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Dr Craig R McClain
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The deepest confirmed fish observation occurred at ~8,300 m. I know the shape behind it is another fish’s tail, but my brain insists it looks like the foreground fish is wearing a party hat.
#deepsea
#marinelife
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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The “Lyminster Knucker” rested in a knucker hole (deep pool) until locals woke it by dropping a bell into the water… to see how deep the hole went. This dragon was eventually slain with the aid of a poisonous pie!
#FairyTaleTuesday
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Dragons, Wyrms and Wyverns: 12 Scaly Tales From English Folklore
Read stories about England's dragons, such as the girl who befriended a monster, the beast felled by a poisoned pie and the Devil's pet!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2026/01/dragons-wyrms-and-wyverns-12-scaly.html
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During a poor harvest, the giant Jack O’ Legs stole flour to feed his friends in the village of Weston – but was caught, blinded and hanged by bakers from a nearby town. Two stones 14ft apart are said to mark his grave!
#MythologyMonday
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Cruel, Canny or Kindly Giants: 6 Tall Tales From the British Isles
Read about the Giant's Causeway, a giant king, the one-sided love story of Bolster and St. Agnes and Jack O' Legs - a giant version of Robin Hood!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2026/01/cruel-canny-or-kindly-giants-6-tall.html
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Glen Dunlap
7 days ago
Best I can do for now, a bit too cloudy for anything sharp!
#SantaBarbara
#MoonPhotography
#MoonPhotos
#MoonShots
#Photography
Settings: Canon T5i Sigma 150mm x 600mm Focal length: 600mm F-stop: f/9 Exposure time: 1/500 ISO: 1600
#Moon
phase: Waxing 85%
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Hanged criminals could have one last hurrah as a “Hand of Glory.” This was a hand (usually straight from the scaffold) that had been pickled and made into a candle - and it was said to keep sleepers from waking as they were burgled!
#WyrdWednesday
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Hangman's Rope and the Tyburn Tree: Explore the Grim Folklore of the Gallows
Read about the "Hand of Glory" and how a length of hangman's rope could be a lucky charm - or explore the deadly Tyburn Tree of London!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/12/hangmans-rope-and-tyburn-tree-explore.html
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Dr Keith Wilson 💭
9 days ago
Going on an adventure…
#Dublin
#Ireland
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Walks In Camera 🇺🇦🌳
9 days ago
Corner view 🌳🍁
#trees
#woodland
#treeclub
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East Anglian folklore claims that a hellhound accompanied a powerful storm in 1577. “Black Shuck” burst into two churches as the skies raged overhead - and is said to have killed several parishioners before fleeing!
#MythologyMonday
More at
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20 Wonderful, Wild and Wicked Creatures of Europe's Folklore
This list of mythical creatures from European fairytale and folklore has Celtic selkies, Nordic draugr, Spain's sacamantecas and Orkney's Nuckelavee!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/09/20-wonderful-wild-and-wicked-creatures.html
8 days ago
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Creight 🌱
12 days ago
Sunlight slips between snow-covered pines in the PA forest.
#eastcoastkin
#classicmono
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Dani
12 days ago
#fungi
#fungifriends
They are growing on the middle of the road.
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Isle of Wight folklore claims that Knighton Gorges (a demolished manor with a shady past) returns for a party on New Year’s Eve!
#folklore
#ghost
More end-of-year hauntings at
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A Spectral Manor and the Ripper's Guilty Plunge: 5 New Year's Ghost Stories
Read about the strange spectral guests of the Monte Vista, a ghostly manor house on the Isle of Wight and the plunging shade of Jack the Ripper!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-spectral-manor-and-rippers-guilty.html
11 days ago
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Just Kate
14 days ago
Afternoon and hello 👋
#FungiFriends
How about some Jelly Ears 😍
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Not all red hats are Christmassy - the redcap of Scotland kept its hat soaked in fresh blood (which it obtained via murder.) Folklore claims Lord William de Soules had one as a familiar and used it to torment the locals!
#WyrdWednesday
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20 Wonderful, Wild and Wicked Creatures of Europe's Folklore
This list of mythical creatures from European fairytale and folklore has Celtic selkies, Nordic draugr, Spain's sacamantecas and Orkney's Nuckelavee!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/09/20-wonderful-wild-and-wicked-creatures.html
13 days ago
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Smartphone Photographer
14 days ago
Little Fairy Village.
