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theriu · 2 years ago

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Don't forget the wild boars(which I'm pretty sure the Southeast gets...?) and snapping turtles! And worm snakes <333 although to the best of my knowledge Southern Appalachia is currently mostly out of mountain lions, although the cougars from Florida and somewhere else are spreading, I hear. There are bobcats though. And raccoons. And opossums. And skunks. Saw a meme once that said those last three are your choices of starter Pokémon in Tennessee.

Worm snakes??? What are… *Googles*

OH!!!

THATS A VERY APT NAME, I have never before seen such a perfect hybrid of snek and erthwohrm, and now I WANT ONE. Lookit this little wormy baby.

And OF COURSE, I know exactly which meme you mean:

I freakin love it cause it feels so ACCURATE XD Also applicable to Ohio! You know, it occurs to me that most American states are about the same size or larger than a standard Pokemon region… so we could totally each be our own region it would WORK! (Some of the tiny states might need to group together though… oh wait Unova already covered that, we’re good.)

#River replies #Pokemon #animals #choose your starter #Now I wonder what the Ohio region pokemon would be like #Obvs there would be a cardinal #And maybe a carnation themed pokemon #A buckeye!!!#There needs tk be a buckeye pokemon #Just going off our state symbols #Very farming community #Can we get a fire/water type to rep our good buddy Cleveland #Maybe it could be a regional variant of koffing/wheezing

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daily-deliciousness · 7 days ago

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Peanut butter buckeye brownie cups

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entomologize · 1 year ago

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Fun fact: common buckeye butterflies (Junonia coenia) can be selectively bred to be blue fairly easily!

It turns out the only thing needed to go from brown to blue is a slightly thicker lamina, which is a flat layer at the bottom of the wing scale:

The lamina's iridescence is caused by the same phenomena as soap bubbles: thin-film interference. When light hits the transparent film of the lamina, it reflects off both the top and bottom of the layer.

Depending on the thickness and refractive properties of the material, the two reflected light waves can be in sync (image below) or cancel each other out. At the perfect thickness, the blue waves of light are enhanced and the butterfly becomes iridescent!

Because the difference in thickness needed to cause iridescence is so slight, it took less than a year to shift a population from just a few blue scales to full-on fabulous blue.

Photos & figures by Rachel Thayer, Nipam Patel, and Edith Smith.

#fun facts #structural color #iridescence #butterflies #buckeye butterfly #insects #bugblr #I just love shiny bugs

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fullcravings · 2 months ago

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