[soul-angelos-deactivated2023102]

Dark times all around but there are still people out there who love you

Do not hurt yourself, do not hurt others, get help, talk to someone, anyone. Humanity has survived before and we can do it now if we all just support each other. My country and my people let me down and endangered my life but there’s nothing I or anyone else can do about that so let’s try to spread the love that is so clearly lacking.

[houseofcards]

[criterioncollection]

From Tarkovsky’s SOLARIS (1972).

[alaeries]

[nubbsgalore]

the translucent skin of the northern glassfrog (hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni) allows us to see its internal viscera, and, in the case of the fifth photo, a mother’s eggs.

and yet, it is the male glassfrogs who alone provide the parental care, as the females flee the scene once the eggs have been delivered. it for this reason that these protective male glassfrogs can be extremely aggressive.   

to date, there is no clear explanation for the evolution of this transparency. most frogs are not transparent, as this would expose organs to the deleterious effects of sunlight and heat.

but the transparent underbelly of the glassfrog is covered in light reflecting organelles called iridiphores which could give the glassfrogs the ability to optimize their internal homeostasis.

some suspect this abdoninal transparency helps the glassfrog to blend into its environment, though no evidence as yet supports this crypsis hypothesis. 

photos by (click pic) alejandro arteaga, nicholas reusens, thomas marent, pete oxford, heidi and hans jurgen koch, joel sartore and geoff gallice

[cleofrom5to7]

My plan for tonight involves self-medicating with shitty beer until I enjoy the taste of it

[handsomedogs]

Meet Pickle our 3 month old Pit Bull

[jiimhawkiins]

Hannibal ‘Smart-ass’ Lecter

[cleofrom5to7]

So that might’ve been one of the best finales I’ve seen.  (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5f8dMw_Zz4)

[cleofrom5to7]

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[brianmichaelbendis]

James Jean ~ “Seasons”, 2014

[weloveshortvideos]

[omgs]

being the thick friend : /

[dansteinbacher]

Conch piercing I did this week at @saintsabrinas . 14k rose gold flower from @scylla_fine_jewelry .

[awwww-cute]

I thought the shopping bags were a bit heavy

[handsomedogs]

gold italian greyhound | Alessandro Manco

[thebrainscoop]

Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) cleared and stained by Viri, one of the Women in Science interns! Image search these things - you can see how difficult it would be to predict their skeletal anatomy under all that jazz.

EDIT: look at that crazy thing

look at them

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