CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT THE TRAILER TO “JOKER” THAT SOMEONE DECIDED TO COMPLETELY REANIMATE W

He's got special hair ladies. Somehow, they figured out how to tame his hair a bit.

Sets also catching up on the current gossip. Gotta know what those dang birds have been up too....

Wild Stingrays making sounds beneath the waves

Stingrays: no longer the silent residents of the sea! 

Our new Journal of Ecology paper provides the first evidence of not one but TWO species of #stingray actively producing sounds 🔊 

https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3812 

We present 3 examples of sound production by wild stingrays - one of an adult mangrove whipray (Urogymnus granulatus) in #Indonesia by #scuba diver Philip Christoff, a juvenile mangrove whipray at #MagneticIsland in the #GreatBarrierReef by biologist and photographer Javier Delgado Esteban, and an adult cowtail stingray (Pastinachus ater) at #HeronIsland the Great Barrier Reef by marine biologist and photographer Johnny Gaskell.

The sounds are characterised by short, sharp ‘clicks’ and likely serve as a warning or defence signal. Both species often form large groups, so it may alert others to potential danger, suggesting a role in intraspecific communication! The mechanism is still unclear 🤔 but it appears they are produced through rapid movement of the jaw or head and spiracles behind the eye. 

 Almost 990 species of bony #fish have been shown to actively produce sounds, but until now #elasmobranchs (sharks, rays, and skates) have been considered silent. We show that this is a misconception, and more #research into this ability is needed! Turns out we have much to learn about life beneath the waves… 

 Given these observations were captured opportunistically by different people, we expect more to come to light in these and possibly by other species. If you’ve seen something similar, please get in touch! 

 The paper is fairly short and you don’t need specialist skills to understand most of it, so do take a read & let us know what you think 👍. 

The early view pre-typesetting version is up now here:

https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3812 

(all versions will be open access and free to read)

C O R N

~ Perra con Mazorca entre los Dientes. (Dog with cob in her teeth)

Culture: Tumbas de tiro

Style: Comala

Place of origin: Colima

Period: Late Preclassic-Early Classic

Date: 300 B.C.- A.D. 600

Medium: Modeled, incised and burnished clay.

My favourite genre of extinct animal is forbidden pupy

Count Duckula reimagined

Hey, so it’s been a while, I hardly use tumblr anymore, I’m mainly using twitter nowadays. 

Anyway, here’s something I’ve been making since late January. It’s just a little homage to the original Cosgrove hall series from the late 80s/ early 90s. I Hope you all enjoy! And good night out there…. whatever you are!

I really enjoyed wolf walkers and now it's one of my favorite movies!

I like to think I'm kind of funny

Starry Seas part 2 for Redbubble!

(part 1)

(part 3)

Night Hunt by John Brosio

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