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WE LOVE YOU PEDRO

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Reminds me of this other youtuber, NileRed, he does stuff like making toilet paper into moonshine, and cotton balls into actual cotton candy

MEAT BERRY MEAT BERRY MEAT B

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Feeling the Friday flow—mushroom coral edition.

The mushroom soft coral (Heteropolypus ritteri) is one of the most common animals we see in the depths off the central coast of California. They are abundant on the jagged walls of Monterey Canyon and the rocky slopes of local seamounts. Fast currents running along the bottom can carry an abundance of plankton and other tiny bits of food. Heteropolypus extends delicate tentacles into the currents to snag a feast. When their tentacles are extended, they resemble a beautiful flower. When the tentacles are pulled in, they look more like their namesake—mushrooms.

A resident of rocky environments, the mushroom soft coral offers safe haven for small animals seeking protection. A snailfish may hide near the umbrellas of stinging tentacles. A shrimp might hang on to weather the storm of strong currents. A mother catshark may secure her egg cases to the coral’s sturdy trunk.

Unlike their close cousins in shallower waters, the mushroom soft coral spawns year round. Their larvae are large and have robust energy reserves to ensure their survival as the currents running along the seafloor carry them to new environments. But some of the larvae stay close to home—we sometimes see clusters of smaller corals alongside a big parent. Growth studies suggest this coral can live at least 25 years, perhaps even longer.

Some of our observations have sparked intriguing questions. For example, we have learned that when disturbed, the mushroom soft coral glows with a steady blue light, but we still do not know why Heteropolypus produces brilliant bioluminescence or how this light show affects their neighbors.

The abundance of mushroom soft corals and their diverse relationships with other bottom-dwelling animals tell us they are an important part of the seafloor community. But the intimate interactions among deep-sea animals only become apparent when we conduct regular surveys. We cannot protect what we do not understand. Our research is helping improve our baseline understanding of the largest environment on Earth, even if our encounters sometimes yield more questions than answers.

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me writing serious literary analysis

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I keep seeing these so here we go

10k notes before may ends and I'll come out to my friends as bisexual no limit (yes it's unrealistic on purpose I'm a coward) I'll tag a few: @deadskincellsonyourpillow @system-of-cats @sillyness-incarnate

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'god i wish i had smart in stem autism instead of blorbo autism' is such weak mentality because if you have stem autism your special interests wouldn't be something like curing cancer or fusion reaction but about lambda calculus and katydid morphology

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maybe if so many young teens are actively suicidal and have to find strategies to make it through those years, that's a sign that what we're doing isn't working and we need an alternative

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also, how do they think an essay takes 12 hours to write???

I think the essay I've spent the most time on took like, 4 or 5 ish, and a large chunk of that was because I couldn't come up with a topic

kids these days are like “i need chat gpt to write an essay that would normally take 12 hours in 2” but back in my day i did that all the time by using a little technique called “writing some absolute bullshit.” and yet i still walked away with a better essay and more critical thinking skills than i would get if i used chatgpt. write a bad essay that you started on the day it was due, but write it yourself.

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Americans invented tbe worlds burgled and burglars to apply to robberies because the concept of losing their burger is the scariest thing to them

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i literally love when people realize positive reinforcement works like yes its so silly isnt it. but it literally works humans love juice reward too

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The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

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I think your professor was more talking about [generic office job] than working in a lab

Professor "Employers will not care what your college major was!" Me "Yeahhhh I'm pretty sure nobody is going to let me anywhere near the lab equipment with an English degree"

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STARTING TOMORROW

Scientists in weather and climate are live streaming for 100 hours to make their case to the American public.

They are live streaming, but engagement is necessary for it to work. SHARE THIS WITH PEOPLE, RECORD THE STREAM, POST CLIPS OF IT THAT ARE FUNNY, if you can tune in, PLEASE DO!

This is something that has to be heard by as many people as possible. Put it on in the background! See if you can get other people to watch it! Do whatever you can do support those who are trying to be supported! Anything and everything helps!

TUNE IN HERE

article I posted screenshots of here

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every time I see some bigshot scientist revealed as a fraud my knee-jerk reaction is "hell yeah elisabeth bik got 'em good" AND IM RIGHT

SHE NEVER QUITS!!!!

ICONIC!!!!

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