idontcareforgob:

officialgarrusvakarian:

we-are-star-stuff:

zerostatereflex:

An Octopus unscrewing a lid from the inside.

Octopuses are going to kill us all someday

I had a biology teacher that told us this story about an octopus at an aquarium in Australia. The staff were concerned because their population of crustaceans kept disappearing. No bodies or anything. So they checked the video feed to find out what’s up.

Across from the the crustacean tank was a small octopus tank. This little fucker squeezed out of a tiny hole at the top of his tank, walk across the hall, and get into the crustacean tank. He would then hunt and eat. After he was done, he crawled back out and get back in his tank

Here’s the kicker: security guards patrolled the area. The staff realized that the octopus had memorized the security’s routine. It would escape and be back between the guards’ round.

An octopus in Germany was annoyed by a bright light shining into his tank, so he climbed up over the rim and squirted water at it to short it

Fuckin’ octopuses, man. 

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wtfevolution:
“ “Hey, everyone likes spiders, right?”
“Well, uh…”
“Of course they do. Spiders are cute, and they keep the insect population under control.”
"They sure do, evolution.”
“Anyway, I was thinking of making something similar, but for the...

wtfevolution:

“Hey, everyone likes spiders, right?”

“Well, uh…”

“Of course they do. Spiders are cute, and they keep the insect population under control.”

"They sure do, evolution.”

“Anyway, I was thinking of making something similar, but for the ocean. Like a… sea spider.”

“A sea spider.”

“Mmm hmm. Only it’ll barely need a body, because I’m going to stuff most of its organs and its digestive tract down its legs. And instead of eating insects, it’ll stick its long proboscis into sea anemones and suck their insides out. What do you think?”

"Well…”

“I think everybody’s going to love it.”

“Yes, evolution, I’m sure.”

Source: NOAA Ocean Today / Creatures of the Deep: Sea Spider (click for video)

wtfevolution:
“ Molting is a beautiful thing. When your insides start feeling a little too big for their case, you can just crack open your exoskeleton, head capsule and all, and emerge a whole new invertebrate. You get to leave your shed body behind...

wtfevolution:

Molting is a beautiful thing. When your insides start feeling a little too big for their case, you can just crack open your exoskeleton, head capsule and all, and emerge a whole new invertebrate. You get to leave your shed body behind and walk away, freed from all the trappings of your former, smaller life. 

… unless, that is, you’re a gum-leaf skeletoniser caterpillar. In that case evolution actually stacks all your old heads on top of your new one and makes you wear them around forever like a macabre stovepipe hat. I don’t know, just go with it, okay?

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hollyjollyfitzmas:
“ suricattus:
“ wtf-fun-factss:
“ Crocodile species that could gallop -  WTF fun facts
”
Sometimes, you just want to shake extinction’s hand and say “good job, well done.” ”
even mother nature wasn’t putting up with that shit
”

hollyjollyfitzmas:

suricattus:

wtf-fun-factss:

Crocodile species that could gallop -  WTF fun facts

Sometimes, you just want to shake extinction’s hand and say “good job, well done.”

even mother nature wasn’t putting up with that shit

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thalassarche:
“ Violet Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) with feather detail. Iridescence in bird feathers is due to microstructures of the feather refracting light like a prism. Fossil evidence has shown that birds have had these structures in...

thalassarche:

Violet Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) with feather detail. Iridescence in bird feathers is due to microstructures of the feather refracting light like a prism. Fossil evidence has shown that birds have had these structures in their feathers for at least 40 million years.

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squidtoons:
“ Slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator)
The slingjaw wrasse exhibits the highest degree of jaw protrusion ever described (65% of head length) in any fish. Using its jaws, it produces a powerful suction used to feed on fishes and small...

squidtoons:

Slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator)

The slingjaw wrasse exhibits the highest degree of jaw protrusion ever described (65% of head length) in any fish. Using its jaws, it produces a powerful suction used to feed on fishes and small crustaceans in shallow coral reef habitats. 

Video taken by Wainwright Laboratory at UC Davis. 

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