@gallusrostromegalus

mbari-blog :

It’s true that both sharks and Shark Week get a bad rap, but we’ll take any excuse to highlight these phenomenal fishes!⁠ 🦈✨⁠
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This shark’s name is as cute as it is! Lollipop catsharks, Cephalurus cephalus, have large heads and gills, which may help them absorb oxygen in low-oxygen environments. This individual was filmed in the Gulf of California at 707 meters (2,320 feet) deep. ⁠In the Gulf of California, these sharks are often found with their cousins, the filetail catshark, Parmaturus xaniurus. The two species may be difficult to tell apart from a distance, when individuals are small, or when P. xaniurus uncharacteristically has its gills expanded in low oxygen environments.⁠

tohdaryl :

‘Nesting Season’ - A  young man enjoys his cigarette and the rare sight that happens once in every 50 years in his fishing village. 

tayefeth :

a-fucking-velociraptor :

If you are like me and always need to be working on something to keep your anxiety under control, during this quarentine why not helping scientists by looking at pictures of some neat penguins? or even galaxies? 
There’s this site call Zooniverse, where you can help on scientific projects by analyzing pictures and data! 

Right now my favorite project has returned, called Penguin Watch (where yeah, you get to watch penguins, it’s amazing)

you basically have to analyse photos looking for penguins, their chicks, eggs or even predators and human interaction

But there are lots of interesting projects you can help in areas such as biology, physics, history or even art: 

Oh and the best part, some institutions even accept it as volunteering/service hour requirements for graduation and scholarships!!
It’s helping me a lot during this time, so I thought it was worth sharing 

Zooniverse is awesome. They have a relatively new project classifying and transcribing recordings of vintage Cuban radio around the revolution.

Another project is about the fan and hate mail sent to Orson Welles after the broadcast of War of the Worlds.

Another project is rescuing data from handwritten records from a Scottish weather station.

libraford :

It was kind of interesting to me that out of all the people in our training group, the ones that were the quickest to form social bonds were the people from way out in the country and the city people just kind of quietly kept to themselves.

But I was definitely accepted as one of the bumpkins.

Oh! This is actually an example of Rural vs Urban manners.

In rural/less densely populated areas, the polite thing is to offer people your time and social energy which is why country people will talk your ear off at the slightest acquaintence- it’s kind of lonely when you have to make an effort to see people, so you Make An Effort ™

In Urban/Densely populated areas, you’re meeting people whether you want to or not, because you are physically close to each other constantly. So the Polite Thing there is to kind of ignore other people and keep strictly to business, so you’re not imposing upon thier (probably already drained) soical spoons.

The city folks will warm right up to you once they get to know you well enough to know that talking to you won’t piss you off.

theglowpt2 :

if you brought shakespeare back to life and showed him the lion king i bet he’d be like “this shit fucks why didn’t anyone tell me i could use lions” 

voidkidz :

moth-lover-not-mother :

justpastryvideos :

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CH COLAT GU

Is this the chocolate guy that everyone is always talking about?

gawki :

Tiny Hydra

So small. Still only one head.

greenflamestherabbit :

My funniest ventriloquism story starts with the fact that I was obsessed with ventriloquism from a young age. I used to obsessively practice speaking without moving my lips, practicing the different tongue and air tricks and everything.

Then I got sick with Bell’s Palsy, and it hit both sides of my face at the same time. Bell’s Palsy is like a headcold that hits your facial nerves. Anyway- This meant my entire face was paralyzed. I couldn’t speak using my lips. The doctor stared at me, dumbfounded that I was able to speak very fluently without my face moving at all.

I will have you know Pelagic Food Chains are ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING. Speaking as a man with a Marine Biology degree.

I am taking this opportunity to ask you, very nicely if you have th etime and.or inclination, to PLEASE infodump to me and the audience about Pelagic Food Chains because I love learning and you are an Expert.

Do you still take gardening questions? I am confused about the instructions for how to “deadhead” my Dragon’s Breath/Celosia. It’s also nearly doubled in size over the last two months, so maybe you’ll enjoy a pic of this little monster.

As far as I know you don’t deadhead celosia at all? I’ve never done it to mine and yours looks terrfic, save that possibly it has outgrown it’s current pot.

