People who like mantises but aren't that into entomology are always "orchid mantises" this and "orchid mantises" that. Overrated. Can we talk about Toxodera integrifolia for a minute:
(Image links because as much as it pains me I've never seen one of these beauties irl: 1 2 3)
Like how are these things real. Girl what is that thorax shape. Why are you wearing eyeliner. And the colors? Absolutely fire. This is a 10/10 insect if you ask me.
current favorite tiktok
Let's see what moth THE NATION OF HUNGARY matches (and test out a non-English language)!!!
Isten, áldd meg a magyart Jó kedvvel, bőséggel, Nyújts feléje védő kart, Ha küzd ellenséggel; Bal sors akit régen tép, Hozz rá vig esztendőt, Megbűnhődte már e nép, A múltat s jövendőt!
String identified: t g a agat ggt ata gga at g t g ttgt A tat t
Closest match: Athalia cordata genome assembly, chromosome: 2 Common name: Bugle Sawfly
Purple Frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), family Nasikabatrachidae, endemic to the Western Ghats of India
Adult frog described in 2003, though the juvenile frog was described in 1917. (Though, of course, the adult frog was known by local people).
This frog spends most of its life underground, and emerges to mate during monsoon rains.
Unlike many burrowing frogs, which emerge to feed above ground, this species feeds on termites underground (as well as feeding above).
photograph by P. S. Sivaprasad
the people on tiktok filming a blob-like strawberry and saying it's a GMO one...fucking fake strawberry fans...they literally can grow naturally like this
it's just the strawberries growing together. do not speak lies of these beautiful freaks ever again
I would like to apologize to every single one of my wips ever
had a dream I went to a hozier concert and mr. hozier stopped singing and pointed to me in the crowd and asked me to go get him some extra crispy tofu and a blueberry shake for after the show and then the crowd passed his debit card to me and when I got it I could see his real legal name was Horace Bob-omb
That one tweet that’s like “oh that’s gore… that’s gore of my comfort character” but in the absolutely most positive sense u can imagine, with rainbows and dolphins in the sky etc.