The strangeness of nature in all its forms
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Planthopper from Suriname
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2013-11-19 08:22 am (UTC)
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slippy
I love your post title, because seriously. That thing looks like a bizarre firework rather than a living being.
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2013-11-19 08:26 am (UTC)
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ironed_orchid
Pretty much exactly that.
I think it has evolved so its head looks like a tail, but it hurts my brain to think about it for too long.
ETA: To clarify, I think the head is the pointy looking thing on the right, and the bristly bit is its weird camouflage/defense mechanism.
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2013-11-19 09:53 am (UTC)
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2013-11-19 09:38 am (UTC)
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nanila
It sort of looks like what might happen if you left a paintbrush to evolve in a dark, damp corner for a very long time.
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2013-11-19 09:51 am (UTC)
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ironed_orchid
Either that or what happens when a grasshopper and some optic fibre love each other very much.
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2013-12-14 08:58 pm (UTC)
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foxfirefey
How did I miss this post
HOW DOES THAT EXIST
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2013-12-15 01:29 am (UTC)
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ironed_orchid
It really hurts my brain to look at it.
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Date: 2013-11-19 08:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-11-19 08:26 am (UTC)I think it has evolved so its head looks like a tail, but it hurts my brain to think about it for too long.
ETA: To clarify, I think the head is the pointy looking thing on the right, and the bristly bit is its weird camouflage/defense mechanism.
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Date: 2013-11-19 09:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-12-14 08:58 pm (UTC)HOW DOES THAT EXIST
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Date: 2013-12-15 01:29 am (UTC)