One Time My Rabbi Told Us, “imagine You Had A Box With A Little Bit Of God In It. What Would You Do

Found the world’s most perfect unicorn. I’m expecting a call from Lisa Frank any time now.

I picked up some dendrobates leucomelas at the expo this weekend. I’ve wanted these frogs for a long time and I am very happy to finally have them.

Vivarium has ferns, bromeliads, creeping fig, pilea, pepperomia, and tillandsia.

Do you have any cursed facts about deer? They are my favorite animal.

there’s an entire subset of deer that have sabre fangs instead of antlers!

this is because the very earliest deer on the planet had both antlers AND fangs, but over time deer diverged into two separate lineages that had either antlers OR fangs and they’re both still around today!

me @ all my nocturnal pets while turning the light off: have fun go wild

from being relaxed to seeing something scary

I’m not a songbird. I’m a screm bird!

quintner

Hi, it’s been a while 👋🏻😊 My first-ever ‚pool walk video‘ to a nice golden morning view of Mt Pilatus, watch until the end🏔☀️. Got up really early but it was worth doing.

sensory

Tumblr for some reason is not letting me publish asks but anyway…

The fuzzy fur-like stuff that covers a lot of moths is actually modified scales, like the scales on their wings, made of a substance called chitin, rather than keratin as in mammal hair. Chitin also makes up their exoskeleton. Wing scales are used to absorb heat, possibly to assist with flight, and to display colors/patterns as defense/camouflage or to attract a mate. The fuzz on their body is thought to muffle the sonar of predatory bats as well as keep them warmer in the chilly night air. Unlike mammal hair, though, these scales are not continually growing and cannot be replaced if lost or damaged.

Here’s a fun extreme macro photo of a sunset moth’s wing scales and longer modified hair-like scales:

Photo via Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel