Shychemist

Mexico City Trip, June 2012 (7)

My internet friend Regina who I came to visit for 10 days. It quickly turned into more of a friendship. We’re in a longterm relationship now. She visited me in September in Vancouver, and later she’ll visit me again this December. :)

She’s posing with Domo, my sister’s toy who people take when they go travelling and take photos.

by TheKoopaBros.

On my way home from work, this stopped me dead in my tracks.

LOOK AT IT.

(Source: natgeo-gifs)

reginula:

Boyfriend says I look pretty and this had to be posted.

If he says so.

I do say so. You look super pretty. ^_^

Probably my favourite photo of you.

halorvic:

Stuff’s happening in space - decided to mark a monumental occasion with dumb art.

llbwwb:

Two Penguins Holding Hands at the London Zoo,by Nicolas Croll

D’awwwww. n__n

gastornis:

Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)

The heaviest parrot, they can grow up to 9 lbs due to their unique ability to accumulate body fat. These flightless birds are critically endangered and are only found in New Zealand. As of February 2012, only 126 living individuals are known.

Photo credit: User Mnolf via Wikimedia Commons

Learn More:
Breeding variation in female kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) on Codfish Island in a year of low food supply

Gut Microbiome of the Critically Endangered New Zealand Parrot, the Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)

gastornis:

Caecilians

These legless amphibians are known to shed their outer layer of skin for feeding their young. The skin is nutrient-rich, like the milk of animals, and its removal does not seem to harm the mother. Pictured above is Boulengerula taitanus, native toAfrica.

Photo credit: UKNatural History Museum via Newscientist

Learn more:
Termitivore or detritivore? A quantitative investigation into the diet of the East African caecilian Boulengerula taitanus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae)

Care and Parentage in a Skin-Feeding Caecilian Amphibian