i love Opiliones!!! you may know that they're not spiders (Aranea) , but you may not know why they're not spiders-- these pictures provide an excellent couple examples!
unlike Aranea, Opiliones have less than eight eyes (up to six). the connection between the cephalothorax (head) and the abdomen (bulbous back part) is much less defined, lending them a more circular body shape than spiders. they do not have silk or venom glands-- their mouthparts are more suited to chewing than piercing. overall very cute and fun arachnids!
now go appreciate your local harvestmen and marvel at the world !
We really are sleeping on harvestmen. They're so cool, and most people don't know about any besides the common daddy long legs!
Amazonian harvestman (Protimesius sp.)
Callcosma sp. from Ecuador
Rilaena triangularis
Spiny harvestman (Propachylus singularis)
Bunny harvestman (Metagryne bicolumnata)
round two of #the jackchelor has concluded with some last minute close calls. davy jones, cutler beckett, mr gibbs and calypso have all been sent home forever they will never be seen again! onto round three which will start whenever I want to as per usual! who will have to face the wall next time? who will win #the jackchelor?
ROUND THREE LINEUP AS FOLLOWS
sparbossa 🍏 vs turrow ⚔️
sparrabeth 🦑 vs sparrington 👮
elizabeth is so hot she deserves two boyfriends
still so insane to me that the term “murder husbands” was used in canon. freddie lounds was just straight up calling them gay in the newspaper.
Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus), family Colubridae, found in the Eastern and central U.S.
photograph by Mike Martin
"Orlando Bloom signed to the movie the day before he showed up to shoot this. He came right in and just got the character. He had about ten minutes to work on the stuff with the sword. The flip and everything like that... But just how well he plays this scene is just amazing. Everything about the character you need to know comes across here."
Stuard Beattie, Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Jay Wolpert - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl audio commentary
has anyone made springtails into gummies yet because i'm at the point of staring at pictures of florida oranges and imagining the delectable flavour they would impart upon the palette. what is the evolutionary advantage to looking so delicious
i will defend that fictional teenage girl with my life. i literally don’t even care what she did. you would’ve done it too if you were her she’s probably handling things better than you would in her shoes
beating you over the head never forget the service ac crispin did for us when she made jack canonically into dominant women she was a hero for that
she/he, here for the yuri and the cool bugs
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