I’m catsitting this derp for a while. His name is Hugo and he’s a weirdo.
Messy hair, I don’t care! Because life is not always so neat and organized!
Sunflowers painted with Dr Ph Martin’s Hydrus Liquid watercolours, on Bamboo mixed media paper. Special thanks to Cee-Roo for letting me use his track “I’m So Happy” :)
when they added the yellow i just about started crying
The Scaly-foot Gastropod (Chrysomallon squamiferum)
… is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Peltospiridae. This vent-endemic gastropod is known only from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean, where it has been found at depths of about 2,400–2,800 m (1.5–1.7 mi).
Chrysomallon squamiferum differs greatly from other deep-sea gastropods, even the closely related neomphalines. The shell is of a unique construction, with three layers; the outer layer consists of iron sulfides, the middle layer is equivalent to the organic periostracum found in other gastropods, and the innermost layer is made of aragonite. The foot is also unusual, being armored with iron-mineralised sclerites…
(read more: Wikipedia)
photos: 1 - ChongChen; 2,3 - Nakamura et al.
Ooooh we mentioned this amazing creature (and other incredible marine gastropods) in our video The MAGNETO SNAIL! (and other marine gastropods)!
Farmbot
Open source product is a robotic computer controlled home farming setup to grow your own food:
FarmBot Genesis is humanity’s first open-source CNC farming machine designed for at-home automated food production.
How to Talk on the Telephone 1950s
We’re going to try this again just one more time, Margaret. Mouthpiece does not mean you put it in your mouth.
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