wizard!
@sad-ghost-guy.bsky.social
legendary creature: human disaster, biologist, artist, video game enjoyer
повремено постујем на српском
they/he/it
повремено постујем на српском
they/he/it
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Activities for this season of #InverteFest:
Community science
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
Art book submission form
docs.google.com/forms/d/1jHk...
Community science
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
Art book submission form
docs.google.com/forms/d/1jHk...
Greetings, chordate comrades. #InverteFest is upon us.
tl;dr: Over the last 7 days every April, August, and December, we invite you to show the internet your coolest bugs & slugs.
Go find critters, post your art, write wikipedia pages, do whatever you like to celebrate invertebrates with us!
tl;dr: Over the last 7 days every April, August, and December, we invite you to show the internet your coolest bugs & slugs.
Go find critters, post your art, write wikipedia pages, do whatever you like to celebrate invertebrates with us!
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Activities for this season of #InverteFest:
Community science
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
Art book submission form
docs.google.com/forms/d/1jHk...
Community science
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
Art book submission form
docs.google.com/forms/d/1jHk...
Day 2 of posting one invertebrate-themed magic card for #invertefest :
Today's card is Luminous Broodmoth. There's a theme among butterfly/caterpillar creatures - they often have transformative abilities, reflecting dramatic change that is insect metamorphosis.
Today's card is Luminous Broodmoth. There's a theme among butterfly/caterpillar creatures - they often have transformative abilities, reflecting dramatic change that is insect metamorphosis.
December 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Day 2 of posting one invertebrate-themed magic card for #invertefest :
Today's card is Luminous Broodmoth. There's a theme among butterfly/caterpillar creatures - they often have transformative abilities, reflecting dramatic change that is insect metamorphosis.
Today's card is Luminous Broodmoth. There's a theme among butterfly/caterpillar creatures - they often have transformative abilities, reflecting dramatic change that is insect metamorphosis.
This #invertefest I'm going to highlight one invertebrate-themed magic: the gathering card and share some fun facts.
Day 1: Scute Swarm! The iconic card that multiplies itself, mimicking an insect swarm.
I think my highest number of scutes in a game was ~20.
Day 1: Scute Swarm! The iconic card that multiplies itself, mimicking an insect swarm.
I think my highest number of scutes in a game was ~20.
December 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This #invertefest I'm going to highlight one invertebrate-themed magic: the gathering card and share some fun facts.
Day 1: Scute Swarm! The iconic card that multiplies itself, mimicking an insect swarm.
I think my highest number of scutes in a game was ~20.
Day 1: Scute Swarm! The iconic card that multiplies itself, mimicking an insect swarm.
I think my highest number of scutes in a game was ~20.
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at some point we'll learn that magic made a fuckoff device in the basement or whatever, and that'll be the end of my time with it. maybe it's already happened. maybe we're all fools for thinking this can be avoided in the long run.
December 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
at some point we'll learn that magic made a fuckoff device in the basement or whatever, and that'll be the end of my time with it. maybe it's already happened. maybe we're all fools for thinking this can be avoided in the long run.
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An (ecto)parasitic #Crustmas. This is Dolops (above), which swims around and attaches to fishes (below), but unlike its relative Argulus, which has suckers, it has hooks to hold on. Also, is bizarrely cute!
🧪🦑
🧪🦑
December 8, 2023 at 3:42 PM
An (ecto)parasitic #Crustmas. This is Dolops (above), which swims around and attaches to fishes (below), but unlike its relative Argulus, which has suckers, it has hooks to hold on. Also, is bizarrely cute!
