ladies if she won’t let you into her burrow she’s NOT the one
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fungi are more closely related to animals than plants because they can’t produce their own food!!
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i will admit, things are looking kinda bad right now. but we exist in the same world as the wondrous nudibranch and i will always be thankful for that!! look at them!!
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you know what queen I’m sure your endoskeleton is VERY calcareous don’t listen to the haters
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wouldn’t it be crazy if we evolved jaws and became members of clade Gnathostomata? haha jk jk... unless? 👀
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these mushrooms are called orange mycena and their edibility is ✨unknown✨
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fungi: nature’s greatest mystery. more at 6.
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if you need a present for your biologist s/o this holiday season, consider this endlessly romantic gift!
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howdy friends!! i made another uquiz!!
what member of phylum mollusca are you?
i know you were all dying to know what mollusc you are so i hope this scratches the itch
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what if we were both gastropods 🐌👩❤️💋👩 and we occupied similar but not identical marine niches 💦🌊🐟 so as not to cause intense interspecific competition that could extirpate the other species 😩😔💔 haha jk….😅😂 unless?? 👀
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this plant is Comandra umbellata, common name bastard toad flax
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Asteraceae (daisy family) call out post!! all asters are just tons of tiny flowers wearing trench coats pretending to be big flowers!!
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when annie dillard said “probably some people can look at the grass at their feet and discover all the crawling creatures. I would like to know grasses and sedges—and care. Then my least journey into the world would be a field trip, a series of happy recognitions.” ...yeah.
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Ericaceae (Heath family) appreciation post!! these flowers have what is known as an urceolate corolla, which means that the petals are united into an “urn” shape, giving this family its cool appearance!!
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Lamiaceae (mint family) flower appreciation post!! Not only are mints easy to identify because of their square stems, opposite leaves, and characteristic zygomorphic flowers, they’re also very pretty and come in really cool colours!!
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