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November 4, 2017 22,451 notes frogs-are-awesome Source

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granular, slope snouted and white spotted glass frogs, which, thanks to their nocturnal habits and translucent skin (featured here), are quite photogenic at night. but given that most are only a few centimetres in length, they’re hard to find. it’s also worth noting that unlike a tree frog, whose eyes are on the side of its head, glass frogs have forward facing eyes. many species of glass frog, like the granular, are endangered. (x, x, x)

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November 4, 2017 2,347 notes did-you-know Source

did-you-kno: “People who claim to have a ‘6th sense’ are selling themselves short. Scientists have identified many senses beyond touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. Even a traditional sense like sight can be divided into subgroups, including...

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People who claim to have a ‘6th sense’ are selling themselves short. Scientists have identified many senses beyond touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. Even a traditional sense like sight can be divided into subgroups, including color, brightness, and depth. Aside from those, we also sense things like balance, pain, hunger, temperature, and even time. Source Source 2

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November 4, 2017 2,340 notes houndoom-kaboom Source

darksilvania: “ 113-WICCANDY [Wicca-Candy] -Psychic/Poison -The Candy Apple pokemon -Ability: Sweet Veil/Gooey - Liquid Ooze(HA) -Dex: “This Pokemons body is covered of a sweet gooey sludge that many people claim looks and taste like caramel, however...

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113-WICCANDY [Wicca-Candy]
-Psychic/Poison
-The Candy Apple pokemon
-Ability: Sweet Veil/Gooey - Liquid Ooze(HA)
-Dex: “This Pokemons body is covered of a sweet gooey sludge that many people claim looks and taste like caramel, however it is too strong and can cause a small intoxication if eaten straight from the pokemon. If this pokemon{s caramel is watered down properly it can be used to prepare a sweet confection that legends claim, if given to the loved one, will make their love last forever ”
-Moveset:
    -Sludge
    -Confusion
    -Sweet Kiss
    -Heart Swap

–>Evolves at lv. 20<–

242-LOLLICRONE [Lollipop-Crone]
-Psychic/Poison
-The Lollipop Pokemon
-Ability: Sweet Veil/Gooey - Liquid Ooze(HA)
-Dex: “The sweet smell of this pokemons body is so strong a single one of them can perfume a whole house just by standing in a corner, and many claim this aroma was used by witches to attract small children into their woods. A legend says that if you prepare a perfume with this pokemon’s caramel, and wear it around, it will attract your true love.”
-Moveset:
    -Sludge Bomb
    -Extrasensory
    -Lovely Kiss
    -Aromatherapy

–>Evolves at lv. 40 at night<–

440-HECARAMELT [Hecate-Caramel-Melt]
-Psychic/Poison
-The Taffy Pokemon
-Ability: Sweet Veil/Gooey - Steelworker(HA)
-Dex: “And old fairy tale claims that this pokemon came to exist when a witch was thrown inside her own cauldron by a couple of kids, and became one with its own sweet concoction. Its body is made of a sweet taffy-like sludge that smells and tastes of candy apples, but if someone gets stuck in the goo, it is almost impossible to get free, being pulled in inside the cauldron to be eaten.”
-Moveset:
-Moveset:
    -Sludge Wave
    -Psychic
    -Scald
    -Gyro Ball/Heavy Slam

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November 1, 2017 9,645 notes ainawgsd Source

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KNOW YOUR BATS: Emballonuridae family

Emballonuridae is a family of bats commonly known as sheath-tailed or sac-winged bats. I’m surprised these bats aren’t better known, because they have very uniquely appealing little faces. I think it’s the perpetually upturned nose.

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They also have a stunning variety of colors, from the pure-white northern ghost bat to the dark chocolate of the Hill’s sheath-tailed bat.

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Among them are some excellent camoflaugers, such as the proboscis bat, which looks like a bit of lichen or damaged bark on a tree.

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In fact, many species in Emballonuridae roost on the trunks and branches of trees, in broad daylight, depending on their camouflage to keep them safe. They like to do it in neat little lines.

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Sometimes they also stack.

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You may have noticed their short little tailed. They’re sometimes called sheath-tailed bats because these tails protrude out of the membrane between their back legs, which can be pulled up to “sheath” the tail. Here’s a video if you don’t quite understand what I mean.

As I mentioned earlier, they’re also called sac-winged bats. This is because they have special pouches near their wrists designed to release pheromones into the air when they flap their wings. Below is a close up of the pouch, closed and then opened.

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For the most part these are very small bats, with weights as low as three to four grams- one of the smallest, the proboscis bat, can get caught in spiderwebs and eaten.

Aside from roosting in trees, these bats roost in caves, crevices, and occasionally, human-made structures like wells or stone tombs. Because of this, several species are known as tomb bats. They’re pretty adorable little harbingers of death if you ask me.

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Photo credits:

Main set (species in photo caption): Bat Conservation Intl / Jasmine Vink / University of KwaZulu-Natal / Merlin Tuttle / Michael Penney

Emedded in text: Bateleur Nature Reserve / ARKive / Riley Pearce / PSUNHM / Christian Ziegler

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October 31, 2017 10,393 notes meirupo Source

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The long-tailed slug, or ninja slug (Ibycus rachelae), is a type of semi-slug, being somewhat intermediate in appearance between a snail and a slug. Semi-slugs have a partially visible shell, but the shell is too small for the body to be withdrawn into. Found only in the state of Sabah in Borneo, the long-tailed slug was first described as a new species in 2008.(x x x)

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