#Fascinating Animals

[wild-wow-facts]

The Immortal Jellyfish Explained

Discover the secrets of the immortal jellyfish! Learn about its amazing abilities, habitat, and the role it plays in marine ecosystems.

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[bam-monsterhospital]

newfoundland is a magical place.

it's so easy to forget that 'oh right. we're in newfoundland' when i get up before dawn, look outside and catch movement, only to see a big ol heckin rabbit scampering around in the yard, and i freak out with glee because OMG A RABBIT AAAAAAAAA.

but this is newfoundland. of course there are animals.

this is the same place where the other summer kait and i had to pause our late-night marathon watching to see if the weird sounds outside were a sick cat, only to see at the end of the road a goshdang fox was just moseying around, trying to get some lady attention.

it always takes me by surprise.

especially the other week when there was an honest TO FUCK, GODDAMN MOOSE. A HECKIN MOOSEN. OUT BEHIND OUR PLACE. WHAT. I SAW IT MOVE BEYOND THE TREES. I SAW THE ELDRITCH MONSTROSITY. IT WAS SO QUIET AND STEALTHY.

ffffffffffffffffffffuck, even when i remember 'ah right, this is newfoundland, nature's everywhere', i still don't expect close encounters WITH A HECKIN MEGAFAUNA. PREHISTORY'S STUBBORN HORROR REMNANT. FOREST FAE UNPREDICTABLE GIANT HERBIVORE NFLD MASCOT. MOOSE. AAAAAAAAAAAA.

[delicatelysublimeforester]

Brighten Your Day with Fun iNaturalist Projects and a Dose of Humor

[vmantras]

The Immortal Jellyfish: A Creature That Defies Aging

Introduction Imagine a creature that never truly dies of old age. While all living beings, including humans, face aging and eventual death, there exists an extraordinary jellyfish that can reverse its aging process and start life anew—making it biologically immortal. This remarkable creature is called Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the immortal jellyfish. Found in oceans around the world,…

[raguna-blade]

What a weird alien little guy just chilling(?) on the bottom of the ocean.

Ok y’all brace yourselves cuz I just learned about a new animal

Yes, that is an animal. Yes, scientists refer to it as the purple sock worm. No, that’s not it’s real name, silly, it’s real name is Xenoturbella!

When these deep-sea socks were first discovered, no one knew what the fuck they were looking at (and, really, can you blame them?). They have no eyes, brains, or digestive tracts. They are literally just a bag of wet slop. DNA analysis initially seemed to indicate that they were related to mollusks, until the scientists realized that DNA sample was from the clams they had recently eaten (yes, they can eat with no organs. We don’t know how.)

Scientists then analyzed the data again and tentatively placed them in the group that includes acorn worms, saying that their ancestors probably had eyes, brains, and organs, but simplified as a response to their deep sea ecosystems.

Later DNA testing has since shown that they are their own thing! Xenoturbella, along with another simple and problematic to place creature called acoelomorphs, belong to their own phylum called Xenacelomorpha! This places them as the sister group to all bilateral animals. So, they just never evolved brains, eyes, or organs. They are a glimpse at a very primitive form of animal that never bothered to change, because apparently what they do works. Rock on, purple sock worm.

[mfdragon]

They’re bonding ✨

This is kinda like a practice comic to get me back into drawing these robos. But also I think Blitzwing and Sumdac would totally hang. ✌️🕶️✌️

[erebus0dora]

something something a chat i am in discussing the loneliness of Armand who needs someone to define him and see him, so

"...it was ghastly and awful and loathsome, and beautiful all at the same time."

and yeah i kinda just want to give ppl hugs with anything i do and talk to them in hushed tones, so there you go

[shouyuus]

hello rain!!! no pressure but i was wondering if you happen to have any thoughts about caleb being younger than us? <3

FUCK IT. we bAWL -- 18+, mdni, slight age gap, rough-ish sex pls note that in chinese gege/jiejie/didi/meimei are often also used in romantic connotations and do not denote incest!

