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2013-06-17 22:17:58 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)

2013-06-17 14:52:21 (6 comments, 72 reshares, 267 +1s)

2013-06-16 14:44:46 (8 comments, 26 reshares, 218 +1s)

Happy Father's Day!

Here's a salute to the animal kingdom's most devoted dads: http://oak.ctx.ly/r/6bk0

Piggyback! For this species of pointy-headed frog, once mom has laid her eggs, she's gone, leaving dads to fertilize and care for the developing young.

2013-06-16 12:15:54 (11 comments, 40 reshares, 326 +1s)

Peek-a-Boo , I see you :))

#dogsrule   #dogsareawesome   #dogs   #germanshepherd  

2013-06-16 04:00:12 (12 comments, 35 reshares, 248 +1s)

2013-06-15 21:00:15 (6 comments, 6 reshares, 41 +1s)

#2 The brain generates as much power as a 10-watt light bulb uses. Good news for the green technology. ;)

2013-06-15 13:11:31 (12 comments, 78 reshares, 243 +1s)

Stick Insect

This beautiful electric blue stick insect, Achrioptera fallax , is native to Madagascar. The male grows up to 13 cm in length while the female is bigger and can grow up to 18. 5 cm in length. Stick insects are masters of disguise, staying perfectly still to imitate a twig. Even their movements resemble the gentle swaying of a twig.

Don't miss this marvelous video of a stick insect hatching: http://goo.gl/9TzSA

Photo Credit: Igor Siwanowicz
http://photo.net/photos/siwanowicz

#ScienceEveryday  

2013-06-14 22:15:11 (1 comments, 22 reshares, 39 +1s)

2013-06-14 21:45:27 (7 comments, 22 reshares, 196 +1s)

2013-06-14 11:23:14 (9 comments, 100 reshares, 248 +1s)

Texting

Photographer: Tim Flach; from his collection More than Human (timflach.com)   

Read the Story: http://goo.gl/aE1qM

2013-06-13 21:44:54 (3 comments, 18 reshares, 55 +1s)

2013-06-13 11:57:46 (30 comments, 291 reshares, 464 +1s)

Mammatus cloud

It is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name mammatus is derived from the Latin mamma (meaning "udder" or "breast"). Typically composed primarily of ice, they can extend for hundreds of miles in each direction and individual formations can remain visibly static for ten to fifteen minutes at a time.  True to their ominous appearance, these clouds are often harbingers of a coming storm or other extreme weather system. Wikipedia: goo.gl/qi2Pp

#ScienceSunday •  #ScienceEveryday  

2013-06-12 21:00:10 (2 comments, 36 reshares, 90 +1s)

2013-06-11 21:56:37 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 37 +1s)

2013-06-11 19:32:26 (10 comments, 50 reshares, 294 +1s)

15 Epic Dog Beards ➜ www.goo.gl/58QId

2013-06-11 12:30:47 (17 comments, 95 reshares, 345 +1s)

Elephants. Topiary art. Source: www.goo.gl/vUyxJ

2013-06-10 22:54:30 (3 comments, 19 reshares, 79 +1s)

2013-06-10 12:11:29 (14 comments, 57 reshares, 289 +1s)

The larva of a Pink Underwing Moth has evolved a set of patterns to ward off potential predators that resemble a skull. When grown, these caterpillars live in Australia's sub tropical rain forests. 

Image: Flickr Photographer plant.nerd

2013-06-09 22:31:37 (17 comments, 35 reshares, 272 +1s)

Photos that will make you look twice ➜ goo.gl/JIAK1

2013-06-09 20:02:42 (9 comments, 22 reshares, 63 +1s)

2013-06-09 11:22:27 (3 comments, 12 reshares, 128 +1s)

Waxy Nymph Insects: Immature Fulgorid Planthoppers  secrete a white waxy substance that forms long, feathery filaments. The waxy plumes are made up of keto esters and secreted from pores along the sides of the nymphs. They act as deterrent against predators and protect the soft bodied insects.The family Fulgoridae includes true Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies.

#ScienceSunday  
Source: http://goo.gl/th9aB

2013-06-08 16:05:24 (21 comments, 77 reshares, 285 +1s)

This photo — taken by UC Davis’s Kathy Keatley Garvey — captures the moment after a bee sting when the honeybee attempts to fly away (with the barbed stinger still lodged in the victim). See that trail of goo? It’s actually the bee’s abdominal tissue.  
According to Garvey, this isn’t the first time such an action has been captured on camera, but it is extremely rare. Read more about how she happened to capture this moment: http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7735

2013-06-08 13:23:22 (12 comments, 55 reshares, 411 +1s)

Respeite a Natureza
Respect the Nature

2013-06-08 11:45:08 (10 comments, 30 reshares, 228 +1s)

Escape from Grey (A Photo Montage)

He longed for the wide open spaces...(Continued at: http://goo.gl/vXemy)

#breakfastclub +Breakfast Art Club by +Simply Arlie
#surrealartsaturday +SurrealArtSaturday by +Mikko Tyllinen
#photomanipulationsaturday by +Josh Adamski 

2013-06-07 21:35:46 (4 comments, 12 reshares, 62 +1s)

Can you find the hidden animals?

