them <3

come pick up your boy he’s analyzing homoerotic subtext again

Bye

Congratulations to Chloe on their hard work

i always imagined kiwi birds as the size of kiwi fruit and i was so wrong

wait how big are they then

closer to pumpkins

what you have to remember is the kiwi fruit is their unfertilized egg, so use that as a size reference

Oh no kiwi eggs are much larger than kiwifruit

Only the fertilized ones the unfertilized ones are sold in grocery stores as fruit

i see no difference

the fuzzy layer is the avian equivalent of the endometrium (mucous membrane lining the uterus); it helps prevents infection. all types of kiwi eggs have them, but it is typically reabsorbed by the body by the time a fertilized egg is finished growing. if an egg isn’t fertilized and stops growing, the body simply passes the egg, lining and all, and tries again. 

then why can’t we crack open the egg like we can with other unfertilized bird eggs

that’s another feature unique to the kiwi! (and possible some extinct related birds.) the eggs don’t calcify until the later stages of embryo maturation. this is because kiwi birds have one of the largest egg-to-body ratios in the bird world. the eggs take up a huge amount of space in the mother’s body. keeping the egg soft-shelled until it’s mature gives the internal organs more room to safely do their job.  

it’s theorized that the strong resemblance between kiwi ‘fruit’ (aka the unfertilized eggs) and newly hatched birds is a survival mechanism. the average nest contains several unfertilized eggs, which researchers believe may serve as a distraction in the event a predator invades the nest, giving the real hatchling time to escape. 

gen z culture is watching sharkboy and lavagirl and spykids bc you grew up on those movies and you have nothing better to do

it’s ok bro u can objectify me a lil bit...i sorta like it bro

watermelon sugar……….sigh

Queer eye but instead of 5 gay men showing up and fixing your life, 3 gay men show up and become your dads and also sing abba songs

Holly i legitimately truly did not expect this but i feel like you just unlocked a secret of the universe

Same energy

me and the lads on our way to church

what sins will we commit

IM SCREAMINGKS

The 3 stages of a cat yawn

Stage 1: cute tiny “O”-mouth.

Stage 2: sticky the tongue out real far

Stage 3: ENtirE FacE SPLItS opEn LiKE a lOVecRAFTIAn hoRROR, REvEALInG aN eNDLESS pIT of poiNts ANd blaDES oH GOD

Stage 5: Mlem

This is a perfect description.

tumblr is awful in general but the actual worst thing about this site is that it doesn’t have timestamps.was that terrible take from 5 minutes or 5 years ago? who knows!! certainly not the person climbing into OP’s inbox to scream at them anonymously

Instagram is depressing. I prefer tumblr where everyone is upfront about their misery and constant desire to die

i love them so much protect at all costs

Robert Pattinson photographed on the set of The Lighthouse (2019)

someone make the other guy luigi

@dork-still-alive​ say no more

“you’re an old soul” is just old people speak for “i notice youve been depressed since you were 9″

Periods are worthless. "Ah but the growth and preservation of the human race" I dont care not worth it