl skulls are? Their ear holes aren't symmetrical which allows for better location of prey using sound.
The first slide, by @heather.faye, is at Wild Wings Inc. - which is a wildlife sanctuary in New York state. When the volunteer requested I make a poster of this cartoon I was a bit worried the owls would be outraged and shred it to bits. But look, the barn owl seems to be showing it off like a model (modOWL?).
Let me know if you have any requests for posters of Underdone Comics.
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Tag a pic of the merch and I'll be glad to share it—just like the winner of the "Some Birds of the World" Mug Challenge did! @awildconservationist is showing off her new mug that she won a while ago. Remember that? There's an owl on that cup somewhere.
Keep giving a hoot!
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Full-frontal Factoids:
Living exclusively in the troubled waters of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru, these highly endangered frogs dive deeper than any known frog.
Their baggy skin helps them absorb oxygen like a gill (no word on it shriveling up in colder water).
The frog's numbers are decreasing drastically. Its population has declined about 80% in the last 15-20 years! The reasons for its decline is because people eat too many of them! And so do introduced trout. And, of course, the enormous lake has plenty of pollution.
They’re also caught for traditional “medicine” but this, apparently, is a new thing. No records are found of them in markets 100 years ago. Perhaps they’re used as tea bags 😉?
Would you rather be a reptile or an amphibian?
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Even if you don't care about people, at least vote for the animals!
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First person to name all the species in this design gets 10 points!
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1) Did you know that a limpet is a snail that doesn't have conical-shaped shell? Its combined suction and mucus make it virtually impossible to remove from a hard surface without killing or injuring it.
2) Did you know that the mineral nanofibers that make up limpet teeth are the strongest material found in nature?
Sorry spiders with your webs. There's a new super structure to crown.
I’m going camping for a few days so comment with your best bad puns for #sundaypunnies —if that’s a thing.
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As far as scientists know, the orca, short-finned pilot whale, beluga and narwhal (plus most recently false killer whales) are the only animals to go through menopause. Most every other healthy creature can reproduce until the day it dies.
It's believed the reason for this is because the grandmas are the leaders of the pods. They live with a couple generations of their offspring. They know where the food is, how to get it and when to get it.
Of course, none of the whales live together in the wild—but if they did—I think once a week they'd resolve their issues after 20 minutes over dessert!
Who was your favorite Golden Gir? Did I cast them correctly?
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Sharks can go through an estimated 50,000 teeth in a lifetime. They’ve got a conveyor belt of sharpness in their mouths.
Evidence suggests that in the ocean's depths, sperm whales slurp up squid whole with their powerful tongues.
What would you rather be—a shark or a whale?
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You can read about how these endings are on their way off the earth in an old article I wrote here:
https://www.culturalweekly.com/say-goodbye-to-the-vaquita/
You can also visit porpoise.org or vivavaquita.org to see how you can help conservation efforts.
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Did you know that only 1 in 8 snakes are venomous? The kingsnakes assume you're aware that the coral snakes have a deadly venom, which is why they mimic their skin pattern. They are constrictors, however, so sorry little mouse.
Have you/would you ever have a pet snake? How do you feel about the live vs frozen little mice feeders? Lovely!
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This maneuver has been popularized by reptiles and amphibians. But there's a very important mammal that sacrifices body parts for survival too!
Meet the spiny mice. They're very mouse-like, except they've got spines on their backs, similar to but smaller than hedgehogs.
These spines have large hair follicles that make a loose basket pattern which tears easily. Scientists are figuring out why, after their skin gets torn, they have super Wolverine-like healing ability. Maybe there's a scientist who can explain this better in the comments!
Either way, studying a mammal that can regenerate quickly seems to be quite exciting for the future of healing (if there is a future).
I have an idea—tell me a positive fact you know. I'll start: did you know Beverly Cleary is 104?
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So many of these amazing animals aren't even able to reach adulthood before they're massacred.
Even if you hate sharks, think of all those poor hostless ramoras!
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Thankfully, most of the world has open their eyes to how ridiculous it is to keep these behemoths in swimming pools and no longer breed orcas in captivity. They are arguably the smartest creatures in the ocean🧠
Hopefully soon people will stop ripping dolphins from the ocean and keeping them confined as well. But baby steps, I guess!
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I think this holiday was started by chick-fil-a or something but I like to talk about the lifecycle of the dairy cow. Do you know about it? It's pretty interesting.
You can read about it in an article I wrote on Medium a while ago. The link is in my story.
What's your favorite ice cream? Have you tried any non-dairy versions of it? Do you like ANY non-dairy ice creams?