#mushrooms
#fungi
#forestfloor
#woodlandwalks
#naturelovers
#macro
#mossy
#spidersweb
#autumnvibes
#mycology
#fairytaleforest
#naturecaptures
#outdoors
#smartphonephotography
#photography
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Jasper Sharp
14 days ago
Back in the graveyard before Christmas, another mini-mushroom, Moss Navel (Arrhenia rickenii), hiding amongst the moss on a tombstone. If you don't seek, you don't find.
#fungifriends
#fungi
#mycology
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Eric Williams
15 days ago
Bertie the Cat trying to get warm
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Oliebollen (a kind of precursor to donuts) served a dual role in winter. Not only were they a high energy snack, the fat was said to protect you from the belly-slitting deity Frau Perchta… since her blade would slide right off!
#FairyTaleTuesday
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Witches, Devils and a Defecating Log: Explore 7 Christmas Curiosities
Read about the Yule Lads of Iceland, the sacrificial origins of the Yule log & how a fried dough treat could protect you from a gut-slitting goddess!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/11/witches-devils-and-defecating-log.html
14 days ago
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An ancestor of the modern mince pie can be found in the 1390 CE cookbook “The Forme of Cury.” These “Tartes of Flesh” featured ground pork, saffron, mixed spices, sugar, salt… and cheese!
#FairyTaleTuesday
#mincepie
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The Pharaonic Roots of Gingerbread & Medieval Mince Pies: 6 Festive Food Facts
Discover how the turkey got its name, what you might find in early mince pies or Christmas puddings and the magical powers of gingerbread!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-pharaonic-roots-of-gingerbread.html
14 days ago
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In 1685 the folk of Ansbach in Germany decided that a marauding wolf was actually their recently dead mayor… and when the beast was slain, they displayed it in a wig and red linen!
#folklore
#werewolf
#wolf
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The Grim Tales of 5 Real World “Werewolves” (From a Mayor to a Murderous Soap Maker)
Read about a family of French werewolves, the deadly Beast of Gévaudan and a Spanish serial killer who blamed his misdeeds on a curse!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-grim-tales-of-5-real-world.html
14 days ago
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JPK 🇩🇪
15 days ago
Where light finds its way.
#nature
#forest
#photography
#wander
#Teutoburgerwald
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When the giantess Skadi arrived at Asgard seeking to avenge her father, the gods decided to make amends and an alliance instead. They offered her one of their number as a husband – but made her pick by viewing their feet!
#MythologyMonday
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The Cailleach, the Holly King and a Skiing Giantess: Delve Into 5 Winter Gods & Spirits
Read about Skadi, a Norse giant-turned goddess of snowshoes, the long war of the Holly King and why the goddess Marzanna is drowned each year...
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-cailleach-holly-king-and-skiing.html
15 days ago
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Did you know that wood frogs, mountain stone wētā, woolly bear caterpillars and even hatchling painted turtles survive the cold… by freezing alive!
#animal
#frozen
#weirdnature
More cool creatures at
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Ancient Sharks & Arctic Poppies: Discover 8 Lifeforms Thriving in the Deathly Cold
Discover how bears hibernate without harm, the shark with antifreeze blood, how a poppy traps the sun and animals that survive freezing alive!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/12/ancient-sharks-arctic-poppies-discover.html
15 days ago
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The excommunicated Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville wasn’t forgotten by his friends. The Knights Templar hung his coffin from a tree in their cemetery (as he couldn’t be “buried”) and his ghost is said to patrol the countryside!
#MythologyMonday
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Dark Festive Nights: 3 Christmas Ghost Stories
Discover why Christmas ghost stories exist, why we like them and the story of the Red Knight, the Christmas Coachman and the Crescent Hotel!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/12/dark-festive-nights-3-christmas-ghost.html
15 days ago
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Jeff, Stopping by Woods
17 days ago
Cannonball fungus. About 5mm high. Northwest Territories, Canada.
#fungus
#fungi
#fungifriends
#mushroom
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Just Kate
17 days ago
Evening
#FungiFriends
It’s been a while since I went out and did any shroom spotting. Here’s a few from earlier today
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Catherine
18 days ago
A Tunicate
#Salp’s
Last Supper. A swimming smorgasbord wrapped in glassy flesh
#photography
#UnderwaterPhotography
Link for more
#photos
and information:
mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...
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Smartphone Photographer
18 days ago
Gilly.
