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25 March 2014

Tuesday

 

 

 

Newly Discovered Sea Worms

 

Many of these polychaetes have yet to be named.

 

http://i.imgur.com/UJLiNPY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kZvwkwR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nNwEnLF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/v89Z3y9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/c0zC5aq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QJaeSiY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/R2nYWcF.jpg

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Posted

25 March 2014

Tuesday

 

 

 

Newly Discovered Sea Worms

 

Many of these polychaetes have yet to be named.

 

http://i.imgur.com/UJLiNPY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kZvwkwR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nNwEnLF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/v89Z3y9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/c0zC5aq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QJaeSiY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/R2nYWcF.jpg

Wow! Very psychedelic. I see the potential for album cover artwork in their future

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Posted

25 March 2014

Tuesday

 

 

 

Newly Discovered Sea Worms

 

Many of these polychaetes have yet to be named.

 

http://i.imgur.com/UJLiNPY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kZvwkwR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nNwEnLF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/v89Z3y9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/c0zC5aq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QJaeSiY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/R2nYWcF.jpg

Wow! Very psychedelic. I see the potential for album cover artwork in their future

 

They're pretty..! :)

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Posted

26 March 2014

Wednesday

 

 

 

Spring Peepers

 

It's spring, and the peeps are peeping.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/cerDRWB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ygWDve9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/N1ju0Fk.jpg

 

Well, peeping isn't the only thing they're doing.

 

http://i.imgur.com/vWWIvhx.jpg

Nothing like a pic of frogs mid-coitus—nice!

 

"What are you some kind of prevert?"

—Sgt Bat Guano, Dr. Strangelove

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Posted

26 March 2014

Wednesday

 

 

 

Spring Peepers

 

It's spring, and the peeps are peeping.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/cerDRWB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ygWDve9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/N1ju0Fk.jpg

 

Well, peeping isn't the only thing they're doing.

 

http://i.imgur.com/vWWIvhx.jpg

Nothing like a pic of frogs mid-coitus—nice!

 

"What are you some kind of prevert?"

—Sgt Bat Guano, Dr. Strangelove

 

http://i.imgur.com/uDrBLJE.jpg

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Posted

27 March 2014

Thursday

 

 

 

Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy

 

 

Platynereis larva:

 

http://i.imgur.com/0L8pChb.png

 

 

Squid embryo:

 

http://i.imgur.com/HlTPl30.png

 

 

Capitella larva (sea worm):

 

http://i.imgur.com/jYNJpUC.png

 

 

Fruit fly embryo:

 

http://i.imgur.com/EdvRlDZ.png

 

 

Plankton:

 

http://i.imgur.com/myNBvYP.png

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Posted

28 March 2014

Friday

 

Special Edition

 

 

 

Giant rat: Swedes agog at 'Ratzilla' in Stockholm

 

The appearance of a massive rat in a Stockholm family's kitchen has made headlines in Sweden, where it is being dubbed "Ratzilla".

 

Measuring 40cm (nearly 16in) plus tail, the creature terrified the family in Solna district.

 

Pest controllers finally killed the intruder using an oversized trap.



 

Even the family cat had refused to enter the kitchen while the giant rat was in residence, father Erik Korsas told BBC News.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/hR2wFTh.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/TsqBhtq.png

 

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Posted

26 March 2014

Wednesday

 

 

 

Spring Peepers

 

It's spring, and the peeps are peeping.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/cerDRWB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ygWDve9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/N1ju0Fk.jpg

 

Well, peeping isn't the only thing they're doing.

 

http://i.imgur.com/vWWIvhx.jpg

 

So what's with the great big air bubble?

Posted

28 March 2014

Friday

 

Special Edition

 

 

 

Giant rat: Swedes agog at 'Ratzilla' in Stockholm

 

The appearance of a massive rat in a Stockholm family's kitchen has made headlines in Sweden, where it is being dubbed "Ratzilla".

 

Measuring 40cm (nearly 16in) plus tail, the creature terrified the family in Solna district.

 

Pest controllers finally killed the intruder using an oversized trap.



