journey through
my mom spotted a small group of beautiful, unfamiliar birds in a tree today. they turned out to be bohemian waxwings (bombycilla garrulus, de: seidenschwanz). bohemian waxwing (bombycilla garrulus) bohemian […]
animals
polychaetes
fun fact: in some species of polychaetes, the removal of a female’s brain causes it to change into a male worm. my usual response to this kind of information: “that […]
courtship of the galapagos albatross
the galapagos albatross (phoebastria irrorata), as the name suggests, is a species endemic to an island in the galapagos archipelago. partners stick together for their entire life, which can be […]
the mola mola
some time ago, a friend from university mentioned that he had seen the most ridiculously-looking fish on tv: the ocean sunfish (mola mola, german: mondfisch). after describing it as “the […]