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The defensive display of a European hamster. x.com/i/status/18453…

@Shoebury_High Shame on you Shoebury_High for turning away all the students that turned up in decorated shirts for their last day together today. All the other schools have allowed their leavers the pleasure of decorating their shirts. #ruinedlastday #shortsighted

Terribly disappointed and we haven't even got to the show yet. Bought family tickets to see @theweeknd on Friday and suddenly they are restricted view seats. Turns out there will be a huge moon inflated at the end of the stage that will completely block our view. #letdown

After months of chasing starlings, photographer James Crombie captured this remarkable shot of the flock as it swelled into an enormous bird-like murmuration [read more, author's site: inpho.ie]

Cheetahs don't roar, they meow. The ability to roar is made possible by a special two-piece hyoid bone in the throat of the Felidae family's members. Cheetahs only have a one-piece hyoid bone [📹 meskal44: buff.ly/2VwrnGl]

Hitting and launching molten iron into the air with a shovel is a very dangerous activity and must not be tried anywhere, but (with the proper protection equipment) it can produce surprising beauty [source, SUSHI RAMEN【Riku】: buff.ly/3KcE5zz]

Yep the pandemic and working from home made this more intense. I now try to avoid leaving my house.

This site visualizes position and motion of all publicly registered satellites in orbit: celestrak.com

explainpaper.com allows you to upload any academic paper, highlight a text which results confusing to you and get a clear explanation. Bonus: you can ask follow up questions if you need a more in-depth answer

That time a beekeeper made a beehive entirely out of LEGO bricks and 30,000 real-life bees moved in [full story: buff.ly/3D1FGYV]

Mid-level leaders ("middle managers") are likely to be the people playing a critical role in keeping our organisations going right now. Let's celebrate the outstanding contribution they are making: ft.com/content/a1740f… Via @FT Graphic @AbhijitBhaduri

Aahhh it does my head in!

Amazing images and shoots show the incredible hyperrealism art of Young-Sung Kim, the Korean artist who creates paintings that look like photos and real living creatures [more artworks: buff.ly/3sHPUp5]

Crows and corvids in general are among the most playful animals. This is a snowboarding one. [read more: buff.ly/2N2PkPn] [📹 MadtimeCA: buff.ly/3Q1VdLl twitter.com/Vaktmannen/sta…

A study found honeybee venom destroyed 2 types of hard to treat breast cancer cells. Melittin on its own reduced cancer cell growth & can be produced synthetically. One venom concentration killed cancer cells within 1 hour with minimal harm to other cells buff.ly/2YU9IcD

This is the amount of acorns that woodpeckers can store into a telecom antenna: nearly 150 kg [source and full video, apsparky: buff.ly/2HAQAor]

The splitfin flashlightfish is characterized by two bean shaped torch-like organ under its eyes containing bioluminescent bacteria, which the fish can turn on and off by blinking [read more: bit.ly/2BThYMt]