Humpback whales have been observed having sex for the first time, with this landmark moment having an interesting twist – the two whales were male. Despite decades of research on humpback whales, sightings of the male’s penis have been rare. Copulation by the species had not been documented by people – until now, when two photographers captured images of a sexual encounter between two whales off the coast of Hawaii. The sighting, confirmed by scientists in a newly published study, occurred in January 2022 in waters west of the island of Maui, where two whales approached and circled a boat before engaging in sexual activity about three to five meters below the vessel...
Read more: Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male | Whales | The Guardian
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Crab Spider (Epicadus heterogaster), family Thomisidae, Brazil
photograph by Frederico Falcão Salles
“A healthy relationship is where two independent people just make a deal that they will help the other person be the best version of themselves.”
— Unknown
To be seen is not to be loved. But to be loved is to be seen and understood completely.
when i came out as trans i had an old friend from my church days message me to congratulate me and ask me for my name and pronouns. and i was shocked tbh cause he was such a head-deep-up-the-church’s ass kind of guy so i was super wary.
and after digging a little deeper i found out that he was very supportive of transness, saying that trans men are men and trans women are women
BUT
he also believed in the church’s gender roles meaning that trans women had to marry men and be submissive wives and trans men had to marry women and be strong christian husbands.
which is like ????
the weirdest and most surreal form of trans inclusive misogyny i’ve ever seen.
What recent events inspired this?
Inspired by recent events
A female cougar (Puma concolor) with two cubs in Torres del Paine, Chile
by Richard McManus