A-dinosaur-a-day said that when evolutionary biologists “switched on” teeth in chickens, they didn’t have enamel. Does that indicate non-avian dinosaur teeth had no enamel either?

a-dinosaur-a-day:

Oh they most def had enamel. You can’t actually use teeth without enamel.

What this means is that, for whatever reason, the enamel gene didn’t get turned on. The research indicates that it’s probably because the gene is lost (ie it got mutated away)

@a-dinosaur-a-day

Actually a video from yesterday told me teeth are possible without enamel.

“Sloth teeth are super simplified and lack enamel, so they’re softer than our teeth, but they grow continuously throughout their entire life, like the incisors of a rodent, but for their entire mouth

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg9bbv/today-some-guy-carrying-a-satchel-of-sloth-teeth-sat-next-to-me

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/the-anatomy-of-sloths/

espanolbot2:

majingojira:

abookofcreatures:

Fairy changelings, except they operate by manipulating us the same way cuckoo chicks do – they’re bigger, cuter, louder, beggier, and more demanding than human babies in every way

The comic Witch Doctor does this and it is great! It’s western vampires are those tongue eating isopod parasites, demonic posesion is spiritual parallel to parasitoid reproduction (in most cases), and it renders adult gods, demons, and angels as emotion eaters who treat humans like a harvestable product.

It is great!

Rivers of London had an intereseting twist on the cuckoo/changling thing, but explaining how kind of goes into spoilers.

Keep reading

she-rarara:

nepptoon:

Which concept makes you more emotional:

1. Sea Hawk brought the corsage for Mermista like a true gentlemanly prom date, but when she refused to wear it he decided to wear it instead, saying it would ensure he always had something on him to make him think of her. Mermista is touched by the sentiment just long enough to give him a quick kiss before going back to her normal grumpy persona

2. Mermista gave Sea Hawk the corsage, evidenced by how well color coordinated it is with her outfit, bc even though she’s really bad at expressing how much she does like him, she wanted to make sure he knew and would have a constant reminder of it

scenario 2, but consider: she made the decision to give him the corsage at the last minute, and in a lowkey panic, she asked perfuma to make a flower for the corsage. perfuma will never let mermista live this down

majingojira:

abookofcreatures:

Fairy changelings, except they operate by manipulating us the same way cuckoo chicks do – they’re bigger, cuter, louder, beggier, and more demanding than human babies in every way

The comic Witch Doctor does this and it is great! It’s western vampires are those tongue eating isopod parasites, demonic posesion is spiritual parallel to parasitoid reproduction (in most cases), and it renders adult gods, demons, and angels as emotion eaters who treat humans like a harvestable product.

It is great!

radicalposture:

taki-on-the-go:

Generation 4: Make a nice, homemade pastry for your Pokémon! With some berry infusion it’s sure to be tasty!

Generation 6: Play fun games and collect sweet tasty puffs for your Pokémon to eat! They’ll surely love them!

Generation 3: We used our SCIENCE GRINDER to mash berries into PERFECT MATHEMATICAL CUBES that pokemon CANNOT RESIST for their GEOMETRICAL REGULARITY

Generation 7: travel to the mythical Beane Land™…. meet the Beanse Guardian……. Collect Bean™ for yuor creatures?. maybe you will return. maybe not. unlock ALL secret beanes islands for ALL your beaning. needs

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buckys-robot-arm:

trinket-the-bear:

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nefelibata-feather:

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Would anyone like to see pictures of this bird I’m friends with

I love her

i am loving people’s attempts to identify this bird its just an australian magpie, she’s not a chimera, she’s not a fucked up crow, etc. she is just….. a regular run of the mill magpie

She is also a mother…. here is her yelling son who she brought to me one time

HOW THE HELL DID YOU BEFRIEND AN AUSTRALIAN MAGPIE

i give her chips sometimes

From what I’ve heard, australian magpies are actually quite nice if they trust you not to hurt them. Swooping season happens because, as a species, they’ve learned that most humans are Dangerous and so they preemptively attack to protect themselves and their young. If you’ve been nice to a group of magpies, though, they’ll remember you and you won’t be swooped at.

Then again, magpies are part of the corvid family which includes ravens and crows. Those little birbs are really smart, so if you show kindness to your local corvid flock, they will pay you back the same way

this is true but australian magpies are not related to corvids, they are their own genus, and are most closely related to the australian butcherbird. They fill a similar niche to corvids, but are not actually related to them.