Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
Henry Ward Beecher
“Some people say "from the cradle to the grave” but in New Guinea we say “From the womb to the tomb”. From the moment our Mamas carried us in the 1st womb of their body, and the second womb in the bilum/noken string bag where almost all Papuan babies are carried, we were born with the unbreakable urge for freedom through the compassion and love of our mothers. Let us hope and pray with all our hearts that the next generation of Papuan mothers can raise their children in the safety and freedom that every child deserves.” From the Free West Papua Campaign facebook’s page.
Wax-Tailed Planthoppers feed on plant juices (floem mostly), extracted through their long, siringe-like mouthparts. Plant juices are rich in carbohydrates, and wax-tails convert them into ketoester waxes, which are used to produce long, feather-like plumes.
You go your way
I’ll go your way too
— Leonard Cohen, Book of Longing
Prabalgad Fort (also known as Kalavantin Durg) is located between Matheran and Panvel in the Indian state of Maharashtra, at an elevation of 2,300 feet in the Western Ghats. It was built at the pinnacle of a rocky plateau very close to Matheran. The fort can be approached via a chillingly steep climb. The steps leading up to the fort were cut into the rock of the hill. There are no safety rails on the edge and no ropes on the wall to grab on to.
An egg mass with developing tadpoles of a glass frog species, possibly Cochranella flavopuctata, near Limon, Ecuador.
Sensitive Plant, Mimosa pudica
“Pudica” is the Latin word for “shy” or “bashful,” which is an apt description of the sensitive “Touch-Me-Not.” Native to South and Central America, this shade-lover often grows as a weed under trees and shrubs. It is popular among collectors as a specimen plant worldwide, because of its unique sensitivity to touch.
The foliage retracts when touched to prevent consumption by herbivores, and it also exhibits nyctinastic movement, meaning circadian rhythms affect the leaves to close at night, and re-open during the day. This trait is present in many other members of the legume family as well.
You can buy seeds for this plant and grow it yourself:
Canada, USA, UK & Europe, Worldwide, Biodiverseed.
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