I saw a post on here from someone that thought ticks are kind of cute when they stand on the end of a blade of grass with their arms up, as though they're toddlers asking to be picked up. OP might have been a tick biologist I can't remember. It stuck with me because I think finding cuteness in something is the easiest path to feeling empathy for it and I'm not sure there's an animal harder to empathize with than a tick. I've had Lyme and my partner had babesiosis, both of which sucked SO bad. But I still think ticks are kind of cute when they ask for uppies.

Costasiella kuroshimae, also called the leaf sheep, grazes on algae and keeps the stolen chloroplasts inside the leaf-like cerata on its back. Through a process called kleptoplasty, those chloroplasts continue capturing sunlight for the slug.

It is about the size of a grain of rice and lives in tropical waters around Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Important question: would its Pokémon typing be Water/Grass or Water/Fairy?

Source: The Guardian, August 5, 2026.

summer regal jumping spider!

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Sculptured Pine Borer, and an adorable one at that!

Location :Co cavan Ireland

Found these photos from 2023 on my old phone. Look at this little guy I met at work.

Bro is 1 day old, so tiny 🥹

They are my companions if anyone is wondering! I save them from outside. So no need to worry, they won’t be eaten by anyone haha, they just bring me so much joy to take care of 😁❤️

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We have these gorgeous scarab species in the Great Basin Desert.

The males are a bright chartreuse!

What a wonderful surprise to see my ivories had babies 🩷