BFFs!!! - Tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa exigua)
This parasite has an innovative way of feeding itself – it replaces the tongue of certain fish species! It enters fish through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the fish’s tongue. It extracts blood through the claws on its front, causing the tongue to atrophy from lack of blood. The parasite then replaces the fish’s tongue by attaching its own body to the muscles of the tongue stub. The fish is able to use the parasite just like a normal tongue. Isn’t nature amazing!
(photo: RachaelB - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17299278)This is a mated pair, the large one is the female :)
There may be more males deeper in the fish. If the female dies, the “front” male we see here will change sex, and one of the back-up males will become her mate in the fish’s mouth.
Let’s think about this a little while, and then go laugh at some of the attempts at “alien” races in movies and video games.
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If I had to come up with a playlist of soothing sounds to help you fall asleep it would consist 100% of not my roommate talking to her boyfriend on the phone
I’m gonna have to add my suite mates singing along to Rent to this playlist this is hell
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I was alone in the lab sorting hatchlings& listening to nicki minaj on my headphones, just jammin out, when I heard this thud behind me and turned around to see this ginger scientist sheepishly picking up the box he’d just knocked on the floor. We shared an awkward smile but what I really wanted to do was seize him by the front of his lab coat and demand, DID YOU HEAR ME RAPPING?!? DID YOU HEAR ME?!! TELL NO ONE
pssst
there are lots of posts going around that say “women don’t wear makeup or dress just to appeal to men”
and while that’s true
don’t ever feel bad for wanting to look good for someone.
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The value of the minimum wage is LOWER than it was in the 1960’s.
Remember this next time someone tries to say those pushing for a higher minimum wage are “whiny” or “entitled”.
cost of living goes up…. while wages literally go down.
Mind-bogglingly insane.
If you argue against raising the minimum wage, you are literally arguing that some workers do not deserve to live out of poverty, despite having jobs.
No other way around it.
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cooking with nicki
when u get ya spoon, tweet spoon
the best thing she’s ever tweeted
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witchydarling said: i’m going to show up in your room and ravish you i’m so much better than a hot muscular burlesque guy and you know it
my gecko and i have a weird bond
but what if it poops on your head
healthy leopard geckos poop once every 1-2 days, and, when they do, they prefer to do it in the same spot in their tank every time
he poops in the early hours of the morning. i take him out in the evenings/early night.
sarah a hamster pees on your head ONE TIME… ONE TIME and then you trouble nice people with your weird phobia for the rest of your life. Look what you have wrought
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my gecko and i have a weird bond
witchydarling said: christ i’m fuckin jealous how are you getting all the action I WANT IN. you know who your blind valentine’s date should be. me. come visit me. visit meeeeee. (lonely/bored/desperate 2k14)
awww i WISH my blind v day date was you but apparently its some hot muscular guy from burlesque alas :/
why do people get all hyped over collar bones. they’re just bones in front ya neck why dont y'all get excited about knee bones or somethin
I was shaving my armpits today when suddenly I stopped and thought, “why,
omg I can’t believe I almost forgot about this this is the best text I’ve ever received