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bald eagles don't sound like that

The screeching noise frequently associated with Bald Eagles in popular media is actually the call of the Red Tailed Hawk. Bald Eagles make more of a squeaking sound. Now that you know this, you will think about it every time you hear a fake bald eagle call in TV shows and movies.

The sound Bald Eagles really make

charity battle

The Charity Battle is the Wild Green Community's annual charity fundraiser! Everyone divides into gangs based on their favorite groups of organisms and competes to raise the most money for conservation via the community's 501(c)3 nonprofit, Wild Green Future!

Learn more on the Wild Green Future website

immortal snail

The immortal snail is a thought experiment originally cooked up in the mid-2010s: You are offered near-immortality and great wealth, but you agree to be stalked for all eternity by an immortal snail. If the snail touches you, you die. Do you take the deal?

The full story on Know Your Meme

is that a brown recluse?

People frequently confuse many other kinds of spiders with brown recluses, even if they live very far out of the spiders' range and the spider in question is nothing like a brown recluse.

A handy guide to see if what you have really is a brown recluse!

it is wednesday my dudes

This budgett's frog comes every Wednesday and says hello! This meme is actually about three years older than Wild Green Memes and originated on Tumblr.

Our podcast episode about the story of the Wednesday Frog

shrimps is bugs

This tattoo went viral because it is funny and thought provoking!

Know Your Meme

carcinization

Many different lineages of crustaceans keep converging on the crab form over time, a process which has been named "carcinization". When a trait or body form keeps re-evolving independently, it's usually a sign that it's a pretty effective way for an organism to be. People on the internet learned about this and then extrapolated to say that not only are many crustaceans fated to become crabs, but maybe everything alive will one day adopt the claw! We're going to wait and see what happens...

More details about carcinization