younger!caleb who gets huffy whenever you call him "kid" or "kiddo", and even after you see him again, even after he's become colonel, the fact that you still see him as little boy from your past irks him. because how is it after all these years, after everything he's done to climb the ranks and prove himself to you, that you still see him as... the same little kid that used to follow you around like a lost puppy?

younger!caleb who's not afraid to get whiney, to call you jie jie... and drag it out, because he knows that you've never been able to deny him. and sure, he's got like a solid foot on you now, but he can't help the tug in his chest or behind his navel whenever you smile up at him, reach up to pat his cheek and tell him that he's doing a good job. he wants to nuzzle into your palm like he used to, fish for more praise, like he used to.

younger!caleb who has zero compunction with cornering you up against the wall, pinning your hands to the sides of your head, bearing down over you, and when you ask "c-caleb -- what're you doing?" whispering "c'mon, jiejie, you're a smart girl.. you tell me what i'm doing... can't you tell? after all this time? how much i've wanted you?"

younger!caleb who still whimpers when he kisses you for the first time, because god, he's dreamt about it for so long, imagined it so many different ways. he's pictured it in a million different scenarios, but the real thing trumps all of that, outdoes it by miles and miles and miles. he thinks he can kiss you forever, wouldn't mind never taking a single breath again if it meant being able to kiss you like this.

younger!caleb who teases you, when you're finally together, pulls you into his lap and asks "jiejie... don't be shy -- tell me, have you thought about this too?"

younger!caleb who coaxes you into his bed, so gentle with you till he's got you pinned, right where he's always wanted you (and he has always wanted you) -- and then, you see the switch flip, the darkness flicker across his eyes as his grip tightens, and suddenly, all your limbs feel just a bit heavier than before, your breath coming in short, abortive gasps. you keen against the pressure of his thigh slotted between yours, and he watches you with hooded eyes.

"gods... you're so beautiful like this... even better than i imagined..."

somewhere in the haze of want and half-caught memories, you try to push back against him. he only grins, a sadistic slash of his lips, an expression you barely recognize.

younger!caleb who is just a bit rougher than he'd like to be, but he can't really control himself, not when he's dreamed about it for so long -- his fingers digging into your hips, your body rocking with every single one of his thrusts. and you're perfect, so fucking wet and tight for him, the way you whine over his cock as he'd bullied it into you the first time, the way you bit your lips, your gaze almost reproachful as he rubs a thumb along your cheek the way you used to with him, wiping away a smudge of dirt, soothing some other unseen hurt.

"fuck -- jiejie -- you feel so good --"

"c-caleb -- mm -- n-not so hard --"

"ah... sorry, am i hurting you? i -- i didn't mean to but..." he groans, burying his face in the crook of your neck, rocking his hips into yours, tugging your thighs to hike them higher around his waist, "c-can't really help myself -- not when you're sucking me in like you want more --"

younger!caleb who wipes you down after with a hot towel, is so attentive, and just a tad bashful, clearing his throat as he helps you tug your panties back on.

"i... i got a little carried away -- i didn't actually hurt you... did i?"

you rub at your wrists, peering up at him before letting out a soft laugh.

"no, you didn't but... then again, you were always misjudging your strength, even when we were kids."

he chuckles, dropping onto the bed next to you, knocking his shoulder against yours.

"yeah... there was that one time we were play-fighting and i shoved you way too hard --"

"-- and that time you were trying to push me on the swings and ended up almost launching me into space --"

caleb groans, dropping his face into his hands.

"i thought granny was gonna murder me -- thank god you only sprained your wrist."

you laugh, nodding, lost to the tide of memories rushing in. you cast him a sidelong glance.

"caleb?"

"hm?"

"have you... i mean -- all these years... are you still..." you trail off, uncertain of how to ask him the thing you really want to know.

younger!caleb who knows implicitly what you want to ask, who smiles, leaning in to cup your cheek and press his forehead to yours.

"am i still the caleb you knew from all those years ago?" he asks, his voice low. you suck in a breath, holding it still in your chest as he sighs.

