#eukaryota

[silliestcreature196]

Let's be chocolate chip with mama

[hellsitegenetics]

love the people talking about microorganisms as if there's a meta

[areallyneatcicadashell]

I can’t stop thinking about him. 12 foot wingspan. Flight speed up to 84 miles per hour. Lives over 50 years. Circumnavigates the southern ocean. 4 subspecies. Probably so soft to hug.

[wikipediapictures]

Blue-footed booby

“Blue-footed Boobies on Isabela Island” - via Wikimedia Commons

[arachnology-enthusiast]

this very polite little gal (Bombus impatiens) landed on me while I was on a hike yesterday. she landed on my shirt, looking a bit sluggish, so I decided to (gently) scoop her onto my hand to give her an opportunity to drink a bit of my sweat before relocating her to a flower, where she promptly got lost in the sauce. while reviewing the photos for iNat, I realized there was something on her leg. I'm not too adept with bumblebees and their various parasites; does anyone know what that is? for all I know, it could just be a clump of pollen, but I've never heard of pollen pants being asymmetrical. TIA!

[travelella]

Green Sea Turtle - The Port A Jetty, East Cotter Avenue, Port Aransas, Texas, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas

Conservation status: Endangered (Population decreasing) 

Mass: 350 lbs (Adult) 

Class: Reptilia

Domain: Eukaryota

Family: Cheloniidae

Genus: Chelonia; Brongniart, 1800

The green sea turtle, also known as the green turtle, black turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia.

Green turtles are found worldwide primarily in subtropical and temperate regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and in the Mediterranean Sea. In U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters, green turtles are found in inshore and nearshore waters from Texas to Maine, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

EMPEROR, TERROR, WARLORD, MASTER OF THE AVIAN SKIES -- IF GOD HIMSELF WERE A BIRD.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1240×1870 -- Spotlight on ornithologist Jerry McGahan holding a 6 month old Andean Condor, the largest flying bird on the planet. Picture taken in 1971.

EXTRA INFO: The Andean Condor is one of the largest flying birds in the world as its wings spread more than 9 feet from tip to tip. Condors can soar and glide for hours without beating their wings, reaching speeds of 55 mph.

Sources: www.reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/comments/ibocxz, X, various, etc...

[snototter]

Red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) in Burke County, North Carolina, USA

by Jim Petranka