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this valentine’s day i would like to profess my undying, ardent love for the callistephus chinensis (china aster)! the flower that contributed to me giving myself my name!!
not only are they a part of the (superior in my opinion) family of asteraceae, but also the genus’ (callistephus) etymology is derived from the greek words “kalli-” meaning “beautiful” and “stephos” meaning crown. they have beautiful chrysanthemum-esque blooms and come in all sorts of colours (my favourites being purple and white).
straying away from taxonomy a bit, asters in general are one of the birth flowers for september (my birth month!). they symbolise hope, faith and wisdom. and according to greek mythology, astraea (“star maiden”: goddess of purity, justice and innocence) cried because there weren't enough stars in the sky and when her tears hit the earth, they caused asters to bloom! continuing to follow the greek myth, she was the last goddess to live amongst the humans after the golden age, symbolising the decline of hope for humanity along with the decline of the ages. she left and became the constellation virgo i believe!
some more fun fun facts, asters have a most frequently observed number of n = 9 haploid chromosomes (2n = 18 for diploid). the numerology of the word “aster” also happens to be nine and guess what! september is the 9th month of the year! is it obvious i really like the number 9? almost as much as i love asters <3
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Closest match: Caligus rogercresseyi isolate FCH chromosome 9
Common name: Sea louse
#tumblr genetics#genetics#valentines day#asks#requests#sent to me#thisisasteresque#flowers#plants#china aster#parasites#ocean#sea louse
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I love it when these guys are silly. They love to poke their faces out of this hole
#isopods#crustaceans#pet bugs#pets#rolly polly#pill bug#sow bugs#woodlice#sea louse#zebra isopods#Armadillidium maculatum
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The Entomologist's Text Book. Written and illustrated by John Obadiah Westwood. 1838.
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IDs via Wikimedia;
Goneplax rhomboides (syn:Goneplax angulata).
Astacilla longicornis (syn:Arcturus longicornis).
Limnoria lignorum (syn:Limnoria terebrans).
Pycnogonum litorale (syn:Pycnogonum balaenarum).
Julus terrestris (Common millipede)
Dysdera erythrina
Petrobius maritimus (Sea or Shore bristletail)
Haematopinus suis (Hog louse)
#marine life#crustaceans#crabs#isopods#sea spiders#bugs#millipedes#arachnids#woodlouse hunting spiders#insects#shore bristletail#lice#hog louse#John Obadiah Westwood
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What is your lamb's opinion on Plimbo?
He’s a valued connection to lands beyond and they make sure to keep their promise of protecting his waterways
#wtf u mean he’s a sea louse aldaskkd#I don’t think all the sheep folk are gone from the planet entirely. There’s many kinds of sheep#cotl art
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UUHHHHHHH, Sea Louse Cookie. She takes over the bodies of fish to fool sailors into believing she's a hapless mermaid, where then she'll try to drown and devour them.
Good thing she can only take over fish, right...
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Right?
Shes based around a tongue-eating louse, sirens, and partially the selkie with how she puts on a dead fish to turn into a "mermaid".
Fun facts: she's 1'9—although her size can vary depending on what kind of fish she was in last. Her appearance can take on certain characteristics of her host, like their colour or markings.
Not fun fact: fish aren't the only things she can turn into a host.
#cookie run#cookie run kingdom#crk#cookie run oc#crk oc#art#Sea Louse Cookie#I need to stop making so many ocs#My list of ocs just keeps getting longer and longer#Oh who am I kidding I ain't gonna stop I like creating far too much to do so
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Hell yeeehaaa got some photos of a skittery critter I’ve been hunting for a while now!
This is a sea slater, a kind of isopod! For the longest time I had no idea what they were, too skittish for me to get close. Today was just wet and cloudy out for me to corner one on a walkway and herd it into submission for some photos. I chased it back to safety after!
If you look closely at the first photo you can see my awkward photography pose!
And peep the forked uropods! And the orange toes!
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todays sketches because i felt silly
Creators of all those ocs @insomni-frog @cornkernelcorp @rawdough @limboraptor
now i can rest-
#absinthe cookie#gulper eel cookie#banana eel cookie#banana squid cookie#St Brandy cookie#Sea Louse cookie#sea star waffle cookie#captain nautilus cookie
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#HES A SEA LOUSE!!!#PLIMBO MY BOY DONT BITE THE FISH PLZ#I’m so happy we know!!! :D#cult of the lamb#plimbo#cotl plimbo#cotl
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did u ever end up drawing sea louse Plimbo?
i had not until i got this ask
#me looking at pictures of sea lice like What am i looking at#trying to parse out anatomy#anyway His roundness lends VERY well to sea louse body shape#clamart#cotl plimbo
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@ataliaf submitted: Who is she? In a marina parking lot in [remove] [removed]. I have never seen this kind of body on a bug before. Surprisingly large but very mellow. Thank you!
A cutie! It’s a sea slater, which is a type of isopod. This species in particular is called a wharf louse :)
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Finally Finished the PARALOUSE line, even expanded it a little
Im trying a new format here, do you like it this way or do you prefer the old one?
