Based on the little guys from the Bird’s Head Haggadah (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds%27_Head_Haggadah) and a smooth-billed ani. I saw smooth billed anis for the first time recently and learned they’re called “judío” in some places bcs of the big beak. Watching their antics reminded me of my family around the Seder table so maybe there’s more to the name.
A bird with a good name is the least grebe. If that grebe grebe'd any less there wouldn't be any grebe there, hence it is the least grebe possible without no grebe.
[a least grebe shown next to mallard duck]
image credit: Richard Ditch -> https://richditch.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/maricopa-countys-first-least-grebe/
A lot of animals have bad names, But the snook? That thing is definitely a snook. There is no snookier animal than the snook, just look at it, snook snook snook is the sound it would make if it were a cartoon character. Snook.
Hey, do YOU live in the Southeastern United States?
i just want to let you know you share a landscape with some absolutely rad little guys.
Saffron Shiner: Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia.
Gulf Coast Pygmy sunfish: Georgia and Florida
Candy Darter: Virginia and West Virginia
Bluemask Darter: Only found in Tennessee (there are a large number of Darter species only found in Tennessee, I could not come close to putting them all here)
Mountain Redbelly Dace: Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina
Spotfin Chub: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Russetfin topminnow: Florida, Georgia, Alabama
Rainbow Shiner: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
image credits, please check these folks out!:
Saffron shiner: Enchanting ectotherms
Gulf Coast Pygmy sunfish: Isaac Szabo
Candy Darter: Joel Sartore
Bluemask Darter: Isaac Szabo
Mountain Redbelly Dace: Roughfish.com
Spotfin Chub: Enchanting ectotherms
Russetfin topminnow: Isaac Szabo
Rainbow Shiner: Isaac Szabo
Any thoughts on the little fellows from the Bird's Head Haggadah?
delightful ask, thank you. huge fan of those fellows! i love how modern that kind of medieval cartooning can look sometimes. here's a pair enjoying some Jewish zines (was the haggadah the original Jewish zine? discuss) ♥
tumblr, tumblr sweety that’s not how hillstream loaches work…
(it’s a common misconception that hillstream loaches, suckermouth catfish, and other biofilm grazers act as “vacuums” in aquariums and require no additional care/feeding when in reality they need to be look after just like any other fish!)
I also can’t believe they called a hillstream loaches mean, they’re just lil guys :(