#zoology studyblr

[realistic-studyblr]

Woohoo! 🎉 It's happening y'all! I have a supervisor lined up and my formal application is submitted. We're discussing potential projects in more detail now 😃 I'm going to be working on something involving bat skull morphometric analysis. Honours, here I come!

[marinebioblr]

This school of scalloped hammerheads was not a sight we expected to see, but what a sight it was! Experts are actually unsure why scalloped hammerheads school, but some theorize they school this way as juveniles, and continue the behavior into young adulthood!

[secondwheel]

Unfairness and sadness

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Some Zoology Vocabulary

for your next poem/story

Aestivation - A period of summer dormancy. Summer dormancy is often exhibited by animals when conditions become unfavourable.

Anthroponosis - An infection or disease that is transmissible from humans to animals under natural conditions.

Arboreal - Used to describe an animal that lives in trees. There are many different arboreal invertebrates including species of ant, tarantula, stick insect and many different species of moth and butterfly.

Book lungs - The main respiratory organ in most arachnids (spiders and scorpions); get their name from the fact that the stacked plates have the appearance of the closed pages of a book.

Coelom - Fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal; usually refers to a cavity lined with specialized tissue peritoneum in which the gut is suspended.

Eyespots - Markings on an insect, usually on the surface of the fore or hind wings, that resemble a mammalian eye; used to scare off potential predators by making the insect appear to be part of a much larger organism. In some species the eyespots are concealed when at rest but can be 'flashed' at a predator in an attempt to scare them away.

Haemolymph - Insect blood and is the fluid that fills the haemoceol; transfers nutrients from the insect gut to the organs, takes away waste and also transmits hormones.

Hypogeic - Describes organisms that live underground (usually within the soil).

Lepidopterist - An entomologist who specialises in studying butterflies and moths. The name lepidopterist is derived from the name of the Order of butterflies and moths, Lepidoptera.

Osculum - The main opening through which filtered water is discharged. Found in sponges.

Parapodia - A sort of "false foot" formed by extension of the body cavity. Polychaetes and some insect larvae have parapodia in addition to their legs, and these provide extra help in locomotion.

Saproxylic - Describes invertebrates that are dependent on dead or decaying wood (or dependent on other organisms that are themselves dependent on dead wood). These invertebrates may not be dependent on the wood for their entire life cycle but at least some stage is dependent on wood. A good example of this are the larvae of some beetles that feed on decaying wood. The adults may feed on other things (such as nectar).

Thanatosis - "Playing dead"; displayed by many species of insect when they feel threatened by a potential predator. The insect will often fall to the ground and tuck in any protruding legs or antennae. The insect will remain like this for some time, even when prodded or poked by the predator. Some time after the predator has lost interest the insect will start moving again and make its escape. It is commonly found among the beetles - ladybirds are particularly good at 'playing dead'.

Venation - The arrangement (number and position) of veins within an insect's wing; often used as a way of differentiating between species. In early insects, the veins running down the wing (longitudinal veins) were connected by a series of cross veins. Most insect groups have lost, or dramatically reduced the number of, these cross veins. However, some insects such as dragonflies and damselflies have wings that contain many cross veins.

Xylophagous - Describes animals that feed almost exclusively on wood. Insect examples of such animals include furniture beetles and death watch beetle.

Sources: 1 2 3 ⚜ More: Word Lists

[tokyoviee]

distracting you from my messy notes.

what I did this week :

academics

attended a 4 hour lecture in the morning

went to library to do physics and botany

revised breathing and exchange of gases

revised biological classification

watched lectures from pw and biofairy

non academics

journaled this week

watched s1 of kota factory

re watching operation mbbs (for 1938 time)

finished all episodes of skip to loafer

🎧 🍀 : where have you been - rihanna

[kaya-being-an-academic]

Today's day was a bit productive I did self study for about 6 hours which is an improvement cause since few days I was slacking off alot....

I attended my physical lectures after a week today , they were about 4 hours long....

Non academically I started reading "Norwegian Wood" by Murakami today.... Seems like a good book to me....

Also started preparing for an upcoming MUN but still there's a lot of work left to do

Also clicked a few pictures of moon on my way back home <3

Moon is beautiful isn't it ?

All the pics are by me

[lifebuoyjournals]

Octopuses are usually solitary, but the gloomy octopus Octopus tetricus live in very high densities. Perhaps due to this living arrangement, scientists have captured footage of octopuses throwing stuff at each other, everything from silt to shells to algae. A few evidence to suggest this throwing is deliberate (not just octopus coincidentally flinging something in the direction of another octopus):

Throwing requires an unusual positioning of the siphon (think jet water propulsion device)

The things that get thrown make pretty strong contact with the receiving octopus

Throwers often exhibit uniform dark/medium colour, suggesting that these throws are linked in some way (not random throw events)

Octopus in the receiving end have been shown to try and dodge the missile

Choice of missile is often silt, and not random

Throwing is often done using a specific set of arms

Scientists think it might be some sort of communication. But it's not clear what sort, e.g. whether antagonistic or not, or is it play, enrichment etc.

[hexagr]

Everything that living organisms do, atoms do. Any question that cannot be reformulated as a question about the state of certain collections of atoms is an ill-posed question.

[brain-gains]

29september - Biology exam✨ Got 88%🤎🤎

[ramblingsfromthytruly]

wait anatomy is actually so fun to learn about !!

[realistic-studyblr]

Hell yeah guys, got my official acceptance email from Uni Of Adelaide ! It's happening for real now, watch this space. I'm back babeyyyyy

[marinebioblr]

Sweet dreams!

Sharks often congregate beneath ships, especially at night when the ships are lighting the water. This is because plankton is attracted to the light, which essentially draws the successive links in the food chain! Plankton means fish, fish means sharks. I discovered on this night that I could also catch sight of these guys on the occasion that my porthole dipped below the surface, swimming right next to my head while I sleep 😴

[valiant-trashmouth]

How am I supposed to pick just one area of study like

I want to work in the ocean

I want to work with animals

I want to study cool rocks like fuck!!!

Don’t even get me started on alchemy n magic!!

[moonsoakedcottage]

Pygospila tyres

Pygospila tyres, also known as Spotted Grass Moth or Chequered Snout Moth, is a vibrant moth species from the Crambidae family, calls the rainforests of Southeast Asia its home—from Hong Kong and India to Thailand and Queensland, Australia. First described over 240 years ago by Pieter Cramer in 1780, this moth has roots tracing back to the Coromandel region of India.

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10/07/2024 (06:58 a.m.)

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[yangthejeong]

But does the frog know all this?????

[achillesreborn]

the impending doom i feel when i know i have an assignment to do is rivaled only by the dread of knowing exactly how & when i will die