Arctonoe vittata
@a-vittata.bsky.social
Marine scientist and invertebrate proponent, currently describing a deep sea sponge. He/Him, 26. I mainly use this account to look at furry porn. 🔞 Check out my youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@arctonoevittata
Finished up with my first science conference! Based on what talks were there, 90% of animals are rockfishes, abalone, and clams. Also, people liked my sponge!
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Finished up with my first science conference! Based on what talks were there, 90% of animals are rockfishes, abalone, and clams. Also, people liked my sponge!
Communism *is* better than capitalism at depicting the spicules of Lycopodina Occidentalis.
November 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Communism *is* better than capitalism at depicting the spicules of Lycopodina Occidentalis.
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
"Forcipiform spicules" did they not call them forceps back in 1893? What next, anisocheliform spicules? Are the macrosclerisize spicules all subtylostyliform spicules?
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Forcipiform spicules" did they not call them forceps back in 1893? What next, anisocheliform spicules? Are the macrosclerisize spicules all subtylostyliform spicules?
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It's that time of the year again
October 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It's that time of the year again
A couple that have come up in my lab:
Flow rate drops regularly.
Temperature trial during blob.
Phacellophora polyps actually aurelia.
And one I spent a couple weeks on: No forceps in lycopodina.
Flow rate drops regularly.
Temperature trial during blob.
Phacellophora polyps actually aurelia.
And one I spent a couple weeks on: No forceps in lycopodina.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A couple that have come up in my lab:
Flow rate drops regularly.
Temperature trial during blob.
Phacellophora polyps actually aurelia.
And one I spent a couple weeks on: No forceps in lycopodina.
Flow rate drops regularly.
Temperature trial during blob.
Phacellophora polyps actually aurelia.
And one I spent a couple weeks on: No forceps in lycopodina.
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Realized I never posted this here! A video I made for people who don't think they are a fish. Also explains cladistics.
Realized I never posted this here! A video I made for people who don't think they are a fish. Also explains cladistics.
You Are a Fish: An Introduction to Cladistics
YouTube video by Arctonoe Vittata
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October 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Realized I never posted this here! A video I made for people who don't think they are a fish. Also explains cladistics.
Realized I never posted this here! A video I made for people who don't think they are a fish. Also explains cladistics.
I've known I'm bisexual for at least a decade. I've also been with my girlfriend (that I love and who is also bisexual) for 9 of those years, so calling myself bisexual feels unnecessary. But I am bisexual! And this makes it visible. So happy Bisexuality Visibility Day!
September 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I've known I'm bisexual for at least a decade. I've also been with my girlfriend (that I love and who is also bisexual) for 9 of those years, so calling myself bisexual feels unnecessary. But I am bisexual! And this makes it visible. So happy Bisexuality Visibility Day!
If I see one more depiction of a bloated blobfish corpse as if that's just how they look, I'm gonna pop someone's swim bladder myself. They're perfectly fine looking animals when they're not dead and decompressed. What other creature do we do this for???
September 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If I see one more depiction of a bloated blobfish corpse as if that's just how they look, I'm gonna pop someone's swim bladder myself. They're perfectly fine looking animals when they're not dead and decompressed. What other creature do we do this for???
Few things make me feel like a real scientist more than using imageJ.
August 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Few things make me feel like a real scientist more than using imageJ.
I should not be allowed to draft Bloomburrow.
August 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I should not be allowed to draft Bloomburrow.
And here is a collage of the campaign's bosses! Metaphorical-biological shadows of what remains of humanity, along with the osprey occultist who wished to capture their power.
With the exception of the bird and the colored faces, this was made by liberal image-cutting (hopefully obviously).
With the exception of the bird and the colored faces, this was made by liberal image-cutting (hopefully obviously).
August 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM
And here is a collage of the campaign's bosses! Metaphorical-biological shadows of what remains of humanity, along with the osprey occultist who wished to capture their power.
With the exception of the bird and the colored faces, this was made by liberal image-cutting (hopefully obviously).
With the exception of the bird and the colored faces, this was made by liberal image-cutting (hopefully obviously).
Just saw a flock of 30 something rock doves. A good omen.
July 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just saw a flock of 30 something rock doves. A good omen.
New DnD campaign, new character. Meet Axrthrra, a brass dragonborn bard who prefers figurative firebreathing, and served as her village's librarian. That is, until the one-per-family town draft begun, and her grandfather saw the training as a perfect way to get the musician to "man up."
