I'm here from reddit, and thank you for these recommendations. Time for my neuroplasticity to kick in so I can learn how all this works.

Just wanted to say, thanks for hosting this instance! I'm a reddit refuge and this Lemmy instance has been really straightforward on how to get started.

🪴 Plants

• Houseplants !houseplants@mander.xyz
• What's this Plant? !plantid@mander.xyz

🏺 Archaeology & Related

• Archaeology !archaeology@mander.xyz
• Anthropology !anthropology@mander.xyz
• Folklore, Myths, Legends, & Fairy Tales !folklore@mander.xyz

🌎 Geography

• Geography !geography@mander.xyz
• Biodiversity !biodiversity@mander.xyz
• Earth Science/Geosciences !earthscience@mander.xyz
• Geospatial !geospatial@mander.xyz
• Historic(al) Map Porn !old_maps@mander.xyz
• Palaeoecology !palaeoecology@mander.xyz

🔬 Science

• Science Communication !scicomm@mander.xyz

Ya'll gonna have to nerd out with me now. 😎

Does anyone know of any communities for pigeons or capybaras (or tbh any other weird-but-cute critters)?

Edit: adding some as I find them:

• https://lemmy.world/c/opossums
• https://possumpat.io/c/possums