#biology.

[magioffire]

All dokkalfar are essentially hypermobile. Their joints can flex in ways that non-hypermobile humans typically cannot. It helps them live in the tight, claustrophobic tunnels and caves of the undercity, aids in climbing through closed canopy, and makes them surprisingly flexible despite their chitin armor plating. Dislocation and relocation of limbs is much easier and less painful for dokkalfar, especially dislocation of the shoulder joints. Sometimes dokkalfar will purposely partly or fully dislocate a shoulder joint to facilitate moving through tight spaces. However, it also makes them more susceptible to joint problems and injuries as they continue to push their bodies to their limit.

Which means I bet vali when is standing for a long period of time, he holds his arms up like a t-rex to help relieve the hypermobility of his shoulders and take some work off the biceps. T Rex mode Vali

#ooc. #valeriu.txt #dokkalfar.txt #also if you stand like a t rex regularly: you might have mild hypermobility too #biology. #basically your arm is slowly slooowly being pulled from its socket by gravity and going t rex stops that from happening #and relieves the discomfort

[everydaylouie]

Church of Whale Fall

#blender #animation #marine biology

[oncorhynchus-nerka]

VERY IMPORTANT a dam in the Netherlands, the weerdsluis lock, is directly on a migratory path for spawning fish. They have a worker stationed there to open the door for the fish, but they can take a while to open it. So to keep the fish from getting preyed on by birds they installed a doorbell. Only, the fish don't have hands to ring the doorbell. If you go to their website, they have a LIVE CAMERA AND A DOORBELL that YOU RING FOR THE FISH when they're waiting, and then the dam worker opens the door for them! I can't express how obsessed I am with this. look at this shit. oh my god.

Please check on the fish doorbell once in a while :)

#self #last night i kept stimming thinking about this LOVE IS AO REAL. AUGH #i dont like damming but this is a step in the right direction AND it gets the public involved #i love that! more public interactions like this in ecology please! thats how you bring change! thats how you make ppl see the beauty in life #marine biology #ecology

[dick-nut]

'fairies dont exist' WRONG❗❗cyerce elegans

#marine biology #ocean #sea slug #nudibranch #sea #sea slugs #sea creatures #sea critters #animals #little guys... #this thing is so special. to me

[toadbreath]

👀

#marine biology #animals #fish #flatfish

[fish-enthusiast622]

#bass #marine biology #fish puns are hilarious #fishblr #fish #largemouth bass

[theantiazdarcho]

The Lancetfish is a species that looks like it comes straight out of a realistic fantasy world building project.

#speculative biology #speculative ecology #speculative evolution #speculative zoology #traditional art #traditional sketch #spectember #specposium #paleontology #fanart #paleo meme #paleo art #paleontologist #paleostream #paleobird #paleomedia #paleoblr #paleoillustration #paleoart #worldbuilding #world #fishing #world building #fantasy #realistic fantasy #fish #lancet fish #lancetfish

[feefal]

Eukaryotic cell gang!! We love women in STEM.

The organelles of the cells have been translated into human anatomy, so the nucleus is the brain, the vacuole function as the lungs, and the mitochondria is the heart since it’s the… you already know, I don’t have to say it ;)

#drawing #illustration #digital art #character design #biology #women in stem

[nwmo]

LITTLE GUY SPOTTED

#LOOK AT HIS LITTLE FACE....... #marine biology #biology #science news #science #sharks

[pillowspace]

GIRLY JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT CYERCE ELEGANS

If Cyerce nigricans is a butterfly, then this is a fairy... Cyerce nigricans for comparison:

#sea slug #ok i have to go make food #hello my 11k notes. may i offer you: sun fnaf #alright this has 15k notes now. i guess i'll add tags #marine biology #nature #ocean #sea slugs #marine life #animals #sacoglossans #sacoglossan

[magioffire]

this is how amira looked as a baby ( atlas moth caterpillar) a face truly only a parent could love....

bonus: vali's baby pics (cecropia moth caterpillar):

#as they develop through their first instar they start to develop more and more vaguely humanoid features #usually coinciding with a change in diet #by the end of their first instar they kinda look like a caterpillar with a human face which is uh....uncanny and frightening??? #i both love and hate my lore :) #lore. #biology. #amira.txt #valeriu.txt #bugs #caterpillars #i can already hear it now: 'thanks blair! i hate it!' #well i love it so there

[whalefill]

the mighty gar...

(my half of an art trade with @jackalspine!)

#art #my art #digital art #digital painting #gar #marine biology #ichthyology #oceancore #fish #artists on tumblr

[hawkpartys]

POV you made a popular post about insects

#inaturalist #naturalist #nature #ecology #zoology #biology #insect #insects #bug #bugblr #entomology #bugs #hawk screeches #yes i am deeply petty. dont worry about it

[t00thpasteface]

here's something stupid: the catcatfish

some quick facts:

they're nocturnal and tend to roam around while awake.

they have keen senses of smell and hearing, but terrible eyesight. despite this, they also have a tapetum lucidum, making their pupils "glow" in the dark.

their fur is short, dense, and oily to waterproof them.

they prefer a diet of mostly meat and are attracted to strong-smelling food like fish, cheese, and anything fermented.

the elongated dewclaw on each front paw is sharp, flexible, and nonretractable. it injects a venom that causes respiratory failure and cardiac arrest in prey and, in extreme doses, humans. veterenarians typically remove the dewclaw venom glands during the neuter/spay procedure.

they grow to an average of 1m and 23kg (3ft and 50lb) but can reach up to double that length and triple the weight!

#drew these bad boys in ichthyology lecture 🐟 #art #sketch #orig #meme redraw #cat #fish #catfish #blue catfish #fantasy species #original species #hybrid #animal hybrid #speculative biology #catcatfish

[great-and-small]

Nobody throws shade like a biologist with burning hatred for invasive plants

#funny #Bradford pears #invasive #biology #this kinda shit is why I stay on Facebook

[mindblowingscience]

Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.  Every year, researchers try to predict the four influenza strains that are most likely to be prevalent during the upcoming flu season. And every year, people line up to get their updated vaccine, hoping the researchers formulated the shot correctly. The same is true of COVID vaccines, which have been reformulated to target sub-variants of the most prevalent strains circulating in the U.S. This new strategy would eliminate the need to create all these different shots, because it targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus. The vaccine, how it works, and a demonstration of its efficacy in mice is described in a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  “What I want to emphasize about this vaccine strategy is that it is broad,” said UCR virologist and paper author Rong Hai. “It is broadly applicable to any number of viruses, broadly effective against any variant of a virus, and safe for a broad spectrum of people. This could be the universal vaccine that we have been looking for.”

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#Science #Viruses #Biology #Medicine #vaccines #stem