Like this, without the Dex information in the pic (Shiny versions as example)
PARALOUSE is based on the tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa exigua) who gets inside the mouth of fish and replaces their tongues
PARALOUSE can evolve by taking over one of 2 pokemon, either SQUAKER, a parrotfish pokemon, or AGUAVEILA, a jellyfish pokemon
SQUAKER is based on the Steephead Parrotfish, its regular colors are based on the Scarlet Macaw and its shiny colors are based on the Galah Cockatoo
AGUAVEILA is based on the Deepstaria Enigmatica, a type of jellyfish known to form simbiotic relationships with a type of isopod
When paired with SQUAKER, PARALAOUSE will evolve into PARASCYLLA, this pokemon is based on mermaids and the greek monster Scylla, a creature with the upper body of a woman but a lower body comprised of heads and tails
If paired with AGUAVEILA, PARALOUSE will evolve into PARANYGMA, this pokemon is based in many legends of ghost brides who died at sea
SQUAQUER alone evolves into PARROTEER, they are PARASCYLLA's natura predator and are based on the Humphead Parrotfish mixed with pirates, its regular colors are based on the Dracula Parrot while its shiny colors are based on the Blue and Gold Macaw
AGUAVEILA alone evolves into AEROVELLA, this pokemon is based on the Atmospheric Jellyfish, a type of cryptid
#pokemon#fakemon#fake pokemon#water pokemon#water fakemon#water type#ghost pokemon#ghost type#ghost fakemon#poison pokemon#poison type#poison fakemon#bug pokemon#bug type#bug fakemon#flying type#flying pokemon#flying fakemon#parasite#isopod#tongue eating louse#mermaid#scylla#jellyfish#pirate#parrotfish#bride#veil
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From Portal 2:
"Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
String identified:
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Closest match: Lepeophtheirus nordmannii genome assembly, chromosome: 3
(no image could be found of this organism, so here is an image of L. salmonis, which is closely related.)
#tumblr genetics#genetics#asks#requests#sent to me#portal 2#cave johnson#life gives you lemons#parasites#sea louse#salmon louse#louses
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Fuck it ima put it out anyway.
COTL AU where instead of staying in the cult Narinder leaves and builds his own little plot of land that becomes a rare occurrence you find while crusading through the different biomes post game.
Like it starts off when the lamb like spares Narinder and he’s like sent to the cult. And is in such a state of shock and bewilderment of what just happened that he doesn’t really know that the lamb is setting up their wedding until he’s at the alter. And he just SNAPS. To trade one prison for another? And to be stuck with the same being that not only took your crown, but your title as the god of death as your jailer? No thank you. Proceeds to walk out while the service is still going.
(I’m not the kind of person to think that he would be murdering or plotting to kill the lamb at every turn or possibly. No I would think that Narinder is smart enough to realize that he cannot fight the lamb in the condition that he is reduced to.)
Anyway, I want Narinder to experience life post-godhood by himself outside the cult. Maybe progressing over time you see how his plot of land develops into a pretty nice home for himself complete with a garden and an actual building/house. Not a hut, but an actual house.
All the while the lamb is going through it. It’s normal game play like one would post Narinder fight. Lore, upgrades, reviving the bishops, mystic seller, etc. All the while experiencing the highs and lows of ascension. I think the lamb would ask the other bishops once they get indoctrinated of how they went through their ascensions went. Only they would tell them that each went through theirs differently, so in the end it wasn’t really helpful.
So going through a process that you have no idea how to get through and the only person who does has fuck off into the land and hates your guts. Really fucking sucks man. So they try to “catch” Narinder while out crusading. Only they don’t find him physically, they find his place of residence while he is away.
I thought of a way to incorporate the quests that Narinder gives you when he is usually established in the cult. Could still be used: like there’s a book left on a table where you could peak in and see what’s going on with the cat that is currently away from his house.
“ I should head to Darkwoods and see if I can find more materials to build that fence and make more paper. Moving materials from one abandon home stead to this place has been challenging enough. My arms hurt after years of being bound to one position for so long...I wonder if camellias still bloom there now that Leshy is gone? If not I’ll have to develop a new alternative for this persistent strain and sharp pains I keep having. Got to get these walls up before it starts raining.”
“Bah! There’s not enough food at the last abandoned settlement let alone seeds. It’ll take long of a walk all the way to smuggler’s cove just to see if that sea louse got any thing. And it hasn’t been that long since the depletion of fish at pilgrim’s passage. I would have just stuck to what vegetables and berries I’ve got growing, but some animal or heratic keeps getting into my garden and stealing my food!when I find the person or thing that is stealing from me I’m going to make them into my fertilizer. In the meantime I should look into Anura and see if those foul mushrooms are still there. If I remember they are just as foul as Hecket when she would screamed about being hungry during dinner…Those should hold me over until I get this unwanted pest under control.”
