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“Hey man please make something normal at craft night this time”
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Ch Royalblue of Burdiesel (standard poodle) published 1965
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Slow your scroll and spend some quality time with this awesome amphipod. 🤩
With a transparent body, the crystal amphipod, Cystisoma magna, is essentially invisible in the dim waters of the ocean’s twilight zone. The lights of our remotely operated vehicles illuminate these curious crustaceans and give us the chance to collect individuals for further study in the lab.
Many midwater organisms have unique visual systems to navigate the ocean’s dark depths. Hyperiid amphipods have a particularly impressive range of diverse eye types, from minuscule eyes in some species that eke out a living in perpetual darkness to quite dramatic eyes in the crystal amphipod and others that experience at least some sunlight.
Cystisoma has a complex visual system, with curtain-like retinas containing special structures called rhabdoms. Rhabdoms are transparent, crystalline receptors found in the compound eyes of arthropods, including crustaceans, insects, and arachnids. Rays of light pass through a transparent cone onto the tip of the rhabdom. This adaptation makes the eyes nearly invisible to potential predators.
Head over to our YouTube channel to learn more about recent studies on these amazing amphipods and their even more extraordinary eyes!
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Pigeons!
Here's a collection of pet portraits I had a pleasure of painting for the great Keepsakesloft and Rey <3 Thank you both so much for this!
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ferrofluid on a microscope slide (source)
this gifset was made for @washerdryer to support a palestinian family.
commission me for a gifset to support mohammed by checking out this post!
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Ten postage stamps from a running series of twelve, issued between 1955-1957, depicting regional costumes of Czechoslovakia
Designed by Karel Svolinský, engraved by Jindra Schmidt and Ladislav Jirka
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every other race: just found out that shit is a fertiliser
the dwemer:
#prev: click share then copy the post link#paste it in browser you can download the video over there :)#at least in firefox you can.....
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