🧪🦑
🧪🦑
I think i need a moment to go scream in the woods, actually
Can't really go into detail at this stage because we are going to get it submitted at some point but i'm particularly troubled by the fact that the models tested actually didn't make up references in general, but directed the user to actual, existing "race science" papers 🫠
December 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I think i need a moment to go scream in the woods, actually
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A soft coral porcelain crab, in appropriately festive colours for #Crustmas. Lissoporcellana sp., maybe L. nakasonei. Pic from Anilao
#MarineLife #Invertebrates 🦀🌿
#MarineLife #Invertebrates 🦀🌿
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A soft coral porcelain crab, in appropriately festive colours for #Crustmas. Lissoporcellana sp., maybe L. nakasonei. Pic from Anilao
#MarineLife #Invertebrates 🦀🌿
#MarineLife #Invertebrates 🦀🌿
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This is Jelly. She screams for ice cream. Has been at this for about 15 minutes with no luck though. 12/10 justice for Jelly (IG: jellythesamoyed)
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is Jelly. She screams for ice cream. Has been at this for about 15 minutes with no luck though. 12/10 justice for Jelly (IG: jellythesamoyed)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Red deer
Fire salamander
Wild boar
Roe deer
Freyer's purple emperor
Red deer
Fire salamander
Wild boar
Roe deer
Freyer's purple emperor
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Serval
Caiman
Grey wolves
Whooping crane
African rock python
Serval
Caiman
Grey wolves
Whooping crane
African rock python
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Red deer
Fire salamander
Wild boar
Roe deer
Freyer's purple emperor
Red deer
Fire salamander
Wild boar
Roe deer
Freyer's purple emperor
introduce yourself witg 5 concerts you've been to:
Arcade Fire
The Vaccines
Jake Bugg
The Wombats
Bombay Bicycle Club
Arcade Fire
The Vaccines
Jake Bugg
The Wombats
Bombay Bicycle Club
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Kraftwerk
Egotronic
The pixies
Dendemann
Taylor Swift
Kraftwerk
Egotronic
The pixies
Dendemann
Taylor Swift
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Genesis (the last one in Germany)
Alice Cooper
Nightwish
Beatsteaks
Finntroll
Genesis (the last one in Germany)
Alice Cooper
Nightwish
Beatsteaks
Finntroll
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
introduce yourself witg 5 concerts you've been to:
Arcade Fire
The Vaccines
Jake Bugg
The Wombats
Bombay Bicycle Club
Arcade Fire
The Vaccines
Jake Bugg
The Wombats
Bombay Bicycle Club
Brb crying iver tiny baby gar <3
Have you ever seen a baby gar eating?
This little Spotted Gar is about a week old and has started feeding on zooplankton (in this case brine shrimp/Artemia/ aka "sea monkeys").
This little Spotted Gar is about a week old and has started feeding on zooplankton (in this case brine shrimp/Artemia/ aka "sea monkeys").
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Brb crying iver tiny baby gar <3
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You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
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hanging out with mr fish
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
hanging out with mr fish
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There are so many immensely talented paleoartists and scientific illustrators this cover could have been done by. Disgraceful for a journal to go with bad AI images instead.
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
There are so many immensely talented paleoartists and scientific illustrators this cover could have been done by. Disgraceful for a journal to go with bad AI images instead.
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I thoroughly approve of and encourage the bullying of genAI proponents, by the way.
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I thoroughly approve of and encourage the bullying of genAI proponents, by the way.
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featherless biped
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
featherless biped
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Northern Lights seen right outside our house…in the middle of the Twin Cities in Minnesota!
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Northern Lights seen right outside our house…in the middle of the Twin Cities in Minnesota!
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This is my last and longest of three aurora threads, for the final substorm I saw from Columbus Ohio USA. It was by far the most brilliant and the strongest (at one point visible *south* of us)! It started ~11:30PM local time and lasted a full half-hour. Just unbelievably stunning!
1/10
1/10
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is my last and longest of three aurora threads, for the final substorm I saw from Columbus Ohio USA. It was by far the most brilliant and the strongest (at one point visible *south* of us)! It started ~11:30PM local time and lasted a full half-hour. Just unbelievably stunning!
1/10
1/10
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godDAMN
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
godDAMN
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#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#InverteFest season is almost here, which means it's time to submit your bug & slug art! The form closes at 100 entries.
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Find more info, download past art book, and submit here:
invertefest.com/#artbook
Posts that made me google brachipod anatomy:
(My answer is ventral valve btw it's more shape)
(My answer is ventral valve btw it's more shape)
bored: do you prefer the big spoon or little spoon
inspired: do you prefer the dorsal valve or ventral valve of a brachiopod
inspired: do you prefer the dorsal valve or ventral valve of a brachiopod
November 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Posts that made me google brachipod anatomy:
(My answer is ventral valve btw it's more shape)
(My answer is ventral valve btw it's more shape)
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It is believed that all vertebrates descend from the larva of a filter feeder that stopped metamorphosing, staying in its mobile juvenile stage.
This is the basis for the incurable disease Retromorphosis Maligna, where ancient genes reactivate and transform the body into its "adult" sessile form.
This is the basis for the incurable disease Retromorphosis Maligna, where ancient genes reactivate and transform the body into its "adult" sessile form.
September 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It is believed that all vertebrates descend from the larva of a filter feeder that stopped metamorphosing, staying in its mobile juvenile stage.
This is the basis for the incurable disease Retromorphosis Maligna, where ancient genes reactivate and transform the body into its "adult" sessile form.
This is the basis for the incurable disease Retromorphosis Maligna, where ancient genes reactivate and transform the body into its "adult" sessile form.