here for a select few

here because I was told to be she/her 19

[autistrix]

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45278300] Giant Water Bug || Lethocerus maximus Observed in Peru Motherfucker Unlimited

[cute-animals-only]

[marlynnofmany]

I hope this photographer won a prize

[everythingfox]

Tailor Birds “Sewing” Nests

(via)

[mxtomituck]

Babe wake up, there’s a bird that can sew!

[alonglistofbirds]

[2766/11080] Crested jayshrike - Platylophus galericulatus

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Corvoidea Family: Platylophidae (crested jayshrike)

Photo credit: Dubi Shapiro via Macaulay Library

[bearotonin-international]

Mister Tubbidy Bubbidy is a little disappointed about the record low turnout for Fat Bear Friday

[remoteregion-aqua]

オニボラ 学名：Ellochelon vaigiensis 分類：ボラ目 ボラ科

[memo（アクア・トトの解説より引用）] ”鬼” 魚類は一般的に側線鱗とよばれる穴のあいたウロコが一列あり、そこで水中の振動を感じ取ります。しかし、ボラの仲間は全身のウロコに穴が開いており、まさに全身で振動を感じ取ることができます。

アクア・トトぎふ 1F マンスリー水槽『せつぶんすいそう』（2013年2月）

[hella-free-space]

They look like little aqua bunnies and I need to keep them some day oml ♡♡♡

[bunjywunjy]

permanent ‘yay’ arms 🙌

[skunkbear]

[teamrocketing]

i’m so glad i live in 2016 so i dont have to deal with these massive terrifying animals except the blue whale, but shes gentle and good

[cockyroaches]

Hell pig

[botherbug]

mantis mouthparts source

[bogleech]

I've reblogged this before but I'm realizing a LOT of people think insect mouths are as simple as just a pair of mandibles. As you can see, it is actually a whole device. A complete doohickey. There's a lot of bits to it.

[alex51324]

So, she has little mouth-hands that she uses only for Mouth Reasons, am I getting that right?

[bogleech]

That's exactly what they are, they evolved from legs! The ancestors of arthropods were animals like the lobopodia who were just worms with lots of limbs

An insect's head is like if evolution took the first few segments of one of these things and mushed them into a ball, so all the legs on those segments would cluster together around the mouth, becoming not only the mouthparts but also the antennae!

[catasters]

[kyrianne]

[daily-spooky]

[yolas0]

[herpsandbirds]

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Jurong Lake Gardens, Singapore

photograph by Pher Thuan Chong

[wbicepuppy]

I want my friends and followers to be aware of this little guy

[natureinfusion]

Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. By instagram.com/_brian_i_am

[herpsandbirds]

can I request a blue-footed booy?

Yes, of course you can. Here's a few for you!

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii), family Sulidae, order Suliformes

Galapagos, Photograph by Wolfgang Kaehler

Galapagos, photograph by Tui De Roy

[seabeck]

Mossy stump

[onenicebugperday]

Peruvian shield mantis, Choeradodis rhombicollis, Choeradodinae, Mantidae

Photographed by tshahan in Belize

[mutant-distraction]

The greater blue-eared starling

[yourlocalbreadenthusiast]

@todaysbird