Raf's Wild Ride Through The Internet

Things go on, but nothing will last

[finnwolfhards]

this is superior humor

[hummingyogurt]

What about a terrestrial anomalocarid/dinocarid?

Behold a man

[poji-deactivated20171002]

OOOOOOHHHhhh

[toastoat]

Me being born

[hockeylvr42]

Out of all the cool stuff that mythbusters ever shot on high speed camera, shooting a soccer ball at 60mph out of a truck traveling 60mph is one of my favorites

Just look at it. It is the most perfect visual representation of Newton’s 2nd law of physics I’ve ever seen. The ball, which was shot out of a CANNON, drops straight down. Two equal and opposite velocities completely canceling each other out, leaving the soccer ball to drop to the earth with a net velocity of 0. Sir issac newton would be proud to tears of this gif.

And yet this “myth” is nothing more than basic physics at work. A 10 year old with an interest in science could have told us this is possible. 60mph in one direction minus 60mph the exact opposite direction is 0. Basic.

But what makes this so frieken cool is the fact that they went through all the trouble to actually demonstrate the invisible laws that govern the way our universe works. To get this shot both the soccer ball and the truck had to be moving at the exact same speed. Real world variables make that extremely difficult to pull off. It took them hundreds of attempts to get it right. They went through all that trouble to “prove” something we have known as fact for hundreds of years. And we get this amazing gif to watch as a result.

Mythbusters is incredible. Science is incredible. And the fact that this experiment in physics can be used in science classes for years and years to come to help children learn about physics is incredible.

[skopostheorie]

[moorcock-deactivated20210717]

athiests be like go grandpa!!

[fredericstewart]

Sketches listening to “At the Mountains of Madness” and another blue-green thing that fit in the bunch

[dgorringeart]

Elder Thing after Haeckel, for the Lovecraft Arts and Sciences Council, Providence, RI. Pen, ink, brush, digital make-it-look-nice. *Defeated sigh* those are more likely anal tubes than penii, and they’re there because I tried to follow the description really, really closely. (it’s very thorough, down to quite precise measurements) 

[ygrittebardots]

anakin skywalker does not use jedi mind tricks 

not once in the films 

do you think that’s a coincidence 

not on your life buddy 

anakin skywalker does not have it in him to overrule another being’s free will

[thelunarboy]

he murders a bunch of children with a laser sword

[akumeoy]

your fave is problematic

[4emptyseats-deactivated20160210]

actually Darth Vader killed those kids. he also killed Anakin, from a certain point of view

[akumeoy]

just ‘cause he changed his name doesn’t mean he’s a different person, he was the same dude under different circumstances. anakin’s life prior to being darth vader was not destroyed by an invading darth vader, it was darth vader’s backstory.

[habitualshaker]

I’m going to help a Sith Lord overthrow the Galactic Republic and systematically hunt down and murder every member of the Jedi order and when Obi-Wan comes for me I’m going to tell him it was my alter ego Countess Boochie Flagrante

[landmaster-deactivated20170811]

[winterswake]

#sorry Baby Yoda!

[foulserpent]

take some time to notice your vision. see how easily you detect motion. focus on something in your peripheral (without moving your eyes to it). see how it works. look at your hands. pick something up with your fingers. appreciate how ridiculously specialized they are in fine motor skills (even if your personal motor skills are lackluster). think about how you have a body built to be an apex predator through use of tools. think about how the brain of your kind has created a digital hivemind uniting the whole world. now look back at the screen.  look at the tab where you are in an argument about cartoons on tumblr. close the tab. open a new tab. google “tribute to anomalocaris”. watch the video that comes up. leave a like. subscribe even though the channel has been inactive for 8 years. you will need it in the coming times

[foulserpent]

[the-tree-line]

my fave thing about alligators is that evolution was just like.. “yeah that’s fine” and left them for 80 million years

[unyanizedcatboys]

My favorite thing about evolution is that it’s tried to make crabs on at least 4 different occasions independently of previous species

[the-tree-line]

so this IS peak performance

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

[gghdos9917jkclapfd]

Uncle Larry

Object Class: Groovin

[nyctosaurid]

who else is in the “didn’t realize sheep have long tails until i was like 20″ club

[dimetrodone]

Undocked unrestrained

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

The reason most farmers dock (cut off) the tails is to prevent fly strike, an often lethal infection of fly larvae in the rear of the sheep. Without a (VERY FLUFFY) tail for fecal matter to accumulate on, fly strike is almost completely eliminated!

[brunhiddensmusings]

there is a wide variety of similar treatments for farm animals that are entirely for the animals well being pigs get their tail curled and tusks removed as babies so they dont accidentally nip each other while playing or stab each other just walking around- even a small tail nip might be fatal once the other pigs react to the scent of blood goats/cows often have their horns removed as babies as well both for obvious reasons to prevent stabbings but also to prevent them from growing in weird that can cause pain and infection for the animal chickens and other poultry, especially pet ones or hobby farms, might have their flight feathers clipped to prevent them from flying over fences, where their life expectancy is nill outside the farm/owners enclosure

[rabbitfishes]

Very good and valid points but please tell me what you mean by “might be fatal once the other pigs react to the scent of blood” before I lose my marbles

[battlships]

Pigs are omnivores and cannibals. Fun fact if you ever have need to dispose of a body, tossing it in a pigpen will get rid of it real fast.

[amaronith]

There’s a reason why everyone went into a full blown panic when Dorothy fell into the pigpen in the Wizard of Oz. Pigs are vicious.

[acefandom103]

[sooske-deactivated20200915]

[myososheep]

[montereybayaquarium]

Welcome back, chambered nautiluses!

The wait is over, chambered nautiluses are back on display in the Aquarium’s “Tentacles” special exhibition! 

Nautiluses are survivors of an ancient ocean that once teems with shelled cephalopods, before competition with fishes and catastrophic extinction events nearly wiped them all out. Chambered nautiluses have existed in some form for over 500 million years, living a scavenging life in the darkness of the deep sea. 

Having survived everything Nature has thrown at them so far, their biggest hurdle is surviving us and our love of their shells! Nautiluses live 20+ years, and grow and reproduce very slowly. The unsustainable harvest of nautiluses for their shells is putting pressure on populations worldwide. 

Our nautiluses are here has a part of scientific research efforts to better understand their life cycle. We’ve partnered with researchers in Fiji who are working to protect and manage these animals, and we hope to inspire people to conserve nautiluses in the wild.

Help us spread the word to leave the shells to the nautiluses, and let’s all join together and show the world some appreciocean for these masterful mollusks!