Photograph courtesy Audrey Dussutour
Neither slime nor mold, these single-celled organisms use a kind of external physical memory when navigating, much like a trail of breadcrumbs.
Read about some creepy experiments.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
look at this fucking black devil
Photograph courtesy Edith Widder, ORCA
A female angler fish known as the Humpback Black Devil sports a glowing lure. See more bioluminescence in the abyssal Caribbean.
A female angler fish known as the Humpback Black Devil sports a glowing lure. See more bioluminescence in the abyssal Caribbean.
Monday, October 15, 2012
look at this fucking unique turtle
Photograph from FLPA/Alamy
The Chinese soft-shelled turtle pees out of its mouth. I don't want to know how this will help people with kidney failure.
The Chinese soft-shelled turtle pees out of its mouth. I don't want to know how this will help people with kidney failure.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
look at this fucking helpful father
Photograph by Holger Hollemann, European Pressphoto Agency
Male marmosets in South America not only carry, feed, and groom their twin babies, but also may act as "midwives" during birth, grooming and licking the newborns.Marmoset dads may be so involved in parenting because of the high cost of birth for the mother: While in the womb, the babies eventually make up 25% of her body weight—equal to a 120-pound woman giving birth to a 30-pound infant.
Monday, June 18, 2012
look at this fucking demon
Photograph courtesy NIWA
Female black dragonfish—such as this newfound specimen of the Idiacanthus genus—are "fierce predators" of small fish. But "interestingly, male dragonfish lack teeth and a functional gut, and are thought to live only long enough to breed," biologist Malcolm Clark said.
Key-fucking-words:
bioluminescent,
creepy,
deep-sea,
fish,
ocean
Friday, June 15, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
look at this fucking motherly gorilla
Older gorillas baby-talk with the young, just like humans do.
Key-fucking-words:
anthropomorphic,
captivity,
gorilla,
mammal
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday, January 09, 2012
look at this fucking biblical shark birth
Photograph by Rodger Klein, Getty Images
A captive female zebra shark has displayed asexual reproduction for the fourth year running.
Read National Geographic's article about this astoundingly common process.
A captive female zebra shark has displayed asexual reproduction for the fourth year running.
Read National Geographic's article about this astoundingly common process.
Key-fucking-words:
captivity,
crafty,
fish,
sexually frustrated,
shark
Friday, January 06, 2012
look at this fucking mimicry arms race
An octopus mimicking a fish becomes the background to another fish's mimicry. My head hurts.
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