https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO8jNSdxyqI
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Anhima_cornuta/
Horned screamers are large, heavy bodied, fowl-like birds that are most recognizable by their two bone spurs at the bend of each wing and the 15 cm, yellowish-white horn-like projection at the top of their heads. The 2 to 5 cm long bone spurs are a result of fused carpel bones and are covered with keratin. The horn-like projection, which gives these birds their name, is composed of cartilage. When young are born they lack the horn but it slowly grows as they age. Horns seem to be ornamental as they do not have a defensive purpose. They are not firmly attached to the skull, swing back and forth as the birds’ heads move, and are easily broken off. After breaking off they will grow back over time.Most of their bones are permeated with abundant air sacs that also exist in the subcutaneous tissue in the dermis of the skin. This construction results in a rumbling or crackling noise when these birds take off as the air sacs rapidly collapse. The presence of subcutaneous air sac diverticula allows horned screamers to regularly use soaring flight instead of using muscle energy to remain airborne. These air filled spaces may also act to facilitate pneumatic movement.Horned screamers are less vocal than their relatives, southern screamers, but their vocalizations are very loud. There are three main vocalizations: “mo-coo-ca”, a honking “yoik-yok”, and the trumpet.
Most of their bones are permeated with abundant air sacs that also exist in the subcutaneous tissue in the dermis of the skin. This construction results in a rumbling or crackling noise when these birds take off as the air sacs rapidly collapse. The presence of subcutaneous air sac diverticula allows horned screamers to regularly use soaring flight instead of using muscle energy to remain airborne. These air filled spaces may also act to facilitate pneumatic movement.
Horned screamers are less vocal than their relatives, southern screamers, but their vocalizations are very loud. There are three main vocalizations: “mo-coo-ca”, a honking “yoik-yok”, and the trumpet.
― (dubstep violin original song) (unregistered), Saturday, 14 December 2019 05:36 (four years ago) link
jesus fuck, that's nightmare fuel right there
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 14 December 2019 05:42 (four years ago) link
Ed Thoreum11 months agowe are lucky to see this most perfect wonder.Their lung or ribs have evolved to an advantage stage; the can fly, swim and ruN. Thank you!!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 14 December 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
https://media.nature.com/lw800/magazine-assets/d41586-019-03839-z/d41586-019-03839-z_17507782.jpg
This image of a frog on a lotus leaf in Lalitpur, Nepal, is a stunning example of the ‘lotus effect’. This refers to self-cleaning properties of lotus leaves, which result from their water-repellent properties. Particles of dirt — or, in this case, a whole frog — are caught by droplets, which bead as a result of the surface’s nanostructure. Scientists first described the lotus effect in the 1970s, and it has since been used in many applications. For me, the image illustrates that, once again, mimicking nature is one of humankind’s best strategies for progress.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03839-z
― Martialarts Ali (Leee), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
wow
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 December 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
Not weird per se but still an engrossing story! https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/07/how-a-guy-from-a-montana-trailer-park-upturned-150-years-of-biology/491702/
― Camina Burana Drummer (Leee), Friday, 3 January 2020 21:22 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/XFjoqyVRmOU
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Saturday, 18 January 2020 12:58 (four years ago) link
weird plants that look like animalshttps://www.audubon.org/news/did-plant-evolve-look-bunch-hummingbirds
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 25 January 2020 07:30 (four years ago) link
The links to the chick pretending to be a caterpillar and the caterpillar pretending to be a snake are also great.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Sunday, 26 January 2020 01:36 (four years ago) link
Fluorescent pink slug
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 07:52 (four years ago) link
tongue on the loose
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 12:20 (four years ago) link
welp
The Pearlfish will seek food and shelter in the anus of a Sea Cucumber pic.twitter.com/xomQoabuvy— Nature is Lit🔥 (@NaturelsLit) January 28, 2020
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/science/longest-animal-ocean.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
That octopus squid with the glowing tips of its arms!
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Thursday, 16 April 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saMq36vh9ls
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Saturday, 18 April 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
that's a weird animal
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 18 April 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link
Jackal food is a parasitic plant native to Africa that siphons off nutrients from other plants' roots. Its flowers surface after heavy rainfall & emit a carrion-like stench to attract pollinators. Its fruit is similar to a potato & attracts animals like jackals.[📸: E. Black] pic.twitter.com/4wtqbhYG3Q— American Museum of Natural History (@AMNH) May 4, 2020
― i am a horse girl (map), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 01:40 (four years ago) link
weird but not animal
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 01:45 (four years ago) link
Gonna pass on reading the comments there
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 01:50 (four years ago) link
More weirdness from previously featured Osedax aka zombie worms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZdP216pq7c
― Osedax Church (Leee), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 00:21 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/SCm3aDq_sfA
Nurseryfish!
