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Komodo dragons have iron-tipped teeth, new study shows

Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their prey apart, according to new research. The metal is concentrated in the cutting edge and tips of their curved, serrated teeth, staining them orange, scientists wrote in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Komodo dragons are native to Indonesia and weigh around 80 kilograms (176 pounds) on average. They eat almost any kind of meat and are known as deadly predators...

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/science/komodo-dragons-iron-teeth-scli-intl/index.html

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Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), family Viperidae, Zambia

Venomous.

photograph by Johan Marais

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a herd of dairy cow isopods grazing the great green meadow 🌱

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I have a bio exam next week on DNA. Can you help?

DNA is easy once you understand the basics:

DNA stands for Deoxyribonusloculumicizmgmmsm Acid.

DNA is the blueprint of life. That means it’s blue and smells like ammonia.

DNA contains four codons: G, T, A, and San Andreas.

DNA is a “macro-molecule” but you shouldn’t mention this in public.

DNA lives in the nucleus of the cell, which is like the yolk in the egg that is you.

DNA needs RNA to copy itself, making RNA the carbon paper of the human body, and the Command-C buttons on the keyboard of your soul.

DNA can be “spooled” out of the cellular nucleus by pinning it to a stick and turning the stick very slowly.

DNA can help identify criminals in court. Once it does, it enters the DNA Protection Program and is moved to a small town in Alaska under a new name, and it can have no more contact with its family or friends.

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if y’all see this floating around: yes, it’s from me, and yes, you can find the original post on hoyolab under the same user <3

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Some of y'all be like "Oh yeah I support Cluster B" until they:

Have debilitating cognitive problems

Are depressed

Have emotions that aren't aesthetically pleasing

Don't know healthy coping mechanisms

Have a different view of social norms

Struggle with relationships

Do actions that for you are "obviously purposefully evil"

Explain the thought process behind their actions, not excuse them

Have trauma that just by existing doesn't invalidate yours but somehow that thought scares you

It's almost like you don't support Cluster B, hm.

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Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus), breeding plumage, family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Pantanal, Brazil

photograph by Cristian Sánchez Arce

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After nearly 20 years of trying to increase the red-headed vulture population, this endangered baby vulture was born in March at the Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo in northeast Thailand. The endangered bird is the first red-headed - also known as Asian king vulture - to be bred in the continent and only the second in the world. X

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Regal Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus regalis), family Colubridae, Southwestern U.S.

photograph by Jeff Servos/USFWS

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you are the weakest twink goodbye

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Giant springtail, Tetrodontophora bielanensis, Onychiuridae

Found primarily in central Europe

Photos 1-3 by sympiotr and 4 (for scale) by antsczech

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Quagsire -- Sachiko Adachi

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Suwannee Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis), family Chelydridae, endemic to the Suwannee River Basin of northern FL and southern GA in the SE United States.

ENDANGERED.

* closely related to the alligator snapping turtle.

Photograph by Greg Brashear

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the venus girdle (cestum veneris) | aquatilis_expedition on ig

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honestly I want to do purchasable character designs that are like full illustrations but I have no idea how to price those. what's the monetary dichotomy between these two if the first is 20 dollars

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Inktober 1: The Storyteller

(Strum, an ichthyornis)

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some of my favorite mutuals post entirely about things that i do not understand or care about and our dms are barren like a desert. and yet the warmth of that big hot sun remains between us