It's The Simplest Bit Of Advice But It Is Hard To Think Of On Your Own, Especially When You Feel Tired

TINY WRLD (2020)

Are chicken eggs... one cell?

technically yes, but it's definitely not the "egg" you're thinking of!

see, what we call the chicken "egg" is really a type of very large extracellular structure: it's a wonder of engineering built BY cells, but it is not, in and of itself, a living thing.

no bird children were harmed in the production of this image.

however, if we zoom in on a fertilized egg a little bit....

see that weird little spot? that's the REAL chicken egg!

this spot, called the "germinal disk", IS actually made up of cells. it starts life as a single fertilized gamete cell, just like the one that made you!

at least no one ever called you a "germinal disk" before you had arms to slap them with.

this cell will use the energy stored in the egg structure to grow and divide and grow and divide until it forms a recognizable shape:

and WHAMMO.

so no, chicken eggs are NOT a single cell! but they do HOST the single cell that, given time and warmth, will eventually grow into a baby chicken.

buk buk buk :)

“Baby giraffe meets his father and the herd for the first time. Watch the parents embrace at the end.”

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We bake too.

PSA

Reading up on sea witch spells and seeing people suggest putting offerings in bottles and letting the sea carry then away.

This upsets me.

It’s littering. Please leave your offerings on something that’s not harmful to the environment. A sea shell, rock or even just on the beach. Please don’t use anything that could cause harm to the ocean or its inhabitants. Thank you!

I’m jealous of those who can function like a normal human being. They don’t have anxiety holding them back from everything, they don’t struggle to get out of bed or have to put on an act that everything is fine when its not. They don’t struggle to hold friendships and relationships… they don’t feel sad for no fucking reason everyday. Those that can hold jobs and work towards their dreams, the ones who have self esteem and see the beauty in themselves. Those that know what its like to feel safe and secure, not insecure and fearful of it all. 

I was just looking at my natal chart and thought to myself: "wow I'm an astrological mess". I have found a perfect sentence to describe myself. 😂