Dolphin Level
fake puffins
A biologist on a quest to bring puffins back to an island where they used to live set up many decoys like this one to attract them. It worked! Unfortunately, this puffin is only standing on one leg because of the photographer's excellent timing, not because it is imitating the decoy.
lost eagle
From time to time, wide-ranging bird species show up in places they really shouldn't be. Cattle egrets, for example, crossed the Atlantic from Africa all on their own in the early 1900s, and are now established throughout the Americas. In 2021 a Stellar's Sea Eagle, native to northeastern Asia, somehow found its way to New England! This was a sensation for birders eager to see an unusual species, and for people who like making memes about lost eagles (it's the same picture). The story continues, with the eagle in question last seen in Newfoundland in August, 2025 (as of September).
frog and cranberries must be fall
A Facebook user posted this picture with the now-iconic phrase, and a new way to celebrate the changing of the seasons was born.
reginald
Similar to Terry the Fat Shark and the Wednesday Frog, Reginald the Japanese Spider Crab appears every other Tuesday to say hello.
clam runes
The hieroglyph clam is a species of saltwater mollusk that has patterns which resemble human writing!
Meme credit Amber Redfield!
re-evolving rail
The Aldabra rail, native to Aldabra atoll, evolved from white-throated rails that arrived on the island from Madagascar and evolved flightlessness over thousands of years. Unfortunately, the island flooded about 136,000 years ago, killing off the species. Fortunately, another group of white-throated rails made it to the island, became flightless, and refilled the original species's niche!
salmon hats
Orcas have learned behavior, culture, fashion, and (at least once) fashion trends about wearing salmon as a hat.
carcinization
Many different lineages of crustaceans keep converging on the CLACK form over time, a process which has *scuttle* named "carcinization". When a trait *scuttle* body form keeps re-evolving independently, it's usually a sign that it's a pretty effective way for an organism to *scuttle*. People on the internet learned about this and then extrapolated to say that not only are many crustaceans *scuttle* to become crabs, but maybe everything alive will one CLICK CLICK the claw! We're going to wait and see what happens...
Stickers! Stickers! Get yer' stickers here!
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Keep Honking! This car is full of geese and you've just joined the flock - Bumper Sticker
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But Can They Why? Sticker
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The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated Coelacanth Sticker
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Comin' Out of My Shell and I've Been Doing Just AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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