Charles Darwin once called a bombardier beetle a "little inconsiderate beast" after it shot hot acid down his throat. The reason the beetle managed to do that was bc Darwin tried "gently" holding it in between his teeth, because he was searching for beetles and found some rare beetle that he could not let escape, and since he already had a beetle in each hand he needed to free up one of his hands to get the third beetle.

Not to make a “why isn’t anyone talking about this” post but I cannot believe more people are not swept up in the scandal of Darwin’s “missing” notebooks—or, more accurately, the tale of how they were anonymously returned to Cambridge in a pink gift bag with a passive-aggressive “Happy Easter” note, like this is the end of a god damn leverage episode

darwin writing abt harry literal YEARS after his disappearance: poor man but also, he was wrong about this crab’s sexual dimorphism

charles darwin writing to john goodsir: please look at my vomit. sample enclosed. also your brother was wrong

WHAT a goddamn mood

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WHAT a goddamn mood