Did you know that frogs have nictitating membranes?

This is one of the ferrets at the breeding facility. The entire species was, at one point, down to 18 individuals. Thanks to captive breeding, there are now re-introduction programs in place.

Bali mynah with doctor repellent*

* This is actually ineffective. Doctors are not actually scared of apples**

** Or birds***

*** Well, living birds**** anyway. Some are probably scared of dinosaurs*****, which are a form****** of birds

**** Except cassowaries. I’d imagine many reasonable doctor would be scared of cassowaries*******

***** Okay, the big scary dinosaurs anyway. Micropachycephalosaurus wasn’t very scary at all

****** Technically, birds are a form of dinosaur, but I think you get the point

******* And macaws********

******** ICD 10 W61.12

Ever notice how some types of honey are lighter than others?

He remembers that fateful day, when the man came riding in, so strong, so powerful. Never before and never since had the small farm town seen his like. On the surface, he had seemed so trustworthy, so interesting, with that odd, almost dangerous smile. Everyone had fallen under his spell, lost in his eyes. He’d stayed no more than a week, but changed the town forever. After his visit, half the people left, wandering the woodland in pain and longing, leaving their homes, their crops, and their family. The few who remained in town could do nothing but sit, mourning that which they had never before known could have been theirs. All town life ceased, stores closed, school was canceled, there were no more festivals, no parties, no weddings.

The man had brought nothing with him, but when he left he seemed to take their very hearts and souls with him, leaving in his wake nothing but questions …

From whence didst thou hail?

To which distant locale did thou journey?

O Soft-eyed Joesph.

A fisheye lens can turn even the most unlikely subject into a snow globe.

TFW when your brother isn’t paying attention to you.

Hyena who is disappointed to learn that not a single recipe for poached eggs includes instructions for sneaking them past the guards of the king’s forest.

The Huachuca water umbel is a plant that looks like grass, but isn’t grass. It’s a water plant that needs flooding to propagate and survive. It’s an Arizona native … where flooding is pretty rare now that humans consume the water as fast as they can get it.

Of particular interest is the approximately seven meter run that you see here. This is the largest habitat for this plant in the world.

That’s right, the largest, healthiest stretch of this plant is at the Phoenix Zoo, in a non-public area.

Zoos don’t save only the animal species.

It’s hard to get anything done when there’s a monkey on your back.