I'm a shaaaark

Hi I'm Levi I do space science! I usually like/draft a bunch of things and every now and eventually I manage to appropriately tag and queue like fifty posts pls don't be alarmed. I have a beautiful daughter and snon, the noodly lights of my life. I really like bees and snakes and pie.

[superbnature]

Cedar Waxwings by jocelynefeizo1 http://ift.tt/1RM3Kk0

[manyblinkinglights]

#do cedar waxwings ever eat anything besides photogenic red berries#do cedar waxwings ever do anything besides eating photogenic red berries#is there any way this child can get its parent to stop feeding it photogenic red berries

[everythingfox]

Baby Kookaburra

(via)

[paleo-bug]

Spinosaurus marshland ❤️❤️ Inspired by the Great Salt Lake.

[thecollectibles]

Oil paintings by Tomas Honz

[azu-mog]

When Rocky finds out earth memes and crabs

Or maybe Grace is having a weird dream

[courtesycalling]

Happy mušḫuššu monday everybody

(Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

[sovietpostcards]

One of the most recognized brand designs in Russia is a can of condensed milk. This design was created in 1939 (or 1937 according to some sources) by Iraida Fomina.

Condensed milk cans of this design were made by dozens and hundreds of manufacturers throughout the country.

1920s and 30s in Russia were the era of avantgarde or futurist design with its love for clear geometric forms, bold color contrasts, and functional simplicity.

The design is so ubiquitous and familiar today that even though I'm a fan of the 20s/30s avantgarde movement, I was perplexed to learn that this too is avant-garde.

Even today all condended milk in Russia is made with this design, or plays on this design.

[vizuart]

Evgeny Sedukhin - “Symphony of the sixth blast furnace” (1979)

[canadiandogteeth-deactivated202]

Ice Storm ~ Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1998

[kingfucko]

the first image ALWAYS makes me think this is artwork depicting a Creature which mimics the transmission tower

[draconym]

Me: Fuck, the paper towels I want are on the top shelf.

The Sir David Attenborough That Lives In My Brain: Being smaller-than-average presents an added challenge to foraging ... but necessity is the mother of invention. A little creativity turns a baguette into a tool, and voilà--

(paper towel roll falls on my face)

Sir David Attenborough, pleasantly: Success.

[your-did-it-official]

Every Saturday is coelacanth Saturday

[asteroidtroglodyte]

It’s dangerous to go alone; take this:

[kaijutegu]

🐊😎❄️ (stay frosty, crocodile!)

Speaking of behavior, this has to be the single best image of thermoregulatory gaping I've ever seen. It could not display more of the hallmarks of a chilled-out croc if it was trying. This is from Crocodiles of the World in England, and features a gorgeous Cuban crocodile:

So let's start from the belly up. How do we know this guy's super relaxed? Look at those legs! We're in full-on sleepy feet! Sleepy feet are a great sign that a crocodilian or lizard is relaxed. When they're comfortable and tired, they'll relax their legs, and the front ones tend to flip over, with the palmar side facing up. They don't do this every time they feel relaxed, but if they're doing it, they feel safe and cozy enough to be in a position that they can't just bolt out of.

Then, look at the lower jaw! See that pouch? You almost NEVER get the pouch! That's the submandibular skin, and it, too, is completely relaxed.

The palatal valve is open- that's the valve at the top of the tongue. It forms a watertight seal so that crocodilians can hunt underwater. You can see that this one is relaxed- another way to help vent heat.

The mouth, even though it's open all the way, is relaxed at the corners. There's no tightness. Crocodilans don't grimace the way mammals do, it's not a grimace- it's just tension from the "I am ready to bite you now¹" muscles as opposed to the "we're gonna keep this nice and loosey-goosey²" suite of connective tissue.

The eyes are all the way open, no squinting or wincing.

This crocodile is about as chill as it is possible to be, and if you know anything about Cuban crocodiles then you know that is hilarious. (If you don't know anything about Cuban crocodiles, they're extremely spicy, temperament-wise. Chill is not what they typically do.)

Refs below the cut.

References (I didn't cite anything directly here but I usually like to put refs in the bigger behavioral posts):

Carl, Noah J., Heather A. Stewart, and Jenny S. Paul. “Unprovoked Mouth Gaping Behavior in Extant Crocodylia.” Journal of Herpetology, vol. 54, no. 4, 2020, pp. 418–426.

Spotila, James R., Kenneth M. Terpin, and Peter Dodson. “Mouth Gaping as an Effective Thermoregulatory Device in Alligators.” Nature, vol. 265, 20 Jan. 1977, pp. 235–236.

Meglasson, M. D., and S. E. Huggins. “Sleep in a Crocodilian, Caiman sclerops.” Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, vol. 63, no. 4, 1979, pp. 561–567. (this one goes into talking about relaxed posture a little!)

not the correct anatomical term

would be the correct anatomical term if Andreas Vesalius wasn't a COWARD

[dokelsss]

even more land fish

[heartnosekid]

machaon caterpillar (old world swallowtail) | malbafont_macrophotography on ig

[stardog-howls]

@toxictaicho he munching

[dragoncarrion]

????

[dragoncarrion]

They're taking over.

[rambrandt-the-painter]

Looks at you all like this

[lungfish-official]

See her grace and beauty!