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delicatelydeceased · 1 year

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🌙ℭ𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔑𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱🌙

Did you know that a male moth can use those feathery antennae to detect scents from miles away?

A male giant silk moth can smell a single molecule of a female moth’s pheromones from up to seven miles (eleven kilometers) away.

These fascinating and strange creatures have many interesting details in their life cycle.

Many silk moths lack mouth parts after transforming from a caterpillar, and will mate before starving to death after about only a week.

I’ve always been quite fond of these fascinating creatures. What types of moths do you spot in your area?🦋

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azura-tsukikage · 7 months

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Purple spotted swallowtail.

#butterfly #entomology #natural curiosities #witchcraft #natural curios

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great-and-small · 8 months

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A dinosaur obsessed 12 year old studied fossils and found a 69 million year old hadrosaur skeleton embedded in rock while hiking. A fisherman in Australia noticed tiny shrimp in his net that looked slightly different from the others and he sent a few specimens to biologists for testing. Turned out to be a never before described species, going unnoticed in a popular lake. I posted a pic ~here on tumblr~ of a weird parasite on a dead fish and a parasitologist found it and asked to report it as the species has never been seen in my area before.

There is so, so much out there we literally don’t even know. And the best way to find that stuff out is to be intensely curious about everything you see. You might not discover a new species but you absolutely will gain a deeper appreciation for the world around you.

#biology #nature #animals #fauna #curiosity

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jamesgraybooksellerworld · 3 months

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Physics Curiosa. 1667

Gaspar Schott’s Physics Curiosa is a densely illustrated encyclopedia of animals some of which exist and others which are reported to exist or had once existed. Of the twelve books half are comprised of miraculous beings, many illustrated and explained by the creations of Angels, Specters, Demons, and un-natural magic. The second half is more marvels of nature, mostly existing exotic animals,…

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#Artificial Magic #Centaur #Dragons #illustrated natural history #Imaginary beings #Jesuite science #Monstrous births #Natural curiosities

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happyheidi · 8 months

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𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠

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katarinanavane · 4 months

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Three new dollhouse curio cabinets! I didn't make the cabinets themselves but just found and arranged the contents.

#miniature #oddities #vulture culture #cabinet of curiosities #goblincore #natural history #curio collection #curio #dollhouse miniatures #dollhouse #cabinet #curiosities

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hollowflight-propaganda · 4 days

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(please reblog!)

#wof #wings of fire #phoenix prattles #suddenly was struck with curiosity about this so naturally it's Tumblr Poll Time

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thirdity · 4 months

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Eventually man, too, found his way back to the sea. Standing on its shores, he must have looked out upon it with wonder and curiosity, compounded with an unconscious recognition of his lineage. He could not physically re-enter the ocean as the seals and whales had done. But over the centuries, with all the skill and ingenuity and reasoning powers of his mind, he has sought to explore and investigate even its most remote parts, so that he might re-enter it mentally and imaginatively.

Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us

#imagination #memory #curiosity #creativity #nature #humanity #quotes #Carson #Rachel Carson #The Sea Around Us

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dead-dogs-still-fetch · 3 months

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A Trip to the Field Museum

Some past photos from my previous trip to the Field Museum last year during a free day. The museum has an amazing collection of specimens and fun temporary exhibits. The one they were hosting when we visited was the Blood Suckers exhibit.

The museum offers free admission days serval times a month for residents or students in Illinois.

#taxidermy #vulture culture #animal skull #animal bones #oddities #biology #curiosities #collection #museum #natural history #zoology #field museum #dark academia

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korva-the-raven · 1 year

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I found a beautiful Japanese tea box at a thrift store and transformed it into one of my corvid boxes. A corvid box, because it's made by a Raven, but it's ment for anyone who enjoys curio treasures.

One of my biggest corvid boxes...

The bottom of the box has been decorated too. I thought I was basically finished with this piece, but how many matchboxes I needed. I need to make 6 more look like this:

Haven't decided if the other 6 matchbox sleaves will use sheet music or different paper...but I'm leaning towards variety...

And some close up glamor shots...

Everything is ment to picked up and interacted with...

Shape, color, texture all play into the intention behind it's creation, and of course lots of shines...

I had a different arrangement and assort of items at first, but took everything out to decorate the interior of the tea box. I think my second arrangement came out even better. 🖤🍄🐛

#corvid box #curiosity box #art creation #ravencore #crowcore #corvidcore #goblincore #gremlincore #shines #natural history

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delicatelydeceased · 1 year

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