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I've been studying botany lately for the art book I'm working on, and, while not getting tooo bogged down in scientifically accurate things, still happily trying to apply some little details while drawing the flowers in my recent pieces :D thinking about what makes each specific flower itself.... that sort of thing 🌸🌺🌼🌻🌷🌹

amnhnyc

My, my… what big teeth you have! Meet the Pacific stargazer (Astroscopus zephyreus). Found in coastal waters from California to Peru, this fish is an ambush hunter. Spending most of its life buried beneath the sand, the stargazer’s upturned face is an adaptation that allows it to see even when most of its body is concealed. What’s more? This species is capable of stunning prey with electrical shocks of up to 50 volts! Photo: alboertoalcala, CC BY 4.0 iNaturalist

idlelizard

variegated vessel

nick-nonya

hyenaswine

i'm at a park i didn't know existed

hyenaswine

now i'm on 40-million-year-old volcanic basalt!!

hyenaswine

now i'm at the beach!!!!!

yummy-tummy-time

Here's some pics from my last visit (May 2025) to Elk Rock Island!

fleysh

bluesardine

Some great additions from the comments.

wow-a-real-blog

@apocrypals

3000s

they hate each other.

barin-mclegg

hey bestie you forgot the poll

3000s

oh sorry

would you kill and eat these animals?

yes

no

Voting ended onOct 3, 2024

barin-mclegg

I was talking to prev, asshole. The fucking critter-creature-beast poll blog? That person? Don't be a fucking dickhead.

3000s

sorry for being silly on my post it wont happen again

3000s

would you kill and eat @barin-mclegg?

yes

no

Voting ended onOct 9, 2024

ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi

Dragon Door Handle - Simontorya Castle Hungary

notatzimisce

I will never shy away from the word goon. goon is the only way to describe a particular type of henchman, lackey, or thug. look at these guys. they're goons.

thatforestprince

I NEED TO SUCK HIS DICK CLEAN OFF !!!!

thatforestprince

thats the wrong image

blendereels

circusbutch

Desire (2025)

22.5 x 31.5 in

Ceramic, soda fired earthenware

ryan-sometimes

One of my favorite things about having a degree in biochemistry is going undercover at a store like Sephora. I can read the composition of the cosmetics and actually understand them. There’s no words to describe how great it feels. It’s like being in on an inside joke or secret

ryan-sometimes

The main thing I observe is that a lot of employees recommend makeup that is chemically incompatible. For example, if you ask them to recommend you a foundation and concealer, a lot of times they’ll pick two products that are chemically immiscible, so they’ll NEVER blend together successfully.

Generally foundation/concealer is either water or silicone based. There are upsides to each based on your needs. However, water and silicone are immiscible, and so if your foundation is water based but your concealer is silicone based, you will never get a good blend between these products. You’ll have to go back to switch to something that works.

ryan-sometimes

If you want to test for this in-store, mix the two on the back of your hand. If they form a uniform mixture, they’re miscible. If they separate, they’re chemically incompatible, and should not be used together. You can do this for any number of skin products. Primers, moisturizers, foundations, concealers, contour sticks, etc etc. Anything that comes in liquid or paste form.

You don’t need to understand all the chemicals on the label to run this experiment!

nobrain-nothoughts

As someone in pharmaceutical sciences I also experience similar things, so a hint from me: collagen is useless. In a cream it will not penetrate the skin, so doesn't do anything. As a food supplement, lemme tell you a secret: collagen is a protein. And when you eat protein, your stomach thinks its food and chops it up, so it can be used to make your own protein. Collagen is just expensive protein powder, and doesn't do anything meat or a veggie substitute does.