2013-06-07 16:38:59 (9 comments, 68 reshares, 274 +1s)

2013-06-06 17:38:58 (36 comments, 260 reshares, 586 +1s)

Hidden Beach

You won't believe how this gorgeous hidden beach was formed. Located on the Marieta Islands in Puerto Vallarta, this is a former bomb site used by the Mexican Government in the early 1900's. To reach the hidden beach, known as Playa de Amor, you have to swim through a short tunnel which opens up into the spectacular beach, which is surrounded by rare wildlife.

Read more: http://goo.gl/FDdcu

2013-06-06 10:40:57 (24 comments, 91 reshares, 389 +1s)

Happy Seal

Did YOU have a happy day today? Tell us about it!

Photographer unknown.

2013-06-04 22:31:24 (19 comments, 16 reshares, 86 +1s)

Hummingbirds beat their wings 60-80 times per sec.

2013-06-04 21:29:16 (14 comments, 62 reshares, 299 +1s)

The Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko is a species only found in Madagascar. It's very good at avoiding predators, as not only it can disguise itself really well, it can also shed its tail voluntarily to confuse them. According to the WWF it is one of the most illegally traded pets.

More Info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uroplatus_phantasticus
Photo Author
http://www.thomasmarent.com/

2013-06-04 17:47:00 (16 comments, 155 reshares, 427 +1s)

Royal Starfish

Astropecten articulatus is a carnivore that feeds on molluscs which it catches with its arms and swallows whole. The dark blue/purple contrasts with orange and is set off with a row of white spines. Isn't is beautiful?  

Photographed by Mark Walz (no, it's not fake!): http://www.flickr.com/photos/themarque/2884079538/

2013-06-04 09:00:11 (19 comments, 81 reshares, 371 +1s)

2013-06-03 23:16:04 (8 comments, 45 reshares, 214 +1s)

2013-06-03 21:39:00 (16 comments, 79 reshares, 404 +1s)

2013-06-03 10:25:51 (18 comments, 157 reshares, 404 +1s)

Riding on Mom

Eight baby African Spurred tortoises (Geochelone sulcata) were born at the Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Hungary. After their shells hardened, they clambered upon their mother's back for a ride. For more pictures, see http://goo.gl/eexLk

2013-06-02 21:58:22 (2 comments, 10 reshares, 70 +1s)

2013-06-02 11:37:09 (27 comments, 273 reshares, 441 +1s)

Roll Cloud Over Uruguay

This type of rare, long cloud forms along advancing cold fronts. The cloud moves as a solitary wave, called soliton, as a single crest without changing speed or shape.

Source: Astronomy Picture of the Day, photo by Daniela Mirner Eberl
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130602.html

#ScienceSunday  

2013-06-02 00:00:07 (3 comments, 14 reshares, 55 +1s)

2013-06-01 23:00:17 (17 comments, 151 reshares, 226 +1s)

Stairway to Heaven. Happy #Caturday !

2013-06-01 13:37:34 (18 comments, 104 reshares, 375 +1s)

Bird and  Berry

The Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) travels in large, nomadic groups and is found in coniferous forests of all northern continents.

Photo: Sindri Skúlason
http://onebigphoto.com/perfect-timing-of-a-bohemian-waxwing/#

2013-06-01 11:57:46 (12 comments, 32 reshares, 246 +1s)

A male yellow-headed jawfish opens his mouth to aerate the eggs. Photo by Sabrina Li

Read more : ( http://goo.gl/9HQl3 )

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2013-05-31 22:20:54 (2 comments, 7 reshares, 54 +1s)

The United States is filled with amazing landmarks.
Make sure you see them with your own eyes!

2013-05-31 21:06:33 (7 comments, 39 reshares, 226 +1s)

Opening Soon. By Jaison E Antony.
An AD for Mazhavil Manorama, entertainment channel.

2013-05-31 13:35:15 (13 comments, 76 reshares, 303 +1s)

Flower Owls

http://acharlottegarden.blogspot.com/2012/06/flower-owls-and-dream-trips.html

Very cool

2013-05-30 21:14:11 (4 comments, 18 reshares, 88 +1s)

Animals riding animals: so cute! 
Love the monkey and parrot riding a dog. ;)

2013-05-30 10:06:33 (25 comments, 88 reshares, 275 +1s)

Pretty in Pink

This giant slug is bright, fluorescent pink! Found on the top of Mount Kaputar, in New South Wales, Australia, the species has just been identified as Triboniophorus aff. graeffei .

Growing up to 20 cm (~8 inches) long, they climb up trees to eat moss.Scientists believe they are a relic of an era when Australia was a rainforest. They would indeed have vanished, with other species, were it not for a volcano eruption 17 million years ago that isolated the peak and maintained the ecosystem.

More: http://goo.gl/vSefA
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2013-05-29 23:45:02 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 46 +1s)

We can't believe this stuff isn't photoshopped. These photos are amazing, especially the tornado aftermath.

2013-05-29 21:50:51 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 39 +1s)

Nuclear snow? 300 MPH winds? 

2013-05-29 17:33:08 (30 comments, 352 reshares, 444 +1s)

2013-05-28 22:36:52 (2 comments, 8 reshares, 68 +1s)