"no... i'm not. but..." he pulls back ever so slightly, his eyes a star-shattered sea, "if that's what it takes to make you stay with me this time then... i'll be whatever you want me to be."

you hiccup, watching as his expression changes. a flutter of something settles in the base of your stomach -- be it fear or trepidation or just the gnawing feeling of uncertainty.

you shake your head, pushing the feeling aside.

"i just want you to be... you, caleb. that's all i've ever wanted from you."

he's quiet for a long moment. and then --

"only if you promise... you won't love me any less."

the flutter in your stomach builds into something a bit more ominous -- bigger and darker and all-consuming. there's a hollowness in his eyes that you think has always been there, but you've just been too naive to recognize.

greed, or maybe hunger.

you don't know how to answer him.

you just tug him down, and kiss him instead.

[starry-bi-sky]

bruce and danny being fuckign nerds together,,,, they are being the BIGGEST nerds. geeks. if you will

these losers are color-coding the most inane bullshit. they are making diagrams for things you've never even thought of. they are having the time of their lives

"what are you two doing?"

Danny, sitting criss-cross on a table, hunched over a spread of papers and a bunch of different jello cups, his back is gonna hurt SO much: color-coding jello

Bruce, sitting in a nearby chair, also criss-cross, scribbling on a graph paper: hm [agreeing]

Alfred, already exasperated and SO fond: may i ask why? and on what parameters?

Danny: we're basing it off which flavors are the most mentally stimulating and for which subjects :}

Alfred, SO fond: ah. i see.

Danny, snapping his head over to Bruce and leaning over: wh- no-- no. Buzz, I told you: lemon-flavored jello stays strictly in the 'smelling salts' category--

Bruce, still writing on the graph paper: mn. no.

Danny, nearly sprawled across his back, faux-outraged: strawberry is NOT good for math-- you fucken HEATHEN--! Give me that pen!

Bruce, did that solely to rile up Danny, now trying not to smile: hnm.

[wild-wow-facts]

Arctic Wolves: Masters of Survival

Discover the remarkable Arctic wolves! Learn about their pack dynamics and survival tactics in the harsh tundra.

Check out my other videos here: Animal Kingdom Animal Facts Animal Education

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The girls are here!!!

[hhhhunty]

Seastone negates devil fruit abilities.

[dailyhatsune]

miku in your style reminds me of a puppy for some reason. do you think she's a cat or a dog person?

fish person

[hoarderheart]

This shot really struck me deeply because so far it’s one of the few scenes where he doesn’t come off as cold, distant, or just generally disinterested with the things happening around him (especially of things outside his performance). His intentions have always been quite a debate in the fandom, but one strong argument for his actions is that they’re done to survive. His coldness almost seems like a stage persona to keep himself alive. It’s one way to keep calm and keep moving in such a distressing situation, when panic means death. When panic should be a wielded like a weapon instead of a weakness. And yet…in this moment, even though there’s a gun pointed directly on his head…I think he’s the softest, most openly vulnerable we’ve ever seen him. In the shadows of the cold, harsh stage lights, there’s warmth, and you can see it on the blood rushing to his cheeks.

[pencildragons]

spreading my john gaius was māori space jesus before gideon propaganda: the unimaginably old and vast being from which he comes chose him to save all of humanity and in the end he made a sacrifice of the highest order and was made anew in glory. except he didn't actually sacrifice himself, which is a crucial point that leads me to my second theory: john gaius is evil māori space jesus

[sky-scribbles]

When plenty of animals are clearly happy to go without reproducing, even for a short time, so they can assist other members of their species… can we really believe that the sex drive trumps everything else? [...] Cooperative breeders give the lie to the idea that reproduction is some inexorable purpose, ordained by God or nature, that all animals unthinkingly bend towards. They prove that the opposite is true. Animals have other motivations, more powerful than the sex drive: social cohesion. Future planning. Group survival.

Aka: I ramble about my two greatest passions: aspec issues and birds.