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this octopus drew my attention by making a bloop noise while i was looking at a sug (i would absolutely not have seen it otherwise), swam up to me, reached out, and then ran away and hid under a rock.

the sug in question. size of my hand and oblivious to the seasoned killer less than a metre away

plant blast

#take me back to the sandstone heath on the bomb testing facility with the 'this land is sacred to the local indigenous people' sign out #the front. next to the unexploded ordinance warnings. jesus christ

deadbeatmaker

can you guys tell me your favorite biome and where you’re from. maybe why you like it too. mine is taiga and alpine tundra

tepkunset

I could never give up the temperate forests of Mi'kma'ki 🖤 between the many rivers/lakes and the diverse spread of different tree types - that btw look especially beautiful in Autumn - it's easy to feel comfort!

deadbeatmaker

I understand why you love it I would love to see it. The colors and different plants are so beautiful and warm together. I love the sápmi tundra and taiga especially in winter. some people think it’s harsh and unwelcoming but they don’t know her like I do…

(first pic is mine, the others are from google)

#full throated temperate and subtropical eucalypt woodland convert #ravaged by the first two hundred years of colonial agricultural expansion and the last fifty years of colonial suburban sprawl #every time i go to a new place i pass by a patch of vegetation and go that looks like a critically endangered grassy woodland #and then i find it on the pct map and it's a critically endangered grassy woodland #they're just so structurally interesting and diverse #the mosses and lichens and orchids on bare earth and then you get to the mosaic of grasses and the ten million peas and acacias #in the understorey. and the eucs of course. i spent like 100 hours staring at those thangs and i never got sick of it #even simplified sites will blow you away #tiny remnant patch in a park by an industrial estate #somehow as soon as restoration began a bush-pea poked its head out of the soil #no clue how it got there. either it survived half a century in the seedbank or it got flown in to this isolated patch #from tens of kilometres away #but i dont even know if mirbeliae get eaten by birds #honourable mention to the sandstone heaths and swamps #maybe i just like oligotrophic communities #but who doesnt

made a sideblog to reblog one william things from/post some bull shit @imagecreatures

razehider

there was a point in time where i found tiny depressed looking weevils under just about every oak leaf i flipped, but this Coeliodes was probably my favorite. no longer in the classic scrunched up seed pose that i tended to find them in but also not really alarmed by my presence, just gazing at nothing in particular. contemplative, even

(May 22nd, 2025)

razehider

shithowdy

american blackbirds are icterids but european blackbirds are thrushes but american robins are thrushes but european robins are flycatchers and they are named robin because (checks notes) brits in the 1400s called them "robert" on account of they are just some familiar guy who shows up in your yard. hold on post canceled is that really why they are called that? what the fuck. they did this with jackdaws and magpies too? i can't even be annoyed. how human. "who's that? that's bob." fuck dude it sure is.

#and australian magpies are artamids and australian robins are petroicids and we still call our wagtails willie

quilbug-cam

This was a weird one... I don't have a good ID for them and I have no idea what they were doing on this hanging dead stick. They seemed peaceful, and only got agitated when I got near with my camera... I wonder what they were up to?

🪲ID Guess: Bees? 🌿Date: November 2026

Shakey video under the cut

#prev #yeah i reckon i've seen halictid sleeping parties on dead twigs and op also seems australian #my main question is how this is from november 2026

mbari-blog

A precious poof in a sea of snow ❄️🧡🌊

The dandelion siphonophore (Dromalia alexandri) is one of several species in the family Rhodaliidae. These siphonophores are typically found just above the seafloor, where the water is rich in food. They use long, sticky tentacles to anchor themselves in place while other tiny tentacles grab any food drifting in the currents.⁠ ⁠ The flurries surrounding this delightful deep-sea drifter, known as marine snow, are constantly falling from the ocean's surface down to the deep sea. This mixture is made up of dead bodies, poop, and snot. The dead bodies are the remains of microscopic algae and animals that live in shallow waters but sink to the depths after they die. The poop consists of fecal pellets from small, shrimp-like animals such as copepods or krill. Much of the snot is debris from gelatinous animals called larvaceans, which filter and consume marine snow using mucous nets.⁠ This steady stream of organic matter helps sustain a remarkable community of animals living far below the ocean's surface.

#mbari i dont think you know what that word means #happy pride

bowelfly

happy draw a shitty comic day

echinoderm-of-the-day

Chondrocidaris brevispina

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/66598588

#this is a redgum flower head you cant trick me #probably amplifplia its 11merous so it could be tereticornis but it looks like some of the buds have broke off

normal sized moth

lllinens

Every year like clockwork I see expats and tourists complaining about the rain in Australia (Syd/Mel esp) - like ffs it’s not sunny year round... we have seasons and it’s winter what were you expecting… esp if you’re travelling off season…

Sydney alone receives more total rainfall than London on average annually…

#melbournian spotted 🫵#syd and most of the temperate-subtropical east coast has wet summers dry winters #sydney localisation: why are yanks complaining about the freezing wind and dry lips you came here in august cunt #i do keep seeing americans talk about how theyre surprised about how 'tropical' syd is though #erm actually its köppen cfa humid subtropical ☝️

waspdaily

Today's wasp of the day is the yellow ichneumon (Xanthopimpla punctata)!

Credits: photo 1, photo 2

Agent Lemondrop reporting for duty to save your cereal! As a parasitoid of various stem destroying caterpillars that target big time commercial crops like sugarcane and grains, this wasp is happy to help out at any farm. In fact, a 2025 study has discovered that they've recently been branching out to parasitizing pests of banana plants as well.

#XANTHOPIMPLA MENTION!!!!!!#yelow

daily-jelly

Cyanea mjobergi

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317685399

#this is where all the meat on earth comes from

creatureimages

love this animal. the oedipus

razehider

the ever-present Theba pisana has no respect for personal space and is more social than you'd think, so it's not uncommon to find them in funny Configurations™ like a little ring around a flower, sprinkled all over a big bush like berries, or in this case, using spanish broom stems to form a nice snail kebab

(September 5th, 2025)

2shy

#LAMBERTIA MENTION!!!!!!!!!

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