A brief update on the garden at the end of the universe: been having mild success with the second wave of peas, these purple snap peas are my new favorite because they are sweeter and I can see the damn things when they’re ripe. Wild success with the blueberries and strawberries! This is the half I harvested and froze- the white Stuff is frost, not mold- and husbeast and housedragon say they are delicious. Several winter squash have set, including three very promising pumpkins and a mystery seed I found in a too-faded-to read packet. Hoping it’s a butternut because the butternut starts are just being sad sacks and not setting. Also took a bouquet of cut flowers for MIL, in a… Rustic vase

Hi! I've followed you for a while, recently i had to delete my tumblr and make a new one for Reasons and i need to find someone but i cant remember their username. They go by Ship and have a gold on black icon of greek design or did last time i checked. I have previously seen you two interact and was wondering if you could help me find them again.

I think you’re talking about @glumshoe

While you’re here though, let me also reccomend
@thebibliosphere
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milkshakeflower :

gallusrostromegalus :

nerf-ed :

@gallusrostromegalus

If you have the time, please review my cat, Raspberry. This is for no other reason than for my own entertainment of others reactions of her. It also appears that I’ve never posted about her before, (odd since I post about her all the time everywhere else) so I’ve provided a plethora of images for your judging.

A Review of Raspberry The Cat 
Completed at roughly 2 AM While listening to 80′s musicals and drinking an inadviseable fourth cup of coffee

Coloration: Raspberry The Cat is a magnificently sharp and elegant Black-And-White Pattern with a charming set of socks and esxpressive white chin.  Spectacular, the Ideal Coloration of a cat: 10/10

Size and Constitution: Raspberry is an ideal size for catting activites like lounging, rolling, frolicking, sneaking and getting into places a cat should not be able to get into.  She’s not too large to prohibit any activities- larger cats, while not any less fabulous, cannot engage in the same delicacy of airs and graces, being more prone to actions such as Noble Sauntering and Body-Slamming Into The Dog At Mach Fuck To Remind Him Who’s Boss. 
More importantly, Raspberry is superlatively ROUND, a magnificent quality in any animal, but she embodies roly-poly-ness to perfection.  10/10

Vocal Capabilities:  No Video has been provided but Raspberry has the bodacious curves and the stage presence of an opera singer so I assume she has the stunning soprano to match and is a delight to hear when she decides to serenade you. 10/10

Facial Features: She has a cheerful and shockingly meme-able face, the sort of face that ought to be slapped on all manner of media as a matter of public health. Her eyes in particular are expressive, almost lunar in thier luminousness while her eyes contain the drama of the unknown void.  Partlicularly excellent are her long, well-groomed and aesthetically pleasing whiskers. 10/10.

Dexterousness and Flair For The Dramatic: Once again, it is a great tragedy that video has not been provided, but The Most Excellent Miss Raspberry demonstrates a variety and flaxibility in her lounging positions, which speaks well to her ability to learn and preform a number of important feline dances- Gavottes, Jigs, That Thing Where The Cat Rotates Rapidly In Midair Like A Videogame Glitch Come To Life Before Landing On All Four Feet With More Force Than Something Her Size Should Be Able To Produce Before Sprinting Off Like She Has To Stop The Assassination Of Archduke Ferdinand.
Miss Raspberry DOES certainly posess the necessary flair for the dramatic with her expressive face and choice lounging positions to always make sure she’s at center stage.  A Natural Prima Donna. 10/10

Cleanliness:  The Magnificent Miss Raspberry appears to be exquisitely groomed from her lovely whisters to the back of her ears and between her lvoely white toes.  This speaks very well to both her personal conduct and the attention her humans must lavish on her. 10/10

Observance of the Lunar Cyle and Appropirate Feline Rituals:  As indicated by the perhaps slightly sarcastic “Good Morning” image, Miss Raspberry doesn’t deem like an early bird, and is quiet enough in the morning hours, and given her delicate investigation of the Patio, she seems capable of privately amusing herself and is Quiet enough in the afternoon.  If I had to guess, she probably reserves her terpsichorean powers to dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon. 10/10

Overall Score: 70/70, the Ideal specimen of a Jellicle Cat, if not a reincarnation of the very Ideal Animal T.S. Elliot was thinking of when he penned Old Possum’s Guide To Cats.  Absolutely Spectacular, deserves all her celebrity and more treats. 

Thank you so much for showing her to me.

