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Flamingo skull by Lukas Via Flickr:

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The amazing vareity of Guillemot (Uria Aalge) eggs from Birmingham Museums Trust’s collection.

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In Photos: Rare Conjoined Bats

These conjoined bat twins offer scientists more insight into how this phenomenon occurs.

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Volvariella bombycina (silky rosegill) from Richmond Park.

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Rack Wing Drawing Compass, 19th Century by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Via Flickr: Rack wing drawing compass made by Richard Timmins and Sons. Accession number: 1999F172.122

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The spores of Elaphomyces (deer truffles) look like alien planets.

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Neomymar gusar Triapitsyn, Berezovskiy & Huber, 2006 by Natural History Museum: Hymenoptera Section Via Flickr: Chalcidoidea, Mymaridae Paratype female collected in Costa Rica by John Noyes The original description states that the name "is Russian for a member of the elite cavalry troops in the czarist army in Russia; gusars were also famous for having large moustaches, thus referring to the peculiar long, massive, and hairy antennae in this new species". Photograph by Natalie Dale-Skey

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Spores being released from A huge Ganoderma in Epping Forest.

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Underwater wreck of a WWII-era B-25 bomber.

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Did someone say Trypophobia?

Diagrams of the macro-ornamentation of spore surfaces from A Modern Multilingual Glossary for Taxonomic Pteridology by David B. Lellinger. Full text available kn @biodivlibrary

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Geopora sumneriana - cedar cup by Lukas

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The scarlet berry truffle, Paurocotylis pila, found under a yew tree in Worcester. This species is native to New Zealand but has been introduced into Britain where it’s been spreading rapidly.

See here for more info: http://markcolvin.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/strange-case-of-buried-brain.html

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Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London

with their places of growth, and times of flowering, their several names according to Linnæus and other authors : with a particular description of each plant in Latin and English : to which are added, their several uses in medicine, agriculture, rural œconomy and other arts / By Curtis, William, 1746-1799 Darton, William, 1755-1819 Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819 Kilburn, William, 1745-1818 Sansom, Francis, acti-e 17 Sowerby, James, 1757-1822 White, Benjamin, acti-e 17 White, Benjamin, 1879- Publication info London :Printed for and sold by the author … and B. White,1777. Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Mola mola, also known as a sunfish, is for sure a strange looking animal. I remember the first time I saw it, I just could not get my head around how this giant swimming head could be a real animal. In fact, mola mola is the heaviest bony fish in the world! But when I actually got to see mola mola while scuba diving I realised there is something magical about it- to watch a group of sunfishes slowly move in a cold ocean current is an absolutely captivating experience. There are often a number of scavenger fishes that travel together with sunfishes and form a mutualistic relationship. The scavengers eat off the parasites that often infest the skin of the mola mola. Sometimes sunfishes will also jump out of water and splash back into it in an attempt to remove the skin parasites themselves. 

Images from here and here.

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At the Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability there is a rare example of a surviving Victorian private theatre. It is in fantastic condition with the original decorations and scenery still present.

http://langdondowncentre.org.uk/normansfield-theatre/

http://langdondownmuseum.org.uk/

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James Henry Pullen's giant by Lukas Via Flickr: James Henry Pullen's giant at the Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability. This is a fantastic little museum which is well worth a visit: http://langdondownmuseum.org.uk/

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This sculpture by Wolfgang Buttress is controlled by Bees!

Photo Credit: Jeff Eden/ RBG Kew

Flickering LED lights interwoven with aluminum lattice work flicker and sound plays in synch with the vibrations from a honeybee hive that is connected to the sculpture.

Buttress says that he hopes this piece will highlight the importance of pollinators to our existence.