[ID: an illustration of an ocelot facing to the left against a teal and blue background with monstera leaves and dark stones. The ocelot is gold with broken dark spots and orange rosettes. End.]
Ocelot! No energy for Facts today but! Kitty!!
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[ID: an illustration of a ring-tailed lemur on a branch, facing to the left. It is gazing curiously at a small blue butterfly and reaching for it with one paw. The background is light blue with yellow spots. End.]
Ring-tailed lemur! Endemic to Madagascar. They hang out in troops of up to around 30 lemurs, grooming or sunbathing. They’re the most well adapted lemur to terrestrial movement.
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[ID: an illustration of a green iguana facing to the left, laying on a log, surrounded by various plants and pebbles. The background is a mottled teal. End.]
Green iguana! Big old arboreal lizard, native to Central and South America. Very common and considered invasive in Puerto Rico and parts of the American South, especially Florida, where it was introduced in the 60s, but in danger of extirpation in parts of its native range.
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[ID: a symmetrical illustration of a red, orange, and yellow moth with colorful patterned wings. It is on a mottled blue and green background with stylized leaves. End.]
Atlas moth. After their metamorphosis, the adult moths have no functional mouthparts - they search for a mate, lay their eggs, and die within around two weeks.
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[ID: a symmetrical illustration of a red, orange, and yellow moth with colorful patterned wings. It is on a mottled blue and green background with stylized leaves. End.]
Atlas moth. After their metamorphosis, the adult moths have no functional mouthparts - they search for a mate, lay their eggs, and die within around two weeks.
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[ID: an illustration of a green iguana facing to the left, laying on a log, surrounded by various plants and pebbles. The background is a mottled teal. End.]
Green iguana! Big old arboreal lizard, native to Central and South America. Very common and considered invasive in Puerto Rico and parts of the American South, especially Florida, where it was introduced in the 60s, but in danger of extirpation in parts of its native range.
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I think about this all the time. Folks think of their Work as a kind of legacy, and it is! But it, like the huge majority of art over the course of human history which has faded from the world, it will eventually be gone. Sooner or later, one way or another. All of the many lifetimes of thought, feeling, and effort that went into the works of art that HAVE survived thus far, and all those that will occur in the future - none of them will last forever.
Sad to think about, but wonderful that we get to experience them in the meantime. Anyway, speaking of experiencing things in the meantime, please experience my favorite painting of a bear ever made.
[ID: a cave painting from the Chauvet-Pont-D'Arc cave in modern-day France, of a bear. It is depicted as a line drawing in red, facing to the left. Its eyes and lower body are not included. It is smiling slightly, and a smudge of red defines the nose. End.]
It makes me feel a little insane to think about how cave paintings and stone carvings are the iceberg of paleolithic art. Those are the artworks we associate with their time period because they're the only thing that survived long enough for us to see. So much of human history has literally rotted away.
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[ID: an illustration of a green iguana facing to the left, laying on a log, surrounded by various plants and pebbles. The background is a mottled teal. End.]
Green iguana! Big old arboreal lizard, native to Central and South America. Very common and considered invasive in Puerto Rico and parts of the American South, especially Florida, where it was introduced in the 60s, but in danger of extirpation in parts of its native range.
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[ID: a scratchy llustration of a green chameleon perched on a dark branch and facing to the right. It is on a simple background with faded branches and a gradient between green and orange. Signature text reads “Featherbone”. End]
Jackson’s chameleon, aka three-horned chameleon. Like all chameleons, they change color depending on mood, temperature, and health.
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