 

Even the family cat had refused to enter the kitchen while the giant rat was in residence, father Erik Korsas told BBC News.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/hR2wFTh.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/TsqBhtq.png

 

 

Jesus Christ! That's a big one! :o :o :scared: :scared:

:outtahere:

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Posted

27 March 2014

Thursday

 

 

 

Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy

 

 

Platynereis larva:

 

http://i.imgur.com/0L8pChb.png

 

 

Squid embryo:

 

http://i.imgur.com/HlTPl30.png

 

 

Capitella larva (sea worm):

 

http://i.imgur.com/jYNJpUC.png

 

 

Fruit fly embryo:

 

http://i.imgur.com/EdvRlDZ.png

 

 

Plankton:

 

http://i.imgur.com/myNBvYP.png

 

What bright, fluorescent colors! :D

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Posted

21 March 2014

Friday

 

Weird Amazonian Spider Hatchery

 

A single egg is laid in the cone shaped structure at the center of each formation.

 

http://i.imgur.com/BqZnJUp.png

http://i.imgur.com/d2T9wLY.png

http://i.imgur.com/loNP2T4.png

http://i.imgur.com/ogA8waI.png

 

A newly hatched spiderling:

 

 

Oh my God that was so coool!!!

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Posted

23 March 2014

Sunday

 

Sea Beans

 

Entada sp.

 

 

Large leguminous vines related to the green bean, sea beans grow throughout the coastal tropics of the Americas and Africa. The seed pods are 3 to 6 feet long, and the seeds themselves can float and remain viable for two years, establishing the sea bean on all manner of alien shores.

 

 

A canopy of sea beans over a dirt road:

 

http://i.imgur.com/yx2hayO.png

 

Seed pods:

 

http://i.imgur.com/JsgYlvs.png

http://i.imgur.com/biBIG1q.png

http://i.imgur.com/6EUbUTp.png

 

Seeds:

 

http://i.imgur.com/WIGFw6s.png

http://i.imgur.com/Lq1FgNM.png

 

Germinating seed:

 

http://i.imgur.com/7KZ06yO.png

 

Can you eat this?

Posted

23 March 2014

Sunday

 

Sea Beans

 

Entada sp.

 

 

Large leguminous vines related to the green bean, sea beans grow throughout the coastal tropics of the Americas and Africa. The seed pods are 3 to 6 feet long, and the seeds themselves can float and remain viable for two years, establishing the sea bean on all manner of alien shores.

 

 

A canopy of sea beans over a dirt road:

 

http://i.imgur.com/yx2hayO.png

 

Seed pods:

 

http://i.imgur.com/JsgYlvs.png

http://i.imgur.com/biBIG1q.png

http://i.imgur.com/6EUbUTp.png

 

Seeds:

 

http://i.imgur.com/WIGFw6s.png

http://i.imgur.com/Lq1FgNM.png

 

Germinating seed:

 

http://i.imgur.com/7KZ06yO.png

 

Can you eat this?

I'm not entirely certain.

Posted

23 March 2014

Sunday

 

Sea Beans

 

Entada sp.

 

 

Large leguminous vines related to the green bean, sea beans grow throughout the coastal tropics of the Americas and Africa. The seed pods are 3 to 6 feet long, and the seeds themselves can float and remain viable for two years, establishing the sea bean on all manner of alien shores.

 

 

A canopy of sea beans over a dirt road:

 

http://i.imgur.com/yx2hayO.png

 

Seed pods:

 

http://i.imgur.com/JsgYlvs.png

http://i.imgur.com/biBIG1q.png

http://i.imgur.com/6EUbUTp.png

 

Seeds:

 

http://i.imgur.com/WIGFw6s.png

http://i.imgur.com/Lq1FgNM.png

 

Germinating seed:

 

http://i.imgur.com/7KZ06yO.png

 

Can you eat this?

I'm not entirely certain.

 

The ground seeds are considered a remedy for all sorts of problems, ranging from constipation to snake bite, and are even used as an aphrodisiac. :blink:

Posted

28 March 2014

Friday

 

 

The Friday Fungus:

 

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

 

The quintessential toadstool.

