https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKh8g44UnAc
― Born Sleeepy (Nuxx) (Leee), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 00:23 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIzTWYfTVw8
http://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/05/03/science/03tb-dolphins-vs-anaconda/03tb-dolphins-vs-anaconda-superJumbo.jpg
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/science/dolphins-anaconda-bolivia.html
Something else from the photos was notable — the male dolphins’ erect penises.“It could have been sexually stimulating for them,” said Diana Reiss, a marine mammal scientist and cognitive psychologist at Hunter College in New York who was not involved with the study. “It could have been something to rub on.”The aroused males could have been having a sexual romp with each other before the snake became entangled.Researchers who study dolphins are well aware of the animals’ sexual proclivities, such as rubbing their genitals on toys or inserting their penises into objects, animate and inanimate. They often use their penises for tactile interactions, Dr. Reiss says. She has even observed male bottlenose dolphins trying to penetrate the blowhole of a rescued pilot whale in an aquarium. It’s possible, she added, that the males tried to insert their penises into the snake.“There are so many questions,” Mr. Entiauspe-Neto says.
“It could have been sexually stimulating for them,” said Diana Reiss, a marine mammal scientist and cognitive psychologist at Hunter College in New York who was not involved with the study. “It could have been something to rub on.”
The aroused males could have been having a sexual romp with each other before the snake became entangled.
Researchers who study dolphins are well aware of the animals’ sexual proclivities, such as rubbing their genitals on toys or inserting their penises into objects, animate and inanimate. They often use their penises for tactile interactions, Dr. Reiss says. She has even observed male bottlenose dolphins trying to penetrate the blowhole of a rescued pilot whale in an aquarium. It’s possible, she added, that the males tried to insert their penises into the snake.
“There are so many questions,” Mr. Entiauspe-Neto says.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
typical males
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 May 2022 23:47 (two years ago) link
Would you believe an omnivorous shark?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDkSToylRjM
― Star Trek: Strange New Wordles (Leee), Monday, 9 May 2022 19:53 (two years ago) link
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/13-foot-long-fish-caught-in-mekong-river-shows-some-megafish-are-thriving
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 May 2022 08:50 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbLFbyjVLYY
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
Binturongs have kind of given up:
Binturongs pee in a squatting position, soaking their feet and bushy tails in the process. They also drag their tails as they move about in the trees, leaving a scent trail on the branches and leaves behind them.
https://today.duke.edu/2016/04/popcornscentedbinturong#:~:text=Binturongs%20owe%20their%20popcorn%2Dlike,toasted%20bread%20and%20cooked%20rice
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 22:50 (one year ago) link
I met one in person at a weird zoo in Kōbe, until that point I had no idea they existed so it completely freaked me out. Pretty gentle big dude, like a wolfhound hanging from a branch.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link
Did it smell like popcorn?
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Thursday, 9 June 2022 03:28 (one year ago) link
I was racking my brain to try and remember, I think I do remember some kind of warm/woody smell.https://i.imgur.com/8HiAgg4.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/hJZElkO.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 9 June 2022 04:31 (one year ago) link
That one's huge! Love bearcats. Spotted one in the wild on Borneo a couple of years ago:https://imgur.com/a/Ao7VDnl
― willem, Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:29 (one year ago) link
hmmm :( clicketyclick: https://imgur.com/a/Ao7VDnl
― willem, Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:30 (one year ago) link
https://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/hymenopt/RedHair1.jpg
ok, here's one I saw on saturday, three separate times - the pacific velvet ant, aka the 'cowkiller ant'
They were wandering around a dirt fire road... I'm a California native and I don't think I've ever seen one
My friend looked it up on her phone, and we were like 'that's an ANT? fucking weird.. it looks like a bee.'
Well, despite the name, it's not actually an ant but a wingless WASP, with an extremely painful sting.. I'm glad I didn't try to pet it
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 9 June 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
Oh, I would sometimes encounter these in meadows when I lived in California. Cool!
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 9 June 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
Funny, I've been seeing those in NW Nevada but they're covered in gold fur.
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 12 June 2022 09:11 (one year ago) link
I was stung by one of those as a teen. It was agonizing.
― Cow_Art, Sunday, 12 June 2022 13:31 (one year ago) link
In Australia we have these mfs, same deal, also agonisinghttps://i.redd.it/ezv9y6x4nv131.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 13 June 2022 00:21 (one year ago) link
That's pretty!
In completely unrelated WTFness: https://www.popsci.com/female-salamander-kleptogenesis/
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 01:35 (one year ago) link
That's so strange...Also "Kleptogenesis" sounds like it could be a Voivod album...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 02:02 (one year ago) link
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/in-this-insect-females-have-penises-and-males-have-vaginas
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 23:28 (one year ago) link
Check out these adorable dumdums: https://defector.com/why-is-this-tiny-frog-so-awful-at-jumping/
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 23:37 (one year ago) link
Also "Kleptogenesis" sounds like it could be a Voivod album...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, June 15, 2022 3:02 AM (yesterday)
Thumbs up
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 23:47 (one year ago) link
Nice account
Brilliant colours of the pink-necked green pigeon from South-East Asia. pic.twitter.com/na2kQchv08— Weird Animals (@Weird_AnimaIs) April 2, 2022
Maned wolves of South America have very long legs! Its not closely related to other canids, so it's not actually a wolf. pic.twitter.com/VlQAg57YdD— Weird Animals (@Weird_AnimaIs) June 2, 2022
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 25 June 2022 01:36 (one year ago) link
excellent
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Saturday, 25 June 2022 01:37 (one year ago) link
The maned wolf tweet is a little unclear -- I checked to see if they belong to an entirely different group like hyenas (which are more closely related to cats than dogs), but it is in fact a canid, just on its own branch of long-legged weirdos.
