Friday, April 16, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
baby sharks are the world's cutest things
Chondrichthyans (sharks, skates, rays, and chimeras) are commonly called cartilaginous fish. They all reproduce via internal fertilization, and depending on the species, they can either give live birth (viviparity - ex: hammerheads), lay eggs (oviparity - ex: horn sharks), or hatch the eggs internally and then give live birth later (oviviviparity - ex. rays, Giant White Sharks, tiger sharks).
hammerhead baby (viviparity)
Black Tip Reef Shark pups (viviparity)
Port Jackson baby (oviparity)
ray baby (oviviviparity)
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Chondrichthyan eggcases are called mermaid's purses or devil's purses and vary in size and shape. Some look much like a mermaid's purse might: a pouch with four long tendrils on each corner to anchor the egg somewhere safe. The hornsharks (Heterodontidae), which include my favorite shark, the Port Jackson, produce screw-like eggcases that they lodge in a safe place with their mouths.
Spotted Ratfish (chimera)
Spotted Ratfish eggcase
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Ghost Shark (chimera)
Ghost Shark eggcase
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Port Jackson Shark mother and eggcase
Port Jackson eggcase
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Lesser Spotted Dogfish (© malcolmnobbs.com)
Lesser Spotted Dogfish eggcase
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Swell Shark
Swell Shark eggcase
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The Lemon Shark is viviparous and gives birth to 4-17 young every year in warm, shallow waters.
Lemon Shark pup in the womb
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Sand Tiger Shark pups go through a vicious in-vitro ordeal. The are oviviviparious; multiple eggs hatch in each of the two uteri and the hungry pups eat each other until only one in each uterus is left. Two pups are born: the biggest and baddest pups. Unfortunately, their picky reproduction strategy is making it difficult for their numbers to rebound from Vulnerable status.
cannibalistic Sand Tiger pup in the womb
From Wikipedia: "There are reports of biologists probing the bellies of landed females and having their fingers nipped by the cannibalistic young with their fully developed teeth."
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for more animal babies in the womb: click here
hammerhead baby (viviparity)
Black Tip Reef Shark pups (viviparity)
Port Jackson baby (oviparity)
ray baby (oviviviparity)
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Chondrichthyan eggcases are called mermaid's purses or devil's purses and vary in size and shape. Some look much like a mermaid's purse might: a pouch with four long tendrils on each corner to anchor the egg somewhere safe. The hornsharks (Heterodontidae), which include my favorite shark, the Port Jackson, produce screw-like eggcases that they lodge in a safe place with their mouths.
Spotted Ratfish (chimera)
Spotted Ratfish eggcase
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Ghost Shark (chimera)
Ghost Shark eggcase
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Port Jackson Shark mother and eggcase
Port Jackson eggcase
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Lesser Spotted Dogfish (© malcolmnobbs.com)
Lesser Spotted Dogfish eggcase
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Swell Shark
Swell Shark eggcase
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The Lemon Shark is viviparous and gives birth to 4-17 young every year in warm, shallow waters.
Lemon Shark pup in the womb
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Sand Tiger Shark pups go through a vicious in-vitro ordeal. The are oviviviparious; multiple eggs hatch in each of the two uteri and the hungry pups eat each other until only one in each uterus is left. Two pups are born: the biggest and baddest pups. Unfortunately, their picky reproduction strategy is making it difficult for their numbers to rebound from Vulnerable status.
cannibalistic Sand Tiger pup in the womb
From Wikipedia: "There are reports of biologists probing the bellies of landed females and having their fingers nipped by the cannibalistic young with their fully developed teeth."
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for more animal babies in the womb: click here
Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom
Wow! Someone made a video summarizing my childhood in 1:06.
If you didn't get the Nom Nom reference, here's the original:
If you didn't get the Nom Nom reference, here's the original:
epic bookcase is epic
Last week I cleaned my room and I found I rather large bookcase made of wine crates, filled with books and trinkets! This week it is a mound of dirty clothes again.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
my dogs
My two amazing dogs (and Jake) as photographed by Tim Gentry at Overton Park, 2010. Stunningly, their personalities were completely captured! Jake, the scaredy cat; Roo, the clumsy guard dog; Cash, the loyal, graceful Mr. Wonderful!
Jake
Izzy "Roop Roop" Louise
Johnny Catch
Jake
Izzy "Roop Roop" Louise
Johnny Catch
mekong catfish sayz "hey"
O hai guise! i no has teef and Is crically endagered, but is okay. imma be a fossel soon!
ktnx pollusion!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
time-killing websites
Everyone has their time-wasting websites to open up while in class or at work. Here are some of mine.
