The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health.
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@ethans-arc.bsky.social@ethans-arc.bsky.social🥚Happy World Egg Day!🥚
Here's something interesting!
The Largest egg laid today is laid by the ostrich!
Weighing in at 5 pounds!
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The smallest bird eggbelongs to the Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima) weighing in at around 0.365 g to 0.375 g!
@ethans-arc.bsky.socialHappy World Octopus Day!
Fun Fact!
Adult Giant Pacific Octopus typically weigh around 110 pounds (50 kg) with an arm span of about 16 feet (5 meters), though the largest recorded specimen weighed over 400 pounds!
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@ethans-arc.bsky.socialWe did one for it too!!! But yes!!!
@ethans-arc.bsky.socialHappy International Zookeeper Day!
We thank you to all Zookeepers who protect and care for the amazing Animals that call Zoos home!
Thank you!!
@ethans-arc.bsky.socialHappy World Animal Day!
More than 49,500 species are threatened with extinction worldwide, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
It is important we do what we can to protect all animals!
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@ethans-arc.bsky.socialHappy World Farm Animal Day!
Did you Know? 💡
The first animal that was domesticated to be Lifestock was the sheep!
They were domesticated around 11,000 -9000 bc in Mesopotamia (modern day middle east/Iraq). They were domesticated for wood, meat, and milk!
@ethans-arc.bsky.socialHappy Farm Animal Appreciation Day!
Did you Know? 💡
The first Lifestock were domesticated around 11,000 to 9,000 BC in the Fertile Crescent located in Mesopotamia (modern day middle east).
@ethans-arc.bsky.socialHappy World Cassowary Day! Interesting fact! The Southern Cassowary (also known as the double-wattled cassowary) are the biggest of the three living cassowary species. )!!! With huge 4 to 6 inch long claw and weighing around 175lbs they are basically tactical assault chickens!!!!
@ethans-arc.bsky.socialHappy World Rabbit Day! Did you Know? The Flimish Giant (or Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus) a calm and gentle species originated in Belgium in the 16th century for their meat and fur. But the first verifiable, authentic written records of them didn't come till 1860!
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@ethans-arc.bsky.socialHappy World Gorilla Day! Fun Fact! In 1847, American missionary and physician Thomas Staughton Savage formally described the western gorilla. Savage borrowed the ancient Greek term gorillai to name the new animal species (Troglodytes gorilla), which later became the standalone genus name Gorilla.
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@ethans-arc.bsky.socialDid you Know?💡 Thousands of Monarch Butterflies are making their epic migration 3,000 plus miles South for the winter! Once temperatures warm up, the surviving butterflies mate and begin the journey northward to lay eggs on newly emerging milkweed, kicking off the next year's cycle.
@ethans-arc.bsky.socialHappy Red Panda Day! Did you Know? Red Panda and Giant Panda are not related. The Giant got the Panda name when they discovered it sared the same anatomical features as the Red. Panda is believed to be derived from the Nepalese words: "nigalya ponya" meaning "bamboo eater."