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Saturday, 25 June 2022 01:54 (one year ago) link
Not weird animal but drunk scientist (studying crocodiles):
While the female was floatingin the water next to the roadbed, I held ajuvenile 1 m above the ground and eliciteddistress cries by squeezing it. The mothermoved quickly out of the water and climbedup the bank, a distance of about 3 m. Atthis point I immediately released the ju-venile.
in the water next to the roadbed, I held ajuvenile 1 m above the ground and eliciteddistress cries by squeezing it. The mothermoved quickly out of the water and climbedup the bank, a distance of about 3 m. At
this point I immediately released the ju-venile.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1563716 (paywalled)
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Wednesday, 29 June 2022 01:11 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJRngS7EMpQ
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 02:30 (one year ago) link
was just thinking on platypodes this morning, their actual genuine weirdassedness. such excellent little outlaws. such disdain for the usual taxonomies! i think i would like to pet one. i would like to have lunch with a platypus and talk about its interests.
― bule bulak oying (cat), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
Be careful trying to pet one, they have little spurs on their ankles that are venomous. (Also, they have cloacas.)
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:11 (one year ago) link
they just get more and more weird #iconic #goals
― bule bulak oying (cat), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:22 (one year ago) link
One of my earliest childhood memories is a kid's book where a li'l platypus goes to different animals asking if they're related because they share physical characteristics. I think in the end he learns to love his uniqueness.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 6 July 2022 09:34 (one year ago) link
the wisdom of the platypus right there! that is what i am talking about. be proud of your venomous spurs and cloaca 💛
― bule bulak oying (cat), Wednesday, 6 July 2022 13:52 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNexk5QHG3M
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Saturday, 10 September 2022 01:53 (one year ago) link
More evidence (i.e. RNA editing) that cephalopods are aliens: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/curiouser-and-curiouser-octopuss-evolution-is-even-stranger-than-thought/
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Thursday, 15 September 2022 01:38 (one year ago) link
Bird that migrates thousands of miles without rest or stopping:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXEK3ryoWE4
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Friday, 4 November 2022 20:39 (one year ago) link
Everyone who reads this thread needs to read Ed Yong’s AN IMMENSE WORLD asap
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 10:48 (one year ago) link
Bought! He's a great communicator, and if there's a better pop sci writer out there today, I'd definitely like to know.
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_whiptail
a female-only species of lizard
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
Leee, you are extremely wise
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 10 November 2022 08:21 (one year ago) link
I haven't started on Ed Yong's book yet because I'm reading another book by a science blogger, and it kind of astonishes me that the latter, who has a literature background, isn't as adept at writing as Ed, both in pure style and in clarity of prose.
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 02:32 (one year ago) link
Yong's prose is a masterclass in explaining complex concepts clearly and often amusingly.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 5 December 2022 05:22 (one year ago) link
I agree weird https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/whalefish-mystery
also whalefish is an Oxymoron
― | (Latham Green), Monday, 5 December 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link
Ultra black eel that can inflate its throat to comic proportions:
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Sunday, 18 December 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS93nCp8lSY
Finally gotten around to reading the Ed Yong book, and I think I'm addition to how well he explains things, he'll include choice bits like this:
“If I were a catfish, I’d love to jump into a vat of chocolate,” John Caprio tells me. “You could taste it with your butt.”
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Thursday, 5 January 2023 22:58 (one year ago) link
click with caution if you're squeamishhttps://colinpurrington.com/2023/01/some-insects-i-found-inside-dried-turkish-figs-from-trader-joes/
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 February 2023 22:39 (one year ago) link
A YouTube channel I follow just so happens to have released a video on the very subject:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlU-CCF-j9M
Incest, amputated body parts, a highly constrained and stratified world, it's like Game of Thrones but with quasi carnivorous figs.
― Shartreuse (Leee), Sunday, 5 February 2023 06:15 (one year ago) link
i was all excited to see what marvelous weird animals this thread had in store this time but no, i open it to find this. this nightmare. this (very cool and interesting, but still) abomination. i used to like figs, you monsters. i still like figs. i am probably going to eat a fig someday soon, and while i am crunching down on the delightfully crispy little seeds i will suddenly remember what i have seen here, and then i will cough up a sticky slurry of spit and fig and wasp parts. why will you have done this to me.
― Aloysius's delicious dishes of vicious fishes (cat), Monday, 6 February 2023 09:28 (one year ago) link
i'm curious
but not curious enough to click the video
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 6 February 2023 11:12 (one year ago) link
Tbf i did post a warning
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 February 2023 13:10 (one year ago) link