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This shy and chunky individual is a Sonoran desert toad [also known as the Colorado river toad, Incilius alvarius]. Despite being amphibians, these toads are expertly adapted to living in the desert, burrowing during the day to avoid the heat and emerging at night to feed and breed. They are also extremely poisonous, producing enough bufotoxin to paralyze or kill a dog. Images by Matthew Gruen.

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Let’s ride

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A sweet spotty baby I saw last year…. They were so small I’m crying…

((Please do not remove captions or use my pictures in any form without my permission thank you))

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Blue Cheese 💙 this shit was so fluffy and so stinky lol

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"Using a brightfield microscope, he would use a micropipette to take an individual specimen and watch it at low magnification with no cover slip. At this point, he could gather information about the organism's shape and movement, and then he would apply the cover slip, elevating it with little dots of vaseline underneath the corners to keep from crushing the ciliate. With a needle, he then very gently pushed down the edges until the coverslip was applying just enough pressure to render the organism immobile, but not so much that the slide would squish it to death. The process is delicate, and it takes time to master, but it works."

Journey to the Microcosmos- The Schoolteacher Who Discovered 700 Ciliates

Images Originally Captured by Jam's Germs

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This is my mushroom 🍄

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Fwoggie said hippie vibes

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She is so fragile 🎀

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The most beautiful creature in existence, my beloved princess Toadie!

I can’t believe it’s already been one year since you came into my life…! I love you!

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Jeff the Doorman + frogs 🐸

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toad friend <3

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Ohh, he came out of his den to say hello!

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Froggy art! via:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMsXGbwHgPq/?igshid=y1qezyvokv8u