ectotherm enthusiast

Ari | 30s | Still here despite it all

[moldavite]

good news. the things that used to upset me no longer upset me. bad news. i'm creating an army of bugs to hurt innocent bystanders

[herpsandbirds]

Southern Gastric Brooding Frog (Rheobatrachus silus), family Myobtrachidae, found in the Blackall Range and Conondale Ranges in southeast Queensland, north of Brisbane, Australia

EXTINCT.

First discovered by western science in 1972 (possibly 1914), the last wild specimen was encountered in 1981, and the last captive specimen died in 1983.

The cause(s) for decline and extinction are unclear, but may include introduced species, habitat degradation, and the Chyrtrid fungus.

There is a project currently working to clone this frog. They have only been successful, so far, in cloning an embryo.

Females would swallow fertilized eggs, and brood them and tadpoles in her stomach. The metamorphosed froglets would emerge from her mouth later on.

There is considerable disagreement as to which family they should be included in (with some herpetologists putting the 2 species of Rheobatrachus into their own family).

illustrations via: MAHN Museum of Natural History

photograph by Michael Tyler

[threedollarsdotcom]

this is the fifth fucking geode ive crakced open whys its all meat

[low-polly]

my liege those are crab rangoons

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

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[deepdwellingsteamboat]

WILD ISLES 2023・1x01 Our Precious Isles

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[adirtnap]

[bird-gifs-collection-agency]

im fat im fat im gray oh yay yes im bird today today!

[thoodleoo]

i know i said i did not want to talk about the nolan odyssey but i do have one more nodyssey post in me. i actually think the idea of odysseus understanding his story as existing both in and out of a historic timeframe is a fun way to handle the liminality caused by the story being part of an extensive oral tradition. however having him say "our age of bronze is collapsing" is perhaps not the way i would have done that

[treecitysessions]

[vampiregirlestrogen]

i did not moan while i was drinking your blood and even if i did it meant nothing. i hate you.

[catgirl-kaiju]

try not to laugh for 10,000 years challenge ends in failure when on the 3,652,424th day a delightful tumbling beetle causes me to chuckle whistfully

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[tuxankhamun]

sorry kids daddy lost all his money betting on rhinoceros beetle fights again there won't be a christmas this year

[bester-jester]

good news babies, momma just cleared some chump of everything. Two christmases this year. God i love beetles fighting

[nyanletnest]

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[littleguysdaily]