Eagle Throuple!!!

Here’s an odd one: the skull of the only known “narluga”, a possible narwhal/beluga whale hybrid. It was killed by a Greenlandic hunter around 1987 and the skull was lying on top of a toolshed in 1990 when it was noticed by a visiting scientist. According to the hunter, the animal was a uniform grey color (as opposed to the mottled narwhal and the white beluga), with the tail of a narwhal but the pectoral flippers of a beluga whale. 

The skull is larger than both parent species’ and its teeth a strange mixture of both. Narwhals don’t have teeth except for the single large tusk of the male, while beluga whales have a full set of smaller teeth. The narluga seems to have a full set of teeth but some of them are strangely elongated and oriented like narwhal tusks, as seen in the third picture. The unusual dentition didn’t seem to bother the animal since it reached a great size but it would presumably have been sterile as most hybrids are. No other examples of narwhal/beluga whale hybrids have been found. 

The skull is currently housed at the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen.

Monty rested his little head in my hand and my heart almost exploded. 💚😭

I am loved.

One of the best and most imaginative books ever written about science and science communication was “After Man: A Zoology of the Future” (1981), which guessed, based on what we know about the laws of evolution, what the future would look like millions of years from now when humans are extinct.

I would look at this one in the library, and just read it for hours. My favorite is the idea the humble rat would diversify into a thousand species, including huge predators, and that eventually, an island would be settled by flying bats, who then diversify into dozens of roles, including ground-walking echolocation predators. 

Goblincore:

-dirt

-nature

-moss

-bugs, spiders, and worms

-collecting useless stuff

-being comfy and not letting anyone judge you

Dragoncore:

-gold

-gems

-crystals

-silver

-metals

-lizards

-being lazy

Crowcore:

-dark colors

-anything remotely shiny

-screaming

-active and hyper

-sharing your shinies with your friends

Cottagecore:

-warm and cozy

-calming colors

-cookies and baked goods

-tea and hot chocolate

-anything made of wood

-FROGS!!

-fall

Farmcore:

-hay bails

-farm animals

-fields

-vegetables

-sunsets

-wheat

-little cats and big dogs

-fall and summer

Dirtcore:

-moss

-anything in nature

-flowers

-grass

-dirt and mud

-amphibious animals

-trees

-cool looking sticks

-wormwormwormworm

Vulture culture:

-bones

-fur

-magic

-herbs

-spices

-october

Meadowcore:

-flowers

-pastel

-fields and meadows

-baby animals

-butterflies

-spring

Honeycore:

-baked goods

-yellow

-bees?

-farms

-sunrises and sunsets

-summer

-honey, duh!

Grandmacore:

-cozy chair/sofa

-baked goods and other sweets

-cottages

-earthy colors

-nice smells

-cats!!

Naturecore:

-plants

-wild animals

-rivers

-rainbows

-flowers

-bugs

Forestcore:

-moss

-mushrooms

-dirt

-trees

-mud

-sticks

-deer

-bears

-racoons

-beetles

-dead leaves

Earthcore:

-nature

-oceans

-skys

-mountains

-waterfalls

-rainforests

-any animal

-plants

-clouds

Witchcore:

-magic

-lizards

-owls

-cats

-bats

-books

-skulls

-herbs and spices

-dark forests

Bogcore:

-swamps

-bogs

-seaweed

-green water

-frogspawn

-frogs and toads

-lilly pads and lillies

-algie

Mosscore:

-moss

-algie

-mushrooms

-green

-dirt

-mud

-bark

Fairycore:

-pastel

-butterflies

-flowers

-magic

-soft animals

-pink

-sparkly stuff

-spring

Techcore:

-gears

-cogs

-wires

-motherboards

-circut boards

-binary code

-cords

Futurecore:

-buldings

-technology

-robots

-cool cars

-screens

-cameras

-black

-decorative lights

Feel free to add more!!!

yo sometimes i forget leafy sea dragons exist and just

i share a planet with these funky little men?? i feel HONORED

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Here’s an interesting comparative anatomy photo! Adult male and fetal human skulls.