Cuttlefish video

Over here, at the Daisy Hill Cuttle Farm.

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Spider on spider violence.

Glued

Originally uploaded by Malaysian Spiders

…which in an of itself is nothing unusual, but this is a pretty spectacular example.

The Dinosaur Toy Blog.

Link.  It does what it says, it says what it does.

The ugly truth about “…the rats among pollinators.”

Museth Myrmecos:

The notion of the honey bee as an integral component of our natural ecosystem is something of a myth.

In truth, honey bees are the rats among pollinators. Cute and fuzzy though the bees may be, our heavy subsidy of a single-species bee monoculture is undoubtedly a factor in the spread of invasive weed plants and the decline and extinction of scores of other bee species. Our native bees, fine pollinators in their own right, are having to compete against syrup-boosted truckloads of industrial honey bees at the same time as we bulldoze their habitat for new housing, and they aren’t faring well.

For this reason I just can’t get worked up over “colony collapse disorder“ [click through, this is hyperlinked at the original post-sl]. Yes, I know farmers need the pollinators, and that colony collapse disorder is adding to the already high cost of food. But this problem is not some unforseen tragedy of nature. It’s not even about nature. It’s about a predictable byproduct of industrial agriculture.

Plus, he takes really good pictures of them (and lotsa other stuff too).

The Reptoid Research Center.

“In quest of the answer to the age-old question, ‘ARE WE ALONE?,’ we’ve been conditioned to stare into space when thinking about “Aliens” and “E.Ts.” This is a classical magicians distraction. We should, instead, be searching under Earth’s surface, in the thousands of miles of underground tunnels, caverns and caves systems. That is where we will discover other forms of intelligent lifeand our visiting Extraterrestrials bases of operations.”

John Rhodes
Researcher - Phenomena Analyst

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Avant cute.

Kitty cat plays theremin.

Direct YT link

Rejected post titles:

“An x needs a y like a cat needs a theremin.”

“Our theremin player wrote this…”

“Pamelia Kurstin demoted to 2nd cutest theremin player ever.”

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Tarpit reinactment in miniature on flickr.

The spider (an adult male Xysticus) found the and on a bottle cap full of honey, from which he was unable to escape.

Macabre find #2

Originally uploaded by Lord V

This just in- dragonflies eat midgets!

Image links to screen capture on Flickr

According to this Wikipedia article, at around 5 pm on Wednesday, April 9, 2008:

“Dragonflies typically eat mosquitoes, little peoples, and other small insects…”

“Little peoples” linking here.

B. W. Hawkins, early paleoartist.

Artist Nemo Ramjet wrote an informative blog post about Hawkins, including pictures he took of Hawkins’ pictures.

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Where to learn about bugs.

At EntLibrary dot org.