Every year I see dry ice marketed for use by campers, and it’s certainly effective for keeping things cooler longer, but I never see anyone talk about the fact that it’s a tick magnet, to the point that a cooler containing dry ice, even fully closed, is the go-to lure used by field researchers who WANT to attract as many ticks as possible. Here are some tick traps in action:
The fact that people are told to take dry ice with them into the woods, and not told that this is a thing, feels kind of glaring to me???
This happens because dry ice is solid carbon dioxide, and the carbon dioxide in our breath is what ticks use to track us. Not just ticks, either; mosquitoes and other blood-feeding organisms also rely on it. I’ve never been camping myself, but I imagine if you do use dry ice, you should keep it away from where you intend to sit, eat or sleep.
The fact that people are told to take dry ice with them into the woods, and not told that this is a thing, feels kind of glaring to me???
That’s terrifying! It also sounds a way to kill somebody by giving them tick-borne diseases with 100% deniability.
Ok so Haumea, a dwarf planet beyond Pluto, spins so fast it gets elongated like this. This is just what it looks like. Something deeply unsettles me looking at it. Terrifying.
this is so fucked up
This planet looks like a cool rock someone found in a creek.
one day it’s going to hatch and then all of you will be sorry
I look forward to meeting our dizzy, space hatchling overlord and/or destroyer.
Monster Truck of the Fundamentalist: repels human and reproductive rights. Incidentally, how much are people willing to bet this thing has truck nuts in the back?
This specimen’s habitat can range from Temperate climates to Savanna and Desert climates. Draco Actias have been recorded to grow up to 14in (35.5cm) with a wingspan of 2 feet and 7 inches (79 cm).
They express incredible hunting prowess after mating, preferring small birds and lizards. Unlike most moths, their offspring are obligate carnivores. They can consume vegetation, but they will not survive or thrive without meat. The parents of clutches will guard and provide for their young until they are large enough to fend for themselves.
They have also been seen attempting to tackle creatures x50 their size. It is not recommended to handle them without proper equipment or training, as the claws on the tips of their wings have microscopic teeth facing backwards to help them cling to their prey.
fuckin hurts like hell jesus ow ow ow ow ow ow-
Bestiary Entry: dragon moths. Too small to be viable prey for the dragon-eating geese, the dragon moths were magical created to wipe them out… but while they will attack the geese, they are equally happy to attack everything else, and so they are considered adorable failures.
Bestiary entry: dragon-eating geese. Though they prefer the flesh of true dragons, they will happily consume wyverns, half-dragons, kobolds, and all other manner of dragonkin.
