[polychaete-of-the-day]

One more Amblyosyllis for you today, this time in triangle flavour! Amblyosyllis spectabilis.

Photo by unorthodox_sketch

[polychaete-of-the-day]

Polychaete of the day is a heckin' eldritch Phragmatopoma californica, or the California sandcastle worm. Outside of their tubes, these worms look incredible!

Photo by Leslie Harris

[mammalianmammals]

Eurasian Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus), family Muridae, England, UK

photo by The Mouse family that live by the brambles

[cishits]

Repeat after me:

Transmisandry does not exist.

Trans men are not systematically oppressed for being trans men.

They are systematically oppressed for being trans.

That is literally transphobia.

[mustyoshi]

So that means that transwomen are not oppressed for being trans women, but just for being trans, right?

[cishits]

Trans women are oppressed for being women & for being trans.

Why would a conversation about how trans men aren’t oppressed for being men “mean” anything when it comes to trans women?

This is literally “soo if unicorns don’t exist then neither do horses!!! CHECKMATE SJW” logic.

[tankie-transfeminist]

omg, this is from 2015….

[herpsandbirds]

Indian Courser (Cursorius coromandelicus), parents and chick, family Glareolidae, order Charadriiformes, Bhigwan Grasslands, Maharashtra, India

photograph by Shiva Kumar

[cuttledreams-bugs]

I deliver a friend feel free to spread it as you please

[charmefilms]

Deep red (1975)

dir. Dario Argento

[tlirsgender]

Being critical of your interests is sooooo fun when you have the critic gene & then you sound kind of insane to the average tv watcher when you're like "this is my favorite show, It's Racist" & then you try to clarify what you mean & get that [Speech (legendary) - FAILURE] "the racism is really interesting though"

[tlirsgender]

[Speech (legendary) - SUCCESS] I find the sociopolitical context of pulpy old sci-fi born circa the civil rights movement really fascinating to analyze especially when it was progressive for its time but still reveals the writers' unexamined biases in the subtext

[tlirsgender]

Now to the untrained eye you might be thinking. Wouldn't you rather watch a show that isn't racist? But that's the fuck of it all, nothing is free of The Context and The Subtext. Everything is lowkey racist. And I like star trek

[tlirsgender]

I feel a lot of people are taking this post to be about "I like xyz *despite* its flaws" but I'm talking about the much harder to explain "I actively enjoy the specific way this thing sucks" like it's part of The Experience that it kinda sucks. Criticizing it is fun for me. You know ? I'm studying it in my bug jar

[lowpolyanimals]

Pig from Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul (Проклятые Земли)

[herpsandbirds]

Cloven-feathered Dove (Drepanoptila holosericea), family Columbidae, endemic to New Caledonia

photograph by Lev Frid

[decapod-of-the-day]

Decapod of the day: Lacunicambarus ludovicianus | Painted Devil Crayfish

[herpsandbirds]

This is easily one of the CRAZIEST videos I've ever gotten. I was rafting down a river when a Yellow Jacket came, landed on my bright pink waterproof phone pouch, and started drinking from the water droplets that had gathered there.

The most amazing part is how the water droplet magnifies the Hornet's mouth parts, so you get to see them up-close!!!! It was FASCINATING to witness!

Here's some of my favorite still shots from that video:

What do you think? 🥰

[1five1two]

Red-cheeked cordon-bleu. Dubi Shapiro.

[mbari-blog]

A technicolor feast in the deep 💜🍴🩷⁠

The dinner plate jelly (Solmissus spp.) may look delicate, but it's one of the deep sea's most skilled predators. This denizen of the deep has an appetite for other gelatinous animals. Jellies, comb jellies, siphonophores, salps—they are all on the menu for Solmissus. In fact, this jelly has one of the most diverse diets of all midwater animals—so far, we have seen Solmissus eating 21 different types of gelatinous prey.⁠ ⁠ A hungry dinner plate jelly swims with tentacles held forward. Most jellies are passive predators who drag wispy tentacles behind their bells to catch food that gets trapped in their wake. But the dinner plate jelly relies on stealth to capture food. Swimming with those tentacles out in front allows Solmissus to catch their prey by surprise. Before prey can sense the pulses of the approaching predator, the jelly’s crown of tentacles snares a meal. Tiny stinging cells on the jelly’s tentacles fire microscopic harpoons that stick like Velcro to slippery prey. The tentacles curl under, bringing their catch to the mouth beneath the bell, then slowly unfurl to snatch their next meal.⁠ ⁠ Solmissus is one of the most common jellies that we encounter in the depths of Monterey Bay’s submarine canyon. Our researchers have revealed the abundance and importance of jellies in the deep sea. Using underwater robots, we can observe delicate deep-sea drifters without damaging them or disrupting their behaviors.

[herpsandbirds]

Western or Arfak Parotia (Parotia sefilata), family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes, found only in the mountain forests of Vogelkop and the Wandammen Peninsula of Western New Guinea

Male, performing a courtship display.

photograph by Lam SG

[qelflinq]

post-werewolf-rampage meet-cute

[herpsandbirds]

Riverside Wren (Cantorchilus semibadius), family Troglodytidae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Alex MA