Texas is also Too Hot. Do you know any cursed Texas fauna? My favorites are Jack rabbits, those things are demonic
the Texas Blind Snake looks exactly like an earthworm until you pick it up and notice that it has a tiny mouth, with which to scream
vines that i haven’t seen in any compilations yet
part 2 | part 3 | animal vines
An abandoned potato sorting station near Krasnosilka, Ukraine with a unusual, cantilevered design. The concrete block at the end forms the counterweight of the structure, creating the impression it floats over the fields.
This is mesmerizing to watch.
Graweedy Falls
Take a conventially not cute animal and make it cute i.e. spiders, snakes
some info on bees and wasps
The name flashlight fishes usually refer to either the eyelight fish, Photoblepharon palpebratum, or the splitfin flashlight fish, Anomalops katoptron. Both are in the Beryciformes order of carnivorous, ray-finned fishes.
Photoblepharon palpebratum (left), Anomalops katoptron (right)
The most prominent feature of flashlight fishes are the large light organs present under each eye. Each sack contains colonies of bioluminescent bacteria which creates light simultaneously. The flashlight fishes are able to control the amount of light produced by either covering up the sack with a muscular flap, much like an eyelid or using rotational shutter-like mechanisms to rotate the sack inwards, essentially covering the light.
Photoblepharon palpebratum with its light organ open (left) and closed (right). Photo credit: Reef Builders
Commonly found in coral reefs and rocky regions of the eastern Indian and wider Pacific Oceans, it is one of the few shallow water species that can produce light. Predominantly nocturnal, they hide in caves and holes in the reef during the day. At night, they travel in schools far away from the reef surface, foraging for small planktonic prey for food.
It has been theorized that the light produced may help them locate and attract potential prey while allowing to communicate with other members of its species. They can also withdraw the light in the presence of predators to make a quick getaway
Be sure to drink lots of water and get plenty of rest.