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montereybayaquarium:

Ever seen one? Everything about the spiny king crab says “don’t touch!” We recently added two to our crab exhibit, courtesy of local prawn fishermen, who sometimes pull them up in traps!

Learn more about the spiny king crab.

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One of the greatest improvised lines in film.

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amo-los-coches:

Simone Bianchi Thanos!!!!! by *simonebianchi

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tuxedoman00:

Carnage

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lucyyyhiddles:

MARVEL COMICS

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designstroy:

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This reminds me of Dr’ Strangelove.

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sdzoo:

Danglin’ pangolin - Baba, a pangolin, shows off his snake-like tongue at the San Diego Zoo. The animal, native to equatorial Africa and Asia, is on the endangered list.

vintagegal:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

rhamphotheca:

The Scales on Moths and Butterflies

The wings, head parts of thorax and abdomen of the insect order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) are covered with minute scales. It is from this feature that the order ‘Lepidoptera’ (scale wing) derives its name. Most scales are lamellar, or blade-like and attached with a pedicel, while other forms may be hair-like or specialized as secondary sexual characteristics.

The lumen or surface of the lamella, has a complex structure. It gives color either by colored pigments that it contains, or through structural coloration with mechanisms that include photonic crystals and diffraction gratings.

Scales provide functions including insulation, thermoregulation, producing pheromones (in males only), and aiding gliding flight, but the most important is the large diversity of vivid or indistinct patterns they provide, which help the organism protect itself by camouflage or mimicry, and which act as signals to other animals including rivals and potential mates.

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images:  T - (photo by Jan Homann)

B - electron microscopic images of the wing scales of European Peacock (Inachis io), 50x, 200x, 1000x, and 5000x (images: Secret Disc | Wiki)

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science-junkie:

Dung Beetles Navigate by the Milky Way

A day in the life of a male dung beetle goes something like this: Fly to a heap of dung, sculpt a clump of it into a large ball, then roll the ball away from the pile as fast as possible. However, it turns out that the beetles, who work at night, need some sort of compass to prevent them from rolling around in circles. New research in Current Biology suggests that the insects use starlight to guide their way. Birds, seals, and humans also use starlight to navigate, but this is the first time it’s been shown in an insect.

Read more to find out how and why.

Images: nationalgeographic.com.