[quote name="FullMoonWinter" date="2022-02-09 17:40:01" ]
A group of animals is called just that. A "group" or a "nest" of [Bug] or a "herd" of [Cattle] or a "flock" of [Bird] or "school" of [Fish]. If you actually use any of these other terms outside your friend group, niche subject, or Creative Writing class, you [i]will[/i] get an eyeroll and a mark off from your English professor.
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*Cackles madly because my teachers are more likely to be all "I didn't know that, you're so smart"
Yes I am the teachers pet*
A group of animals is called just that. A "group" or a "nest" of [Bug] or a "herd" of [Cattle] or a "flock" of [Bird] or "school" of [Fish]. If you actually use any of these other terms outside your friend group, niche subject, or Creative Writing class, you will get an eyeroll and a mark off from your English professor.
*Cackles madly because my teachers are more likely to be all "I didn't know that, you're so smart"
Yes I am the teachers pet*
[quote name="ANTIM0NY" date="2022-02-26 16:16:30" ]
Boquila trifoliolata, a species of flowering vine, is able to near-perfectly mimic the plants it grows on. It's even able to do this with fake plants, and it's hypothesized that it does this by sight!
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I'm sorry, it does WHAT?
Am I correct in understanding that this plant can SEE?
The plantpocalypse is at hand.
Boquila trifoliolata, a species of flowering vine, is able to near-perfectly mimic the plants it grows on. It's even able to do this with fake plants, and it's hypothesized that it does this by sight!
I'm sorry, it does WHAT?
Am I correct in understanding that this plant can SEE?
Paleogene she/her
I collect bug items and transmuted treasures
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Transmuted Treasure
Familiar
Those who say all that treasure will never keep you company are probably feelin' pretty silly right about now. It's you and your money, goin' it alone!
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the world's largest hummingbird is aptly named the giant hummingbird and it's a big boy
[quote name="Insidiously" date="2022-02-28 18:24:24" ]
[quote name="ANTIM0NY" date="2022-02-26 16:16:30" ]
Boquila trifoliolata, a species of flowering vine, is able to near-perfectly mimic the plants it grows on. It's even able to do this with fake plants, and it's hypothesized that it does this by sight!
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I'm sorry, it does WHAT?
Am I correct in understanding that this plant can SEE?
The plantpocalypse is at hand.
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Well, it depends on how strict your definition of sight is. If being able to detect light and dark counts as seeing, then yes!
[quote name="Xionahri" date="2022-02-28 14:25:15" ]
[quote name="ANTIM0NY" date="2022-02-28 14:09:38" ]
There's actually a decent number of things in science named after pop culture references, but the only other one I can think of offhand is Aerodactylus, a dubious species of pterosaur named after the pokemon aerodactyl. Scientists are bigger nerds than you think lol
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Aaand you remind me of another good one, which also happens to be a dubious genus:
An unusually big Triassic theropod named [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojirasaurus]Gojirasaurus.[/url] Though, unlike Gojira/Godzilla, it is from the US, not Japan.
And yep, scientists are massive nerds. Would they be scientists if they weren't?
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Yeah, I just think it's funny how scientists are always portrayed as cold and clinical when in reality they pull stunts like this all the time lol. Anyway, I'm surprised that name was given to a coelophysoid and not something like Concavenator or Acrocanthosaurus. Something that actually looks like Goji, y'know?
Boquila trifoliolata, a species of flowering vine, is able to near-perfectly mimic the plants it grows on. It's even able to do this with fake plants, and it's hypothesized that it does this by sight!
I'm sorry, it does WHAT?
Am I correct in understanding that this plant can SEE?
The plantpocalypse is at hand.
Well, it depends on how strict your definition of sight is. If being able to detect light and dark counts as seeing, then yes!
Xionahri wrote on 2022-02-28 14:25:15:
ANTIM0NY wrote on 2022-02-28 14:09:38:
There's actually a decent number of things in science named after pop culture references, but the only other one I can think of offhand is Aerodactylus, a dubious species of pterosaur named after the pokemon aerodactyl. Scientists are bigger nerds than you think lol
Aaand you remind me of another good one, which also happens to be a dubious genus:
An unusually big Triassic theropod named Gojirasaurus. Though, unlike Gojira/Godzilla, it is from the US, not Japan.
And yep, scientists are massive nerds. Would they be scientists if they weren't?
Yeah, I just think it's funny how scientists are always portrayed as cold and clinical when in reality they pull stunts like this all the time lol. Anyway, I'm surprised that name was given to a coelophysoid and not something like Concavenator or Acrocanthosaurus. Something that actually looks like Goji, y'know?
1. Dolphins and Whales belong to the ungulate family — the same family as horses, cows, elephants, etc.
2. Thylacoleo Carnifex was Australia's largest marsupial predator, had the strongest bite of any mammal species, pound for pound, living or extinct, and had very unusual teeth compared to most predatory animals.
3. Hyenas are not canines. They do not even belong to the same family as dogs(caniformia). Hyenas are part of the feliformia suborder, and are more closely related to mongoose and civets.
1. Dolphins and Whales belong to the ungulate family — the same family as horses, cows, elephants, etc.
2. Thylacoleo Carnifex was Australia's largest marsupial predator, had the strongest bite of any mammal species, pound for pound, living or extinct, and had very unusual teeth compared to most predatory animals.
3. Hyenas are not canines. They do not even belong to the same family as dogs(caniformia). Hyenas are part of the feliformia suborder, and are more closely related to mongoose and civets.
In cats, black and red fur colors are transcribed in the X chromosome. This is why calicos are almost always female - the X chromosome expressed in a given area of the body is completely random, and each one dedicates a different fur coloring, giving them their signature pattern. Male calicos are extremely rare, since they need to be born with XXY chromosomes, and often have genetic issues associated with said disorder.
(by the way, this goes for humans too! you just can't see which X chromosome is expressed in us if we have two, since our skin doesn't have patterns like a cat's fur does)
In cats, black and red fur colors are transcribed in the X chromosome. This is why calicos are almost always female - the X chromosome expressed in a given area of the body is completely random, and each one dedicates a different fur coloring, giving them their signature pattern. Male calicos are extremely rare, since they need to be born with XXY chromosomes, and often have genetic issues associated with said disorder.
(by the way, this goes for humans too! you just can't see which X chromosome is expressed in us if we have two, since our skin doesn't have patterns like a cat's fur does)
