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Honestly really embarrassing for you guys. You need to sort this stuff out with each other
when im trying to look at cool snakes on instagram but all of the posts are just morons freehandling hots
some recent springtail observations
Gene-edited 'Peter Pan' cane toad that never grows up created to eat its siblings, control invasive species
The removed gene controls the production of the hormone thyroxine, which fuels the metamorphosis that occurs when a tadpole transforms into a toad. Rick Shine, an evolutionary biologist and ecologist at Macquarie University, is one of the scientists behind the "Peter Pan toads". He said cane toad tadpoles were known to be voracious cannibals with a preference for snacking on their kin, both in egg and hatchling form. This is especially true in Australia where rates of cannibalism of hatchlings by tadpoles have been recorded as 2.4 times that of South America — where the cane toad originated...
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-04-08/cane-toad-created-that-never-grows-up-and-eats-its-siblings/105100286
Western Hognose Snake (Heterodon n. nasicus) and a Central Plains Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis), both family Colubridae, CO, USA
photograph by Matthias Lemm
Red-shouldered Bug (Jadera haematoloma), taken April 4, 2025, in Georgia, US
Just a little guy posing for a picture! He seemed to be following the camera as I tried to get different angles. This insect has two adult morphs: long-winged (macropterous) and short-winged (brachypterous). The short-winged morph has, as you could infer, shorter wings that leave part of the abdomen exposed. I've seen both forms in a solitary setting, though this species apparently tends to have higher rates of short-winged adults when they live in groups. Less need for wings when you don't have to go anywhere to find a mate!
Todays ray is...
The Largetooth Sawfish!
Fun Fact: It is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical coastal regions, but also enters freshwater!
dung flies (Scathophaga) obviously have an even more unfairly negative reputation than the average fly, although i doubt most people could recognize one and some might even be charmed by their goofy proportions and golden fluff (even if this one isn't a great example of the latter). plus there are countless beloved animals that regularly eat shit and no one blinks an eye. butterflies. dogs. the british
(October 13th, 2024)
Todays shark is...
The Epaulette Shark!
Fun Fact: The Epaulette Shark has the ability to survive low oxygen conditions by the switching of non-essential brain functions, which is helpful when hunting in tide-pools with low oxygen!
Some crickets and grasshoppers and my thoughts about them.
I've always been interested in bugs since I was real small.. I should draw them more often.
i anthropomorphized more weird unloved animals again. they deserve love too
rotifer and giant barrel sponge . lets fucking go
Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus), family Colubridae, found in the Eastern and central U.S.
photograph by Mike Martin
oh uh, your girlfriend? Yeah we put her in the kiln. Yeah at 2000 degrees. Shes a bowl now. Sorry.
The long-headed toothpick grasshopper (Achurum carinatum) lives and feeds among tall grass in the southeast US.
They’re flightless and not very fast or agile by grasshopper standards, but like a stick insect their camouflage seems to make up for it!
In Florida, they breed year-round and are abundant in this prairie habitat in January when few other insects are active.
Maybe if you looked at the diversity of loricariids then you'd feel better
(From Lujan et al. (2012). Trophic diversity in the evolution and community assembly of loricariid catfishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12(124), 1-12)
Shark Fact
Epaulette sharks, a small type of reef shark, can "walk" on land during low tides. They do this by their pectoral and pelvic fins evolving to be more like feet so that they can crawl outside of the water from pool to pool during low tide.
They are able to lower their hearts and the rate at which they need to breath to be able to go outside of the water.
Walking on land allows for better hunting as well as to move to more oxygenated pools of water.
"sharks are good and dolphins are evil XD" guys undoing the shark stigma does not mean creating a new one. calling endangered animals evil isn't the Science Own you think it is
Eastern Mud Snake (Farancia a. abacura), family Colubridae, GA, USA
This gorgeous nocturnal aquatic snake feeds on aquatic salamanders, such as sirens and amphiumas, which it pins down with its sharp pointed tail.
photograph by Jeremy Chamberlain
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Girls will be like “oh I’m just running some quick errands” and then spend all day in the wetlands appreciating the unique flora and fauna
Eastern Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis), family Anguidae, found in the SE United States
Legless lizard.
photograph by Kristof Zyskowski
Florida Banded Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris), family Colubridae, northern FL, USA
photograph by Dick Bartlett
i love sharing cool bugs so i might as well ! thanks
this is a Margined Leatherwing Beetle (Chauliognathus marginatus). i didn't know of their existence till this one showed up right next to me! one of the prettiest beetles i've seen in a while :)
for a bit of simple joy rn, reblog this post with a cool bug you've seen recently
ill go first. heres mine: a parasitoid wasp in the genus Torymus
more people should comment on their inaturalist observations because this melted my heart and made me kinder
Docile, always moved slowly . new life philosophy just dropped