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[rootofnewt]

cows make a helluva lotta noise while in labor. and they produce a wee calf (okay, pretty damn big) and a LOT of afterbirth. They proceed to eat the afterbirth (as most mammals do) slowly but steadily, picking up the huge mass to separate it from time to time. Watching this does wonders for easing my own appetite.

it's windy enough to keep the kite aloft today. :)

note to self: when playing evil weedwhacker goddess of d00m in the backyard, wear long pants. you know you're horribly allergic to grass and even after showering, soaping one's legs down, and then taking an antihistamine, you will STILL itch like mad.

gah, this itchiness is driving me mad. and the hair on my legs is drying, so it's moving a little, tickling and compounding the itch.

going mad.


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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I once found what I thought was a wet, red/white/blue silk scarf on the sand in a rainstorm at Ano Nuevo Reserve, and vowed to mention it to the docent leading the walk (you do *not* visit the preserve during breeding season without docents who know how to avoid 4000-lb. elephant seal bulls) as we looped around back to where it was. We looped around, and the docent saw it before I could mention it, and said, "It's rare to find an intact elephant seal placenta like this, usually the gulls eat it immediately after it's expelled."

I was fascinated.