#as biology

[victusinveritas]

[prokopetz]

I've seen posts going around claiming that petting animals is basically tricking them into thinking they're being groomed, and it's bugging me because, like, there's no trickery afoot. Petting and scritching are grooming activities. They help to dislodge loose fur and foreign objects and more evenly distribute protective oils, among other things. Primates are social groomers, and the human impulse to scritch is the legacy of our primate ancestors. We see an animal we like, even a dangerous one, and the monkey brain says "groom that thing".

[everydaylouie]

Church of Whale Fall

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[spicymochi]

silly seal

[oncorhynchus-nerka]

VERY IMPORTANT a dam in the Netherlands, the weerdsluis lock, is directly on a migratory path for spawning fish. They have a worker stationed there to open the door for the fish, but they can take a while to open it. So to keep the fish from getting preyed on by birds they installed a doorbell. Only, the fish don't have hands to ring the doorbell. If you go to their website, they have a LIVE CAMERA AND A DOORBELL that YOU RING FOR THE FISH when they're waiting, and then the dam worker opens the door for them! I can't express how obsessed I am with this. look at this shit. oh my god.

Please check on the fish doorbell once in a while :)

[molive-0]

There are many benefits to being a marine biologist

[hawkpartys]

[fish-enthusiast622]

[scuba-divers]

'fairies dont exist' WRONG❗❗cyerce elegans

[toadbreath]

👀

[great-and-small]

Nobody throws shade like a biologist with burning hatred for invasive plants

[olive-ridley]

All roads lead to Rome, all lineages evolve to CRAB 🦀🦀

[lylahammar]

My take on unicorns! I'd really love to make a mythical creature field guide someday, since the Spiderwick Field Guide is what inspired me to start drawing in the first place 🥰

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[theantiazdarcho]

The Lancetfish is a species that looks like it comes straight out of a realistic fantasy world building project.