Imploding Volcanoes

Paid by the word

[amnhnyc]

Did you ever wish you had a built-in blanket? Well, this cephalopod doesn’t need to wish… Meet the Indo-Pacific violet blanket octopus (Tremoctopus gracilis)! While males are tiny, rarely growing more than a few centimeters long, females are more than 10,000 times that size—reaching lengths of up to 6 ft (2 m)! Females also sport massive “blankets,” which are actually webs of skin connecting their dorsal arms. When threatened, they can drop these appendages, distracting predators as they make their escape. 

Photo: mbartick, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

[amnhnyc]

Have you ever seen the polka dot wasp moth (Syntomeida epilais)? This insect inhabits neotropical regions in parts of South America, Central America, and North America. It can grow up to 2 in (5.2 cm) long. Males and females both sport striking blue colors, with white spots and red-tipped abdomens. While these insects don’t sting like true wasps, they are toxic to predators. 

Photo: Andrea Diaz,CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

[gidgets-fabricator]

Sara Lance Fashion Tournament: Season 5 Final Round

Down to the last second with this one! And we ended up with a tie in one of the matches, so we've got 3 finalists.

190: Mr Parker's Cul De Sac (5x07)

I'm surprised that cowboy Sara didn't crush the competition this time! Nearly taken out by a plain tank top! Anyway, this ensemble is from her trip back to the S3 finale with Ava to save Gary from Damien Darhk. Ava's corresponding outfit won her tournament. Will they match?

200: Freaks and Greeks, I Am Legends (5x12-5x13)

Sara's sorority party outfit, perfect for beating a literal god at beer pong. While temporarily blind.

207: Swan Thong, Ground Control to Sara Lance, Back to the Finale: Part II (5x15-6x01, 6x07)

I do sincerely apologize for the silly photo but there aren't a lot of full body images of this costume! Worn for a celebratory punk concert, an alien abduction, and several failed attempts to prevent the alien abduction at the punk concert.

Best outfit

190: western outfit (5x07)

200: black halter top, sunglasses (5x12-5x13)

207: punk outfit (5x15-6x01, 6x07)

Remaining time: 4 days 7 hours

[rooji-r]

[douglas-duke-keane]

absolutely loved the legends bit where they called 1 season's big bad mallus pronounced like mollusk and they were like 'man that guy has such a lame name' and then they found out it was pronounced like malice and they all went 😮😮😮😮

[clair-audients]

i love her

[alma-de-naturaleza]

[stumblngrumbl]

wth

"tens of thousands"

these ones are likely Mobula Munkiana

up to about 1.1m width

The largest school of rays ever caught on film

Tens of thousands of mobula rays come together off the coast of Baja California in a brilliant display of their massive numbers underwater.

[amnhnyc]

It's time for Trilobite Tuesday! Some trilobite fossils can only be fully appreciated after skilled preparators have completed their rock-removing magic. This includes prime examples of the strange, spinose Middle Devonian genus Radiaspis—one of the more dramatic (and difficult to prepare) trilobites ever to emerge from the fossil-abundant Moroccan Lagerstatte. Few complete examples of this 1.6–3.1 in- (4–8 cm-) long odontopleurid have been successfully extracted.

[1rakus]

new york freakin city baby

[vesperifer]

[ Wyll, Blade of Frontiers ]

finished a sketch I had in drafts, it's a little rough but I like it as it is, so

[theonion]

[music-daily]

Lil Nas X gives a life update.

[crowcaws]

Incredible events unfolding on reddit

[crowcaws]

[crowcaws]

I would die for Tessa. I would find her 200 toothbrushes.

[crowcaws]

So it looks like Tessa has been using these veggietales toothbrushes for ages, but has misplaced the stash.

[kiisaes]

everyone eat more vegetables NOW!!! and mention the last vegetable you ate in the tags so we're all on the buddy system. I'll start: bok choy

[theonion]

In a statement delivered to friends, family members, and household pets, Kendall Garretson announced Monday that she would like to become an 13-ton, 275-horsepower John Deere row-crop tractor when she grows up.

Garretson, who turned 5 in May, developed an interest in becoming the powerful motor-driven vehicle during a recent trip to her grandfather’s farm. According to sources, the young kindergarten student made her decision based on a number of key factors, including her desire to have “big wheels,” make holes in the ground with “a digger,” and chase birds and butterflies through fields of sunflowers.

“I’m gonna be a tractor,” Garretson said. “Tractors are fun.”

Full Story

[gayvampyr]

me after a minor inconvenience: i hope i get hit by a [remembers i’m anti car-centric infrastructure] pedestrian

[gayvampyr]

and i hope she’s an older lesbian

[seasonofhotness]

Day twelve of making art everyday for Pride Month. June 12: Korra and Asami from Legend of Korra!

Prev. Next