Excellent weird animal content
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 20:24 (five years ago)
all time intro para imo
For a rodent that resembles the love child of a skunk and a steel wool brush, the African crested rat carries itself with a surprising amount of swagger. The rats “very much have the personality of something that knows it’s poisonous,” says Sara Weinstein, a biologist at the University of Utah and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute who studies them.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 21:32 (five years ago)
BEAUTIFUL: A ribbon eel swimming by. pic.twitter.com/QpJgjEpwIm— Oceana (@oceana) December 8, 2020
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 December 2020 19:02 (five years ago)
seamless gif
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 11 December 2020 19:28 (five years ago)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/science/pandas-horse-poop.htmlwith this key bit of info
“Maybe it’s like Vicks VapoRub, or maybe like Tiger Balm,” Dr. McShea said, describing the tingly feeling they cause.“I don’t know, though,” he added. “I’ve never rolled in horse manure.”
“I don’t know, though,” he added. “I’ve never rolled in horse manure.”
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 December 2020 18:41 (five years ago)
lol and gross. BTW, that article spurred me to check the Wikipedia entry for pandas to see if any changes have been made to their classification, and I was honestly surprised to see that they are true bears after all!
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Monday, 14 December 2020 22:48 (five years ago)
that eel is my friend
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 00:44 (five years ago)
NEW TURTLE DROPPEDNEW TURTLE DROPPEDNEW TURTLE DROPPEDhttps://t.co/yQ88pRxVvP— Be Just & Fear Not | Let None Survive (@SuperNerdMike) December 22, 2020
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 January 2021 12:43 (five years ago)
of all the articles not to use photos for...https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/02/opinion/sunday/2020-animal-news.html
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 3 January 2021 16:23 (five years ago)
also I posted this in the streaming thread but it's more appropriate here:
Something new/old that i got into this week is NHK Japan's DEEP OCEAN from 2015, which is four episodes of super alien deep sea ichthyology narrated by David Attenborough that will leave you in constant amazement at the weirdness of the natural plan. Get to know the jellynose fish! The Mariana snailfish! The bioluminescent barbeled dragonfish!The best part: Joe Hisaishi, the music director responsible for all the Ghibli/Miyazaki films did the score for the whole series and it is FUCKING MAGICAL. I can see rewatching this for sleepytimes in perpetuity.It was recently ported over to HBO Max in the US, though the fourth episode (set in the Antarctic) is oddly AWOL. You should try it!
The best part: Joe Hisaishi, the music director responsible for all the Ghibli/Miyazaki films did the score for the whole series and it is FUCKING MAGICAL. I can see rewatching this for sleepytimes in perpetuity.
It was recently ported over to HBO Max in the US, though the fourth episode (set in the Antarctic) is oddly AWOL. You should try it!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 3 January 2021 16:25 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHXpMN-wZuU
― ledge, Monday, 4 January 2021 14:03 (five years ago)
Wild! It looks like a kindergartener's craft project.
― Stone Cold Steve Ostentatious (Leee), Monday, 4 January 2021 19:16 (five years ago)
"The ONLY LGBT-friendly fish dating sim!"https://joffeorama.itch.io/benthic-love
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Monday, 4 January 2021 23:41 (five years ago)
meet the genetically-identical potentially-invasive Marmorkrebshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbled_crayfish
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 January 2021 18:16 (five years ago)
http://www.sci-news.com/biology/myotis-nimbaensis-09249.htmlhttp://cdn.sci-news.com/images/2021/01/image_9249_2-Myotis-nimbaensis.jpg
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 January 2021 03:23 (five years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/ZNWbrl4.png
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 January 2021 03:25 (five years ago)
This chonky boy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7foAsAfuAXo
― Sammy Agar-Agar (Leee), Saturday, 16 January 2021 17:04 (five years ago)
the jug-band call is great and i love their temple-sweeped "ears"
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 16 January 2021 19:59 (five years ago)
okay folks: we got ancient genitals
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/assassin-bug-penis-fossil.html
Among them were the insect’s basal plate, a stirrup-like structure, and hints of the pouch-like phallotheca, which supports the penis. In living assassin bugs, the entire package looks not unlike a Darth Vader mask, or a translucent athletic cup.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/science/dinosaur-cloaca-fossil.html
Dr. Kelly said she strongly suspected that most dinosaurs would have been of the penis-toting variety: “For the most part, if you have internal fertilization, you have some method of sticking it in.”
