holy shiiiiit every time I think I’ve seen it all in terms of biology there’s still always something new! Look at DENDROGASTER.

These are parasites found only inside of starfish and they are CRUSTACEANS.

There are many parasitic crustaceans who lose all arthropod anatomy as they mature and come out like just a glob of flesh but I’ve never seen one this ornate!

targuzzler:

discocunt:

targuzzler:

tilthat:

TIL lobsters do not die due to aging. They become stronger and more fertile with age due to the presence of enzyme telomerase which tepairs DNA sequence.

via reddit.com

you’re telling me, if left unharmed, lobsters survive the ravages of time and gain progressively more fuck power as it goes on

this whole thing is pure dick

They also have no limits to their size except how much they can eat. If you fed a lobster as much as it could eat every day, it could eventually grow to be bigger than you.

What are those little orange bugs you just posted? They are cool.

dimetrodone:

I sadly am having trouble finding the exact species but they were a type of amphipods (a diverse group of crustaceans)

I actually got to see some today at a beach in the form of sandhoppers, which are the little shrimps guys you will sometimes find in the sand that tend to hop (as the name implies)