a sprout

Self-taught artist and bird/fish mom. Art, inspiration, aesthetic, and personal thoughts. I tried to make this an image only blog and failed.  Feel free to submit your art and photography, or ask me to reblog your art! I love supporting other artists. If you send me high quality pet photos I'll do u a pet art. [info] View my art tag [here] (still building a portfolio)

[seatrench]

(source)

[eclipsebytaemin]

I love walking with her.

[theramseyloft]

The giants got a proper bathtub.

[spinningblueball]

I always love this picture.  this is what we could see in 1996, 2005, and then 2015.  Amazing how science has continued to grow in knowledge!

[devinellekurtz]

Tiny Stars

[ablogforbettas]

my snail made a boat out of a leaf and I’m very impressed.

[arcadecutie]

@cabbage-cult

[ruushes]

new friend!! new friend!! hope this one doesnt die thirty minutes into the next episode!!

wrt to the cliffhanger i wont claim i wasnt as surprised as the next person but i feel like we shouldnt be surprised that the guy in the ‘goth dad’ t-shirt secretly gave his character one of the gothest name possible

[seatrench]

Happy Birthday Tiny Cuttlefish!

(source)

[amandarust]

Last one for the night.

g'night kids. be good while I’m gone.

[crossconnectmag]

Illustrations by Anita Khrustaleva (Nurtdinova)

Anita Khrustaleva is a 26 years old graphic artist from Ufa, Russian Federation. She is currently a student majoring in architecture at the Ufa State Petroleum Technological University. You can see much more of Anita’s drawings and paintings on her Instagram, where he constantly post new work. 

Let’s make #CrossConnect the most popular hashtag on Twitter!

posted by Margaret

[crimson-chains]

Deer God <3 

LOTS OF ORIGINAL STUFF LATELY Hope you guys are enjoying ^^

[exploregif-blog]

[gifsboom]

Octopus makes a rolling armor with a coconut. [video]

[hella-free-space]

Always reblog for cephalopods♡

[simonalkenmayer]

second order tool usage. A mark of higher intellect.

[mrdetectivedouche]

Okay but is the octopus scared and using the shell as a defense and faster getaway or is it rolling down the hill…playing?

[simonalkenmayer]

Octopuses love to solve puzzles and play. To be kept at aquariums, they must have a chest of enrichment toys, or they will try to escape.

[kaleighbytheway]

Even with enrichment sometimes they try to escape, for kicks/to make the humans mad.

[paintsparrow]

if octopuses lived longer and had more complex social structures, i think they'd be a candidate for the "non-human person" label. we would also be in a lot of trouble. probably.

[bijoux-et-mineraux]

Hemimorphite - Sa Duchessa Mine, Oridda, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

[aquatictimes]

P. gertrudae after their nibbles. These puppies are so tame!

[petsofcloudclipper]

Walmart boy was looking spiffy last night! Pretty impressed tbh.

Thinking of naming him Marty…. May change though. Still an ass to all the snails, especially the nerite.

[paintsparrow]

nice fins!!! he's lovely!

[911parrotalert]

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Translucent Goby Fish, Egypt

Photo – Tobias Friedrich