Step 1. Get hub. Step 2. Embark. Step 3. Fight for Yours. Step 4. Fuck 5. Flop her
This shit’s hilarious. Animals will forever amaze me. Meet the Darwin Beetle. After climbing a tree and dueling with other suitors the Beetle climbs his way into “bed” with his female counterpart, only to flop her after it’s all said and done. But imagine. What if it was like this for humans. What if you had to spend like 15 years getting hub in the gym, all to one day, go to the club where you had to fight hella bruhs in one-on-one battle royals, only to beat everyone, find the girl of your dreams, get her number, take her home, get in bed, and as you’re about to lay your first kiss, she tells you she’s not in the mood… I’d be a little salty too.
As the story goes, the Poet’s Daffodil sprang from the dead form of a beautiful boy, who, while admiring his own image in the water fell in and drowned, the victim of self-love. Also known as the Narcissus poeticus, the Poet’s Daffodil commemorates the name of the boy’s identity. Originally from Southern Europe, the Poet’s Daffodil thrives along the coast lines of the Mediterranean. With soft white petals around a yellow and red corona, the Poet’s Daffodil is the perfect flower to let her know you care.
One of the dopest things about science is the fact that it’s always an open book. At any moment, we might just make a discovery that shifts our entire perception of the world, and how we imagine it to be. Last week, researchers discovered evidence of Leviathan Melvillei, a prehistoric whale measuring approximately 50 feet, large enough in size to eat smaller whales. Named appropriately enough after Moby Dick author Herman Melville, Leviathan was thought to have lived just over 13 million years ago. Pretty geeked if you ask me. Check below for the full story, via NPR.
Perhaps the cousin of the Pistol Shrimp, the Archer Fish is one of nature’s most precise hunters. Eying its target from underwater the Archer Fish can shoot it’s prey from up to 2 meters away, expertly targeting land based insects for their daily meals. But imagine for a moment that you were a bug. Life would solely be about surviving, and even in the slim chance you’re chilling, you might get shot out of the air at any moment, only to be eaten alive by a giant fish. Shit’s crazy. Dinner time.
Sometimes the wonderful weirdness of life on this planet seems beyond imagination. Who could dream up something like a frog fish? Not me. First you have to work to find a fish eye and mouth in what looks like seaweed. Next see the blue thing sticking up in the air with the worm-like end? That’s a bone coming out of his nose.
There are nights when the sky in L.A. has this weird orange glow, even at midnight. The other day, I sat in bumper to bumper traffic for more than an hour trying to get from Westwood to LAX, and earlier tonight I drove less than half a mile away to pick up trees. Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t have to tell you, but the way we live just isn’t sustainable, and the fact is we’re all implicated. I know I need to be doing more. It’s easy to point the finger BP and other oil companies, and in fact it’s important. Frankly, it’s hard to even wrap your head around how colossally BP fucked things up on this one.
But rather than getting caught up in any particular aspect of the complex problem at hand, I think it’s just important to remember that all these things are interconnected. For every action, there is a reaction, and all the luxuries we enjoy as citizens of industrialized society come at a high price. These birds are doing bad and wars are being fought overseas, and somewhere down the line, it has a lot to do with light pollution in Los Angeles, or how I got to my classes across town this past year. I’m not an expert on sustainability, wildlife or geopolitics. But when I saw these pictures, it reminded me that we need to do better. Let’s make it happen folks.
The circle of life is crazy. I don’t think we really acknowledge it enough. Let’s give a round of applause to the females of the world. Because they’re the one’s that really keep shit going. Presented today are a series of images of animals in the womb. Using a combination of three-dimensional ultrasound scans, computer graphics and tiny cameras to capture the process from conception to birth, National Geographic has captured the most detailed embryonic animal pictures ever seen. And now they’re here for you. From dogs, to penguins, to cats, to sharks, I can say with certainty that life is fucking crazy.
It’s fascinating to me that animals have social structures like we do. Like some monkeys can eat safely, while others have to risk their lives to eat because they’re of lower status. This video relates the harsh realities that befall those not privileged enough to eat from the branches. Unless you’ve got folks watching you’re back it might be bad for you. Lesson learned? Marry rich!
Carl Sagan has to be one of the coolest figures in the history of modern science. Okay, so you were listening in high school, and you probably already know most of this. But what was so dope about Carl Sagan’s Cosmos is that he was able to take complex ideas, and break them down into terms everybody could understand. Pictures help too. Something like Planet Earth, before there was Planet Earth. “Star Stuff” is just a brief example, with Carl condensing the history of evolution into eight minutes. To me, learning will always be cool, because reality is stranger than fiction. We came from stars, and a few billion years or so later, we’re fully realized humans out here, getting blown and watching trippy YouTube videos. Just a thought.
Animals are amazing. It’s like we’ve all developed these super powers to survive on earth. Most of us can build extraordinary habitats, and reproduce in seemingly magical ways. But I don’t think we really take the time to give props to the other doin it animals. Meet the Smiling Aucklet. It’s always juiced! In actuality, it’s the shape of the orange beak that gives gives the Aucklet it’s vivacious demeanor. Coupled with some fluffy bangs, and two button like eyes, and the Aucklet’s hit the bowties. Just remember, we’re all out here together.
This is why we do this. Our goal is to make the wonders of the world a little more accessible. Turning the unimaginable into reality, while presenting what we never knew existed. The world holds an infinite amount of treasures. Whether it be the creativity of a painter, or the mating habits of slugs, the beauty of life is that we’re all out here together. I think it’s dope. Sometimes we just need to slow down and appreciate it all. Say what’s up to a few ants, and holler at a few flowers. We’re not out here for long, so we should appreciate the time we’ve got. Who would’ve thought leopard snails get down like this? Lee Blair probably knew.
Perspective. It’s important. While I think we gain the most from our own experiences, we can also gain perspective from the lives of others. Not too much to say here except for the fact that shit is not the same for all of us. Hopefully this will make you think twice about what you say to yourself the next time your refrigerator’s empty, I know I will.
Animals are really cool. This is called a feather starfish. It’s just out here with us. Just doing it’s thing. Posted up I suppose. Living out here with us. But not. But still close by. So now it’s snakes, and ducks, and hella pigeons and moose and farming ants and feather starfish. And you and me and him and her. All out here together. Just doing our thing.
Ladies and gentlemen, Theophilus London is the future. Or maybe I’m just hoping the future looks more like this. The originality, the imagery, the accessibility, the way he borrows from the classics and makes them his own. It’s all the mark of an artist separating himself from the pack. Hopping on an instrumental from Dam Funk, Theophilus’ latest is just another case in point. This video is just too dope though. Things get pretty geeked around 1:40. “Accept the New” is off Theophilus’ I Want You mixtape, dropping April 28th. I’m juiced to see whatever’s coming next.
