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I learned on Bird Threads that baby spoonbills are called teaspoons.

There’s a colony of puffins who stand on one foot.

This is not a normal puffin habit. But some ornithologists had put a few dummy puffins in the area to draw the puffins there for observation. The live puffins noticed that their hosts stood on one foot (it was a little stick, holding the toy puffin up) and, as a gesture of politeness and friendly adoption of the local customs, the real puffins assimilated.

Dogs exist.

There is a new form of bacteria that eats only plastic. It's currently having lunch at the great plastic island floating in the middle of the ocean.

A group of fireflies is called a sparkle.

A study done on dogs revealed that their brains release more endorphins from human cuddling than from getting treats.

A cat purrs at a frequency of 25 to 150 hertz, which matches the frequency at which muscles and bones can repair themselves.

Dogs evolved to have eyebrow muscles so that they could better communicate with their humans

An HIV positive person in Kansas City, MO had cancer and needed a bone marrow transplant. The donor had something in their 🧬 that eats HIV. The man is 100% cured. Not undetectable, but cured.

People in all 50 states still access abortion pills discreetly by mail. They’re safe, effective, and affordable. Because of robust distribution networks and hard working advocates and researchers, people are still getting the care they need, no matter where they live.

There are people alive today because a complete stranger chose to donate blood.

When cows have a "best friend," they become significantly less stressed and perform better on cognitive tasks when paired together.

Some species of jumping spiders can hold rain drops on their head like little hats, and other larger spiders sometimes keep frogs as pets to eat the bugs that try to eat the spider babies

Archaelogists excavating a cave in Iraq in the 50s found the skeleton of a man who lived about 40,000 years ago. He had experienced multiple life threatening injuries and medical conditions including blindness and paralysis, but had survived them and lived for several years because his community cared for him (Shanidar 1 if you want more info). Love and support has been around a long time 🩷

a group of ladybugs is called a loveliness

It always makes me giggle to think that humans have to pretend to sleep before they can fall asleep. Like, close your eyes and be really quiet, so your body gets that it is time to go night night

While the news will certainly convince you otherwise, you are living in the safest, most prosperous time in the history of humanity. Violent crime and warfare have never been less likely.

We live in the antibiotic/vaccination revolution, in which fatal diseases have been eradicated and life expectancy has skyrocketed. The average human born today will have better access to education and healthcare than any time in recorded human history.

Last year South Korean scientists discovered a way to alter genetic code to revert malignant cancer cells back into normal benign healthy cells. they’ve done it successfully with Colon Cancer, and are currently experimenting on other cancer cells to replicate the same effect.

There's no record of cheetahs evwr attacking a human in the wild. In fact, it's not unusual for them to lay down around a wildlife photographer trying to get some shots out on the savannah. Also, they're somewhat anxious babies, especially in zoos, so it's not unusual for them to have emotional support dogs 😁

A group of bunnies is called a fluffle!