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Crested geckos will shed their tails if they're stressed in the wild (the wilds of New Caledonia is where they're from). In case you don't know, lots of animals, most famously lizards and salamanders, can drop their tails, which distracts predators and allows for escape. These limbs usually grow back but not so for created and some other geckos. I think it has something to do with their prehensile tail.
And as long as we're here, New Caledonia is also home to what's believed to be the smartest crows in the world—the New Caledonian Crow. So how wouldn't it know what the gecko's talking about?
Do you think autotomy is a conscious decision made by animals? If so, what's a phrase the animals under attack would say whilst dropping a limb? Put your ideas in the comments.
Here's mine: "Eat this, fool!"
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Some notes on the sengi:
Until 1997, the elephant shrews were dumped into the shrew category because they look and act like speedy shrews with elephant trunks. But after some genetic analysis, they were put into a new group, the afrotheria, which contains elephants, aardvarks, golden moles, hyraxes and some others. It's a great group, you should check them out.
It was also at this time that someone suggested we call them sengis, from the Bantu language.
Despite being one of the fastest small mammals on Earth, habitat loss and hunting have severely shrunk this creature's population.
Golden-rumped sengis are #50 on the @zsledgeofexistence mammal list.
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Do you have a favorite go-to tote bag?
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Want to get this mug for free? All you've got to do is tag 3 people and name all the birds illustrated in this design. I'll randomly select a winner out of whoever can name them all. I know there are some ornithologically-inclined folks who can do it! (Instagram only)
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Don't get me wrong, I really love this book. I obviously still think about it. So much so that I drew this comic in Garth Williams's style since he was the original illustrator.
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Here's an old comic I did that's completely relevant to the holiday.
Do you have any piercings? Does anybody know? Tell me about it!
Beaked whales are the last frontier for whale studies. They spend most of their lives in the deep, deep sea, making them difficult subjects to learn about. In fact, the Cuvier's beaked whale is the deepest diving mammal known. Scientists are just starting to learn about the behavior of these awesome creatures by shooting tracking devices into their flesh when they surface. I have a hunch, though, that only the cool whales surface long enough to get tagged—because it's fashionable #😎
Tag a cool, fashionable friend.
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I'm not sure they stick to each other, ever, but if they did, it'd be so 2020, right?
Tag somebody you're sticking with—whether you're happy to or not!
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Insects have such crazy lifecycles—imagine one day being a wiggly, voracious maggot, spinning a sleeping bag out of your body, and then taking a nap. Next thing you know, you're completely different. Maybe you've got huge wings or you're the baby-making machine of a colony of millions!
I guess the point is, sometimes our parental figures seems completely different than us, but we always carry a part of them with us as we go from lifetime to lifetime in our own lives.
Theast I counted, I think I've lived 7 or 8 different lifetimes in my life so far. 2020 being the weirdest, of course.
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One of the more interesting fathers that I've learned about is the plucky guillemot, a bird of the far north. Here's its story:
After a few weeks in the nest, guillemot dads "escort" their offspring off a sheer cliff face (the babies glide/fly hundreds of feet down to the water).
Back at the nest, the moms, who are exausted from feeding their chicks, stay back at the tiny nest site with thousands of other mothers in the colony.
Down at the sea, the dads feed their young while they chicks wait patiently at the surface.
These birds are much more at home in the water than in the air.
Guillemots can dive hundreds of meters. Imagine being in a deep sea exploration vessel and seeing a bird flying by!
Would you rather pilot an undersea explorer or fly a plane?
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Serious question: what kind of food would you most like to eat with an anteater tongue? I’ll start out with an easy one: rice. Your turn. 🐜 🐜 🐜 🐜
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Let’s take a look at the most endangered of them (and they’re all endangered) — the Kemp’s or Atlantic Ridley Sea turtle. It’s one of two Ridley turtle species (the other being the olive ridley), and Kemp’s is the rarest of them all.
The smallest of all the sea turtles, Kemp’s Ridleys (what’s left of them) can be found all up and down the western Atlantic Ocean, but they prefer warm water. They nest in a few places around the Gulf of Mexico.
Answer me this: what would you rather do? If you were miniature, would you rather ride through a forest on a land turtle or sail the sea with a sea turtle?
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-lasagna lizard
-devil dog
-mud-devil
-grampus
-Allegheny alligator
-mud dog
-water dog
-spotted water gecko
-leverian water newt
-hellbender
Or make up your own! Here’s one: side-breathing stream slipper. See those wrinkles on the salamander’s side? Those act as gills!
It’s a true shame that these slimy creatures’ numbers are dwindling fast, due to the usual habitat loss, poaching, over harvesting and pollution. There are some efforts being made to reintroduce the river loogies back to their native ranges. We’ll see how that goes!
