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"Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change our Minds, Shape Our Futures" by Merlin Sheldrake, and "The Secret Life of Fungi" by Aliya Whiteley. I need to share these books. Zombie Fungus? Mind blowing. You're also telling me the intelligence of slime mould was used to optimise transportation networks, specifically the greater Tokyo area's railway system? Unreal. Nature goes crazy
(the picture is of a zombie fungus bursting out of a fly by Roberto García Roa)
Feb 15, 2025
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Amazing nonfiction book combining the worlds of philosophy and science
Feb 23, 2025
This book rec was inspired by sofe’s lil squid story. This book is about the evolution of sentient life; with a heavy emphasis on cephalopods, as their evolutionary tree branched off from our common ancestors so long ago. Octopuses have been my fav animal for ages but I hadn’t realised how cool squid are too! And cuttlefish fish! He describes the process by which they change colour and it blew my mind, they essentially have biological pixels, for cuttlefish anyway, they have two different kinds of pixel-like cells/muscles that control two different colour spectrums. It’s a really brilliant book, and for those who are put off by too sciency books (myself included tbh), this book is a philosophy/science hybrid!
Jun 6, 2024
I almost never read informative nonfiction, only essays and the occasional biography. I just finished Metazoa by Peter Godfrey-Smith - a really cool look into the evolution of consciousness and different types of brains/nervous systems!! Will I immediately go read a bunch of books about biology? Probably not. But I enjoyed learning about something I knew very little about and I will definitely be reading some more books about brains in the future
Feb 20, 2025
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to feed the hungry pigeons ❤️ I also have essentials like my wallet, charger, hand sanitiser, tissues, makeup bag, etc. but the bird seed is fun
Apr 14, 2025
I’d always see this kitty hanging around the neighbourhood, she would even come into my garden every now and then but seemed shy. Recently, she had become bold enough to say hello. Luckily I had some leftover hake from the dinner my sister had made that evening. It made for a good bargaining chip in gaining the cat’s friendship. She’s now called Sasha, and she has become well acquainted with my lap. Made my week.
Apr 14, 2025
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