#MINI

[fullcravings]

Cherry Chocolate Mini Cakes

[minipuppyofmadness]

I lost at Mario Party and got leaky last night 🫣

[lauramistressworld]

Ohne Ausnahme…

[necklesslapras]

Day 9

i really wish someone else had been around to hear the noise i made upon opening the flap and seeing This Thing staring back at me

[markscherz]

You might know this tiny frog.

This is Mini mum (photo by Andolalao Rakotoarison), a species I had the pleasure to name—together with a team of amazing colleagues—back in 2019.

That was the start of a fascination with the process and consequences of miniaturisation for vertebrates. How the hell does this tiny frog manage to fit all of its vital organs—more or less all the same senses and organs that we have—into a package the size of a tic-tac‽ Why and how has it evolved to be so small? And why don't we get frogs that are much smaller?

Well, I just secured 1.5 MILLION Euros (!!!) in the form of a European Research Commission Starting Grant, to answer these and other related questions in the genomes of Mini frogs and other miniaturised vertebrates.

Because it turns out, there are *lots* of miniaturised vertebrates, and they push the boundaries of how small we think it is possible for a vertebrate to be! Here is a little graphic of some of them, scaled to a BIC ballpoint pen.

The project is called GEMINI: The Genomics of Miniaturisation in Vertebrates! You can read more about it on my website here, and in the press release, here!

[iloveabortions]

Mozu: 小さなスペース (2023)

[hyydraworks]

Speed run of a bunch of the critters that are going to be in the update, but I haven’t shown you guys yet 😅

[psykopaths]

Manifesting ✨️

[toyastales]

Mini Biscoff Cheesecakes

[fullcravings]

Poffertjes (Dutch Pancakes)

[lauramistressworld]

[akimbod]

Maowmaow

[retrogamingblog2]

Miniature Retro Gaming Setups made by Mindy Barrett

[markscherz]

At long last, the selfie I have been dreaming of: me with Mini mum!