cordyceps__spore

Ecological, Zoology, Biodiversity, Botanical, Alchemy, Mythologies, Fairytales, Folklore, Paganism, Mysticism, Occult, Grotesque, Gothic and Horror curiosities and explorations

[souvenirsofsurgery]

Alucarda (1977) dir. Juan López Moctezuma

[horror-aesthete]

Alucarda, the Daughter of Darkness (Alucarda, la Hija de las Tinieblas), 1977, dir. Juan López Moctezuma

[one-weird-mammal-a-day]

Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum)

[charnel-grounds]

The Vampire Terror & Other True Mysteries by Peter Haining - Armada Books, UK, 1981. Cover art by Eric Kincaid.

[anudibranchaday]

Arguably one of the coolest looking nudibranchs is the Phyllodesmium iriomotense, an aeolid nudibranch native to Japan and Indonesia. It feeds on soft corals and gets to be about 2cm long. While it is small, it definitely seems like some alien one would find on an ice-planet!

[herpsandbirds]

Casper Octopus (Casper sp.), family undetermined, Nazca Ridge, off the Coast of Peru (Pacific Ocean)

Recently discovered, 2016.

photograph via: Ocean Census

[ensalada-de-lengua-de-pajaritos]

[vintagewildlife]

Octopus in its burrow By: Douglas Faulkner From: The Fascinating Secrets of Oceans & Islands 1972

[herpsandbirds]

Surinam Horned Frogs (Ceratophrys cornuta), family Ceratophryidae, Suriname

photographs by Marc Vaillant

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Kribo ( Curly ) Orchid — West Papua + Solomon Islands

[survival-horror-2002-deactivate]

The Evil Within (2014) by  DEADENDTHRILLS

[cordycepsspore]

Lymantrine Moth (Arctornis sp., Lymantriinae, Erebidae)

[thequantumranger]

Resident Evil 4 (2005) | Platform: GameCube

[koenji]

the beautiful biodiversity of plant seeds, genera silene, poppies, oxalisa and solanaceae by J.D. Frei.

[uroko]

The WanderingSoul

[herpsandbirds]

Black Herons (Egretta ardesiaca), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, South Africa

Bttm photo - Using its wings to create shade, which may attract some small fish, but also reduces the glare over the water making it easier to find prey.

photograph by Frikkie Bell

[xanaxfarts]

A frog-eating bat swoops down on a nasty surprise-a poisonous toad at the Bat Conservation International in Austin, Texas. (1982) photog. Merlin D. Tuttle