|
@MontereyAq | |||||
|
BIOLOGY: ok so for personal hygiene we have a few opti-
JEWEL STAR: cover me in jaws
BIOLOGY: -what?
JEWEL STAR: a living carpet of destruction upon mine flesh, a barbed back of bestial horror, a sea of tearing talons to obliterate fouling foes
BIOLOGY:
JEWEL STAR:
BIOLOGY: bro pic.twitter.com/W9VkCTQh9z
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
Monterey Bay Aquarium
@MontereyAq
|
17. lis |
|
BIOLOGY: ok done but like dang
JEWEL STAR: booya tysm
[later]
BARNACLE LARVA: ooh looky r those pedicellariaAAAAAH
|
||
|
|
||
|
Monterey Bay Aquarium
@MontereyAq
|
17. lis |
|
Behold the power of pedicellarias! These pincers cover many a species of sea star. They keep the backs of the animal clean from plankton that may try to settle, and ward off pesky pedestrians. Some species even use their pedicellarias to catch food, including small fishes!
|
||
|
|
||
|
Michael DeHaan
@laserllama
|
17. lis |
|
dentist appointments are going to be fun for those
|
||
|
|
||
|
Michael DeHaan
@laserllama
|
17. lis |
|
surprisingly hard to google - do you have a link? I was trying to see how those work as it looks more like a tooth than a mouth?
|
||
|
|
||
|
Bungletron 5 Billion
@Bungletron5Bn
|
17. lis |
|
"He suddenly found that he could see.
Through a hundred billion eyes.
And that he could eat.
With teeth enough to consume entire systems.
He felt beautiful."
|
||
|
|
||
|
Lisa Zimmer
@Zimmerino
|
17. lis |
|
Thank you whoever runs this account, it makes my day most days. Truly, you're a gem.
|
||
|
|
||
|
@poetgrrl
@poetgrrl298
|
17. lis |
|
I especially love when they have conversations between
Science or Biology and the creature at hand. Wonderful!
|
||
|
|
||
|
Katia
@AbsolutelyKatia
|
17. lis |
|
This is the best tweet on a dark day!!!!
|
||
|
|
||
|
Claire Ormsby-Potter
@okyeahbut
|
18. lis |
|
Honestly I'm surprised this wasn't on my timeline because of @ShinraAlpha
|
||
|
|
||
|
Words from Darran
@ShinraAlpha
|
18. lis |
|
wait until you get a load of the sunflower sea star - over 3ft of pure horror. pic.twitter.com/vptyImcBnC
|
||
|
|
||