bewareofchickens:

Mamma Chicken vs Hawk

gothkatya:

bob woke up and chose violence on this day

sociolinguo:

If you stop a random person on the street in China, there’s a pretty good chance their surname would be either Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu or Chen.

That’s because those are the five most common surnames in China – shared by more than 433 million people, or 30% of the population, according to government figures.

With 1.37 billion citizens, China has the world’s largest population, but has one of the smallest surname pools. Only about 6,000 surnames are in use, according to the Ministry of Public Security. And the vast majority of the population – almost 86% – share just 100 of those surnames.

To put that in perspective, the United States – with less than a quarter of China’s population – reported 6.3 million surnames in its 2010 census. The majority of those names were only reported once.

There are a few reasons for this: China is less racially diverse than countries such as the US, where a wealth of minority groups increase surname diversity. It also has to do with language; you can’t just add a random stroke to a Chinese character and create a new surname, the way you can add a letter to an English name. 

But there’s also another factor at play: technology.

China’s digital revolution has transformed daily life, and many of these systems rely on a limited list of standardized Chinese characters.

That means people with rare characters in their names, which aren’t compatible with existing computer systems, can get left behind – pushing many to change their names for the sake of convenience, even if it means abandoning centuries of heritage and language.

It wasn’t always this way. Throughout its long history, China has recorded more than 20,000 surnames, according to Chen Jiawei, an associate professor at Beijing Normal University, who has researched Chinese surname distribution. Some researchers place that estimate at up to 23,000 surnames.“

anotherdumbblog12467:

babyanimalgifs:

A massive grouper (toilet on the left for scale) 

(via)

rockpapertheodore:

libraryadvocates:

Yesterday I said that bookmobiles are an instant reblog. Today, I learned that rule also applies to book donkeys.

BIBLIOBURRO

trenchcoatmimic:

anomalous-heretic:

legally-a-bastard:

tiktoksthataregood-ish:

possessed by a racecar(tragic)

“ARNGHERRANHGERGNAHGHGERNAGH”

Baby

somecutething:

Of my chin fits, my chin sits.

(via ???)

unashamedly-enthusiastic:

Lainey Molnar

sandmandaddy:

yes-i-know-how-to-spell-soop:

worsethanmanyfairies:

bear-disguised-as-a-human:

sing-softly:

jaubaius:

Penguins getting weighed.

THE LITTLE HOPS

Caretaker: God booooy! :)

Penguin: M̶̡̬̖͔̖͋̆o̶̫̝̩̖̟̰͚̞͋t̸̨̯̘͖̎͆͊͊̈́̽̐ͅͅh̷͚͂͠ẻ̷͇̝̳̄̐́̐̍̍̀͝r̶̢̻͔̦̹͎͖͈̀͜ ̸̻̳̦̩͎̉͂ͅg̸̛̗͓͖̠͇̩ǐ̶̧͈̣̇́̈̀̑̉̆͘v̸̢̛͍̻̜̭̇͊̌̐̏̅̂ͅe̵͙͐̕ ̸̳̭͓̱̍m̶͉͚͍̺̳̊͐̾̂̚ę̶̢̠̲̫͇̠̮̙̅̐͝ͅ ̵̲̙͚͐̒̚ͅt̵̜̣̙̜͍̀̓̿͆̈́͂̅̀͝ĥ̷̢̖̞̼̝̞͍̠̐̈́̒̊́e̸̥͒ ̶͓͓̂̎̀̑́t̵̛̯͓͚̜̪̩̺͖́̄͐̋́r̶̢̹̞͔̲̘̭̠̖̉̄͋̓͌͘͝ȩ̸̨̼̺̻̭͚̾̉͐̂̄͆̇a̵̭̼͙̼̜̋͝t̴͔̱̯̥̙͇̬̮̓͘ͅs̸̮̖̟̝͔͇̣͑̈́̃

#tiny dinosaurs

i didn’t know the transcript would be that accurate-

elle989:

Image created by Manitou mounds

petfinder-names:

Adoption page

LEMON ketchup! That’s exciting and new. Or rather, exciting and old. I’ve had banana ketchup, but never lemon…

everythingfox:

Cat bringing in leaves

(via)

jaubaius:

Apples can make red panda happy to be weighed.

Until I saw the human hand enter the frame I genuinely thought this was a person in a Red Panda mascot suit. 

[Description: A short video; a red panda is standing on its hind legs on a scale, accepting slices of apple from a human standing out of frame.]

30-minute-memes:

tilthat:

TIL, Calvin Klein’s cologne ‘Obsession’ can draw big cats like Tigers, Jaguars etc from as far as half a mile, who then proceed to taking long sniffs and cuddling against the source, savouring the smell much longer than they savour even their meals

via reddit.com

not the cougar i thought I’d attract but I’ll take it

captain-snark:

no-chill-at-all:

this poor man

rocktheholygrail:

Happy New Year!

jaubaius:

Hand of God

catsbeaversandducks:

Art by ROCKYS || Daily Cat Cartoon

admin: im SURE this appeared in a newspaper in like 1950 in some variety or other when outhouses were still a thing and has just been reformatted and remade since then

slutfortheearth:

propertiesofjoy:

ceramic review: masterclass with john jelfs

thenatsdorf:

“Boss’s really riding me today.” (via)

someplace-warm:

dankmemeuniversity:

A N G R Y

C A T F I S H

redrobynhood:

pollicinor:

Il troll di Photoshop