I forget about this fucking ornament every year.

Carrion Shrine

Octopus and squid evolution is officially weirder than we could have ever imagined

Just when we thought octopuses couldn’t be any weirder, it turns out that they and their cephalopod brethren evolve differently from nearly every other organism on the planet.

In a surprising twist, scientists have discovered that octopuses, along with some squid and cuttlefish species, routinely edit their RNA (ribonucleic acid) sequences to adapt to their environment.

This is weird because that’s really not how adaptations usually happen in multicellular animals. When an organism changes in some fundamental way, it typically starts with a genetic mutation - a change to the DNA.

The findings have been published in Cell.

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Really interesting short read for those interested in evolution.

stupid non-cephalopodes: evolve through a relatively stable updating of genetic matrices

grand cephalopod savants: biohacking into the nature mainframe and leaving eldritch comments in the engine’s source. what the fuck is a “stable release”

Idk if youve seen this

Here’s his instagram and here’s her store!

merry christmas everyone

please watch this

When ur high af and your parents try and talk to you

I think you should watch this

yella creens

“handfools of yella crayens”

this made me feel true inner peace for the first time in months

This was the first thing on my dash after coming out of a sensory deprivation tank and I believe I just ascended to a higher plane of existence

Mr. Roger’s voice makes it

this is… transcendent 

Same place, different day.

Awesome color study

fantasy adventure genre vs survival horror genre

alternatives to tumblr!!

it’s been fun fellas