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All rays are born flat, perfectly symmetrical and appear to fly in the ocean as gracefully as any bird. Like sharks, they have no bones, they're cartilaginous. Boney flatfish, on the other hand, grow into their flatness. They are born bilateral, like most fish. But as they develop, their eyeball migrates from one side of their head to meet the other eye on the same side–making this animal the most asymmetrical vertebrate on earth. No wonder this perfectly streamlined cowtail stingray finds the halibut so distasteful.
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To celebrate, let’s chew the cud about this for a while. Who's really in charge? The bacteria that break down the food that we feed it, or us?
For instance, the 4-chambered stomach inside the ruminants (like the pronghorn and American bison in the comic) seem to be nothing more than chambers that house grass-eating flora and fauna. Makes you think, doesn't it?
Special thanks to freelance environmental educator, @bryodiversity for explaining this whole process to me—and pretty much writing what a speedy pronghorn would chatter about (when ruminating about its digestive system, that is). 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗
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What’s your favorite hoofed mammal? 🔬🔬🔬🔬🔬
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—James N. Mattis
Former United States Secretary of Defense
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Have you read What are the most imagination-inspiring kids' books you know? Let's keep Roald Dahl out of the conversation, though.
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Most of these suckers have a straw-like mouthpart that they use to slurp up plant parts (like aphids, leafhoppers, stinkbugs, et cetera). This isn't true, however, for the aquatic versions—most of those guys are predators—except for the waterboatmen. Backswimmers would gladly hunt you down, though (if you're small enough)! Speaking of bugs, anybody hear the cicadas yet this year? Of so, where are you?
If not, what's you're favorite insect?
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I dug up some land turtle comics for you to enjoy (sea turtle day is sometime next month, stay tuned).
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Turtles and their ilk have been around for about 220 million years (since the late Triassic Period), and the stegosaurus walked around about 150 million years ago (in the late Jurassic Period). Despite the legend, turtles can flip over once they're upside-down. Unlike this particular stegosaurus. Thus making turtles one of the most successful groups of animals ever to flop around the earth.
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Some additional notes of interest:
Bearded vultures are also known as lammergeiers, which means lamb-vulture, can you guess why?
No they don't look like lambs, they eat them. Well they eat their bones, that is.
Their ruddy color is from adorning themselves with mud or soil, which they think looks neat (it might have some beneficial properties as well, but I don't know know about it). Kind of makes you wonder, though why people kill them so much. The main reason is because farmers believe that by poisoning their livestock after it dies, it will kill animals that would prey on their herds. But it just pretty much kills vultures.
Who knew that such an awesome dinosaur would be slaughtered by people?
Oh wait, these are humans we're talking about, so forget I asked.
What’s your favorite raptor and why?
More to come on these things. There's an amazing story from way back when, regarding a beardy, a playwright and a tortoise. Stay tuned!
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It's Endangered Species Day so tell your friends to play along! if you follow @underdonecomics and tag 3 people when you post which animal you got on your screenshot, you could win a print set of these creatures.
I'll randomly select a winner in the morning of May 16.
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The aye-aye looks kind of cute, if you ignore those hands that look like spiders.
Speaking of their hands, their middle finger has a ball and socket joint, much like our hips! This is great for digging out insect grubs but not great for gripping trees. To make up for their spindly fingers, apparently aye-ayes have evolved a second thumb on each hand—for hanging in there—which is what they're barely doing—since there's about 1000 of the bug-eyed primates left in the wild.
Hunting and deforestation have pretty much wiped these guys out. ◉_◉
Did you notice how they fill the niche of the woodpecker? Isn't that crazy to think about?
To learn more about the aye-aye visit @zsledgeofexistence —they even can tell you how you can help them survive. If you care.
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What do you think?
@microcosmickid , @toddzimmerman77 and @dinosaur_dude sent some photos of their masks they received from @threadless — if you’re interested in getting your own follow the link in my bio or go to
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What’s the best or worst Mother’s Day gift you’ve ever gotten?
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It’s Mother’s Day weekend—and the Big Day of birding starts tomorrow too! Who’s combining the two? Is it going to be freezing where you are thanks to the Arctic Blast?
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With an estimated 100 million sharks that are killed each year, 73 million wind up in shark fin soup!
Even though China has pretty much stomped out shark fin (or fish wing) soup, in places like Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Macau and Taiwan, people are happily slurping the dish—whether they know anything about how cruel and devastating the meal is for our oceans or not.
Some people claim that the food is medicinal, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Sharks are at the top of the ocean's food chain, which means their meat contains dangerous metals like mercury, cadmium, and even arsenic.
