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By Annie Montgomerie on Flickr.

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Björn Árnason, Walls  

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Delicate insect wing earrings by camillataylor (on Tumblr)

Visit her Etsy shop Horseflesh to find these and more amazing items.

1. Caddisfly. 2. Honey bee. 3. Bumblebee. 4. Cicada. 5. Leafhopper. 6. Mayfly.

Camilla Taylor: Web | Facebook | Tumblr | Etsy

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Thanks for the mention!

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Ferns and Mushrooms Beautiful gorgeous pretty flowers

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La Planète Sauvage

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By Annie Montgomerie on Flickr.

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Artist Name: Amy Moen

Tumblr: http://amymoenart.tumblr.com

Created for Gab Collab, a collaborative project. Paint blob by Gabrielle Rose, pencil and composition by Amy Moen.

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Naked Ambition (Scientific American)

Native to the Horn of Africa, this small rodent (Heterocephalus glaber) is neither a mole nor a rat; it is actually more closely related to porcupines and guinea pigs. The animal’s pale-pink, wrinkled skin is nearly hairless, the better to slip through those narrow burrows. But there is yet another more compelling fact: in all the thousands of naked mole rats that have lived and died in research labs and zoos over the past several decades, not a single instance of spontaneous cancer has been recorded1.

Researchers have found it tough to induce cancer in naked mole rats. Working in culture, they have infected cells from the creatures with a genetically engineered virus that contains a pair of oncogenes, or cancer-promoting genes, that reliably turns mouse cells malignant2,3. “This common oncogenic cocktail had no effect on the naked-mole-rat cells,” says Rochelle Buffenstein, a physiologist at the University of Texas, San Antonio, and a pioneer of naked-mole-rat research. “They did not become tumorigenic, they didn’t rapidly proliferate, they didn’t invade tissues.”

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Vegetarian Vampires ~ Remedios Varo

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Artist Name: Zoe Appleseed

Tumblr: zoeappleseed

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By Kimika Hara

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T-Rex Cake by Callicious Cakes …See the cake: http://cakesdecor.com/cakes/142961-t-rex-cake

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From Mademoiselle Loulou.

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Freak of Nature A truly bizarre and awesome Hawk Moth Caterpillar (Sphingidae), hangs in “lifeless mode” due to my disturbing its branch to get a shot. Body length almost 12cm (~5 inches) plus tail. And yes, thats a shield or hood (similar to a Hooded Mantis) behind its head. The consensus of Sphingid experts is that this doesn’t resemble any larva known from my area with a high likelihood of being an unrecorded species. by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese caterpillars on my Flickr site HERE…..

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Artist & Illustrator:

Caitlin Hackett

"The Jackalope and the Key"

Ballpoint Pen and Watercolor on Cold Press Watercolor Paper