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Totally normal and logical way to number your figures, well done, no notes

Are your legs (1) jointed, (2) fat, and (3) props?

You might have leg-plan of the baby.

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Deeply curious as to what there are 146 1/2 of

Are your legs (1) jointed, (2) fat, and (3) props?

You might have leg-plan of the baby.

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The cruising altitude of a moose is actually a couple meters below sea level

Comparing dinosaurs to a Boeing 737-900. Via BBC News

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Pokemon trainers chilling at the water gym

I am incredibly amused by these random Japanese women for scale with prehistoric creatures

Art by Satoshi Kawasaki

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Zhang et al. (2020)

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All right, for this diagram I'll need a (rolls dice) rodent that is (spins wheel) gay and (throws dart) has a passion for graphic design. For bonus points please include (stares at the clouds for a few minutes) 7 text bubbles labeled 3.2 through 6.2 in an absolutely unhinged order.

(Jordan et al. 2016)

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Unquestionably one of the funniest things I own is the draft first chapter of an evolutionary biology textbook written by one of my grad professors, in which he made approximately 1/3 of the figures himself in MS Paint with absolutely no graphic design skills or artistic ability.

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Mood

[A potto falling after presentation of a snake.]

Charles-Dominique (1977)

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Santos et al 2005

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Dyeing for science

Wang and Lai (2014)

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Ok but you have to include this very important scientific illustration

[The effects of climate change on Australia’s only endemic Pokémon: Measuring bias in species distribution models]

Warren et al. (2021)

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Pittman et al. (2021)

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As an anthropologist focusing on functional anatomy, let me assure you that nature absolutely did not find the best way to build muscles over bone. It found a good enough way for something fish-shaped to move and had been iterating mostly adequate variations on that plan ever since. Which is the complete opposite of the pyramid thing; it IS about common origin, not about being the best form for the purpose. The principle is beautifully illustrated here with a dance dance dance.

“The muscles of man and cat compare favorably, indicating common origins.” . Zoology. 1952.

Internet Archive

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Science diagrams that look like shitposts

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Rock lobster is now stoned lobster

Let me in the lobster hotbox