 

http://i.imgur.com/hCevlOE.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/8xjezXG.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/4zYqxR3.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/42jQiX3.png?1

 

http://i.imgur.com/ybVq1aK.png

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Posted

27 March 2014

Thursday

 

 

 

Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy

 

 

Platynereis larva:

 

http://i.imgur.com/0L8pChb.png

 

 

Squid embryo:

 

http://i.imgur.com/HlTPl30.png

 

 

Capitella larva (sea worm):

 

http://i.imgur.com/jYNJpUC.png

 

 

Fruit fly embryo:

 

http://i.imgur.com/EdvRlDZ.png

 

 

Plankton:

 

http://i.imgur.com/myNBvYP.png

 

Awesome :smoke:

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Posted

28 March 2014

Friday

 

 

The Friday Fungus:

 

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

 

The quintessential toadstool.

 

http://i.imgur.com/hCevlOE.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/8xjezXG.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/4zYqxR3.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/42jQiX3.png?1

 

http://i.imgur.com/ybVq1aK.png

Looks like level one on Sonic and Knuckles

http://www.soniczone0.com/games/sonicandknuckles/mushroomhill/sk-mhz-indeximg.png

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Posted

28 March 2014

Friday

 

 

The Friday Fungus:

 

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

 

The quintessential toadstool.

 

http://i.imgur.com/hCevlOE.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/8xjezXG.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/4zYqxR3.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/42jQiX3.png?1

 

http://i.imgur.com/ybVq1aK.png

 

Here's one you probably haven't ever heard:

 

Q: Why did the Mushroom get invited to the party?

A: Because he's a fungi!

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Posted

[quote name=Mr. IsNot' times

 

tamp='1396104201' post='3121480]

28 March 2014

Friday

 

 

The Friday Fungus:

 

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

 

The quintessential toadstool.

 

http://i.imgur.com/hCevlOE.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/8xjezXG.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/4zYqxR3.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/42jQiX3.png?1

 

http://i.imgur.com/ybVq1aK.png

 

Here's one you probably haven't ever heard:

 

Q: Why did the Mushroom get invited to the party?

A: Because he's a fungi!

 

Ha! :P

  • Like 1
Posted

28 March 2014

Friday

 

 

The Friday Fungus:

 

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

 

The quintessential toadstool.

 

http://i.imgur.com/hCevlOE.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/8xjezXG.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/4zYqxR3.png?1

http://i.imgur.com/42jQiX3.png?1

 

http://i.imgur.com/ybVq1aK.png

 

Here's one you probably haven't ever heard:

 

Q: Why did the Mushroom get invited to the party?

A: Because he's a fungi!

 

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/2066659/freeman-sigh-off-ii-o.gif

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Posted

29 March 2014

Saturday

 

 

 

RARE TERRESTRIAL CEPHALOPOD

 

http://i.imgur.com/cW1dwqQ.png

The Megasquid

 

Researchers in Papua New Guinea have released a grainy trail camera image of the megasquid. The megasquid is a 5 m tall, 8 ton terrestrial air-breathing relative of squid, larger than an African elephant. With tentacles that extend to 10 feet (3 m) and rhino-like skin, the megasquid is a formidable creature. It roams the swampy lowlands of Papua New Guinea. Its arms have evolved to become legs that look like thick columns, each about 1/3 of a meter thick, and the tentacles have become manipulatory appendages. Its locomotion is different from other animals: it first moves its right front and back legs and the left middle legs, then its left front and back legs and its right middle legs. Although it would appear that an invertebrate of this size would not be able to live on land (it would be crushed by gravity and lack of a hard bony skeleton), it has specialized muscles that form rings and columns in the legs to form a mock skeleton-like supporting structure. On its forehead is a pouch for producing a call akin to that of a frog. Its main food source is fruit.

 

http://i.imgur.com/bGa1PEy.png?1

 

Dr. Michael Ogio, director of the Cephalopod Research Institute in Port Moresby, said that the photo was captured by a trail camera placed in the remote swamps west of Daru. Villagers had been reporting sightings of the creature for months, and an expedition to the area is currently being planned. An account of the quest to find this elusive animal will be published in Nature.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/KmuJE4y.jpg

  • Like 4
Posted

23 March 2014

Sunday

 

Sea Beans

 

Entada sp.

 

 

Large leguminous vines related to the green bean, sea beans grow throughout the coastal tropics of the Americas and Africa. The seed pods are 3 to 6 feet long, and the seeds themselves can float and remain viable for two years, establishing the sea bean on all manner of alien shores.