#mushroom
#fungi
#forestfloor
#autumnvibes
#naturelovers
#macroshot
#woodland
#moss
#leaves
#earthy
#naturecapture
#outdoorphotography
#mycology
#smartphonephotography
#photography
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On the topic of endings, the rope used by a hangman was thought to be a lucky charm… while the hand of a hanged criminal could be turned into a hand of glory and used to aid further crimes!
#FolkyFriday
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Hangman's Rope and the Tyburn Tree: Explore the Grim Folklore of the Gallows
Read about the "hand of glory" and how a length of hangman's rope could be a lucky charm - or explore the deadly Tyburn Tree of London!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/12/hangmans-rope-and-tyburn-tree-explore.html
18 days ago
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In 1749 Havana, the British Brook Watson had his leg mangled and foot taken by a shark… but survived to become a peg-legged politician. He even commissioned a painting of the attack!
#shark
#sharkattack
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Eaten Alive: 5 Real Shark Attacks (& 18th Century Britain's Peg-Legged Politician)
Read about the deadliest shark attack in history, how a British politician ended up with a peg leg and the real-life "Jaws"
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/12/eaten-alive-5-real-shark-attacks-18th.html
18 days ago
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Woodland Trust Scotland
19 days ago
One of the team was out at Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park this week scoping out opportunities for riparian woodland creation. A bit of mist sure makes the winter landscape pop! 🧵 1/2
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NullPointer 🍄
19 days ago
Snakeskin liverwort (Conocephalum conicum). You can see why.
#liverwort
#moss
#madeira
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Tannand.bsky.social
19 days ago
Moss Nikon D3100 • Nikon Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8
#Photography
#LandscapePhotography
#NaturePhotography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
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Gingerbread was sometimes credited with magical powers - an early form (spiced honey cakes) was found in ancient Egyptian tombs, while gingerbread men were sometimes used like a love potion!
#Christmas
#FolkloreThursday
#food
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The Pharaonic Roots of Gingerbread & Medieval Mince Pies: 6 Festive Food Facts
Discover how the turkey got its name, what you might find in early mince pies or Christmas puddings and the magical powers of gingerbread!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-pharaonic-roots-of-gingerbread.html
19 days ago
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Quite a few birds can mimic human speech – but did you know that both a beluga whale and a harbor seal have tried their flippers at impersonation?
#animal
#mimic
#weirdnature
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The Speaking Seal & a Foul-Mouthed Waterfowl: 10 Natural Mimics
These 10 animals (including a whale, seal, orca, elephant, duck and a plethora of birds) have figured out how to mimic human speech!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-speaking-seal-foul-mouthed.html
19 days ago
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On the topic of turkeys, the Aztec deity Chalchihuihtotolin (Jewelled Fowl) had power over plague, healing and sorcery. Turkeys could also serve as the guardian spirit of a Maya sorcerer… and attack a sleeping victim’s essence!
#FolkloreThursday
#folklore
#turkey
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Talking Turkey: Feast on These 5 Festive Fowl Facts
Read how you can tell the sex of a turkey by its droppings... and how they could be dangerous Maya "wahyis" guardian spirits!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/11/talking-turkey-feast-on-these-5-festive.html
19 days ago
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Did you know that Santa’s flying reindeer may have been inspired by fly agaric mushrooms? The urine of agaric-snacking reindeer is a lot less toxic (but still mind-bending) to humans – and can cause a sensation of flight!
#LegendaryWednesday
#fungi
#reindeer
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10 Fickle Plants and Fungi Worthy of a Witch's Garden
Wondering what you'd find in a witch's garden? Explore these 10 medicinal or murderous herbs and mushrooms, such as blackthorn, vervain and ergot!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/10/10-fickle-plants-and-fungi-worthy-of.html
20 days ago
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Here’s a twist - many old British churches feature the “Green Man” (a decidedly pre-Christian figure) in the decorations. This catch-all spirit was probably slipped in by the carvers rather than requested by the clergy!
#folklore
#greenman
#WyrdWednesday
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20 Wonderful, Wild and Wicked Creatures of Europe's Folklore
This list of mythical creatures from European fairytale and folklore has Celtic selkies, Nordic draugr, Spain's sacamantecas and Orkney's Nuckelavee!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/09/20-wonderful-wild-and-wicked-creatures.html
20 days ago
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In 1979 Livingston, Scotland, Robert Taylor had an encounter with a large unidentified object in a forest clearing. It had gone by the time police reached the site, but they did find some very strange tracks!
