#what?

[ilikeplums337490]

what? I don't like it what? What is it? It is twigs it eating? It eat? What? Nibling?

Small Five-toed Jerboa (Scarturus elater), family Dipodidae, found in rocky deserts across Asia

photograph by Parham Beyhaghi

[girldriveroscar]

like if i told you oscar and lando have a special little handshake where oscar fits perfectly on landos thumbs and they catch each other after every event to check in w one another and reserve their own smiles and excitement til the other is smiling and even though they’re arguably at the most competitive spot in their whole careers they continue to just hype the other up and talk about playing padel and shrugging off the comparisons to past teammate rivalries and lando has always touched oscar gently bumping his chest or hip but recently oscars performing exceptionally well and lando isn’t even mad about it hes just getting increasingly more risky about those little touches and now it’s escalated to borderline public groping and oscar is just okay with that fact and journalists are saying to his face landos going to sabotage him by Bruising his ass Ok yeah and then when i tell you that’s all just like real and happening in f1 and it’s not some tumblrina fujoing out about two guys its just like actually What they’re about??

[ministarfruit]

yuri month day 8: I want you to leave me ♡

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[todropscience]

TWO INJURED SEA COMBS CAN FUSE INTO A SINGLE ENTITY, AND THRIVE

In a surprising new discovery, scientists have found that two injured individuals of Mnemiopsis leidyi, a species of comb jellies or ctenophores, can fuse into a single entity. This phenomenon, which challenges our typical understanding of biological processes, reveals just how remarkable these planktonic creatures truly are.

Ctenophores, known for their translucent beauty and delicate movement in the ocean, appear to lack a mechanism called allorecognition—the ability to distinguish between self and non-self. This means that, when two comb jellies are injured and placed close together, they can merge, not just physically, but also functionally. Their nervous systems combine, allowing them to share nerve signals (or action potentials), and even their digestive systems become one.

The discovery was made by Dr. Jokura and his team, who were observing comb jellies in a seawater tank. After removing parts of their lobes and placing them side by side, they were astonished to see 9 out of 10 injured comb jellies fuse to form a single organism. Even more fascinating, the newly formed organism survived for at least three weeks, with its muscle contractions fully synchronized within just two hours. The digestive system also fused, enabling food taken in by one mouth to travel through their shared canal and exit through both anuses—although not at the same time!

While the exact benefits of this fusion are still unclear, the researchers believe that studying this phenomenon could provide valuable insights into how organisms integrate nervous systems and even how tissue regeneration occurs. It may also offer clues about immune system functions in species where the lines between individual organisms become blurred.

This discovery offers a glimpse into the hidden potential of the ocean’s lesser-known inhabitants, challenging what we think we know about biological boundaries and cooperation.

Video: Kei Jokura

Reference: Jakura et al., 2024. Rapid physiological integration of fused ctenophores. Current Biology

[werecreature-addicted]

Sorry i handed you a 60 page packet on lore and world-building when you said you wanted to roleplay. Do you still want to be a heroic knight being seduced and corrupted by an evil fae princess or did i kill the mood?

[trashpandaartblog6000]

≫≫M▲ Y B E L L ⊕ E E Q U ▲ Y≪≪ (@maybell.eequay)

[brightlotusmoon]

..... what?

[sharlleglerg]

Is Verstappen an "easier" opponent to apprehend because you have known him since karting?

Max is different. It’s true, we have been rivals since we were kids. We do indeed know each other very well, but that doesn’t make things any easier. Max and Lewis have different personalities and driving styles. You have to adapt to each of them. The fact that we wore out the bottoms of our racing suits with Max on the same karting tracks is of no help in beating him.

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[privatejoker]

painting has me scared of colors

[lover-of-mine]

Okay, I just saw the still Tim shared and sorry, Buck is leaving his passively suicidal era behind to enter his actively suicidal era. That man does not wanna be there. He's looking up at that car thinking "wish that was me". The open turnout, the seemingly unstyled hair? Oh, my boy is going through it and he's hating every second of it.

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Basil Rathbone singing a tune behind the scenes of The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

[mbohjeezart]

Husbands, huh... I wonder what the wedding was like... [ RB link ]

[0nlyhere4phil]

what.

[justyourusualash]

now why tf were these two roleplaying as gay men at a gas station in the middle of nowhere?!

[ashtonwithdislexia]

Was this like a common fact that everyone was aware of and just never told me????

Like what???? That's basically the same scene the same shot same pose same everything??? What? Am I just really fucking slow in realising things?