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lifeofafuturemarinebiologist: nature-gifs: Ted talks Sea...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:31:38 +0700

nature-gifs:

Ted talks

Sea urchin! * A *

enemyx: gayjimjamesmoriartyfromit: hobbit-boffychloro-of-221b: ...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:24:08 +0700

gayjimjamesmoriartyfromit:

hobbit-boffychloro-of-221b:

wearejohnlocked:

weliveandbreathewords:

heartofaherondale:

dauntlessshadowhuntress:

raziel-has-given-me-wings:

ilikeboyswithfangs:

katniss-petrova-mellark:

i-heart-prince:

findvictory:

jaba-the-slut:

Moonwalk in your pants. ;)

The Essence of Happiness in your pants…that’s soooo wrong (Dalai Lama book rofl)

The Encyclopedia Of Serial Killer — in your pants….. WAT?

The Hunger Games in your pants.

Beautiful Darkness in your pants. LMAO

‘Delirium in my pants’
Well then….

“Reached in your pants ” by Ally Condie lol

I am reading The Mocking Jay (in your pants) right now but I feel like City of Bones in your pants has to be on this list!

Method Guide in your pants LOL

So long, and thanks for all the fish in your pants.

Sherlock Holmes in your pants… Yes please!

Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy in your pants….. ok then

Good Omens in your pants…pppft.

Invertebrates Zoology in your pants…er…

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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:20:02 +0700

unperished: fearlings: lindsayolohan: That’s scary this is...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:26:13 +0700

unperished:

fearlings:

lindsayolohan:

That’s scary

this is so terrifying. like this is my worst fear ever, sinking into the darkness and being surrounded by the unknown.

idk i just love this

I actually would love to die like this…

oceanportal: Amy Eisenfeld Genser crafted these (and many more)...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:52:14 +0700

oceanportal:

Amy Eisenfeld Genser crafted these (and many more) coral reef landscapes using rolled up pieces of paper and acrylic paint. Where does she get her inspiration? According to her website:

The sources of my work are textures, patterns, and grids. I look for forms that can be repeated to create a pattern when they are joined. My work tries to capture the essence of an experience or an image I have seen. I often look to the natural world for inspiration. I am fascinated by the flow of water, the organization of beehives, and the organic irregularity of plants, flowers, rock formations, barnacles, moss, and seaweed. Aerial views of our landscape can also be compelling; it is interesting how the organization of our landscape becomes quilt-like when viewed from above.

See more from the series and learn more about her process at all things paper.

(via colossal)

rhamphotheca: A cool new way climate change is killing...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:48:47 +0700

rhamphotheca:

A cool new way climate change is killing bivalves

By Susie Cagle

We already know that carbon-dioxide-filled, acidic ocean water is no-good, very-bad news for mussels and other underwater shelled creatures, causing their shells to dissolve. But, as these things so often go, it turns out that climate change is even worse for bivalves than we thought: It’s unleashing an awkward kind of anti-puberty on them. They’re growing smaller and weaker, and now we find out that they’re basically losing their hair.

New research published in the journal Nature shows that mussels’ proteinaceuous byssal threads — the little stringy bits that allow them to stick their bodies on stuff — are particularly susceptible to ocean acidification. The researchers found mussels’ little stringy bits were 40 percent weaker when exposed to elevated CO2 levels, even when their shell strength and tissue growth weren’t affected…

(read more: Grist.org) (photo: Sapphire/Flutterby)

wnycradiolab: More great illustrations from Die Cephalopoden by...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:57:05 +0700

wnycradiolab:

More great illustrations from Die Cephalopoden by Carl Chun

You can read the whole thing on archive.org (and if you don’t read German, you have our permission to skip to the pictures).

rhamphotheca: Giant Sea Cucumber Eats With Its Anus by Carrie...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:59:40 +0700

rhamphotheca:

Giant Sea Cucumber Eats With Its Anus

by Carrie Arnold

Most kindergarteners can tell you that an animal eats with its mouth, not its butt.

One species of sea cucumber, however, didn’t appear to get the memo: Scientists have discovered that the giant California sea cucumber (Parastichopus californicus) actually uses its anus as a second mouth.

