#nature is weird

[shit-my-boyfriends-say]

May your fog be sentient and your longitudinal waves be undetected

[paradoxfeed]

octopuses shouldn't be able to learn from watching each other. they're loners. they barely meet. they die before their babies are even born. and yet. they watch. they learn. they copy behaviors they've never been taught. the ocean is full of animals that break their own rules. Read more on Paradox Feed

[light-immaculate]

Mushroom hunting is the only hobby where being lucky is the primary quality necessary for improvement.

The moment your beginner's luck runs out you stop getting better on account of being dead.

[mcchill-16]

A cool edit I whipped up just now 😎

[favorite-flower-fella]

Corpse Flower :]

When it’s not in bloom—the vast majority of the time—Titan arum basically consists of a giant tuberlike stem and a single massive leaf that grows aboveground and superficially resembles a small tree. The leaf lasts for about a year, producing food through photosynthesis and sending it to the tuber for safekeeping. When the leaf dies, the tuber goes dormant for a few months before sending up another leaf

Most of the flowering plants that are familiar to us have colorful, sweet-smelling blooms to attract bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators that help them reproduce. The corpse plant has evolved to look and smell like decaying meat so that it appeals to a different group of pollinators: the flies, beetles, and other insects that feed on carrion…it emitted sulfur compounds at rates similar to those of landfills.

Its fetid perfume travels far and wide to attract as many pollinators as possible. Many plants that rely on carrion insects for pollination have evolved mechanisms to produce heat, which carries the scent higher as it rises and distributes it throughout the nearby environment…the spadix can warm up to as much as 20 degrees Fahrenheit above the ambient temperature.

[randominteresting]

This turtle behavior, often called claw fluttering is a courtship ritual where a male rapidly vibrates or waves his long front claws near a female’s face to attract her.

[the-biologist-offical]

i liek beans

*steals your beans*

This is a fascinating event. Tumblr users usually don't interact directly with me, but it seems like this one has stolen my beans.

Tumblr users love beans. If you are ever caught in the open with a Tumblr user and you are out of femboys and garlic bread, beans will protect you in a pinch, assuming they haven't been stolen.

[randominteresting]

The head of a tapeworm under an electron microscope