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the accuracy

i think about this giant elephant seal pull-out that kevin and i saw in california almost every day

Lil Hamsters BBs

Don’t know about you…but I can definitely relate to these guys!

are you a dog? no ? goodbye

i already knew a woodpecker’s tongue wraps around its skull when retracted but just now learned that the reason for that is to provide cushioning from the impacts of wood pecking. what the fuck. imagine your tongue being a shock absorber

I know there's a niche in ecology for organisms that climb on other organisms and eat their parasites. Are there any examples in nature of creatures mimicking other more beneficial organisms?

There's probably more examples than we know of but oddly the only one I've ever heard of are the false cleaner wrasses! Real cleaner wrasses perform a "dance" that "advertises" to fish of countless other species that they'll eat their parasites, so other fish will respond to the dance by hovering in place and spreading their fins to be cleaned up.

The false cleaner wrasse mimics the coloration, shape, and dance of the real thing but then eats chunks of actual fin. It also has a silly face that opens up into demon fangs:

smilin about it!! thinks its funny!!!!

photos from: 1, 2, 3

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Algal pun valentines part 2. Enjoy!