If It Wasn't Pretty, Then It Wasn't Me

Roses are red, violets are blue, people don't think it be like it is, but it do.

[vugnasmineralblog]

Fluorite Papa Pocket, Diana Maria Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, Co. Durham, England

[birdblues]

Greater Blue-eared Starling

[anudibranchaday]

Sacoproteus smaragdinus is a herbivorous sea slug that feeds on sea grapes (Caulerpa racemosa). If you look at the algal food, you'll notice that this slug looks remarkably similar! In fact, the entire Sacoproteus genus is distinguishable by its members' resemblance to Caulerpa seaweed.

Photo source

[psikonauti]

Kodkod (Leopardus guigna,also called güiña) photographed by Joel Sartore

[beatricecenci]

John William Godward (English, 1861-1922)

Idleness

[ps1]

Emesis orichalceus

[thingsyoucantunsee]

[fawn-soul]

Planet TOI 1338 b

[disease]

“LAPIN – UNE OREILLE LEVÉE” ÉDOUARD-MARCEL SANDOZ // circa 1919 [patinated bronze | 6 x 7 x 4.4 cm.]

[antiqueanimals]

Joseph Wolf

[beatricecenci]

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)

Le Ravissement de Psyché

[janeforest]

[thefugitivesaint]

Langston Hughes (1902-1967), ‘Tired’, “New Masses”, Vol. 6, #9, Feb. 1931 Source

[anudibranchaday]

Phyllodesmium poindimiei is a brightly coloured aeolid nudibranch that can grow up to 5 cm long. It feeds on soft corals, and can be found throughout the Indo-Pacific. P. poindimiei near Hawaii eat a specific type of octocoral that is invasive to the area, so the slugs' use for controlling invasive octocoral abundance has been studied - though the results were not promising.

Photo source - christophermark on iNaturalist

[eupholism]

MARBLED CAT (PARDOFELIS MARMORATA) A supersize tail likely helps this house-cat-size species balance as it navigates the forests of Southeast Asia at night. Due largely to its secretive lifestyle, it is one of the least known small wildcats. Photo by Joel Sartore.

Source: Nationalgeographic.com

[antiqueanimals]

Stag, or Red Deer. (1898). John George Wood (English, 1827 – 1889)

[stamp-it-to-me]

a 2014 Japanese stamp depicting an arctic hare

[id: a postage stamp with a detailed, realistic illustration of an arctic hare, which is white with black tipped ears. end id]