Just thinking about the Amyciaea crab spider. I don't generally think of spiders as evil, but this thing is an empathy predator. It lurks alongside weaver ant colonies, pretending to be an injured ant, and when gullible ants go to help out what they think is their sister, they get eaten.

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🐿️ Don't know about you, but we're absolutely 𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙨 about squirrels! For Squirrel Awareness Month, hear from Dr. Kayce Bell, Associate Curator of Terrestrial Mammals, and learn more about nature's most resourceful mammals.

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1/2: A belated mention of the marvellous mudlarking exhibition at London Museum Docklands at the end of September. Here I am at my table, and in front of the dramatic foreshore installation by Juliet Williams. See my next post for close-up photos of those display cases...

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It is great to hear and see the peaceful protests in France and all around the US ❤️ The world today is wrong in so many ways, especially for young people, women, people of color, artists, immigrants, knowledge workers and basically anyone who is not a billionaire. There is a lot to protest.

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Early mail voting in Texas has Democrats up 2-1 over Republicans. (In person early voting has not yet started)

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