On the subject of deep-sea creatures, Siphonophores! Siphonophores are a type of plankton that group together in colonies. Each siphonophore in a colony has a different function! Different species make different colonies; they range from the Portuguese Man O' War, which looks like a jellyfish:
[img]https://www.danintranet.org/media/adimg/11975.jpg[/img]
To the massive Giant Siphonophore, which can be up to 40 meters long!
They also just look really pretty. Here's a few pictures!
[img]http://www.theskepticsguide.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/siphophore-abyssal-665x365.jpg[/img]
[img]https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/galaxy-siph-v3571-2-1024x576.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.siphonophores.org/images/erenna.jpg[/img]
On the subject of deep-sea creatures, Siphonophores! Siphonophores are a type of plankton that group together in colonies. Each siphonophore in a colony has a different function! Different species make different colonies; they range from the Portuguese Man O' War, which looks like a jellyfish:
To the massive Giant Siphonophore, which can be up to 40 meters long!
They also just look really pretty. Here's a few pictures!
[center]The Gerenuk
[img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/58/39/7d/58397d272123055a7a6fd908abf822f1.jpg[/img]
The Zorse
[img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b5/87/d3/b587d3669b4491709ad28521a88c7a85.jpg[/img]
The Zonkey
[img]http://a.abcnews.com/images/Technology/SPL_zebra_donkey_mthg_130725__16x9_992.jpg[/img]
The Liger
[img]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DM9cV1fF518/maxresdefault.jpg[/img]
And the strangest of all...
[img]http://www.sfzoo.org/images/gallery/exhibits/sculpturelearningplaza/platypus.jpg[/img]
The Duck-billed Platypus
The Gerenuk
The Zorse
The Zonkey
The Liger
And the strangest of all...
The Duck-billed Platypus
I'm pretty fond of Pesquet's Parrot, also known as the vulturine parrot (but there's another bird also known as the vulturine parrot so that can get kind of confusing) because of it's featherless face
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I'm pretty fond of Pesquet's Parrot, also known as the vulturine parrot (but there's another bird also known as the vulturine parrot so that can get kind of confusing) because of it's featherless face
@themirrorswish mentioned kinkajous a few pages back
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[img]http://wildlifewaystation.org/images/content/animals/Kinkajou-2.jpg[/img]
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they absolutely exist, and are as cute as their name suggests! [br]
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themirrorswish mentioned kinkajous a few pages back
they absolutely exist, and are as cute as their name suggests!