@gallusrostromegalus

I always love reading this review, it brings me joy so here are some more current pictures of the queen raspberry herself

*Delighted Gasp*

More of the Most Excellent Miss Raspberry!!

say-y0ur-prayers :

myrinthinks :

star-trek-the-musical :

barack-obama-on-the-run :

disgruntledvillager :

based on scientific research

gas form?

@elodieunderglass, @glassblossomsthunderstorm!!

@gallusrostromegalus various chicken forms for you

Oh dope! Looking forward to the Plasma, Non-Newtonian Fluid and Higgs-Boson chickens.

randomitemdrop :

nerviovago :

Item: a big bucket of that hydroelectricity that engineers are on about; stick a plug in to power a device, drop your phone in to charge it, or throw a glass of it in somebody’s face for d6 Lightning damage

katy-l-wood :

Officially the best real estate photo I’ve ever seen. Everyone else go home.

Real Estate AgentL “These two fat fucks live at this house. Give us $500,000.”

Me: “Yeah OK.”

prguitarman :

prismatic-bell :

mwg-7 :

“Get Down” remains one of my favorite memes of all time and I am DEEPLY gratified to see the new generation grabbing it.

This is such an artistic remake. Glad to see “Get Down” back

papercutkoi :

3D modeled and animated by me. original design by mossworm

yukisohma :

Not anime related I’m sorry but every day I keep this inside of me I pass away but there was an empty parking spot in our front lot that just said ‘No’ for the longest time and that was funny enough but about two weeks ago a new addition was made and I almost shit myself laughing in the parking lot so I felt the need to share

the-evil-clergyman :

Foxes Practicing the Difficult Art of How to Shape Shift into Humans by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1840′s)

The bitch with the entirely fox head pointing and laughing is my favorite part.

y'all got a ranch dressing trail there?

There’s at least 12 Hidden Valleys in the US, and three more in Canada! The Hidden Valley the Ranch Dressing is named after is the one in Ventura, CA and its a lovely place.

The one up in RMNP is also lovely, and has some of the best wildflower and hummingbird viewing in the Rockies.

danieljpermutt :

Tomato Oddish.

Grab yourself a print here

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lostelvenqueen :

Fantasy binder.

communistkenobi :

the actual reason I consume mediocre media is because I have bad taste. the deeper secret pretentious reason is because I think there’s something very revealing about bad media that you don’t get with good media. when you watch a poorly executed plot point unfold, you see the machinery behind it. you see the gap between what’s actually on screen and the true goal the author is striving for. if it’s particularly awful, you can even measure just how poorly mismatched the author’s skills are with the story they’re trying to tell you. watching a poorly executed narrative play out feels like you’re discovering something, because you see all the wiring and guts underneath that better authors hide from you, in the same way that movies hide boom mics and books make you forget you’re turning the pages. if a story is good and executed well you just see the story. but I want to see the guts and wires!

YES.

This is intimately related to the phenomenon where I love Horror as a genre, and can’t watch horror movies. I love watching how they’re constructed- framing choices, what goes into building the sound landscape, creature design and cultural subtext.

but actually expiriencing the thing nauseates me.

Come to think of it, it’s probably related to how I enjoy growing tomatoes even though I can’t eat them. Sometimes the process is much more enjoyable than the finished product.

brainsforbabyjesus :

delearyus :

transmechanicus :

spoookiepie :

wbicepuppy :

silverhawk :

can you imagine how freaky shark mermaids would be like unlike sharks, shark mermaids would have actual arms/hands and could rely on touching things with their hands to see if they’re prey rather than having to bite like sharks do. like youre just swimming in the ocean and suddenly you feel a strong grip on your leg, you freak the FUCK out because uh what????? the fuck??? youre swimming alone in the ocean??

a head pops out of the water, dorsal fin pointed from its back and it just points at you and says in a low whisper: “i thought you were a seal. please dont swim alone like this, im sorry i scared you i just wanted to see what you are” and then disappears back into the depth. what the fuck.

no come back ma’am

*under my breath* underwater girlfriend

underwater wife

Underwater love of my underwater life

Underwater girlfriend, underwater wife
underwater love of my underwater life
she creeps in the deep with an underwater knife
she’s a smooth-skinned terror causing underwater strife