 

 

A canopy of sea beans over a dirt road:

 

http://i.imgur.com/yx2hayO.png

 

Seed pods:

 

http://i.imgur.com/JsgYlvs.png

http://i.imgur.com/biBIG1q.png

http://i.imgur.com/6EUbUTp.png

 

Seeds:

 

http://i.imgur.com/WIGFw6s.png

http://i.imgur.com/Lq1FgNM.png

 

Germinating seed:

 

http://i.imgur.com/7KZ06yO.png

 

Can you eat this?

I'm not entirely certain.

 

The ground seeds are considered a remedy for all sorts of problems, ranging from constipation to snake bite, and are even used as an aphrodisiac. :blink:

 

I can do without the constipation, that's for sure. :o

Posted

29 March 2014

Saturday

 

 

 

RARE TERRESTRIAL CEPHALOPOD

 

http://i.imgur.com/cW1dwqQ.png

The Megasquid

 

Researchers in Papua New Guinea have released a grainy trail camera image of the megasquid. The megasquid is a 5 m tall, 8 ton terrestrial air-breathing relative of squid, larger than an African elephant. With tentacles that extend to 10 feet (3 m) and rhino-like skin, the megasquid is a formidable creature. It roams the swampy lowlands of Papua New Guinea. Its arms have evolved to become legs that look like thick columns, each about 1/3 of a meter thick, and the tentacles have become manipulatory appendages. Its locomotion is different from other animals: it first moves its right front and back legs and the left middle legs, then its left front and back legs and its right middle legs. Although it would appear that an invertebrate of this size would not be able to live on land (it would be crushed by gravity and lack of a hard bony skeleton), it has specialized muscles that form rings and columns in the legs to form a mock skeleton-like supporting structure. On its forehead is a pouch for producing a call akin to that of a frog. Its main food source is fruit.

 

http://i.imgur.com/bGa1PEy.png?1

 

Dr. Michael Ogio, director of the Cephalopod Research Institute in Port Moresby, said that the photo was captured by a trail camera placed in the remote swamps west of Daru. Villagers had been reporting sightings of the creature for months, and an expedition to the area is currently being planned. An account of the quest to find this elusive animal will be published in Nature.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/KmuJE4y.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/1nMYWVO.jpg

 

Come on you guys —a land-dwelling squid larger than an elephant!?

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/___bluejeanbaby/ONTD_Twat/exasperated-dumbledore.gif

  • Like 1
Posted

29 March 2014

Saturday

 

 

 

RARE TERRESTRIAL CEPHALOPOD

 

http://i.imgur.com/cW1dwqQ.png

The Megasquid

 

Researchers in Papua New Guinea have released a grainy trail camera image of the megasquid. The megasquid is a 5 m tall, 8 ton terrestrial air-breathing relative of squid, larger than an African elephant. With tentacles that extend to 10 feet (3 m) and rhino-like skin, the megasquid is a formidable creature. It roams the swampy lowlands of Papua New Guinea. Its arms have evolved to become legs that look like thick columns, each about 1/3 of a meter thick, and the tentacles have become manipulatory appendages. Its locomotion is different from other animals: it first moves its right front and back legs and the left middle legs, then its left front and back legs and its right middle legs. Although it would appear that an invertebrate of this size would not be able to live on land (it would be crushed by gravity and lack of a hard bony skeleton), it has specialized muscles that form rings and columns in the legs to form a mock skeleton-like supporting structure. On its forehead is a pouch for producing a call akin to that of a frog. Its main food source is fruit.

 

http://i.imgur.com/bGa1PEy.png?1

 

Dr. Michael Ogio, director of the Cephalopod Research Institute in Port Moresby, said that the photo was captured by a trail camera placed in the remote swamps west of Daru. Villagers had been reporting sightings of the creature for months, and an expedition to the area is currently being planned. An account of the quest to find this elusive animal will be published in Nature.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/KmuJE4y.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/1nMYWVO.jpg

 

Come on you guys —a land-dwelling squid larger than an elephant!?

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/___bluejeanbaby/ONTD_Twat/exasperated-dumbledore.gif

 

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-sad017.gif

 

Well, that fell flat. I'm glad I didn't keep it in the can until April 1st.

 

Moving along to something that actually can be found in the forests of New Guinea. . .

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