August 26, 2011 • 1,559 notes • Flickr / dr_j0nes
rhamphotheca: theanimalblog: Elephant birds by BradenJ.T.

rhamphotheca:

theanimalblog: Elephant birds by BradenJ.T.

August 26, 2011 • 18 notes • rhamphotheca
I want a frog to wave at me.  rhamphotheca: Frogs of Panama:  Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki) captive specimen, hand waving * males of this species use hand waving as a form of communication, as they often live by streams with loud running water, which would make it hard for females and other males to hear their faint calls. (photo: Brian Gratwicke)

I want a frog to wave at me. 

rhamphotheca:

Frogs of Panama:  Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki)

captive specimen, hand waving

* males of this species use hand waving as a form of communication, as they often live by streams with loud running water, which would make it hard for females and other males to hear their faint calls.

(photo: Brian Gratwicke)

August 26, 2011 • 332 notes • Laughing Squid

HAHAHAHA!!

laughingsquid:

Women Pose Awkwardly in Public as Satire of Fashion Photography

August 26, 2011 • 50 notes • rhamphotheca
rhamphotheca: Ants as Indivduals Ants are renowned for their hive mind: most decisions are made by the colony as a whole and not by individuals. But when an ant colony’s nest is destroyed, the insects rely on the advice of individuals, according to a study published online this week in The Journal of Experimental Biology. Researchers created artificial nests and foraging areas for ten colonies of Temnothorax albipennis ants. After a week, the team destroyed the original nest, forcing the ants to relocate. As the researchers watched the ants on their house hunt, they noticed that the ants that scouted for good locations to find food headed straight for an alternate nest site that they had discovered earlier in their travels. The scout ants then recruited other members of the colony to the new nest site. The study, says the researchers, shows that individuals play a much larger role in ant society than previously thought. (via: Science NOW)   (photo: Tom O. Richardson/Univ. of Bristol )

rhamphotheca:

Ants as Indivduals

Ants are renowned for their hive mind: most decisions are made by the colony as a whole and not by individuals. But when an ant colony’s nest is destroyed, the insects rely on the advice of individuals, according to a study published online this week in The Journal of Experimental Biology. Researchers created artificial nests and foraging areas for ten colonies of Temnothorax albipennis ants. After a week, the team destroyed the original nest, forcing the ants to relocate. As the researchers watched the ants on their house hunt, they noticed that the ants that scouted for good locations to find food headed straight for an alternate nest site that they had discovered earlier in their travels. The scout ants then recruited other members of the colony to the new nest site. The study, says the researchers, shows that individuals play a much larger role in ant society than previously thought.

(via: Science NOW)   (photo: Tom O. Richardson/Univ. of Bristol )

August 26, 2011 • 529 notes • designcloud
designcloud: Cool Sweaters by Jaakie201 (via)

designcloud:

Cool Sweaters by Jaakie201 (via)

August 26, 2011 • 221 notes • Flickr / go_wild

I’m going there! …someday :-)

cabinporn:

Mountain hut above Waimakariri Falls on South Island, New Zealand by Hugh Van Noorden

August 26, 2011 • 45 notes •
somewhereintheworldtoday: Tomatoes not your thing? Then crush a grape or two instead! Everyone has heard of the famous Tomatina the Spanish tomato throwing festival but in La Pobla del Duc (also in Valencia) this time its all about grapes! More on La Raima by Somewhere in the world today…

somewhereintheworldtoday:

Tomatoes not your thing? Then crush a grape or two instead!

Everyone has heard of the famous Tomatina the Spanish tomato throwing festival but in La Pobla del Duc (also in Valencia) this time its all about grapes!

More on La Raima by Somewhere in the world today…

August 26, 2011 • 13 notes • rhamphotheca
rhamphotheca: Ember Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) in it’s initial phase The initial phase is the early part of a Parrotfish’s life, when it is a female. It will later become a male. This sort of life cycle is referred to as Sequential Hermaphroditism. (photo: Derek Keats)

rhamphotheca:

Ember Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) in it’s initial phase

The initial phase is the early part of a Parrotfish’s life, when it is a female. It will later become a male. This sort of life cycle is referred to as Sequential Hermaphroditism.

(photo: Derek Keats)

August 26, 2011 • 522 notes • eximago
rhamphotheca: This Margay (Leopardus wiedii) will out-cute you every fucking time. He cannot, however, make fruit salad… so you have that on him.

rhamphotheca:

This Margay (Leopardus wiedii) will out-cute you every fucking time. He cannot, however, make fruit salad… so you have that on him.

August 26, 2011 • 41 notes • Guardian
unconsumption: Upcycled bicycles Caroline Macfarlane and Vanessa Nicholas, from Toronto’s OCAD University, gave a bright face-lift to an abandoned Raleigh as a work of art, and part of the Good Bike Project. They hope to make it a city-wide phenomenon. (via guardian.co.uk)

unconsumption:

Upcycled bicycles

Caroline Macfarlane and Vanessa Nicholas, from Toronto’s OCAD University, gave a bright face-lift to an abandoned Raleigh as a work of art, and part of the Good Bike Project. They hope to make it a city-wide phenomenon.

(via guardian.co.uk)