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Cross post from c/Dolls: Growing Up Skipper 1975-76ish
Twist her arm and her torso gets longer and she grows breasts.
Ask c/dolls: What's a doll you remember from childhood that just seemed...off?
I'll go first, Growing Up Skipper.
You turn her arm and she gets longer and boobs pop out.
Video showing how it works.
1975-6 was when I played with one. My neighbor had tons of Barbies. My mom stopped buying them for me because I kept cutting their hair off.
low flying aircraft?
This sign is close to a machine cleaning trash and other debris from a canal. Snakes accidentally get scooped with the debris and slither over the side.
Gossamer jellyfish
Still from "Antarctic Treasure: The Underwater Images of Norbert Wu"
Barrel jellyfish, Rhizostoma pulmo by Arne Kuilman
Update: Found the original source, the photographer Arne Kuilman. Link to his Flickr page.
Black Vultures mate for life
Text from https://justbirding.com/what-birds-mate-for-life/
Black Vulture
Latin name: Coragyps atratus
Unique romantic feature: Fight for fidelity
Where they are found: From the southeastern USA to South America
Size: Length: 22 to 29 inches (56 to 74 cm); Weight: 2.6 to 4.3 pounds (1.18 to 1.95 kg): Wingspan: 4.4 to 5.5 feet (1.34 to 1.68 m)
Diet: Carrion
Black vultures prove you don’t have to be beautiful to enjoy a committed, long-term relationship. Um, rude.
Looking dressed more for a funeral than a wedding, these scavenger birds feature all-black plumage with bumpy, featherless grayish-black heads, and short, hooked beaks.
Found in open habitats and along roads from the southeastern United States to South America, black vultures are all about family life. They form bonds that last their whole lives (about 10 years).
American black vultures (Coragyps atratus). Along the Potomac river, near Great Falls, Virginia/Maryland border, USA
image's original link broken/can't find photographer's name