It has a wizard attire…
but it’s not a wizard.
Anonymous asked:
What are coelecanths for those of us who dont know and find it way more entertaing to ask a tumblr blog instead of googling it? Sorry if youve done this one already (you probably have)
fuckyeahcoelacanths answered:
OH SNAP TIME FOR AN INFODUMP
Coelacanths are a species of fish that live in two places: the West Indian Ocean, especially along South Africa, and Indonesia. And they live deep down in the water, but not deep enough, so trawler fishermen occasionally snag one.
And that’s how we found out they existed, because a fisherman picked one up, and was like “goddamn this is a weird looking fish” and called up his museum curator buddy Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer. She was like “omg weird fish, I love it” and started trying to figure out what branch of fish it was from and that…
That’s when it gets funky.
Because, see, these fish, they are OLD. They are OLD AS BALLS.
Not individually (although they could be, there are some debates on that), but evolutionarily. Like, we can trace human ancestors back pretty far, and we know where all our recent ones were and they’re not that old.
A coelacanth? Its last ancestor was over 150 million years ago. As far as the fossil record goes, it has not evolved since then.
When Marjorie looked at the sample her fisherman buddy gave her, she was like “dude. This fish is a FOSSIL. I have only seen fish like this IN ROCKS.”
Coelacanths spend so much time down in dark deep cold water that they just haven’t bothered to evolve. They’re like “we’re good here, this is awesome, hey check it out, a cuttlefish, that’s good eating.”
And that’s why they’re so fucking cool. This ancient-ass fish have just been chilling out for literal millennia, letting the world pass them by, not evolving, just perfectly happy where they are. And now we get to see them and be like “y'all rock.”
Animal of the Day!
Florida Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
(Photo by Cassidy Ficker)
Conservation Status- Vulnerable
Habitat- Central Florida
Size (Weight/Length)- 76 g; 30 cm
Diet- Insects; Small amphibians; Rodents; Bird eggs
Cool Facts- As hard as it is to believe, the Florida scrub-jay is the only bird truly endemic to Florida. These brightly colored birds have one of the tightest family units in the bird kingdom. Scrub-jay chicks stay with their parents several years after fledging to help raise their younger siblings and keep an eye out for predators. Only once adjacent territory becomes available do the chicks set out on their own to raise a flock of their own. Due to lack of wildfires, the forests that Florida scrub-jays call home have shifted from scrub to thick forest. The jays have difficulty finding proper nesting material and prey.
Rating- 11/10 (White and blue is in season.)
Obsessed with the absolute mollycoddle of a good time Tarbosaurus has of it in Prehistoric Planet. Their adventures include finding a free sauropod carcass, taking naps in the Sun, everyone kindly parting for them when they go for a drink, and another delicious sauropod just fucking tripping and dying by their mere presence alone. They expend by far the least amount of effort of anyone involved in the canyon scene and the closest thing to hardship they ever experience is being woken from a nap by a Velociraptor getting a little too bold, and even that almost nets them a snack.
去年4月末に親株から離して13ヶ月。ずいぶん成長しました。一枚目が昨年です。
2枚目が今の姿。花も咲き始めました。
We separated pups from the mother in April last year. Children look like a grownup already!
5.30.2023
