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Jellyfish larvae (baby jellyfish)

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Animal of the Day!

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake (Hydrophis platurus)

(Photo from Australian Museum)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Indian Ocean; Tropical Pacific Ocean

Size (Weight/Length)- 88 cm

Diet- Fish

Cool Facts- Like almost all species of sea snake, the yellow-bellied sea snake is vibrant and highly venomous. Specifically designed for ocean life, these snakes have a wide, paddle-like tail and valved nostrils that allows them to eat underwater. Despite living in saltwater, they still need to drink fresh water. They drink rainwater that falls into the ocean and gathers in a thin layer above the salt water. Yellow-bellied sea snakes will often gather in the thousands when enough prey is present. They use their massive numbers to distract schools of fish and pick off individuals. Oddly enough, they are the only sea snake with the ability to swim backwards.

Rating- 13/10 (Yellow-bellied is no longer an insult.)

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Vyatka Horse stallion Veterok (”Little Wind”)

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*summons you with wiggly fingers*

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Otters are great, and I was lucky enough to do this project on the Smooth-coated otter. This was a collaboration with @/ruqaiya.mahin on instagram. 

I hope this makes you love these fascinating creatures as much as I do. 

[Also you can check out @/shriyaaarghart on instagram if you want to see all my art in one place]

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a male splendid sunbird, native to africa, shows off his iridescent plumage. the majority of sunbird species are known for the male’s bright plumage. both sexes share a uniquely shaped beak used for accessing nectar.

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Photographic Composites Document the Mesmerizing Flight Trails of Vultures, Crows, and Bats

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I get a lot of questions about cat genetics, so here’s a handy reference for everyone wanting to learn more! 

one thing that will help you understand the diagrams: dominant traits are represented by capital letters (D/D), recessive traits are represented by lowercase letters (d/d). you only need one copy of a dominant gene for it to express (D/D or D/d have the same expression), but you need two copies of a recessive gene for it to express (d/d)

these are all from the Labgenvet page of cat colouration, which you can visit for detailed explanations of these diagrams

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Full video: Common Moorhen family, Birdfun

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say what you want about your favourite fish species or whatever but consider this: corydoras get little bits of sand on their heads from digging in the substrate

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shrimps that provide emotional support

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Hi, it’s the anon here! [My blog wasn’t fully set up at the time and tumblr was giving me issues]. 

while i have a phobia of lizards I love snakes and hope to own one someday. Honestly I love all reptiles and think they’re super cool. I even love learning about lizards, I just can’t see their pictures because it triggers an immediate fear response I have no control over. 

Obviously I’m not going to follow a lizard centric blog, but I love, love, love snakes and really invested in everything this blog posts

Hello to the anon who said that they have a phobia of lizards, I have a question: Then what are you doing on the blog that posts about lizards most of the time?

I don’t mean to sound rude or anything, but really, it would be easier for you to block this blog and not see any lizards at all than for the person running this blog to go all the way back and tag every single post with lizards

Only answering this because I want to make something super super clear - I'll always tag anything if even one person needs me to do that.

And since this is a snake-centric blog and I just happen to get questions about lizards every so often, I think it's a perfectly reasonable request to ask for lizards to be tagged. In fact, I was planning on doing so anyway, solely because this is a snake-centric blog and I figure most people are here for the snakes.

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I saw that it was ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ 30th birthday today! 

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all sorts of echoes in these caverns

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Look at him. The perfect blue boi

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マミチャジナイ（Eyebrowed Thrush）

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