She’s had underwater strife in her underwater life
So I serenade her with my Mariana fife
She drags me down to live an underwater life
Underwater girlfriend, underwater wife

mercymornthefirst :

for reasons that aren’t important right now, i had to get on the wiki list of all hockey nicknames to look something up. this turned out to be a treasure trove of joy. i have compiled my favorites for you now

officiallordvetinari :

kvothe-kingkiller :

alexseanchai :

steelblaidd :

backyardbob01 :

otterology :

thatsoneforamerica :

ssskeletonsoffun :

themistrustfulmistress :

brainstatic :

Jurassic World did the Avatar thing where it made a gajillion dollars and left no cultural footprint whatsoever. Name your favorite Jurassic World character. What was your favorite line. It evaporated despite everyone seeing it.

WRONG fav character was the extra that ran away from the pterodactyls with two margheritas in hand

Gotta do everything myself around here

So, I went into this guy’s Wikipedia page, because he looked familiar. And there’s this big “Controversies” section, so I was preparing myself to read that even the margaritas/pterodactyls guy has sexually assaulted someone. But it turns out that he hasn’t. However, he:

- Has been sued for copyright infringement for a ‘blasphemous’ musical rendition of a monologue from the 1950s

- He was on a plane with U2′s Bono and his family, and the plane was shot by the Jamaican police, who believed they were smuggling marijuana. He wrote a song about the incident.

- He’s actually a singer, and his better known song in called MARGARITAVILLE. He also owns the Margaritaville Cafe restaurant chain. And has licensed Margaritaville Tequila, Margaritaville Footwear, and a Margaritaville Foods. He owns the Margaritaville Casino, has released a “Margaritaville Online” game, and he wrote and starred in a musical called “Escape to Margaritaville”

- He also wrote a song called “Math Suks”, which was condemned by the US National Council of Teachers of Mathematics for its alleged negative effect on children’s education. 

- He was thrown out of a basketball game he was watching for using blasphemous language in front of kids.

- And he was detained by French customs for allegedly carrying over 100 pills of ecstasy. Although he was released after paying a fine, and, according to him, the pills were a B-vitamin supplement.

So, yeah, that was refreshing controversies section-wise, but now I don’t know what to do with all that information.

Maybe its my age, but i’m a little concerned that the fact he is a singer and wrote Margaritaville wasn’t prior knowledge and is considered a controversy

☝️

Beach, booze, Buffett.

Jimmy Buffett plays the margarita guy in Jurassic World because his most famous song is “Margaritaville” and this is therefore hilarious, I thought

absolutely obsessed with jimmy buffett being called “this guy”

Love the suggestion that the song and brand Margarativille are mentioned in passing on the Wikipedia page for uncredited Jurassic World extra Jimmy Buffett

timemachineyeah :

I have a nibling who is not even two and has a model toy of the Endeavor space shuttle that he calls “my plane” when he plays with it. He loves it. And today we went to the California Science Center see the ACTUAL Endeavor space shuttle and I tell you what-

that kid lost his goddamn mind. It was the ACTUAL BEST. 

Cool fact about kids: they are small and dumb and they don’t know anything.

Like, for instance, their life experience gives them no reason to know that their toys are often based on actual things that exist.

It took him a while to realise the shuttle was even there because- protip about space shuttles: they are freaking huge. So like it didn’t even really register to him as an object? It was too big, it just seemed like the ceiling? But he saw the photos on the wall and he saw the gift shop and he was looking all around like “MY PLANE! MY PLANE!” because his toy “plane” was on every single thing. Models. Shirts. Mugs. Plushies. Books. This was a whole warehouse dedicated just to his plane, and that would have been amazing enough. Except, also, the actual life-size real has-been-to-space thing was there too. 

So eventually we got him to look up at the actual shuttle like, “yeah, look! There it is! It’s your plane, and it’s REALLY BIG” and when he finally took it in he literally screamed and I swear I thought for a second he was gonna die right there “IT’S BIG. MY PLANE MY PLANE MY PLANE” (looking at all the other people in the science center, pointing at a NASA space shuttle, shouting “MY PLANE!” like the actual proudest person in the world who just willed an entire spacecraft into existence).

Anyway I had a migraine for most of the day, but I’m still super glad I went out because it was totally worth it.

thebisexualmandalorian :

The Stag Prince

Everyone look at my very hadnsome friend’s very excellent cosplay.