#halloween critters

[critter-of-the-day]

27th of October 2024: Black-bearded Flying Fox

Let’s look at another super-sized version of a typical Halloween critter: the Black-bearded Flying Fox (Pteropus melanopogon). This bat species has a forearm length of up to 20 cm [1]. There is also rather little information on them.

They are found in the Moluccas and Tanimbar island groups in Indonesia. There they inhabit tropical forests, with one colony being found in a mangrove forest. Individuals have also been sighted in villages though. Despite this, the amount of habitat destruction through logging and agriculture, as well them being hunted has led them to be categorised as Endangered [2]. The hunting can also mean that roosting colonies are forced to disperse and/or flee to suboptimal nesting sites after their original ones are disturbed [1].

They’ve been sighted feeding on the flowers of Durian trees. They roost in large colonies of up to 200 in trees. They may also roost near other species. Local people distinguish between the species using colour, referring to the Black-bearded Flying Fox as the “black one” [1].

Sources: [1] [2] [Image] 

[rawraminirawr]

Floofy cuteness

[strawlessandbraless]

Skeleton Panda Sea Tunicate Appreciation Post!!! 💀 🐼 🌊

Clavelina ossipandae, the skeleton panda sea tunicate is a species of colonial ascidian, also known as sea tunicates, a group of sessile, marine filter-feeding invertebrates. Just some funky little guys!

First discovered near Kume Island in Japan by local divers, pictures of the animal attracted media attention in 2017. But they weren't given their formal taxonomic description until 2024

Love to sea it 🌊

[amberluvsbugs]

Tricks & Treats

Made this in celebration of the spooky month for work, I hope you all have a wonderful Halloween!! Be sure to keep an eye out for tricks :D

Speedpaint

Process is down below

[ffwix]

(1-?)

Anyway Im gonna have a PC, so I'm most likely gonna lose all my drafts when I get rid of my current computer. So have this.

[whizpurr]

[aloinky]

I wish you a Happy Halloween!! 🎃💀👻🧡💜🖤✨

[strawberry-s0ap]

@/heartnosekid stimtober

day 1: halloween / autumn nostalgia!

x x x / x x x / x x x

[lilybug-02]

Devil Bread, have you tried to scare Mummy Bread?

Devil Bread enjoyed that WAY more than they thought they would.

[shazos]

some more of my spooky town au🎃

[critter-of-the-day]

23rd of October 2024: Advhena magnifica

Today we’re staying underwater and going even deeper, this time looking at a deep-sea coral, Advhena magnifica, who doesn’t officially have a common name, but in the media coverage surrounding them was often termed the “E.T. sponge” or “E.T. coral” [1].

They were initially discovered in 2016, one being recovered just east of the Marianas’ Trench at a depth of over 2 km. Their main body is actually just around 14 cm in diameter, but they sit on top of a long peduncle (essentially a long stalk-like extension) [2]. They are a type of glass sponge, named such because their skeleton is made of silica particles. The specific microstructures of their skeleton were also necessary to determine they were a new species [1].

In 2017 researchers went down again and this time took video of what they termed “Forest of the Weird”, which included Advhena magnifica as well, showing them all oriented in the direction of the current. They also found groups of dead Advhena magnifica which they attributed to likely be because of a water-borne pathogen [3].

They are a monotypic genus at the moment, meaning they’re the only species in the genus. Advhena derives from the latin for alien, while magnifica comes from magnificent, thus essentially calling them magnificent aliens [2].

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [Image] 

[pokimoko]

It's Ace Week again and that means it's time for even more silly little artworks of silly little critters. (Here are their friends from 2021 and 2022) ✨Stay amazing, aces✨

[cat-cosplay]

The Caturday herald of the Spooky Season.

[little-creature-of-the-day]

little creature of the day: pretzel snake

to be honest, I kinda like when people give out pretzels on Halloween

[shilohsylvanian]

x

[twinkskeletons]

it’s freaking bats