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[redtailcatfish]

Trick or treat!!!

you reach into the aquarium and pull out...

Pentastomida!!!!

CW: Parasites

Pentastomida is sometimes called the tongue worm, but it is neither a tongue nor a work. Pentastomida is a crustacean -- yes, a relative of crabs and shrimp-- that evolved to be an obligate parasite of the respiratory tracts of vertebrates. They have lost all their limbs except for two hooks on the head region. These parasites do not have their own circulatory, respiratory, or excretory system, instead relying entirely on diffusing through the skin. They measure 1-10 cm in length. Humans are not their intended hosts, but human infections have occurred.

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Anyone else reading this, remember that you, too, can send me an ask to get your very own fucked up marine invertebrate!

[drhoz]

Phylum Pentastoma: What's the deal with that?

Another example of how much a parasitic lifestyle can confuse things - the Tongue Worms are now so weird that it took genetic evidence to prove that they're actually crustaceans. Unless they're actually stem-arthropods. Excellent fossils from the Cambrian though

[that1notetaker]

I’m begging. Pls ramble about the cotl au. Pls.

Next

ON IT BOSS.

Okay SO the T4W (Time Doesn't Care For Waltzes/Time for Waltzes) AU STARTS 1000 years in the past, before Narinder got chained down. Both Narinder and Shamura start getting split-up prophetic visions. While Shamura gets dreams about The Lamb, Narinder learns about the betrayal(s). In the middle of it all, Leshy checks on Narinder during one of his less than stellar lucid dream sessions without knowing what's up and in the end, it's just Leshy, the youngest, that gets the worst for wear. It changes things in the long term. Or maybe it's just the start.

[insomnimelodies]

how much clock could a clockblocker block if a clockblocker could block clock

[indiestsnake]

today in aquatic science we made up deep sea critters and drew them in chalk

exactly one mod afterward I lost my will to live in math

oh highscool, how strange you are

[mobileleprechaun]

The huge and ravenous Choglaem, with a helpful diagram for all its Choglaem parts (ft. a special guest)...!

[marlinspirkhall]

I do think it's possible to watch Red Dwarf at an impressionable age and still turn out normal, but unfortunately that did not happen to me.

[victoriadallonfan]

Do you think Goddess had Girl Power?

How else did she conquer shin?

[solradguy]

I am very aware of the comical situation I've ended up in where I've both spent an absurd amount of money on a custom red leather jacket and how I have become "guy that makes absurd weapons using technology that borders on insane magic." I know. Daisuke Ishiwatari lovingly hand carved this niche within which I have crawled and made my home

[arrowsneo]

Yum

[dreveel]

Bad Gummy Scoops; {Credit}

[cauliflowermaterial]

me with other aces: hah yea neat I’m ace too. yea there’s nuance but it’s chill. nice meeting you. me with non aces: well I am definitely a type of queer.

[artblooger19moon]

THE STRAIN ( July 13 2014 - September 17 2017 )

[bredforloyalty]

i had to stop watching hot ones because it made me so

[2000loop]

if I was a werewolf

[absurdumsid]

oh yea if u lot have science homework feel free to like. tell me. im not suffering in stem to not apply this somewhere