I Don't Like The Naked One

Flashlight Fish Appreciation Post

Anomalopidae (lanterneye fishes or flashlight fishes) are a family of fish distinguished by bioluminescent organs located underneath their eyes, for which they are named.

These light organs contain luminous bacteria and can be "shut off" by the fish using either a dark lid or by being drawn into a pouch. They are used to communicate, attract prey, and evade predators.

These rarely seen fish are nocturnal and found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

here's my cat for your dash btw. if you even care

Rob Garren posted a beautiful cockerel from his purple poultry project the other day, though i think this bird is from his general iridescent breeding pen. The bird is beautiful and looks like an oil slick. There isnt a "gene" that causes this, this is Rob selecting for more and more iridescence over time.

He also got some up close pictures of the feathers and they are breathtaking

You can follow Rob's project at the purple poultry facebook group but none of these birds (or eggs) are for sale yet so do not bother him.

Clearwing tussock moth, Carriola ecnomoda, Lymantriinae

Found in Southeast Asia

Photo 1 by leptonia, 2 by rejoicegassah, 3 by dhfischer, 4 by antoniogiudici, 5 by mark027, 6-8 by ivijayanand, and 9 for scale by soooonchye

Trick or treat! < shaking with both excitement and terror

Your roommate for the entire year is a Creeper from Minecraft! Don't let it sneak up on you🥲

big stretch

Closet cosplay of Arthur Lester!!

cat riding sheep

not exactly using the ask box correctly here but shshshshshsh just wanted to share with the class incase anyone was curious! cats actually can have "skunk stripe" patterns like cashew

images from http://messybeast.com/bicolours.htm it's not the prettiest site but it's got alot of info + images of cats with really funky patterns! great design inspo don't mind me, i just think these kitties look cool

Aww pretty cats! It's nice to know that my ridiculous sparklecat designs have some kind of basis in reality.