“The wind and rain coming in through the holes on the side of the house that I use to see if any heretics come to kill me, has gotten too much. I’m tired of having to clean up the puddles of water that enters the home. And the curtains don’t do much in terms of trying to block both of these elements.That stupid squid Kallamar doesn’t need his crystals now that he’s gone. It didn’t help him when trying to hide from me. I’ll go to Anchordeep tomorrow and get some to make crystal windows. They sure would make it more beautiful than their temple…”
“Finally the loom is ready. It’s been a such a long time since I had decent robes. It’s easy to find cotton, but what I really want is a nice, soft, silk robe. One that doesn’t rub against these scars preferably. I miss the old one Shamura they made with their silk. But, that one got destroyed in the fight with that damn vessel. Maybe there is some in Silk Cradle. ”
(I’ll come back to this when I flesh it out more via work time daydreams)
#cotl#cotl lamb#colt narinder#cotl au#could also include:#narilamb#amurih talks#don’t really have a name for this#kinda thinking “Death’s House”#workshop it later#fuck it we ball
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Thousands hospitalized after trying the TikTok “trachea wrigglers” trend. Teens can’t get enough of viral “windpipe worm” dangerous social media phenomenon. Instagram flooded with videos of college students ingesting trap-jaw worms (E. aphroditois) to achieve “perfect Marge Simpson voice”. Beware! voice changing throat worm has nasty side effects. “Marge Simpson Worm” challenge sweeps nation, killing dozens. He sounds like Bart's mom in the hilarious clip - but watch out! Timothée Chalemet is the latest celebrity to swallow the sea-worm: “Its giving Marge”, the actor croaked in recent “Simpson Bobbit Chug Nite” livestream. Biden teaming up with Matt Groening to address “Trachea Wrigglers” epidemic in press conference this Thursday. Click here! 10 safe and euphoric voice training hacks to go Marge Mode without downing the live wriggler. Ocean ecosystem threatened by increasing demand for Simpson Worm as “Marge Fever” goes global. Meet the Stewie Griffin Louse: is this the next “Trachea Wriggler”? Economists say yes. NBA Season cut short after Kyrie Irving pranks teammates by “Margebombing” the locker room water cooler with dangerous worm larvae. Recommended because you purchased: Simpson Trap-Jaw Worm (Live) Family Size Multipack x12
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THE COMPETITORS
After hours of filtering, I have a list! From 411 submisstions to 134 competitors. Of course, that means that not all the submissions are competing. My main rule for filtering was that when many similar animals were submitted, one was selected. This means that even if your submission din't get in, there is likely somthing else similar you can vote for instead! I'm hoping to get the polls out this Saturday or Sunday, and I'll post the time once it's decided. That being said... here's the list!
Mouse deer
Blanket octopus
Twenty plume moth
Anomalocaris
Caecilian
Bagworm moth caterpillars
Balaenognathus
Banded archerfish
Barnacle
Barreleye fish
Tripod fish
Bigfin squid
Bilby
Black sea hare
Black snub nosed monkey
Blobfish
Blue sea dragon
Nano-chameleon
Bush brown caterpillar
Chinese water deer
Maned wolf
Colugo
Common spotted cuscus
Corpse Assassin Bug
Messmate pipefish
Cotylorhynchus
creatonotos gangis
Tongue eating louse
Ganges river dolphin
ghost pipefish
Giant Anteater
Giant gippsland earthworm
Giant tube worm
Giraffe Weevil
Glowworms
Goblin shark
Golden mole
Green-banded broodsac
Greenland shark
Gum leaf skeletonizer caterpillars
Hagfish
Hallucigenia
Hammer head bat
Helicoprion
Honduran white bat
Short horned lizard
Green hydra
Jerboa
Jerusalem cricket
Lamprey
Largetooth sawfish
Bulwer’s pheasant
Lowland Streaked Tenrec
Lyrebird
Marbled polecat
Mata mata
Mexican mole lizard
Ghost faced bat
Mudskipper
Muntjac
Naked bulldog bat
Naked mole rat
Phillipene tube nosed fruit bat
Oarfish
Mantis shrimp
Ogre faced spider
Okapi
platypus
Pangolin
Parrot fish
Partridge bug
Pelican eel
Asian giant softshell turtle
Pink fairy armadillo
Pipa pipa
Platybelodon
Portuguese Man O War
Potoos
Predatory tunicate
Pufferfish
Sea spider
Red lipped batfish
Bowmouth guitarfish
Roseate spoonbill
Pink iguana
Royal albatross
Sage grouse
Saiga antelope
Sailfin dragon
Volcano snail
Schaefer’s anglerfish
Sea cucumber
Sea pig
Sea sheep
Sharovipteryx
Echidna
Assassin spider
Spider tailed viper
Siphonophore
Solenodon
Spectral bat
Spix’s disc winged bat
Spotted wobbegong
Stalk-eyed fly
Stoplight loosejaw
Giant phantom jelly
Sunfish
Sword billed hummingbird
Tailless whip scorpion
Tapir
Tardigrade
Tarsier
Telescopefish
Woodcock
Aye-aye
Bobbit worm
Nautilus
Glass frog
Immortal jellyfish
Olm
Mirror spider
Trilobite Beetle
Trumpetfish
Vampire bat
Vampire squid
Velvetworm
Wonderfish
Wrinkle-faced bat
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