# Nature-inspired Comics?

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815>\
**Category:** Nature Talk\
**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815 "2019-03-13T20:01:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![bobmcd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bobmcd/32/1761_2.png) [@bobmcd](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bobmcd)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/276 "2024-02-09T20:54:45Z")

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I have not. Not too many in these parts but rumours. They look dangerous and cuddly at the same time.

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**Author:** ![danly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/danly/32/42066_2.png) [@danly](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/danly)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/277 "2024-02-09T20:54:56Z")

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![IMG_6995](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/b/4/b45057d6678eb165cad29eef7646bcc9a77c6a1b.jpeg)

 ![IMG_6994](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/0/b/0bcc8556c6fab6e7d96ccdebca9c6b16d3d0288a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![egordon88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/egordon88/32/29204_2.png) [@egordon88](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/egordon88)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/278 "2024-02-10T06:17:22Z")

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They buzz/vibrate like other male Aculeata (solitary wasps). Harmless and fun to hold 🙂

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**Author:** ![danly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/danly/32/42066_2.png) [@danly](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/danly)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/279 "2024-02-10T15:28:43Z")

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By me… Now I know I spend too much time on iNat and Flickr!

 ![IMG_0853](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/c/a/cac409302b43c1ff1341a279b9fe0b8eb0c045f2.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/280 "2024-02-10T19:00:30Z")

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[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-couples/18169/10](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-couples/18169/10)

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**Author:** ![Thunderhead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thunderhead/32/62294_2.png) [@Thunderhead](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Thunderhead)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/281 "2024-02-22T01:59:12Z")

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**Author:** ![nilshelstrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nilshelstrom/32/43620_2.png) [@nilshelstrom](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nilshelstrom)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/282 "2024-03-19T22:09:02Z")

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![fxqv8os3cvm71](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/d/6/d6eae1da78037ea4d7a4dbd467ade130e29c0c64.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/283 "2024-03-20T00:52:44Z")

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One of my favorites, thanks!

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**Author:** ![nilshelstrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nilshelstrom/32/43620_2.png) [@nilshelstrom](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nilshelstrom)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/284 "2024-03-20T14:15:23Z")

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I have this one enlarged, colored and framed on the wall in my study…

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**Author:** ![upupa-epops](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/upupa-epops/32/1972_2.png) [@upupa-epops](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/upupa-epops)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/285 "2024-03-20T19:32:20Z")

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I’d love to see the coloured version!

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**Author:** ![nilshelstrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nilshelstrom/32/43620_2.png) [@nilshelstrom](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nilshelstrom)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/286 "2024-03-20T22:15:07Z")

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It doesn’t photograph well (in a glass frame), the next time I have my scanner out I’ll take it down and scan it. Don’t see it on-line in color (not to mention how difficult it is to locate a single specific comic on-line!).

I had a New Yorker cartoon in my office in college many years ago that I’ve been trying to relocate… a large group of sandpipers is running along a beach and one has turned to his fellow and says “I forgot what we’re looking for.” Love to find that again. :)

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**Author:** ![liamodo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/liamodo/32/27033_2.png) [@liamodo](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/liamodo)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/287 "2024-03-24T02:23:57Z")

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**Author:** ![zee\_z](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/zee_z/32/37690_2.png) [@zee\_z](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/zee_z)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/288 "2024-03-24T07:22:40Z")

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Dude ferngully was so good!! I still have the original and it’s sequel on VHS (albeit no place to play them now that that medium has died…)

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**Author:** ![jasonhernandez74](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jasonhernandez74/32/33615_2.png) [@jasonhernandez74](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jasonhernandez74)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/289 "2024-03-24T20:59:35Z")

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> [@liamodo](#):
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And the reason for the switch was eloquently explained by Batty: “Humans can’t feel anything. They’re numb from the brain down.”

> [@zee\_z](#):
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> Dude ferngully was so good!!

And one of the best things about it, we didn’t really notice until hindsight: besides its environmental message, it was also trying to help remove the stigma from mental illness – the character with mental illness was one of the good guys and had a place in society.

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**Author:** ![GothHobbit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/gothhobbit/32/34548_2.png) [@GothHobbit](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/GothHobbit)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/290 "2024-03-30T10:53:54Z")

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“Human tails? Humans don’t have tails. They have big, big bottoms that they wear with bad shorts.”

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**Author:** ![danly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/danly/32/42066_2.png) [@danly](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/danly)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/291 "2024-04-08T12:30:37Z")

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![IMG_7267](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/8/7/87c64771ea9949124c46c3803d3a023cc9602ef9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![danly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/danly/32/42066_2.png) [@danly](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/danly)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/292 "2024-04-21T20:22:11Z")

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![IMG_7370](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/9/1/9184868a04bde8995dc21ba425bab95c19823984.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![bobmcd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bobmcd/32/1761_2.png) [@bobmcd](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bobmcd)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/293 "2024-04-23T03:50:27Z")

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Walt Kelly’s funny animal comic strip _Pogo_  
Earth Day 1971, 53 years ago…

 ![pogo](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/4/f/4fb79f2617cbeb5cd21224dbccc9bf015f4086fc.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![bonesigh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bonesigh/32/48359_2.png) [@bonesigh](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bonesigh)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/294 "2024-04-28T00:10:55Z")

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![IMG_0805](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/3/e/3e5bf4530dd3e5cfd9edc52e61ffc6bbd15c3e2c.jpeg)  
oh, I forgot to credit this, It’s from the Wumo comic strip

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**Author:** ![lappelbaum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/lappelbaum/32/7312_2.png) [@lappelbaum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/lappelbaum)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-comics/815/295 "2024-04-28T22:03:16Z")

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Some good ones there!

Might want to post here instead though [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-memes/27300](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/nature-inspired-memes/27300)

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