Pterocarpus angolensis, or wild teak, looks like a perfectly normal tree until it’s wounded. When you cut into it, it dribbles long trails of dark red liquid down its trunk. For this reason, wild teak has come to be known as bloodwood.
This phenomenon is caused by tannin, a naturally occurring polyphenol found in plants, seed, bark, wood, leaves, and fruit skins. Regular plants typically contain about 12-20% tannin - wild teak sap contains about 77%.
i like elephant seals IN THEORY cos they look so goofy but every time i watch any documentary about them all they do is fuck and fight extremely graphically and disgustingly to the death so i’m deeply afraid of them
I just googled “why do elephant seals fight” and got a video of one bashing himself in slow, rhythmic, dead-eyed crashes against a truck only slightly larger than itself while said owner just stood to the side, a defeated, perplexed look on his face
A little forest of pagoda fungus [Podoserpula pusio]. This fungus can be found throughout Australia, New Zealand, Venezuela, and Madagascar. Images by
Petra Gloyn.
The Golden cownose ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri) is a species of eagle ray, of the family Myliobatidae. Endemic to the waters of the equatorial eastern Pacific, they migrate in huge shoals to more desirable waters seasonally.
The Giant Oarfish is the longest bony fish, reaching a confirmed length of up to 11m with unofficial accounts of up to 17m in length. Rarely seen alive, they occasionally wash up on shores, or are caught as bycatch in fishing nets. As a deep-sea fish, the Oarfish sports reduced mineralization in their bones due to the low mineral content of their environment, resulting in bendy, semi-translucent bones. Unlike most fish, the Oarfish lacks scales. Their flesh is gooey and gelatinous, and unpleasant to eat.
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