Scientists already knew that the marine invertebrate, which lives in the shallow ocean waters off the Pacific coast of North America, breathes with its butt. Because they don’t have lungs, sea cucumbers rely on respiratory trees, a set of long tubes running down either side of the body with a lot of different branches. P. californicus is shaped like a hollow tube, with a mouth at one end and its anus at the other.

The respiratory trees receive oxygen when water is pumped through their anus using the muscles of their cloaca, an opening at the end of the intestinal tract.The 20 in. long (50-cm-long) animal is no slouch: It can pump 3.5 to 4 cups of water per hour through its anus, transferring the oxygen from the water into its respiratory trees, which then oxygenates its cells…

(read more: National Geographic)

(photos: T - Gary Hughes, Your Shot; BL - Lois Booth, My Shot; BR - Gerald and Buff Corsi, Visuals Unlimited/Getty Images)

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Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:34:35 +0700

Me on A Deadline

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0700

Me: There's still one hour left, I can do this!
Me: Come on! Just a little bit more! Go me!
Me:I can! I CAN DO THIS!
45 Minutes later...
Me: I CAN"T
Me: *opens tumblr*

fyeah-seacreatures: Green Sea Turtle, Ecuador.

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:58:13 +0700

fyeah-seacreatures:

Green Sea Turtle, Ecuador.

Night at the Marina

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:13:38 +0700

Night at the Marina

at Hope island

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:19:18 +0700

at Hope island

Painted Protoreaster (at Fish & Co.™)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:05:17 +0700

Painted Protoreaster (at Fish & Co.™)

astronomy-to-zoology: A Gastropod using it’s Radula (A...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:56:30 +0700

astronomy-to-zoology:

A Gastropod using it’s Radula (A structure that some molluscs use to rake/scrape things into their mouth).

video source

Friend: Where were you? I can't contact you for the whole day yesterday!

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:45:00 +0700

Friend: Where were you? I can't contact you for the whole day yesterday!
Me: Stranded in an Island.
Me: No I was not being sarcastic.
Me: It's an occupational hazard.

tooraloora: anndruyan: This is a summary of college only using...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:19:23 +0700

tooraloora:

anndruyan:

This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell.

That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor.

This is why we download.

Alternatives to buying overpriced textbooks

Textbooknova

Reddit

Bookboon

Textbookrevolution

GaTech Math Textbooks

Ebookee

Freebookspot

Free-ebooks

Getfreeebooks
BookFinder
Oerconsortium

Project Gutenberg

Never, EVER buy the newest edition of a book.

I PROMISE you there are cheaper alternatives, even if your professor says the old version is totally useless. 9 times out of 10, that’s completely false.

rhamphotheca: Monogamous Animals: Sea Horses Scientists have...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:33:46 +0700

rhamphotheca:

Monogamous Animals: Sea Horses

Scientists have studied only a handful of species of seahorses (genus Hippocampus), but all of them appear to practice some form of monogamy. After her eggs are fertilized, a female seahorse passes them to her male partner, who carries them in a pouch until they hatch. The males probably incubate one female’s eggs at a time, and it appears that some species remain bonded throughout the breeding season and perhaps even longer.

(photo: Michael Bentley, via: The National Aquarium)

(via: Science NOW)

rhamphotheca: prehistoric ocean scene by bluest_girl | Flickr

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:32:30 +0700

rhamphotheca:

prehistoric ocean scene by bluest_girl | Flickr

fightingforwhales: While captivity in marine parks is awful, it...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:04:59 +0700

fightingforwhales:

While captivity in marine parks is awful, it doesn’t hold a candle to the traveling dolphin circuses in Indonesia. These dolphins live in the most horrid of conditions; they are frequently hauled out of tiny plastic pools and packed into crates when they head off to another city. Many die from the lack of proper care and the stress of transportation. People literally pay pennies to watch these animals perform dangerous tricks, such as jumping through hoops of fire. All of these dolphins have been caught illegally in the wild. While it is vital to end captivity here in the US, we must not forget about these poor creatures who are in dire need of help.