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Giant Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus giganteus), family Gekkonidae, Marojejy National Park, Madagascar

photograph by Patrick Madagascar Tour Guide

Komodo dragons have iron-tipped teeth, new study shows

Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their prey apart, according to new research. The metal is concentrated in the cutting edge and tips of their curved, serrated teeth, staining them orange, scientists wrote in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Komodo dragons are native to Indonesia and weigh around 80 kilograms (176 pounds) on average. They eat almost any kind of meat and are known as deadly predators...

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/science/komodo-dragons-iron-teeth-scli-intl/index.html

can you do one about vampire squids ? 🦑

Vampyroteuthis infernalis or Vampire Squid

It's (very dramatic) scientific name means "vampire squid from hell". However, the vampire squid is not actually a squid! It's actually the only animal in the Vampyroteuthidae family! It's separated into its own family because it can't change color or produce ink. Instead, it turns itself "inside out" (as shown above) to deter predators.

Proportionally, vampire squids also have the largest eyes compared to their body size! They eat mostly zooplankton, marine snow, and other organisms waste. They grow to be about the size of a football and live to be around 8 years old.

There's even evidence that vampire squids have been around since the Jurassic period- almost 200 million years ago!

« Celui qui n'a jamais conçu sa propre annulation, qui n'a pas pressenti le recours à la corde, à la balle, au poison ou à la mer, est un forçat avili ou un ver rampant sur la charogne cosmique »

Emil Cioran - Précis de decomposition

Look for the eye

Some pics of my mircobology lab😛🧫🔬

NGC 602, Star Cluster

Evolution in a nutshell