This is how a triggerfish eats

Link.

Umi-bōzu

"Umi-bōzu are giant black bulbous beings that live in the sea. Sometimes they have glowing eyes and a beak, and other times they have no facial features at all. To survive an umi-bōzu encounter at sea, one should remain quiet and look in the opposite direction. Speaking or looking at the creature may send it into a rage — and that usually ends in tragedy." link

Botanical Beasties

"The illustrations in 'Arzneipflanzenbuch' (Medicinal herb book) incorporate elements from folklore (...), witchcraft and alchemy (the traditional anthropomorphic Mandragora* - mandrake - and zoomorphic root forms)."

See more, read more, at the always excellent BibliOdyssey

Video of male jumping spider courting a female jumping spider.

Unfortunately we don't get to find out if he succeeds in the end (or even if she's alive).

Seen on reddit.

Bat Eating Fruit

Sorry, don't know where this came from.

The Pebble Toad

The Pebble Toad.

Arctic Elephant-Foot Glacier

This may be called the Arctic Elephant-Foot Glacier, but to me it looks more like a giant frozen squashed Platypus.

And this is what a giant frozen squashed platypus looks like when it's snowed under:


via BLDGBLOG / Alfred Wegener Institute

The Angry Owl, The Sad Dog, and the Lonely Parrot.

The Angry Owl.

The Sad Dog.

The Lonely Parrot.

Thanks for watching.

Lost Land of the Volcano

A lost world populated by fanged frogs, grunting fish and tiny bear-like creatures has been discovered in a remote volcanic crater on the Pacific island of Papua New Guinea. Link.

Eagle in Operating Room

Golden Eagle in Medroom by Annie Marie Musselman

Murmurations III

thanks to anonymous for the tip

previously

Tiger Sharks

shared by Eldad Hagar

The Savage Garden

The Savage Garden series by Beth Moon

via wandering with the ghost

The Nightmare

The Nightmare by Nikolaj Abraham Abilgaard

We've all been there.

more versions at monster brains

Ceratophrys Cornuta

Manta Ray

"Known as 'Bertuch's Bilderbuch für Kinder', this rather enlightened 12-volume natural history / science / enthnographic encyclopedia for children was published in instalments between 1790 and 1830."

more images and info at BibliOdyssey

The Gastric Brooding Frog

"The gastric-brooding frogs or Platypus frogs (Rheobatrachus) were a genus of ground-dwelling frogs native to Queensland in eastern Australia. The genus consisted of only two species, both of which became extinct in the mid-1980s. The genus was unique because it contained the only two known frog species that incubated the prejuvenile stages of their offspring in the stomach of the mother."

via bioephemera

Northern Black-capped Gumchewer

Pencil illustration by Brock Davis

Eagle with Camera

I strongly recommend turning the volume OFF before pressing play.

In fact, if someone can dub this video with The Fun Years that would be pretty intense.

Botany in Wonderland

"I became obsessed with creating botanical illustrations of various flora and fauna found living throughout multiple dimensions and decided to chronicle my observations in the form of a book."

Well fair play to you then.

via monster brains