Animal of the Day!
Hula Skirt Siphonophore (Physophora hydrostatica)
(Photo by Monterey Bay Aquarium)
Conservation Status- Unlisted
Habitat- Pacific Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea
Size (Weight/Length)- 40 cm
Diet- Zooplankton
Cool Facts- While the hula skirt siphonophore may look like a super cool jellyfish at first glance, it’s much more complex than you might first believe. The siphonophore is actually a megacomplex of millions of zooids. Zooids are comparable to cells but each individual is a highly complex, multi-celled animal with a specialized role. The hula skirt siphonophore mostly lives in the pelagic zone up to 1,000 meters under the surface. They float where the current takes them and control their depth using their gas filled swimming bells. On rare occasions, current upwells force the siphonophore to the ocean surface where they feast on zooplankton swarms. Their tentacles are filled with a stinging venom that immobilizes their prey and allows for easy digestion.
Rating- 13/10 (Animals made up of smaller animals give me good vibes.)
Requested by @nannygram
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fob acknowleged mcr by putting 'Black Parade' in their wdstf cover on petekey day god is good
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La Mode illustrée, no. 26, 28 juin 1908, Paris. Robe en gaze. Modèle de Raudnitz. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney
Description de la gravure coloriée:
La jupe froncée, faite en gaze bleu de roi, est posée sur une jupe do taffetas de teinte assortie; le bas est garni de motifs brodés formant entre-deux.'Le corsage est agrémenté de la môme garniture et s'ouvre sur une guimpe à col' droit de teinte claire.
The gathered skirt, made in royal blue gauze, is placed on a taffeta skirt of a matching shade; the bottom is trimmed with embroidered motifs forming an in-between. The bodice is embellished with the same trim and opens onto a straight-necked wimple in a light tint.
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6/28/23-IG credit to joelljackson ✨🏀✨
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Happy 3rd Birthday to
“Ethan Teaches Mark How to Swim”
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— June 28, 1912 / Franz Kafka diaries
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President Carter addresses the Task Force on Women Business Owners, June 28, 1978.
Collection JC-WHSP: White House Staff Photographers Collection
Series: Jimmy Carter's Presidential Photographs
File Unit: Women's Task Force Report Presentation in Rose Garden
Image description: President Carter stands at a podium outside the White House. On the steps next to and behind him are nine women and three men.
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Today is my birthday
Cheers to everyone who survived another year *clinks apple juice boxes together*
Have a good day :]
*happy stims*
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📸 by Mike Marsland (WireImage) 💥💥💥
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W.C. Fields and an unidentified actress in Poppy, 1923. This was a musical with music by Stephen Jones and Arthur Samuels, book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly, additional music by John Egan, and additional songs with lyrics by Howard Dietz and Irving Caesar.
Madge Kennedy had the title role and Luella Gear was also in the cast. Fields played a character named Professor Eustace McGargle. The story, set in 1874 Connecticut, concerns a circus barker and con man, Prof. McGargle, who tries to pass off his foster daughter, Poppy, as a long-lost heiress. It turns out, of course, that Poppy really is an heiress.
It opened on September 3, 1923, and ran for a successful 346 performances, closing on June 28, 1924. It included elements of revue, including specialty numbers. Its success established Fields's comic con man persona and led to film versions, also starring Fields. The first was a silent called Sally of the Sawdust (1925), directed by D.W. Griffith, and the second was Poppy (1936).
Photo: White Studio via NYPL
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