straight dude: what if my d&d character was like really violently homophobic. not because i am but like it would be dark and edgy
me: (internally) oscar wilde was right
Hero Rats
THEY’RE SO CUTE AND GOOD AND SMART AND HAVE JOB
I’ll always reblog hero rats!
this same species is also trained to identify tuberculosis in samples by smell, meaning they can test for TB at a rapid rate with a high accuracy :)
The organization that trains the rats is APOPO
You can sponsor a rat and you will get adorable personalized emails telling you how well “your” rat is doing! I did this for my sister a few years ago and she’s still getting emails about Martok the HeroRat’s mine-clearing successes and called it the best gift ever.
SPONSOR A RAT
They use these rats outside of Africa as well; Cambodia has been covered with landmines since the Khmer Rouge and conflicts of the 70’s-80’s-90’s, and these rats have been used there to help clear minefields. You can actually visit a centre and see some of them in Siem Reap to learn more about them
sometimes i just lose my fucking mind and afterwards i’m like “what the fuck is wrong with me…why am i Like This™” and the answer is always the
moon
me: *goes absolutely feral for a few days*
me: why the hell did i do that *checks the lunar calendar and sees the moon’s up to some freaky shit again* ah
literally i LOVE the moon but like is she almost done…like is it over…being unhinged 24/7 like this is so. Exhausting
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Maybe this was common knowledge to some folks but I only learned today that koalas have so little cognitive power, they won’t recognize leaves as food if they’re not on a tree branch. They have almost 0 learning capability or problem solving ability.
For years people thought that you couldn’t keep koalas in captivity because they were just ‘too sensitive’ and ‘meant to be wild’
Then they realized that the koalas literally just couldn’t figure out that leaves in a bowl were food
Apparently the koala’s brain represents only 0.2% of its body weight, the lowest of any mammal. In addition, it occupies only 61% of its already unusually small skull cavity, it’s completely smooth all over and there’s a big hole through the middle where the lobes never connect.
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