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hi did u knwo that ur jealous of my corals

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Prairie and Zoanthus (their ship name is Zoarie)✨

I love these two so much, wholesome dragon girlfriends lol💕

Prairie is the sand/sky and Zoanthus is the sea/hive

Prairie is a wandering bard, she sings and dances anywhere and everywhere she can (or cant). Prairie may be a proud lesbian but that doesnt stop her from subjecting any and every beautiful dragon that catches their eye to her horrible (they're amazing if you ask her) pickup lines. Prairie's laugh is incredibly infectious and she is always down for a good joke (or a bad one, she cant tell the difference). Her girlfriend, Zoanthus, is her favorite dragon in the whole wide world, and she makes sure to tell her so every day. Prairie loves teasing Zoanthus and leaving the other flustered and confused. Oftentimes her girlfriend doesnt pick up on her jokes, but that's okay, Prairie'll explain it once she finishes rolling on the floor with laughter.

Zoanthus used to be a member of the seawing guard, but was eventually "seduced away" as Prairie likes to put it, and left her job to travel with Prairie across the continent. Zoanthus is usually a very rigid and cool headed dragon, she did her job well, never taking personal feelings or emotions into her work. After meeting Prairie though, her life felt like it exploded with emotion and color. Prairie makes her FEEL, more than she ever had before and she treasures every second together with her girlfriend. Zoanthus is not one of many words and she does not speak her mind as often as she wishes she would, but she makes sure to shower Prairie with affection through gifts and actions when her words fail her. Zoanthus would follow Prairie to the ends of the earth as long as Prairie would have her there

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We are happy to announce the publication of a scientific paper analyzing the presence and potency of palytoxin (PLTX) in Palythoa spp. and Zoanthus spp. Zoantharians conducted by the Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography and Coral Biome in Marseilles, France. PLTX is one of the most potent toxins known on the planet. It is an extremely large and complex organic compound that has been described by biochemists as the ‘Mt. Everest of organic synthesis’. An organism that naturally produces large amounts of PLTX is of great importance for research scientists to better understand its pharmacology. PLTX has been found to have toxic effects on head and neck tumors, and therefore warrants further pharmaceutical investigation.

Initially, this compound was blue-prospected in Hawaii where native Hawaiian people used the the mucous of Palythoa found in a very specific (and taboo) tide pool (known as limu-make-o-Hana, the ‘seaweed of death of Hana’) to coat their spear points before battle. So taboo was this tide pool for outsiders, that when scientists sampled the Palythoa in 1961, they found their lab burned to the ground on the same day. A reminder to scientists to respect native wisdom, culture, and practices when performing science on other cultures’ land!

In this paper we found that an undescribed species (Palythoa aff. clavata) we sampled from PortMiami in 2012 was found to have five times the concentration of the notorious Hawaiian species Palythoa toxica. The experiment also tried to determine whether PLTX was produced by symbiotic microbial symbionts / zooxanthellae, or by the organism itself. Highest concentrations of PLTX were found within the tissue itself, and isolated cultures of zooxanthellae from these polyps failed to produce PLTX in the laboratory. This suggests, but does not confirm, that the Palythoa polyps themselves are producing this toxin. While the mechanism of its biosynthesis remains unknown, it highlights how Miami’s urban marine environs hold important scientific discoveries still waiting to be uncovered. Read the paper – ‘Symbiodiniaceae diversity and characterization of palytoxin in various zoantharians (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia)’ – here: Undescribed Soft Coral Native to Miami Produces High Quantities of Deadly Organic Compound Palytoxin

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