#Dechmont
#UFO
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Explore 3 Less Well-Known UFO Encounters (Including a Scottish Saucer That Left Physical Evidence)
Featuring a surprisingly well supported saucer sighting in Scotland, an "extraterrestrial" photobomber and a sky-battle over 1665 Stralsund...
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/11/explore-3-less-well-known-ufo.html
20 days ago
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Clydeside Wild (Dean)
22 days ago
Monday 15th Dec A couple of
#fungifriends
from my walk to Summerston ; Dead Man's Fingers (Cadder) Crystal Brain Fungus : showing the clear inclusions which helps to identify this species from the similar White Brain Fungus (Summerston)
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Have you heard of the golden toilet heist? This bit of solid-gold political “art” was snatched from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, causing significant flooding damage – it was fully functional!
#heist
#truecrime
More weird heists at:
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12 Crazy Crimes (From the Louvre Heist to a Shark-Napping!)
Read about 12 crazy heists featuring bee rustlers, a golden toilet, maple syrup siphoners, bridge burglars and a severed toe swallower!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/10/12-crazy-crimes-from-louvre-heist-to.html
21 days ago
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Susan Howe
22 days ago
#fungifriends
#mushrooms
#mycology
#nature
#fungi
#biology
#photography
Stereum hirsutum last week.
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Jeff, Stopping by Woods
22 days ago
Lamproderma slime mold. NWT, Canada.
#slime
#myxo
#fungifriends
A photo of the same slime mold taken just one day earlier is in the comments.
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Sometimes humans survive unbelievable situations… such as Vesna Vulović who fell six miles and lived to tell the tale, or Steven McCormack whose skin was inflated like balloon by pressurized air!
#endurance
#survival
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Beating the Odds: 7 Times Humans Survived Deadly Experiences
These 7 people endured deadly situations... such as Vesna Vulović surviving a 6-mile fall from the exploding JAT Flight 367 aircraft in 1972!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/11/beating-odds-7-times-humans-survived.html
21 days ago
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Jeff, Stopping by Woods
22 days ago
A developing Arcyria slime mold. NWT, Canada. Specimen is about 1cm high.
#myxo
#slimemold
#fungifriends
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When the vengeful frost giant Skadi challenged the Aesir, they didn’t like their odds… so they gave her a husband (picked by their legs) as a peace offering. She was said to love winter sports and be the goddess of snowshoes!
#FairyTaleTuesday
#Folklore
More at:
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The Cailleach, the Holly King and a Skiing Giantess: Delve Into 5 Winter Gods & Spirits
Read about Skadi, a Norse giant-turned goddess of snowshoes, the long war of the Holly King and why the goddess Marzanna is drowned each year...
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-cailleach-holly-king-and-skiing.html
21 days ago
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Jeff, Stopping by Woods
23 days ago
Cladonia on a stick, among a patch of cottongrass. Newfoundland, Canada.
#lichen
#fungi
#fungifriends
#wildflower
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Jeff, Stopping by Woods
23 days ago
A snowy little
#mushroom
on a morning
#hike
, today. Newfoundland, Canada.
#fungi
#fungus
#fungifriends
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Did you know that there’s a bat with a mobile nose? The Queensland tube-nosed bat can move its tubular nostrils independently of each other – it uses this talent to create a 3D scent map!
#animal
#bat
More bizarre bats:
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These 5 Bizarre Bats Have Astounding Adaptations
Did you know that there's a bat with a nimble nose? Other bats fish, some hunt birds... and some male bats lactate!
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/10/these-5-bizarre-bats-have-astounding.html
22 days ago
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Jeff, Stopping by Woods
23 days ago
Eyelash fungus (Scutellinia sp). NWT, Canada.
#fungi
#fungifriends
#mushroom
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Some say that surviving Gigantopithecus (giant prehistoric primates) might be behind yeti sightings. They probably died out 100,000 years ago, but may have lived alongside Neanderthals and inspired the legend!
#MythologyMonday
#primate
#yeti
More details:
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What's a Yeti – and Could They Really Exist?
Could the yeti be a surviving prehistoric ape... or is a DNA link between yeti hair and ancient bears more convincing?
https://reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2025/09/what-is-yeti-and-could-they-really-exist.html
22 days ago
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