Have you ever tried it? 🦈🍵🦈🍵🦈🍵
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These two frogs probably won't be the last venomous frogs to be found. And sadly, nobody knows how many more will never be found, thanks to deforestation.
Do you have a go-to favorite insult? Tell me in the comments!
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What do you think? Top hat or no tophat?
If you've got a pet that needs to be comicified, send me a direct message and we can discuss!
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Do you think Talus the Dog likes his portrait? I think he is recommending this service, no?
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I have a question: what do you think the origin of the mermaid legend is?
If you think it's a manatee with Portuguese man o'war jellies acting like a bikini top, comment with a jelly🎐
If you think it's a person in the mouth of a shark, comment with a shark 🦈
If you think they exist, but use baleen to filter feed, comment with a whale 🐋
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The piece explains a nation-wide study in Switzerland about how neonicotinoid 🚬insecticides are coated on seeds, drilled into conventional farms and then the chemicals leak into the surrounding environment—including pesticide-free organic farms.
I added a sprinkle of animation to it too. I hope you dig it!
Thanks @sciencefindsart for the connection!
Formal citation:
Humann‐Guilleminot, S, Binkowski, ŁJ, Jenni, L, Hilke, G, Glauser, G, Helfenstein, F. A nation‐wide survey of neonicotinoid insecticides in agricultural land with implications for agri‐environment schemes. J Appl Ecol. 2019; 56: 1502– 1514. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13392
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Perhaps the Malayan tapir mom is starting a new style trend?
Asia's only tapir, called the Malayan tapir, with is distinctive black and light gray coat, is found in Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
There are 5 kinds of tapirs, all of which are considered endangered in one way or another—so follow @worldtapirday to see how you can help these trunked critters!
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Video games are a gas for excitement for Production X. Ever since video games encompass a huge number of digital resources, there are particular games that require particular software or a device to operate.Nintendo, Play Boy, Xbox, as well as PlayStation are a few examples of apparatus and prerequisites that people must possess to play matches. However, one must admit, no one is actually capable of buying all these devices.
Taking these constraints in mind, this guide will explain how to play GameBoy Advance games on the PC.
What’s GBA?
It is a product belonging to the Game Boy family line, and most of us would remember it as the purple coloured console used to play a number of 32-bit video games as a kid. With the progress of video game consoles and the wide range of games offered in the current market, GBA was discontinued in 2010, since Nintendo has started manufacturing more advanced products.
How to Play GBA Games on PC? An emulator is a software or a hardware, which is installed into a computer to act in a special way.
Within PCs, an emulator makes the computer act like a different computer or device. By downloading GBA emulator on the PC, while playing with the game, the computer will act as though it is a GameBoy Advance and thus, will encourage GBA games or ROMs.
Many emulators are available which can be downloaded in the PC to play GBA games. An individual can find Game Boy Advance emulators on site.
Make certain to confirm the kind or type of applications before downloading, depending on the hardware and software ability of your PC. Click the Download button and the emulator will start downloading. Once the emulator was downloaded, click Run to start the setup installation. Following the emulator was installed, activate the software. The application of the emulator may also be observed on the background of their PC. To start any GBA game, one wants to click on the emulator software to trigger it.
Step 2 — Download GBA ROMs
ROMs are used to store data within a computer device. GBA ROMs are essentially like a software bundle of the entire game which can be played on almost any PC, given that a GBA Emulator is currently downloaded within the computer.
One can simply find GameBoy Advance ROMs on Website. It’s a website where ROMs could be downloaded of several consoles over the PC in order that games of those particular consoles could be performed directly on the computer. Since GBA games are widely in demand even now, the ROM can be easily downloaded from the mentioned web site.
ROMs can even be found on Website along with a lot of other matches of GBA. It’s one of the most well-known and trusted website for downloading the ROMs and GBA games. In addition to GBA games, an individual can also find a variety of games, which initially belong to other consoles. The games and ROM can be downloaded free of charge, with no risk of virus or malware.
Downloading GBA ROMs
- Visit Roms-Download and then Choose the game from a huge variety of catalogues inside the website.
- While selecting the match, be sure to check the score as well as the amount of downloads of the particular game. This gives an idea about the authentication and even prevalence of the game.
- Choose the game and then click on the Download button.
- The ROM will start downloading, and once it’s done, click Run to install the game on your PC.
- When the game was downloaded, first click the emulator to trigger the software and then open the game.
Conclusion
Roms-Download Includes a group of all of the emulators on consoles, and one would also be surprised to take a look at the huge variety of games that can be found on the https://roms-download.com/roms/gameboy-advance. Just a few easy and simple steps and you can get into the world of the ideal video games on the PC itself.