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 16:56 (five years ago)
hot
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:36 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl_MbvSUvTk
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 31 January 2021 07:54 (five years ago)
33-Year-Old Bat: I am the night. Caretakers: You are an adorable senior citizen. pic.twitter.com/pgxAa9JORG— Sonya The Outsider (@sable_sonya) February 2, 2021
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 19:50 (five years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/qkyeCoZ.pnghttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2021/01/tiny-chameleon-smallest-reptile-discovered-madagascar/
Scientists have discovered a tiny new species of chameleon in a patch of rainforest in northern Madagascar. This so-called nano-chameleon is about the size of a sunflower seed, fits on the tip of a finger, and may be the smallest reptile on Earth.Officially known as Brookesia nana, or B. nana for short, the new species is so tiny it’s thought to survive on a diet of mites and springtails, which it hunts down in leaf litter.Finding such a small reptile raises interesting questions about the lower limits of body size in vertebrates. It also highlights the astonishing—and highly threatened—biodiversity of Madagascar. Scientists suspect the chameleon will soon be listed as critically endangered.
Officially known as Brookesia nana, or B. nana for short, the new species is so tiny it’s thought to survive on a diet of mites and springtails, which it hunts down in leaf litter.
Finding such a small reptile raises interesting questions about the lower limits of body size in vertebrates. It also highlights the astonishing—and highly threatened—biodiversity of Madagascar. Scientists suspect the chameleon will soon be listed as critically endangered.
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 5 February 2021 02:56 (five years ago)
B.nana!!!!
In other wholesome weird animal news, would you believe a vegetarian spider?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygn8V5mHUBk
― Mike Mignola Electric Co. (Leee), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:16 (five years ago)
The horrifying feeding habits of the world's largest single celled organisms in Antarctica
In Antarctica, there’s a single-celled foram that’s big enough for you to see and even pick up. And it is possibly the most terrifying predator on Earth. pic.twitter.com/WZUb1vBb13— 𒇷 𒁯𒅗 (@Lee__Drake) February 6, 2021
― Shaidar Logoff (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 7 February 2021 11:25 (five years ago)
that is bonkers
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 7 February 2021 15:41 (five years ago)
holy shit
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Sunday, 7 February 2021 16:12 (five years ago)
Terrifying, but also not an animal, which are all multicellular.
― Mike Mignola Electric Co. (Leee), Sunday, 7 February 2021 17:38 (five years ago)
Sorry, that comes off as gatekeepy! Whatever its taxonomy, it's a cool addition!
― Mike Mignola Electric Co. (Leee), Sunday, 7 February 2021 17:43 (five years ago)
https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-discover-strange-creatures-under-a-half-mile-of-icenot super charismatic but the video is dope
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:11 (five years ago)
Ibex are fucking insane btwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG9TMn1FJzc
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 February 2021 20:00 (five years ago)
why not put out a salt lick you assholes
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 18 February 2021 22:32 (five years ago)
lol srsly
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Thursday, 18 February 2021 23:18 (five years ago)
gotta get that sweet sweet footage
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 February 2021 23:30 (five years ago)
whoahttp://i.imgur.com/VfwaTwY.pnghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/king-penguin-captivates-world-its-rare-dandelion-colored-plumage-180977070/
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 February 2021 21:40 (five years ago)
re: Ibex, y'all really missed out on the "They crave that mineral" meme?
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 1 March 2021 18:09 (five years ago)
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/882/052/483.png
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 1 March 2021 18:10 (five years ago)
new one on me. i am all for more ibex memes.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 March 2021 20:34 (five years ago)
Glow in the dark shark dropped, at nearly six feet long it is the largest known bioluminescent vertebrate
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56256808http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/174D/production/_117356950_fmars-08-633582-g003.jpg
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 March 2021 18:24 (five years ago)
separately, cuttlefish show more restraint than gen xershttps://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/cuttlefish-can-pass-the-marshmallow-test/
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 4 March 2021 18:25 (five years ago)
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/this-sea-slug-can-lose-its-head-and-regenerate-new-body-in-three-weeks/
― RZA Minnelli (Leee), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:35 (five years ago)
yeah, i kept meaning to post that. what a fuckin' weirdo!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 23:26 (five years ago)
The urutaú, or ghost bird, is known for its cry similar to a human wail and is rarely seen during the day. pic.twitter.com/s90dQld7y8— 🌊🌊Raymond Alvarado, LLM🌊🌊 (@Raymond_LLM) March 9, 2021
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 23:49 (five years ago)
Thirsty worms done in by their thirst: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cone-snail-venom-sea-worms-pheromones
― Eleanor of Accutane (Leee), Friday, 19 March 2021 00:55 (five years ago)
That Cornetto looks tasty.
― mirostones, Friday, 19 March 2021 03:23 (five years ago)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/hundreds-of-new-and-unusual-insects-discovered-in-the-amazon-canopy-feature?loggedin=truesuper beautiful images here
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 March 2021 19:52 (five years ago)
and one morehttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/skeleton-photos-getting-boost-gelatin-fluorescent-light
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 March 2021 19:53 (five years ago)
\m/__OO__\m/
http://i.imgur.com/1Y2sT35.png
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 March 2021 19:55 (five years ago)
old, but wow
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-thoughts-of-a-spiderweb-20170523/
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Monday, 22 March 2021 23:43 (five years ago)