( Creeps'N'Critters )

A place to appreciate natures straaange diversity. Disclaimer: This is a collection of images found here on tumblr and elsewhere online. Unless stated otherwise they are not my mine. If you find your original work here and would like to be credited, or know the source of an image please let me know.

[morbidology]

Stemonitis fusca is a species of slime mold that is supported on slender stalks.

[thesaurio]

woooahh

[monpetitfantome-blog]

[hounddogsrunning]

Folk-lore by Eric Leo Kogan on Flickr

[creepsncritters]

Bearded Vulture

[creepsncritters]

Jacobin Pigeon.

Essentially the queens of the pigeon world, bitches better beware. 

[magicalnaturetour]

Playful attack by Tiefenschaerfe

[creepsncritters]

http://www.lykoicat.com/

A 'new breed' of cat popping up all over the web. 

I, for one, couldn't be more excited!

[magicalnaturetour]

(via 500px / Hitting by Maxime Riendeau)

[thingswithantlers]

Reindeer/caribou with severely deformed antlers (X)

[sleazy-alleycat]

[kinkirarin]

[kaisergeyser]

Quoth the raven,

BRUSHIE BRUSHIE.

[c-r-photography]

http://c-r-photography.tumblr.com

https://www.facebook.com/ChrisRuefliPhotography http://chris-ruefli-photography.com

[fhauvhebsucbejdiak]

The Pharyngeal Jaws of the Moray Eel

Most fish eat by rapidly expanding their mouth and sucking in their prey. However, due to their narrow heads, moray eels are unable to generate enough negative pressure to capture fish.

Instead, morays use a second pair of jaws located in their throat, called the pharyngeal jaw, to grasp prey and transport it to their digestive systems. The pharyngeal jaw has hooked teeth and can be launched into the oral cavity.

While many species possess these second jaws, moray eels are the only animals that use them to actively capture and restrain prey.

See the Pharyngeal Jaws in Action via Youtube

Yellow Mouthed Moray (Gymnothorax nudivomer) depicted

Images: Hagainativ via Wikimedia Commons; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation

[lime-kiln-spirit-deactivated202]

That’s so metal holy crap I didn’t even know about this lol

[deamhan-deactivated20160913]

so xenomorphs live in the sea then i take it

[creepsncritters]

[omgbuglen]

Protecting catch

[funnywildlife]

Dark Shadow Stare by Seb Photos

[daughter-of-odin]

Wow.

[pushtheheart]

[gokuma]

The Utonagan is a breed of dog that resembles a wolf, but in fact is a mix of three breeds of domestic dog: Alaskan Malamute, German Shepherd, and Siberian Husky.

Metropleeeeeex