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TFLN (Texts from Last Night): While I quickly wore through the over-dramatized and often fake MLIA (My Life is Average) and I seldom want to read the depressing happenings in people's lives on FML (F My Life), I'm always up for some TFLN. Immature, drunken college life as documented by friends posting drunken text message conversations? Yes please.
PostSecret:
People have secrets. PostSecret provides an outlet to anonymously let any secret off your chest, from the most mundane ("I thought it was Pullet Surprise!") to the utterly heartbreaking ("My mom thinks my depression is 2 years old. I have dreamed of being hit by cars since I was 12, I'm 21."). There are only two requirements to share your secret here. 1) You must not have ever shared it with anyone before. 2) You must write it on a postcard and send it to 13345
Copper Ridge Rd. Germantown, MD 20874.
FOUND Magazine:
XKCD:
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TFLN (Texts from Last Night): While I quickly wore through the over-dramatized and often fake MLIA (My Life is Average) and I seldom want to read the depressing happenings in people's lives on FML (F My Life), I'm always up for some TFLN. Immature, drunken college life as documented by friends posting drunken text message conversations? Yes please.
PostSecret:
People have secrets. PostSecret provides an outlet to anonymously let any secret off your chest, from the most mundane ("I thought it was Pullet Surprise!") to the utterly heartbreaking ("My mom thinks my depression is 2 years old. I have dreamed of being hit by cars since I was 12, I'm 21."). There are only two requirements to share your secret here. 1) You must not have ever shared it with anyone before. 2) You must write it on a postcard and send it to 13345
Copper Ridge Rd. Germantown, MD 20874.
If you don't send in your secrets, you might be surprised to see them on the site anyway. It's quite liberating.
PostSecret now has 5 books available in bookstores nationwide. It is a common practice to write secrets on postcards and leave them in copies at local booksellers and libraries.
At the bottom of the webpage, they boast "PostSecret is the largest advertisement-free Blog in the world. "
PostSecret now has 5 books available in bookstores nationwide. It is a common practice to write secrets on postcards and leave them in copies at local booksellers and libraries.
At the bottom of the webpage, they boast "PostSecret is the largest advertisement-free Blog in the world. "
FOUND Magazine:
FOUND features grocery lists, private notes, and photographs among other items that have been found and posted by users.
XKCD:
A comic geared toward tech, math, and science geeks. Way too popular for its own good, but usually very entertaining. Prereqs: MATH 2110, PHYS 2120.
TWOP (Television Without Pity:
TWOP (Television Without Pity:
I like TV so much that once I watch an episode, I want to hear complete strangers recap every word of it with snarky comments and cute nicknames (What do you call Dr. House's team? Cottages!). That's why I read TWOP. It's more fun than you think.
The Ack Attack!'s Illustrated Lost Recaps:
TWOP too wordy for you? Try these Lost recaps: episodes retold in LOLspeak complete with screencaps.
Hanzismatter:
Thinking about getting a Chinese tattoo? Unless you SPEAK and WRITE Chinese, think again. So many of the tattoos featured on this site are so wrong it's insane. Quite a bit were translated for the customer by a "reliable" source like a Chinese friend or translation service. There's also the occasional mangled Hanzi (Chinese character) on a corporate ad, seen by millions of consumers. Don't forget menus, signs, and merchandise. You may not care if your Ed Hardy bag says "Die first, insult later," but I for one, find it very funny.
The Ack Attack!'s Illustrated Lost Recaps:
TWOP too wordy for you? Try these Lost recaps: episodes retold in LOLspeak complete with screencaps.
Hanzismatter:
Thinking about getting a Chinese tattoo? Unless you SPEAK and WRITE Chinese, think again. So many of the tattoos featured on this site are so wrong it's insane. Quite a bit were translated for the customer by a "reliable" source like a Chinese friend or translation service. There's also the occasional mangled Hanzi (Chinese character) on a corporate ad, seen by millions of consumers. Don't forget menus, signs, and merchandise. You may not care if your Ed Hardy bag says "Die first, insult later," but I for one, find it very funny.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
reimagined pokémans
Always the admirer of good fan art, I've built up the following collection of reseen and reimagined Pokémon. Click images to enlarge. Artists (and additional work) linked above artwork when I could find them.
Hibbary
Hibbary is also a well-known member of the TLKFAA (The Lion King Fan Art Archive). That account is here.
Jublin
Znuese
Transypoo
Shun-008
And finally, the most epic set of 200+ reimagined Pokémon
painted in ancient Japanese style can be found here.
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