Planet's wonders
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My analogue-twin parades as a somewhat-famed molecular biologist. I/ME/MY
This just appeared out of nowhere in the corner of a slide in a PowerPoint presentation I'm completing. What does it mean?
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This just appeared out of nowhere in the corner of a slide in a PowerPoint presentation I'm completing. What does it mean?
This is a flying spaghetti monster (seriously), but you can call it Bathyphysa conifera. Apparently they are about as smart as a stupid dog (or cat), which places them neck and neck with some humans I know. It's Thursday people! I digress.
August 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is a flying spaghetti monster (seriously), but you can call it Bathyphysa conifera. Apparently they are about as smart as a stupid dog (or cat), which places them neck and neck with some humans I know. It's Thursday people! I digress.
This is a black and rufous elephant shrew Rhynchocyon petersi. Very cute and they don't (can't) bite. So very okay for the nervous and thin skinned.
August 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is a black and rufous elephant shrew Rhynchocyon petersi. Very cute and they don't (can't) bite. So very okay for the nervous and thin skinned.
More adventure
August 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
More adventure
This is a hammer-headed fruit bat, Hypsignathus monstrosus, Well adapted to its lifestyle and not embarrassed to show it. I think that Harrison Allen, who named this species, was a person of his time in tagging this darling species as monstrous en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriso...
July 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is a hammer-headed fruit bat, Hypsignathus monstrosus, Well adapted to its lifestyle and not embarrassed to show it. I think that Harrison Allen, who named this species, was a person of his time in tagging this darling species as monstrous en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriso...
Marvel at the Stubby squid: Rossia pacifica
June 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Marvel at the Stubby squid: Rossia pacifica
Another beautiful velvet ant
April 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Another beautiful velvet ant
One of my favorite insects: the velvet ant (which is actually a wasp). This one's latin name is Dasymutilla gloriosa (photo credit, Joseph S. Wilson).
April 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One of my favorite insects: the velvet ant (which is actually a wasp). This one's latin name is Dasymutilla gloriosa (photo credit, Joseph S. Wilson).
Hey Shirley, your hair's on fire. Hey Bob, you wouldn't know since you're pretty darn bald. (Metatrichia floriformis)
March 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hey Shirley, your hair's on fire. Hey Bob, you wouldn't know since you're pretty darn bald. (Metatrichia floriformis)
This is a Hyalonema glass sponge. Carnivorous they tell me, but no one seems to know what exactly they eat. Pretty anyway.
March 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is a Hyalonema glass sponge. Carnivorous they tell me, but no one seems to know what exactly they eat. Pretty anyway.
I wonder if Musk is actually 12 identical duodecuplets. Birth date is almost right.
February 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I wonder if Musk is actually 12 identical duodecuplets. Birth date is almost right.
I'm a doctor, not a geographer!
February 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'm a doctor, not a geographer!
a start to 2101
February 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
a start to 2101
This is a Red-lipped bat fish, Ogcocephalus darwini. Found off of the Galapagos Islands. Pretty bat-shit crazy
February 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is a Red-lipped bat fish, Ogcocephalus darwini. Found off of the Galapagos Islands. Pretty bat-shit crazy
Something disturbing 'bout this
February 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Something disturbing 'bout this
Just in time to awe you with a Glasswinged butterfly, Greta oto. Never seen one in person, but a photo makes me want to.
February 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just in time to awe you with a Glasswinged butterfly, Greta oto. Never seen one in person, but a photo makes me want to.
This is a bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois). Take it from an expert, you definitely do not want to sit on one of these unsuited.
February 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is a bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois). Take it from an expert, you definitely do not want to sit on one of these unsuited.
Nice. A bit of a likeness?
February 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Nice. A bit of a likeness?
Some are just like us 🦉😀
February 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Some are just like us 🦉😀
This is a defensive posture of a puss moth caterpillar, Cerura vinula. Beautiful to us, but scary to dangerous predators
February 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This is a defensive posture of a puss moth caterpillar, Cerura vinula. Beautiful to us, but scary to dangerous predators
Beautiful Flowerhorn Chiclid
February 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Beautiful Flowerhorn Chiclid
This was my media life in 1975. Eventually the knob came off.
February 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This was my media life in 1975. Eventually the knob came off.
And here's why
February 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
And here's why