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Cemetery Project, Nature Posted onOctober 17, 2022

We should all be likin’ the lichen

Try to imagine putting a piece of steak in your mouth and clenching down on it. When someone tries to pry the steak from your teeth, it tears. This is what will happen if you try to brush lichen off of a stone.

Cemetery Project, Nature Posted onAugust 3, 2022

Gravestone Safety 101: DON’T.

Because the lichen are munching on the stone, they basically have their little fungal/algae teeth sunk into it.

Nature Posted onJuly 19, 2022July 19, 2022

TLDR: Trying to interact with a manatee does more harm than good. You can look, but no touchy-touchy.

Your ass will go to jail. Don’t pass go, and if you collect $200, you’ll immediately be paying that AND some in the $500+ fine.

Autistic Life, Cemetery Project, Death, History, My daily life, Nature, Really Random Stuff Posted onJune 22, 2022June 22, 2022

Hanging out in an old graveyard

Recap: I go to my local graveyard to clean up overgrown graves. Link: I fought the nature . I’m really loving my graveyard adventures, so […] Read More

Autistic Life, Cemetery Project, Death, History, My daily life, Nature Posted onMay 23, 2022June 22, 2022

I fought the nature, and I won!

I go to my local graveyard to clean up overgrown graves. I thought I’d share my experience with today’s grave cleaning. This is a mixture […] Read More

Nature, Really Random Stuff Posted onMarch 2, 2022March 9, 2022

“Listening” to the Universe!

This is long, as I wanted to add more information into the science behind these sounds. Scientists have been releasing videos of their space data […] Read More

Nature Posted onDecember 1, 2021

Let’s learn more about the pacific football fish!

Everyone has their kink. The football fish has a parasitic fetish going on.

Cats, Nature, Really Random Stuff Posted onNovember 1, 2021

PSA: Don’t bottle-feed kittens on their back!

TLDR: If you are bottle feeding a kitten, hold them upright instead of on their back. . I came across an article about not bottle-feeding […] Read More

Nature, Really Random Stuff Posted onSeptember 17, 2021March 9, 2022

They aren’t just evil to others, they’re evil to themselves as well!

I was watching a documentary clip about hornets. This was how I learned that hornets are just as wicked to themselves as they are to […] Read More

My daily life, Nature Posted onSeptember 17, 2021March 9, 2022

The baby spiders have been released!

This is the final chapter to a three-part saga about the ramifications that arose from letting a spider live in my bedroom. . Part one […] Read More

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