Author: briery

26/f

I can’t count how many times I have been told that our family will not be whole,
Simply because our children will not be half of each of us,
Or because our children will not have a father,
But rather two mothers that love them more than words.
It breaks my heart
That for some people
Family means blood alone.

Our family will be made up of bedtime stories and squeaky voices,
Late nights and sleepless months,
Fuck ups and practise and trial and error,
And a whole lot of kisses and I love you so much’s.
We will be stitched together with hard work and scraped knees and bubble baths,
And our children will never wonder if they were truly wanted.
If that is not a whole family,
I really truly do not know what is.

Two mothers.

Aseroe rubra, commonly known as
the anemone stinkhorn, sea anemone fungus and starfish fungus, is a
common and widespread basidiomycete fungus recognizable for its foul
odour of carrion and its sea anemone shape when mature.

It produces its spores in a nasty-smelling slime that attracts flies and
other insects, which crawl around in the slime, picking up the spores
on their feet and dispersing them on whatever the flies land on. Gross,
but pretty cool stuff!

It’s not edible in any way shape or form.

Images sourced on Google and credited to: Dave Roberts and Forest-Imp

Fish Using Jellyfish as Shelter

Jellyfish serve as a habitat to many ocean creatures…
Jellyfish play a critical role in the lives of different marine
creatures. While they are used as a direct food source for many, some
use them as shelter (juvenile fish), some as a means of travelling from A
to B and some have a combined interest of travelling while snacking on
the microscopic parasites attached to the Jellyfish.

These symbiotic relationships are very intricate and are being
investigated by scientists. [source]

Research has shown that pleasure affects
nutrient absorption. In a 1970s study of Swedish and Thai women, it was
found that when the Thai women were eating their own (preferred)
cuisine, they absorbed about 50% more iron from the meal than they did
from eating the unfamiliar Swedish food. And the same was true in the
reverse for the Swedish women. When both groups were split internally
and one group given a paste made from the exact same meal and the other
was given the meal itself, those eating the paste absorbed 70% less iron
than those eating the food in its normal state.

Pleasure affects our metabolic pathways; it’s a facet of the complex gut-brain connection.
If you’re eating foods you don’t like because you think it’s healthy,
it’s not actually doing your body much good (it’s also unsustainable,
we’re pleasure-seeking creatures). Eat food you enjoy, it’s a win-win.