happy 17th anniversary✨

unexplained slide in my little brother’s high school math class PowerPoint

Y’all, I am SO excited about this new beetle that was just discovered!!!!

The freshly-discovered new species of longhorn beetle, Excastra albopilosa. Image credit: James Tweed

Detailed photographs of the Excastra albopilosa specimen found by James Tweed. Image credits: Lingzi Zhou, Australian National Insect Collection

#066: Oortsider

These colossal organisms have adapted to live within asteroid belts and Oort clouds. Living in outer space without gravity, their bodies have no real up or down, and can maneuver through the icy rocks regardless of orientation! It's thought they first evolved in protoplanetary disks, and as solar systems formed, they moved to the outer clouds of space debris. A lifeform that can exist and thrive before life-sustaining planets are even formed! In the vacuum of space, they can only communicate via flashes of light, half of each eye can produce light of different colors, while the other half receives the light!

Based on a speculative biology concept I've had for a while! A true alien species that lives in the Oort cloud!

Wooper and Quagsire

Novius beetle

(Orange spotless ladybird) 🍊

Today's Seal Is: Caterpillar

#070: Thistleleon

After 10 thousand years of living as all kinds of different creatures, a Fluffree will grow into their final form: Thistleleon, a massive dragon full of wisdom from hundreds of lifetimes, they will travel to the highest peaks of the planet where other Thistleleon settle, sharing their life experiences with others to learn even more about life. They hoard stories, as well as the DNA of all the creatures they turned into, which they can place in the next generation of Fluffrees if need be; this and the fact they are immortal, makes them perfect safekeepers of biodiversity, if a catastrophe occurs & many species go extinct, they can bring them back by releasing Fluffrees into the wind!

Inspired by Thistle & Dragons!

#070: Thistleleon

After 10 thousand years of living as all kinds of different creatures, a Fluffree will grow into their final form: Thistleleon, a massive dragon full of wisdom from hundreds of lifetimes, they will travel to the highest peaks of the planet where other Thistleleon settle, sharing their life experiences with others to learn even more about life. They hoard stories, as well as the DNA of all the creatures they turned into, which they can place in the next generation of Fluffrees if need be; this and the fact they are immortal, makes them perfect safekeepers of biodiversity, if a catastrophe occurs & many species go extinct, they can bring them back by releasing Fluffrees into the wind!

Inspired by Thistle & Dragons!

#606

#006: Fluffree

Floating whimsically through the wind with their fluffy caps, these little seeds are free to explore the whole world! They store the DNA of all the creatures they meet, and after years of travelling, they will plant themselves and grow into any creature of their choosing! With the potential to be whatever they want to be, they have immense lifespans to be able to live as all the lifeforms their heart desires! Able to revert into seed form & grow into a different creature every 50 years! If you spot one fluttering about, it's likely they've travelled a very long way to get there, make sure to say hi! They might've never met someone like you before!

Inspired by Thistle Seed Pappus, Aviation! & the idea to be free to live different kinds of lives!

This is a redesign of one of my first Nimalings! Who used to be called Windsid, super happy with this glow-up! This is what they used to look like!

Signal Wizard and the Noise

Today's Seal Is: Bucket Boy