Among the more shocking observations was the spider-on-opossum interaction. Michael Grundler, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan and a co-author of the study, was alerted to the scene when he heard shuffling noises from a pile of leaves.
“We looked over and we saw a large tarantula on top of an opossum,” said Grundler in the press release. “The opossum had already been grasped by the tarantula and was still struggling weakly at that point, but after about 30 seconds it stopped kicking.”
The tarantula was described as being as big as a dinner plate, and the opossum about the size of a softball. It’s considered the first visual documentation of an opossum being preyed upon by a large mygalomorph spider, a group that includes tarantulas.
― omar little, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 02:55 (five years ago) link
https://imgur.com/gallery/CG3utaJ
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/humpback-whale-sea-lion-mouth-photo/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 1 August 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/world/asia/wildlife-photographer.htmlhttp://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/10/16/multimedia/16xp-foxrodent/16xp-foxrodent-jumbo.jpg
But while the image may have granted the marmot its 15 minutes of fame, the rodent did not survive its encounter with the fox, according to the BBC. The museum described the picture as “a powerful frame of both humor and horror” that “captures the drama and intensity of nature.”
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 17 October 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
came here to post that. i'm the marmot and the fox is my crippling self doubt.
this one is also beautifully sad and funny:
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources/visit/wpy/2019/large/26.jpg
― davey, Thursday, 17 October 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
this is the best video ive ever seen pic.twitter.com/hmWsGpC4cW— boo (@lollypopthot) October 25, 2019
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 October 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
:D
― imago, Saturday, 26 October 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
this is me and my kids
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 26 October 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
https://theconversation.com/eat-your-heart-out-native-water-rats-have-worked-out-how-to-safely-eat-cane-toads-123986
― chips moomin (unregistered), Monday, 28 October 2019 01:08 (four years ago) link
That’s cool! Way to adapt, water rats.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Monday, 28 October 2019 07:27 (four years ago) link
🐦[this is the best video ive ever seen pic.twitter.com/hmWsGpC4cW🕸— boo (@lollypopthot) October 25, 2019🕸]🐦
― nathom, Monday, 28 October 2019 07:51 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/wSXs3eA0Xo0
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Monday, 4 November 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
https://hyperallergic.com/542558/station-squabble/http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/%C2%A9-Sam-Rowley-Wildlife-Photographer-of-the-Year-Winner-720x480.jpg
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 13 February 2020 16:55 (four years ago) link
Fisticuffs 😂 pic.twitter.com/KCJnnad7la— Theo Shantonas (@TheoShantonas) June 27, 2020
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 June 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
long slappy bois
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Sunday, 28 June 2020 09:19 (three years ago) link
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/09/20/swarm-bees-kills-63-endangered-penguins-south-africa/8416782002/
:(
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 20 September 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
Orcas recorded killing and feeding on blue whales in brutal attacks
This research is the first to officially document these killings, including details about how orcas swim inside the mouth of the blue whale to eat its tongue just before it dies.
― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 27 January 2022 18:03 (two years ago) link
one day when the tonguing is donewe'll take our leave and go
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 27 January 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link