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1 and 5 are kind of Humbling…
can we NOT DO THIS RIGHT NOW
this makes me wanna puke guh
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Giant Stick Insect (Diapherodes gigantea)
A member of the insect order Phasmatodea (“stick insects”), the name is derived from the ancient Greek word φάσμα or phasma.
from Natural history of the insects of India (1800) by E. Donavan
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Another Look at the Newly Discovered Hot Pink Slug form Australia
by Carrie Arnold
He’s big. He’s slimy. And he’s … neon pink?! Meet Triboniophorus aff. graeffei, a new species of 8-inch-long (20-cm-long) slug that’s found only on one Australian mountain.
Scientists already knew that a bright-pink slug lived on Mount Kaputar (map), thinking it was a variety of the red triangle slug, a species common along the east coast of Australia. But new research shows that the colorful critter is actually its own species, said Australia’s National Parks and Wildlife Service ranger Michael Murphy.
“Recent morphological and genetics work by a researcher working on this slug family—the Athorcophoridae—has indicated the Kaputar slugs are a unique species endemic to Mount Kaputar and the only representative of this family in inland Australia,” said Murphy, who’s been stationed on Mount Kaputar for 20 years…
(read more: National Geo) (photo: Michael Murphy/NPWS)
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“Air is the element of freedom. The Air Nomads detached themselves from worldly concerns and found peace and freedom.”
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