This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster’s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I’m re-posting in honor of Kate…
View More Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!Category: Biology
TGIF – Flatworm Fu… er… Mating.
“There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly.” Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog.
View More TGIF – Flatworm Fu… er… Mating.I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesome
I seem to develop these weird, unfounded hatreds of various things. For example: I hate blue dinnerware. Not every shade of blue dinnerware (I LOVE…
View More I hate plants, but seagrasses are awesomeLet It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
Oh the dark deep sea is frightful, But the food not so delightful, But since we’ve got no place to go, Let It Marine…
View More Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It SnowA Little Sunday Sabbath Sexytime: Portunid Crab Mating
Hat tip DSN YouTube archivist Chris M. I love the ominously dramatic music as they bury themselves in the mud while getting it on.
View More A Little Sunday Sabbath Sexytime: Portunid Crab MatingSunday Cephalopod – Mating Mimic Moctopus
h/t to @boraz for this stunning example of the mimic octopus mating! The video was filmed just this last November in Indonesia.
View More Sunday Cephalopod – Mating Mimic MoctopusTo see the world in a grain of sand – movement from a turtle hatchling’s perspective
[This is a repost originally published at my old blog, DeepTypeFlow] A grain of sand represents many things to a baby turtle. While still within…
View More To see the world in a grain of sand – movement from a turtle hatchling’s perspectiveWhy cyclops shark grabs at our imagination
If you’ve been out of touch for a while lately and haven’t immediately grokked what this post is about from the title, it concerns a…
View More Why cyclops shark grabs at our imaginationSan Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator
The red tide that has lit San Diego for several weeks is ending in a microscopic bloodbath. The above photo was taken by Linsey Sala,…
View More San Diego red tide eaten alive by single-celled predator