Aww, how precious! <3 Ziggy is very talkative and yelly, too. (Especially when I'm not as quick as she wants while dispensing treats, hahaha) That sounds like the perfect name for him! I love it! :)

All hail!

Thanks, his ‘thing’ is his voice. Hence his name💕

Aww, Ziggy and I say thank you both! Yodel looks very sweet - and he's such a pretty kitty! <3

Back at cha, bud! Yodel sends his love

Grrr cutie is angry.

pspsps

So, just like real friends.

Avoiding your friends because you forgot to bring snacks is also a thing humans do with human friends

All crabs die. Not every crab lives. He was probably going on a quest. I'm sure of it.

I am more of a forest person than a beach person, but rarely turn down a chance to stock up on seaweed for the compost and gardens. If they're the european ones then I'll feel less bad about the one that found itself near trees unexpectedly =D

Looks like Carcinus Maenas (European Green Crab). They are invasive here in the united circus. I've never seen one with my eyes, but then I don't care much for beach.

I land more on the "ten iterations on every iteration that works" model of evolutionary pressures and the arms/gills race that ensues but I think this is appropriate regardless

In the Newts case, it is because of the metamorphosis. That process changes the larvaes gills to juvenile lungs, and then the second metamorphosis replaces the juveniles lungs with adult gills again. This forces the change of habitat, since you gotta match the stomping grounds with the plumbing and also a change of food. It truly is a different lifeform with a different skillset, different needs and different goals at each stage.

A lifeform figuring out to drastically reform its own body twice over its campaign just doesn't seem to be an idea that would spawn from nature, to me anyway. It's one of the best argument for intelligent design in my opinion. Truly remarkable.

People who know these kinds of things are particularly neat to me (like you!) I know they have a long life cycle if they make good decisions but didn't realize they were considered different creatures based on their developmental stage

A Red Eft might be more applicable. It may become an Eastern Newt if it's smart and makes good efting decisions. Amphibians are considered a different creature through its development cycle. The three main stages of an Eastern Newt are:

1-Larval stage is aquatic based. (Tadpole)

2-Red Eft stage is terrestrial based (This beautiful creature)

3-Eastern Newt stage is aquatic based (Same geometry but more drab greens and browns)

You usually only see the Eft because of the glaring red. The other stages are mostly aquatic and well camoflaged.

Amphibians, butterflies... Creatures that metamorph are particularly neat to me.

We're lucky in that we have two ponds and many seasonal vernal pools in our wooded property, so we get to see a lot of really cool amphibians

Don’t think I’ve ever seen a newt or salamander in the wild before lol only lizards and geckos. So cute!

Claude AI agrees. First time I’ve used an AI chat bot to identify something in a photo.

You’re welcome and I’m glad you enjoyed it!

This is amazing. This is what the Internet is for! What a dapper lil duck! <3

OH MY GOODNESS, HOW CUUUTE!! What a precious little adventurer!! I can't believe I missed this when it was posted, I love it so much! I hope they had a great time. Thanks for sharing with us! :)

Have you played Webbed? Great, cute spider game! (My Steam bulletpoint review.)

She’s a very pretty girl! Bearded dragons are such fun pets, quite silly too, especially when they’re annoyed and they start head bopping. They also seem like such sweet pets to sometimes cuddle with when they want some extra warmth and attention. I love to own one but my family aren’t really reptile people.

Very cute animals! I love ducks so much, such goofy little guys. When I was younger my family and I would go on walks around a lake near our house, there would always be lots of ducks there, so we would always feed them. They seemed quite happy when we gave them food.