MIniature Wood Houses (by Daniel Barreto)
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A boy left his bike chained to a tree when he went away to war in 1914. He never returned, leaving the tree no choice but to grow around the bike.
Photographer Unknown
True tree, untrue story.
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The bizarre combination of freezing cold winter and active volcanoes (in Russia) are married together in these stunning photos by Denis Budko.
Various birds of paradise
I very highly recommends checking out the birdsofparadiseproject.org to see video of several different types on Birds of Paradise in action, and to have your mind blown.
(Source: birdsofparadiseproject.org, via cocothinkshefancy)
"What do we mean by nature? A term that covers neutrinos, pigs, and tornados has nothing obvious about it."
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Isabelle Stengers - Comparison as a Matter of Concern
I just have to say this is probably my favourite list of nouns any STS person has ever come up with.
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“It is as beautiful as it is rare. A frost flower is created on autumn or early winter mornings when ice in extremely thin layers is pushed out from the stems of plants or occasionally wood. This extrusion creates wonderful patterns which curl and fold into gorgeous frozen petioles giving this phenomenon both its name and its appearance.”
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Jewel Caterpillar
Reblogging for cocoku
Yay! I gasped, “This is amazing!” before I even saw your note.
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Eastern Emerald Elysia
Elysia chlorotica is a “solar-powered” marine sea slug that sequesters and retains photosynthetically active chloroplasts from the algae it eats and, remarkably, has incorporated algal genes into its own genetic code. It is emerald green in color often with small red or white markings, has a slender shape typical of members of its genus, and parapodia (lateral “wings”) that fold over its body in life. This sea slug is unique among animals to possess photosynthesis-specific genes and is an extraordinary example of symbiosis between an alga and mollusc as well as a genetic chimera of these two organisms.
More solar sea slugs. Yes, they’re animals, but they do act and even look a lot like plants…
Yo siempre he querido poder hacer la fotosíntesis para no tener que cocinar. He sido derrotado por un bicho, otra vez.
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