1501
Lacrymaria Olor is an unicellular microorganism able to stretch its "neck" to about 7-10x its body length. With no eyes, it also looks like it knows where prey are located [read more: buff.ly/2HplFBk] [source, Jam's Germs: buff.ly/3GCjKDs]
1502
Attacus atlas is one of the world's largest moths. They can have wingspans of up to 30 cm. Born without the ability to eat, they live on the reserves they store as caterpillars
[read more: buff.ly/2J9lJBl]
[📹 Ted Cox: buff.ly/3wmUg8e]
1503
This underwater rodeo was caught on camera by NatureFootage contributor Harrison Stubbs in the waters off Guadalupe Island in 2016, and at first glance, you may wonder which of the animals is doing the attacking [source 1: buff.ly/3CrZwd5, 2: buff.ly/33NZXga]
1504
Born 103 years ago #Today, Isaac Asimov was professor of biochemistry, science popularizer and extraordinary sci-fi writer: he wrote more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards buff.ly/2LgN6Pf [portrait by Rowena Morrill: buff.ly/3n85rf1]
1505
Making LEGO car climb slopes
The angle of inclination is gradually increased and the car improved to the limit (and beyond)
[full 📹 Brick Experiment Channel: buff.ly/3DwyCnz]
1506
This roundabout in Khobar City, Saudi Arabia uses the barrier grid animation principle to transform into a macroscopic kinegram and make the horses appear as gallopping
[read more: buff.ly/3648EXo]
[source: buff.ly/3BTqHi2]
1507
Uroplatus phantasticus, the satanic leaf-tailed gecko, is a species indigenous to Madagascar. Its specific name phantasticus is the Latin word for "imaginary", based upon the gecko's unique appearance
[📹 chromatic_chameleons: buff.ly/3Q4thqw]
1508
Parahawking is an activity that combines paragliding with falconry. Birds of prey are trained to fly with paragliders, guiding them to thermals. This is a black vulture
[read more: buff.ly/2FFNIGy]
[📹 Uru_Fly: buff.ly/3UiJgTD]
1509
«From grandma to young woman». The effects of the g-forces on a human are mostly visible here in the facial muscles and in the temporary change of aspect, but they actually do much more [read more: buff.ly/2ZwZrXo] [source: buff.ly/3cUItFo]
1510
This is called 'shimmering'. Giant bees produce these waves as a defensive mechanism, repelling wasps & hornets that get too close to the nests.
[read more: buff.ly/3i7TlFW]
[full video: buff.ly/3kuSQ6X]
1511
This generative art by TikTok's recursiveidentity shows a fractal-like zoom into an Edward Hopper world, aptly exploded to provide a sort of a cubist trip into multiple dimensions and points of view
[📹 + more videos: buff.ly/3wUd0O9]
1512
This comparison between a shark's brain and a dolphin's brain, shows why dolphins are deep thinkers [source of the photo: buff.ly/3Phrmy9]
1513
This is footage of a pseudo - melanistic tiger from a camera trap in Odisha Similipal National Park
[read more: buff.ly/3j5Gvsh]
1514
Iceland is an amazing land, where you can even happen to spot a nightsky split between the cold green of an aurora and the fiery red of a distant volcanic eruption, like in this impressive photo by Hörður Finnbogason
[source: buff.ly/2X5wj3i]
1515
45 years ago #Today, the Shuttle Enterprise made its first free flight piloted by Apollo 13's Fred Haise bit.ly/1U5nZwz
1516
Tokyo startup Telexistence has recently unveiled a new robot called the Model-T, an advanced teleoperated humanoid that can use tools and grasp a wide range of objects. In this trial, a human “pilot” operates the robot remotely, handling store items buff.ly/32IV74O
1517
Where snow meets the sea
Taken on the western coast of Japan in the San’in Kaigan GeoPark by photographer Hisatoshi Matsumura, this is a beautiful photo that shows where biomes collide
[site: hisatoshimatsumura.com]
[source: buff.ly/3XXTR9M]
1518
This clip by YouTube channel JayPrehistoricPets shows some Aldabra giant tortoises, which can reach 122 cm of carapace length and with an average weight of 250 kg
[read more: buff.ly/3GfJyUV]
[📹 JayPrehistoricPets: youtu.be/v5pOt1-2bnI]
1519
It is generally thought that, in average, the largest amount that an ant could drink is about 35 μl. The clip also shows how ants need space to store water in their abdomen
[read more: buff.ly/31hEAIc]
[Ajith Subramanyan: buff.ly/3E5kDT7]
1520
An awesome variation on the fractal tree [source, with a multiple, pervasive selection of programming language codes by Rosetta Code and Michael Mol: buff.ly/2Hz5pJP]
1521
Inspired by Edwin Abbott’s satirical novel ‘Flatland’, ‘Squaring the Circle’ is the first in Troika’s series of perspective sculpture that is perceived in correlation to the position of the observer [read more, 2013: buff.ly/2LG9D5U and more: buff.ly/3otGsFq]
1522
Anamorphosis is a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to occupy a specific vantage point. This is a 2014 piece by Bernard Pras that transforms seemingly broken objects into a portrait of French postman and artist Ferdinand Cheval: buff.ly/2NYmCSh
1523
The Spinning Dancer is a kinetic, bistable optical illusion resembling a pirouetting female dancer. Some observers initially see the figure as spinning clockwise & some counterclockwise. Some can see it change rotation direction suddenly
[read more: buff.ly/2KM24au]
1524
Pyrex & vegetable oil both have refractive indexes of 1.47 & air is at ~1.00. If we combine substances with different refractive indexes, we can see some interesting effects, like a pyrex beaker suddenly disappearing
[read more: buff.ly/3742moi]
1525
Alligators are notorious for their thick skin and well-armored bodies, yet their sense of touch is one of the most acute in the animal kingdom.
Coconut is a living example.
[📹 buff.ly/3KnSBpX]
[read more: buff.ly/3dZ1J8C]
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