adaptationology

I’ve been waiting a whole damn year to post these…. :D

Tag yourself - I’m Comet

Cupid bitches

hmmm

You BEHEAD Marie Antoinette?

you CHOP her head like the GUILLOTINE??

OH OH CHAOS FOR FRANCE! CHAOS FOR FRANCE FOR 1000 YEARS!!!!

sometimes I think about how brussel sprouts, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, collard greens, savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan are all the same species, and i understand why biologists are constantly furious about taxonomy

I’m sorry what

same species. same fucking species

Somebody please explain this because what the fuck

i can do that!

Introducing the Brassica oleracea, a plant species whose cultivars include…all of the above. They all originated from the same plant aka THIS FUCKER! 

No, really. This thing has existed in Europe for thousands of years, during which time different societies had different culinary preferences, leading them to selectively breed for different traits. For example, a preference for the eating leaves led farmers to select seeds from the plants with the largest leaves, resulting gradually in the development of kale.

The real fun thing is, this happened on a vast timeline. Kale was developed over 4000 years ago, while Savoy cabbage was first documented just 5 centuries ago. And different cultivars developed in different regions across Europe and Asia, with their phenotypes and names changing wildly over time. (Fun fact, Brussels sprouts are indeed named for Brussels, the capital city of Belgium, where they were developed from a predecessor imported from Rome.) 

The list above isn’t even exhaustive btw. There are plenty of other ridiculous cultivars (such as the Jersey cabbage, pictured below), and there’s no telling how many other forms existed throughout history, and which would have counted as distinct cultivars, and how many names and groups they were separated into, and, and, and—and imposing taxonomy on the real world is a mess, basically, because the real world does not give a shit about making itself comprehensible or categorizeable. But still we try. Planet Earth has Hot Mess Energy, and would you really have it any other way?

ko-fi

Also the reason they’re considered the same species is because if you try to crossbreed them they will produce viable and fertile offspring

Plants are insane that way

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

Introducing Kalettes (kale-brussels sprouts hybrid), Broccoflower (broccoli-cauliflower hybrid), and Broccolini (broccoli-gai lan hybrid)

look at the kalettes! the itty bitty tiny kalettes!!! I absolutely despise this knowledge thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bonus: Romanesco broccoli, which is not a hybrid but just….really fucked up cauliflower

And don’t even get me STARTED on ornamental cabbage. fuck off

Fun fact I found out growing romanesco this year: I’m not sure if it’s all breeds or the one I got but that mother fucker is HOT AMD SPICY LIKE A PEPPER.

What the hell.

#one of my favorite fun fact to blow patients’ minds (via @nitramaraho)

logically i know that you mean during actual small talk or whatever but i am haunted by the thought of a dentist waiting until his patients are trapped with various Dental Tools in their mouths to regale them with Vegetable Facts because they cannot escape or even steer the conversation in non-Vegetable Fact directions

For my 3D production class I had to create a three shot short that was a remake of an existing movie scene- with muppets. I ran out of time to do the particle water effects, but this is basically Pacific Rim anyway.

We’re losing our collective shit laughing at this. Holy crap it’s so funny, please turn the sound on.

this is amazing

god my favorite part of knitting/crocheting/etc is watching string become fabric. crumpling it in my hands. this fabric would've never existed had I not willed it into being. it isn't fabric, it's time made physical. made material. isn't that the high of crafting? you mold time between your hands and put it into other people's hands. my least favorite part is when my cat tries to cram the whole yarn ball into his mouth

Steve Rogers || what’s in your head

You get into Stucky because of Bucky. You stay because of Steve.

Omg.

i hope chris evans knows this video exists

The MELODRAMA

you SLAP miette?? you slap miette ACROSS THE ROOM

oh! oh!!!

insurance fraud! insurance fraud for

ONE MILLION DOLLARS

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

@teamhawkeye

howdy ladies and gaydies, I spent ages making this What Tarot Card Are You quiz which has ZERO pop culture references and lots of horror / surrealist writing! (also if you get death I’m sorry)

take this one. and do not dare make me think of it ever again.

#justice #just us

Been a rough couple days for one of our favorite cats, send Miette some good thoughts.

TREMENDOUS news

Happiness for Miette!

You DRUG Miette? You lace her lizard with the HALLUCINOGEN??

Are we at the burning man??

Tripping balls for Miette. Tripping balls for Miette for 36 hours.

Another embroidered monster, but this one is blue and feathery.

Middle of winter

This is amazing fanart!

Mega fauna and little mega fauna

a moose and two mini meese

Meeses pieces

Beagle playing the nose flute

(via)

UNMUTE for the sake of everything that’s holy

Well, fuck me.

I’ve found it. 

I’ve found the purest post on this hellsite.