I am in love with this new deep sea fish!
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foxfirefeyso ghostly, so pretty! More on the expedition that found it at BBC. "It is unbelievably fragile, and when it swims, it looks like it has wet tissue paper floating behind it. And it has a weird snout—it looks like a cartoon dog snout."
Here's 14 of the many species we discovered in the past year
Hermit Crab House Party
Nov. 15th, 2014 01:33 pmbirguslatroHermit Crabs, when they see I nice big new shell, line up in a row, biggest to smallest, to exchange their shells...
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141103-hermit-crab
No queue jumping allowed!
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141103-hermit-crab
No queue jumping allowed!
Star Trek had it wrong
Feb. 27th, 2014 03:05 pmfoxfirefeyBlood based on copper is baby blue, not green. We know this because we harvest the blood of horseshoe crabs for its magical properties, and it's baby blue.
First gear found in living creature
Dec. 27th, 2013 12:45 pmfoxfirefeyOn the legs of jumping critter the size of an ant:
The gears help synchronize the movements of jumping in a precise manner. The weirdest part is it's only on the juveniles! The feature gets lost as an adult.
The gears help synchronize the movements of jumping in a precise manner. The weirdest part is it's only on the juveniles! The feature gets lost as an adult.
new species of gecko discovered
Nov. 14th, 2013 10:03 amironed_orchid
Leaf-tailed geckos are large, impressive lizards that are highly camouflaged against rocks and tree trunks. Most species are rainforest dependent but some occur in drier habitats in association with rock. These geckos are restricted to eastern Australia, with species having highly localized distributions, including some found on a single mountain or range.
The six previously known species of the genus Saltuarius are distributed in rock outcrops and rainforests along the ranges from northern New South Wales to the Wet Tropics region of north-east Queensland.
The newly discovered species, scientifically named Saltuarius eximius, is known only from the vicinity of the type locality in the uplands of the Melville Range, Cape Melville.
More info and MOAR PICTURES at Sci-News
Life can be slower than you can imagine
Oct. 25th, 2013 10:35 amfoxfirefeyDeep microbes live long and slow -- microbes deep in the ocean that only divide once every TEN THOUSAND YEARS
I can't even
I can't even
rokeonSo these are massive, 12 cm long bugs that already look like nightmare fuel even before you watch the video of one hatching and realize that they were actually designed by H. R. Giger. But the deeply awesome part is that they were believed to be extinct for 80 years until a couple of scientists went hunting and found a surviving population of exactly 24 insects living under a single shrub on a neighboring island:
Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years
Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years
Ice worms: melt at 40*F
Jun. 29th, 2013 11:13 amfoxfirefeyIce worms live in glaciers and MELT AT 40*F! They are designed to spend their entire lives at temperatures near 32*F. And we're not talking tiny things either, this species grows to 2.4 inches.
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Anyway, I'm not sure I mentioned it, but I took over administration of this community. So, if you have any requests for it, let me know. I have started out by doing some tagging.
go home evolution, you are drunk
Feb. 9th, 2013 01:03 pmforthwrittenI suspect this is relevant to the interests of many of this community's members.
http://wtfevolution.tumblr.com/
http://wtfevolution.tumblr.com/