July 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
New DnD campaign, new character. Meet Axrthrra, a brass dragonborn bard who prefers figurative firebreathing, and served as her village's librarian. That is, until the one-per-family town draft begun, and her grandfather saw the training as a perfect way to get the musician to "man up."
The older cohort of bat rays at my local aquarium have been moved out of the touch tank, so they can get used to no pets and regrow their spines in preperation to be released back into the wild. <3
June 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The older cohort of bat rays at my local aquarium have been moved out of the touch tank, so they can get used to no pets and regrow their spines in preperation to be released back into the wild. <3
"The deep sea is scary" Agreed. The high pressure is terrifying.
"Deep sea animals are scary" What? Those guys? You could beat up 99% of them, easy. And the remaining 1% doesn't want to eat you, aside from maybe one of those huge squids. I'd feel safer near a Japanese spider crab than a big dog.
"Deep sea animals are scary" What? Those guys? You could beat up 99% of them, easy. And the remaining 1% doesn't want to eat you, aside from maybe one of those huge squids. I'd feel safer near a Japanese spider crab than a big dog.
June 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"The deep sea is scary" Agreed. The high pressure is terrifying.
"Deep sea animals are scary" What? Those guys? You could beat up 99% of them, easy. And the remaining 1% doesn't want to eat you, aside from maybe one of those huge squids. I'd feel safer near a Japanese spider crab than a big dog.
"Deep sea animals are scary" What? Those guys? You could beat up 99% of them, easy. And the remaining 1% doesn't want to eat you, aside from maybe one of those huge squids. I'd feel safer near a Japanese spider crab than a big dog.
The first big roadblock in my thesis describing a new sponge: I can't find any forceps in this damn sponge! We have multiple pictures of them. Where are they???
June 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The first big roadblock in my thesis describing a new sponge: I can't find any forceps in this damn sponge! We have multiple pictures of them. Where are they???
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Birds are real.
June 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Birds are real.
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It's rosy maple moth season in Virginia!! My favorite time of year! Can you believe we get to share a universe with this amazing species? It's like pink lemonade had a baby with a muppet.
April 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It's rosy maple moth season in Virginia!! My favorite time of year! Can you believe we get to share a universe with this amazing species? It's like pink lemonade had a baby with a muppet.
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Oops, here is better link for the gorgeous slop worth unethical platform open.substack.com/pub/sparklif...
Here you go, AI
Take, take! I have dozens! Image credit: Paramount & Star Trek DS9.
open.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Oops, here is better link for the gorgeous slop worth unethical platform open.substack.com/pub/sparklif...
If you ever correct someone on their inflection when saying Balatro, you'd better not go pronouncing Caeser like you're addressing Mr. Chavez.
April 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you ever correct someone on their inflection when saying Balatro, you'd better not go pronouncing Caeser like you're addressing Mr. Chavez.
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Thank you, Wikipedia, for this intuitive way to way to remember which axes "roll," "pitch," and "yaw" are.
March 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thank you, Wikipedia, for this intuitive way to way to remember which axes "roll," "pitch," and "yaw" are.
Today, I got to read an economist's summary of a philosophy/history of science book written by a physicist, as assigned in a class about evolution and the ecological niche. I have yet to read a more infuriating paper for grad school.
March 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Today, I got to read an economist's summary of a philosophy/history of science book written by a physicist, as assigned in a class about evolution and the ecological niche. I have yet to read a more infuriating paper for grad school.
Doctor Wynndeor Thongolir, master surgeon turned necromancer. Rebuilt himself to better perform his craft. Misses hunger and sleepiness, but it's worth it for the advancement of medicine.
This is a #DnD5e necromancy wizard I am currently playing in a villanous campaign.
This is a #DnD5e necromancy wizard I am currently playing in a villanous campaign.
March 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Doctor Wynndeor Thongolir, master surgeon turned necromancer. Rebuilt himself to better perform his craft. Misses hunger and sleepiness, but it's worth it for the advancement of medicine.
This is a #DnD5e necromancy wizard I am currently playing in a villanous campaign.
This is a #DnD5e necromancy wizard I am currently playing in a villanous campaign.
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I recently forced my friends to watch all of the Jurassic World movies and my professional opinion is that the t-rex and the raptor should be lesbians, thank you for your time #jurassicworld
January 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I recently forced my friends to watch all of the Jurassic World movies and my professional opinion is that the t-rex and the raptor should be lesbians, thank you for your time #jurassicworld