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Dorota Sroka

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Antarctic Octopuses Discovered With Sub-Zero Venom 

by Jess McNally

A research expedition to Antarctica to study the region’s octopus life has returned with descriptions of four new species, and the first known sub-zero venoms.

“Antarctic octopus venom works at temperatures that would stop other venoms in their tracks,” said biochemist Bryan Fry of the University of Melbourne, who led the expedition.

Antarctic octopuses eat a wide variety of animals, from clams to fish. They catch their prey with their tentacles and use their venom to kill them, much like snakes…

(read more: Wired Science)

photograph by Samuel Inglesias

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Here’s today’s Daily GIF!

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My curiosity shelf!

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Tillandsia huchsii huchsii

そして　即死で購入の　フックシーフックシー！　

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electricity by Maggy van Eijk Via Flickr: explored

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Artist Paints the Universe and Nature into Black Women’s Hair

Pierre Jean-Louis is a multimedia artist based in New York and Philadelphia, who has built up quite a social media following as a result of his unique works. Jean-Louis paints mystical images of the universe and nature onto images of Black women’s natural hair. His intricate works feature flowers, vines, and even an entire forest, all seamlessly woven into coils and kinks. Jean-Louis even invites his followers to tag him in their photos on Instagram so that he can consider their portraits as well.

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Eugene Grasset's L'Éventail, 1900.

An alluring decorative panel from our Discovery Sale, June 21, 2012.

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selected works from San Francisco based Casey Gray

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Sewing process

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PONY BOY

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Mason County, WV

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An ideal living space