Utepils, usually referred to as the “the first drink of the year taken out of doors”, when the weather gets better and warmer after an extensive period of cabin fever. Though it is actually any beer enjoyed outside, at any time of the year, it is true that the first one of the season is a much anticipated ritual.
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The Mimic Octopus
This fascinating creature was discovered in 1998 off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia on the bottom of a muddy river mouth. For the next 2 years, scientists filmed nine different mimic octopuses, Thaumoctopus mimicus (Norman & Hochberg, 2005), impersonating sea snakes, lionfish, and flatfish—a strategy used to avoid predators. Mimic octopuses reach about 60 cm in length and are typically brown and white striped.
Mimic octopuses have been observed shifting between impersonations as it crosses the ocean floor to return to its burrow.
Scientists speculate that additional mimic species will be found in muddy river and estuary bottoms in the tropics as these areas are typically unexplored.
Lobster Jr. figured out the suspended moss balls so much quicker than our old lobster. He also spent most of his time hanging from the bottom munching on the moss.
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The researchers used high-speed photography and an instrument called a Rheometer to analyze frog saliva under prey-capturing conditions. The scientists think frog tongues could one day help engineers design reversible soft adhesives that could work at high speeds.
Read more about it here.
Frogs are *amazing* -Emily
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Cephalopods are quick-change artists. Like a living LCD screen, their skin can flicker and flash, or create complex patterns for camouflage and communication. Layers of specialized skin cells interact to match the environment’s color and texture.
You can see the largest, most diverse living exhibit of cephalopods ever created in our special exhibition Tentacles: The Astounding Lives of Octopuses, Squid and Cuttlefishes.
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Like to keep things tidy? The bluespotted jawfish can relate! This colorful fish keeps busy digging, building and remodeling its den, using its mouth to shovel and arrange sand and bits of coral. Now if you don’t mind, it really must get back to work.
Back in January, our research biologists came across this octopus when pulling up a stone crab trap in Cedar Key. Octopus can get in...
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Back in January, our research biologists came across this octopus when pulling up a stone crab trap in Cedar Key. Octopus can get in...
Commission for https://www.deviantart.com/sweet-n-treat
Forgot to mention it on Deviantart - I’ve opened Fur Affinity account!
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“Cuttlefish changes from “smooth” to “bumpy” texture. [full video]
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