When I was in school, I wrote a short story about a kingdom on a floating island, because a floating island sounded so nifty and fantastical.

It wasn't until I was an adult that I learned that floating islands actually exist... and are kind of a nuisance to locals, from time to time.

It wasn't until today that I saw an actual video of it.

#FloatingIsland #LakeChippewa
#NatureIsWeird

https://www.geoengineer.org/news/lake-chippewas-floating-island-that-has-to-be-boat-pushed-every-year

TIL that a wombat's butt is made of thick cartilage that's so scratch and bite resistant that it can use it to plug the entrance to its den and also to literally crush a predator's head with a good twerking. 🫠

#nature #natureisweird

#shrimpSunday

Smack talk AND science. :)

https://youtu.be/F5FEj9U-CJM

#shrimp #science #natureIsWeird

I found out today that #elephants can #swim. What's the point? Stay on land, elephants!

#animals #swimming #NatureIsWeird

I’m still trying to get over the fact that caterpillars digest themselves with tissue-dissolving enzymes, essentially turning themselves into #soup and then somehow… eyes, wings & antennae emerge from that soup in the shape of a #butterfly.

🍃🐛 —> 🍜 —> 🦋 —> 🤯

…and like, is the caterpillar considered to be “alive” through this entire process? Because if so, that’s some serious business.

#natureisweird #nature #writinginspiration #writingcommunity