“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”untitled on Flickr.
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Tourists explore massive dead tree with tunnel cut out for a road in Sequoia National Forest, May 1951.
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Acadia National Park, Maine
WHAT KIND OF WIZARD FISH IS THIS
DUDE THATS A BABY KAIJU
pew, pew!
SCIENCE SIDE OF TUMBLR URGENT
Ostracods are one of the ocean-living animals which give off light when they are disturbed.
They produce the chemicals luciferin and luciferase, which emit light when mixed together. The process is called bioluminescence, an adaptation that allows animals to be seen in the complete darkness of the deep sea.
To demonstrate why organisms are able to generate light, ostracods were put into a tank containing cardinal fish, which eat plankton.
When an ostracod is swallowed, it emits a burst of light, making the cardinal fish spit it out.
aka hella cute
Even if it even rational to eat a cake, eat it anyways