#i love being a biologist

[shmothman]

very beautiful, very powerful (x)

[rogue-coyote]

it’s been a pretty amazing trip north to collect some research data 🥰 we were lucky to have perfect weather and tons of bears in the area, including a mom with three cubs (a rarity in the last few decades)

[jellyfishmakeoutparty]

the fact that I will never truly know what it’s like to be a shark in a shark cuddle pile is cruel and unusual punishment.

absolutely devastating.

[kinstein-art]

sanji's weird

[feather-bone]

[ID: a photo of animal stickers, including an octopus, whales, squid, sharks, seal, turtle, and oarfish, on a background of red river rocks. End]

I'm so happy with the new creatures for October's Creature Club mail!! The theme is "sea giants" - I drew some of the biggest marine animals, including some of my favorites!

[howboutitryanyway]

@crismakesstuff mermaid AU design for Nolan gazing at Debbie bc it's mermay and I told them I would actually do a rendered piece at some point !

[4ddi3addie2005]

Hello infinitely wise followers. Today I will be dropping my major in art to ONLY pursue creative writing because it’s stretching me thin to get by in Two Things when I could be really good in One Thing. I now only have one major. And many experiences.

[gurggggleburgle]

Me bored at work doing overtime : so does Bingwhale have heavenly ambergris? Like would heavenly demons whales be super hunted for their rare and valuable body parts? Could demon world sea be a barren wastelsnd due to over hunting by cultivators thus destroying whale fall... have bingwhales been use to light houses of the commen eversay man? Technically speaking whale leather is absolutely a thing... whale penis leather is also supposedly a thing. Could you have a car with a bingwhale penis leather interior? And does it have dual heated cup holders?

Whales are social singers so does bingwhale sing? Does he glow and get sparkly when he sing in water. Does he safely carry shizun through the water in his mouth????!!!!!! Whales like to be pet on their tongue (at least orcas and beluga do) so is that bingwhale head pat equivalent? Does Shizun put fish treat on his tongue and then give him rub on roof of mouth???? (☆∀☆)ﾟ+.ﾟ(*´∀`)bﾟ+.ﾟ

[wurmwizzard]

saw this lady this morning while taking out the trash !!! they got girls at work now thats crazy

[opens-up-4-nobody]

about your struggles with your undergrad. i was in the same boat not a few months ago. it got so bad i went to the ER for stress-related internal injuries, i was suicidal, i was convinced i couldnt succeed in my major (or life) no matter what, i felt hopeless... please consider: before you drop out, you have to be honest with yourself and your limits. i switched from compsci to my true passion and its very freeing. your advisor is there to help you. im sure they can help you like they helped me. also look for support from family/friends at this time. (i know its tough. again i was convinced id be better off dead so it was hard to ask for help BUT IM SO GLAD I DID.) instead of quitting, try changing your goals. btw, its never too late to change ur major. i changed 3 years in. better to swap now than live a lifetime, as you said, of stress and difficulty. future you will be so grateful. and past you will be soooo jealous. don't give up!! you've made it this far, you've got the skills! if you don't have the passion or patience to withstand a certain subject, then change it!! its so much easier than you think!! sorry for word wall. i believe in you. it gets better. good luck. and etc :)

Thanks, I wish you the best of luck :-) it is, however, a little more complicated bc im considering dropping out of a phd program and not undergrad

[12thbiologist]

"In the summer of their first year, the biologists established their headquarters in the ruins of a ghost town that had once pretended to be a county seat. The vegetation had taken it back in its suffocating embrace quickly and did not seem inclined to suffer a second defeat. Even after the biologist had taken over, the expedition did not feel comfortable there. The decision to bivouac inland had been made by someone higher up, someone who thought a location on the beach would seem to “flaunt,” as one biologist put it in their diary. (The diary, retrieved, had been gone at by beetles and rot and in the searing shades of green, the watermarks that seemed more like records of tidal patterns, had the look of a found object in an art exhibit. Old Jim had run his hand over the roughness of that faux coastline more than once as he read the faded pencil marks, before he’d thought, almost quaintly, of contamination, and put the journal back.)

Early on, a local from the village bar claimed that he saw a biologist “leap into the air and catch a dragonfly with his teeth,” so delicate this maneuver that the lithe biologist spit the insect unharmed into a glass jar, where it vibrated a confused and blurred emerald. Old Jim labeled that tale apocryphal, but already, almost from the start, the biologists were changing in the eyes of the locals into something uncanny. One day, a local would be walking down a weed-strewn trail on the forgotten coast, glimpse a biologist from the corner of their eye, and not be sure of what they had seen."

excerpt of the 4th area x novel from jeff vandermeer's twitter

[seaghosst]

A shadow drew overhead as the avian Leo landed to stop in front of the you(/y'all). Giving a quick check of his wings he smiles and turns his attention to you.

"Hello fellow campers, I the marvelous Bird Leo, the representative for my cabin, cabin 9 present a challenge. Since it's a sports day that is."

He pulls a ball to the front of his chest.

"Beat me in a game of Beach volleyball (except with a real volleyball instead of a beach ball) and you get a free... Uh... Totallyawesomemysteryprizewhichtotallyisntat-shirt!!" He said in a fast pace. He moved on from that quickly.

"So what do you say?"

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@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

unfortunately i think donnie’s main goal for camp is to study the biology of as many of the participants as they can…. but they and mikey wouldn’t mind playing volleyball too !!

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

[jellyfishmakeoutparty]

him: you better not be fucked up images of lantern sharks when I get there

my bathypelagic ass:

[kowabungadoodles]

How do you think Newt (specifically from your Oh He Fucks story) feels about the Nefarious Anglerfish?

He's an unapologetic lover of all fishy memes, the dumber the better.

Let me build you an outfit picture

[tea-time-terrier]

The violent urge to declutter and deep clean vs. the respect you have for your roomate and their things.

[agent-oo-z]

Ok fantasy biology question. Why do Githyanki have nipples and breast tissue. Are they like fantasy humanoid monotremes? Technically mammals but they lay eggs instead of giving live birth? Do githyanki males have venomous spurs on their ankles? Do they fluoresce teal?

Anyways lizard/frog githyanki is out. Platypus/echidna githyanki is in