― AxoLOLtl (Leee), Saturday, 4 July 2020 05:46 (three years ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-strange-and-gruesome-story-of-the-greenland-shark-the-longest-living-vertebrate-on-earth
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/07/caecilians-amphibians-venomous-saliva/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 11 July 2020 06:58 (three years ago) link
tho both of those stories are fucking goldmines, only the latter contains this picture
http://i.imgur.com/BUxYEUK.png
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 11 July 2020 07:02 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the nightmare fuel. Another fun fact from that article that I wasn't aware of before is that slow lorises -- primates -- are also venomous.
― AxoLOLtl (Leee), Saturday, 11 July 2020 16:00 (three years ago) link
funny story thathttps://www.popsci.com/article/science/venomous-slow-loris-may-have-evolved-mimic-cobras/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 11 July 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
Venomous underarms!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 11 July 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
That they lick when threatened! 0.0
― AxoLOLtl (Leee), Saturday, 11 July 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
We haven't linked anything from the ocean deep animal in a while: https://www.cnet.com/news/ultra-black-fish-reveal-secrets-of-deep-dark-ocean-camouflage/
― AxoLOLtl (Leee), Friday, 17 July 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
Oh and I meant to add a link to this caecilian: http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2012/08/ugly-and-not-safe-for-work.html
― AxoLOLtl (Leee), Friday, 17 July 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
Time for cutenessNEW FAVOURITE ANIMAL ALERT: Leafsheep. Only animal that can photosynthesize
NEW FAVOURITE ANIMAL ALERT: Leafsheep. Only animal that can photosynthesize pic.twitter.com/iphILB6P0I— L.e (@termiteinmyhead) July 15, 2020
― willem, Friday, 17 July 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
URL delivershttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/science/beetle-frog-poop.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=qbefo_vUzog
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 3 August 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
When they reach the end of that tunnel, the insects may be able to tickle open the cloacal sphincter, the ring of muscle that drawstrings the frog’s rear end shut, expelling themselves in a flood of feces.
― ||||||||, Monday, 3 August 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
lol yes that bit caught my eye too.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Monday, 3 August 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
it's a hell of a detail
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 02:58 (three years ago) link
https://youtu.be/FXmVW0MMYFI
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Sunday, 9 August 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
The curious dance of the saci, also known as the striped cuckoo. 🎥 Ednilson Pereira. pic.twitter.com/2eQLkaGEA4— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) August 9, 2020
― snakes & cookies (doo dah), Saturday, 15 August 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
let a million WAP videos bloom
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 16 August 2020 05:34 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/science/reptile-long-neck-fossil.htmlhttp://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/08/12/science/12TB-REPTILE1/12TB-REPTILE1-superJumbo.jpg
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 17 August 2020 15:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/30/us/lystrosaurus-oldest-known-hibernation-trnd/index.htmlhttp://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200830163933-lystrosaurus-file-exlarge-169.jpg
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 4 September 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
Lystrosaurus's weirdness is eclipsed only by its pathetic ugliness. Never will a child name it as their favorite saurus, ever.
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 4 September 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
this animal's kinda weird - why is it jumping into leaf piles? for what reason? it is weird to do things for no apparent reason
https://youtu.be/Tu3HN-MmJc4
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 4 September 2020 17:46 (three years ago) link
oh it's like that huh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu3HN-MmJc4
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 4 September 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
Does the animal think that there is potentially food or a mate inside of the leaf pile, with which it may fulfill its biological imperatives? I do not understand
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 4 September 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
I think that lystrosaurus is adorable, WKIW
― sleeve, Friday, 4 September 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
Lystrosaurus gurgles a barely audible "THANK YOU, FRIEND" at you from its pus-encrusted mouth/anus combination orifice
― the burrito that defined a generation, Friday, 4 September 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
Lystrosaurus is the ORNALDO BLOOMPS of Pokemon.
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Friday, 4 September 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46258616
― Ruth Bae Ginsburg (Leee), Saturday, 12 September 2020 00:36 (three years ago) link
"We opened those intestines up like it was Christmas"
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Saturday, 12 September 2020 00:49 (three years ago) link
lol that stood out to me as well
― sleeve, Saturday, 12 September 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
(totally fascinating, btw)