Tillandsia cyanea. According to Wikipedia Tillandsia cyanea has been moved to Wallisia cyanea based on DNA evidence. I don't know it this change has been well accepted, however. It is native to the rainforests of Ecuador. I tend to take it for granted because it is almost always in bloom. #Tillandsiacyanea #Wallisiacyanea #Tillandsia #Wallisia #cyanea #bromeliad #CUgreenhouse (at CU Greenhouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClCljmGLH8t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
aka. lion's mane jellyfish, giant jellyfish, arctic red jellyfish, hair jelly. one of the largest known species of jellyfish, with an over 2 meters diameter bell. found in cold boreal oceans.
Одно из самых длинных существ на планете- Волосистая цианея.
One of the longest creatures on the planet is the Cyanea capillata .
Невероятные обитатели морских глубин никогда не перестанут удивлять человека. Волосистая цианея (Cyanea capillata) или арктическая цианея может достигать очень больших размеров. Арктическая цианея относится к виду сцифоидных, отряду дискомедуз. В переводе с латинского медуза цианея означает синие волосы. Это самая крупная медуза во всем мире, размер цианеи просто гигантский. В среднем размер колокола цианеи 30-80 см. Но максимально крупные зарегистрированные экземпляры имели размер 2,3 метра в диаметре купола и 36,5 метров в длину. Огромное тело на 94% состоит из воды.
Цвет этой медузы зависит от ее возраста – чем старше животное, тем красочнее и ярче купол и щупальца. Молодые экземпляры в основном имеют желтую и оранжевую окраску, с возрастом они краснеют, буреют, появляются фиолетовые оттенки. У взрослых медуз купол в середине желтеет, а по краям краснеет. Щупальца тоже становятся разных цветов.
Водятся эти крупнейшие медузы на глубине 20 метров в холодных водах Тихого и Атлантического океанов. Чем дальше от Арктики, тем меньших размеров она вырастает. За счёт своих щупалец цианеи не только передвигаются, но и охотятся. Свою добычу — планктон и других медуз — они убивают при помощи стрекательных клеток с ядом. Для человека волосистая цианея не очень опасна, но её укус весьма болезнен и может привести к аллергии.
The incredible inhabitants of the deep sea will never cease to amaze people. Cyanea capillata or arctic cyanea can reach very large sizes. Arctic cyanea belongs to the scyphoid species, the order of discomedusae. Translated from Latin, jellyfish cyanea means blue hair. This is the largest jellyfish in the whole world; the size of the cyanea is simply gigantic. On average, the size of a cyanea bell is 30-80 cm. But the largest recorded specimens measured 2.3 meters in dome diameter and 36.5 meters in length. The huge body is 94% water.
The color of this jellyfish depends on its age - the older the animal, the more colorful and brighter the dome and tentacles. Young specimens are mainly yellow and orange in color; with age they turn red, brown, and violet shades appear. In adult jellyfish, the dome turns yellow in the middle and turns red at the edges. The tentacles also become different colors.
These largest jellyfish are found at a depth of 20 meters in the cold waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The further from the Arctic, the smaller it grows. Using their tentacles, cyanea not only move, but also hunt. They kill their prey - plankton and other jellyfish - using stinging cells with poison. For humans, the cyanea is not very dangerous, but its bite is very painful and can lead to allergies.
update on making my ocs into magical girls/boys/nbs
i'm trying v hard to draw on my ipad because otherwise it's just an expensive ebook reader but i think i still haven't found the brushes that are the right fit for me, or maybe i'm just trying to do work that isn't suited for the way i draw on a screen....i do appreciate being able to work on projects during lunchtime though
who has already lost most of its tentacles - during August it is time to breed, and jellyfish stop actively hunting and feeding, throwing all their energy into reproductive production. As a rule, at this time they shrink considerably in size - all the nutrients go from the jellyfish tissues into the eggs. There is a suggestion that the tentacles are also digested for lack of use. And jellyfish, normally possessing a thick mane of thousands of tentacles, become almost bald, but no less beautiful.
"In parts of the East, Indigo Bunting may be the most abundant songbird, with the deep-blue males singing along every roadside. The plain brown females are seen far less often, and they have good reason to be inconspicuous: they do almost all the work of caring for the eggs and young, hidden away in dense thickets. This species favors brushy edges rather than unbroken forest, and is probably far more common today than when the Pilgrims landed."