Heretical Teapot

i actually had this one already, forgot i never posted it

Daydreamer anatomy☁️

Sparkle on!

It’s Monopoly Mermaid Monday!

I’ve changed my name: Natalie Gray. (She/her)

For me, this change is just administrative: I feel exactly the same internally as I did yesterday.

This is a bigger change for you than it is for me, so please don't post big "OMG Congrats on Coming Out"-style stuff :D

It's like when Opal Fruits became Starburst. Or when Jif became Cif. Or when Marathon became Snickers. (No I don't have any non-UK examples)

But anime and video game boob jiggling is like. The most uncanny valley shit I've ever seen nine times out of ten. You would think people this horny about tits would have actually looked at some but I guess not.

no that is not how scorpions work? her (has a really short 5th metasomal segment relative to other Androctonus australis meaning it's probably female) tail is 'big and showy' because it's filled with muscles for rapid stinging. If you click on the image it says what species it is (Androctonus australis) which is shown in the figure at the top of the post as being part of the genus tested that most consistently responds to threats solely by stinging. If you read the paper linked at the top of the post, it talks about how broader metasoma width is generally associated with greater inclination to sting rather than grab with pedipalps, faster stinging speed, and other experiments have shown it's also associated with stronger venom.

Also, that's not actually the 'tail' the section you're talking about is called the metasoma, which is actually a section of the main part of the body and still has the digestive tube running through it, the post anal region (actually analogous to a 'tail') is the telson, which is only the final stinging segment at the end. It's a common mistake but like most scorpion researchers think its quite silly to say that and if you don't know this you probably shouldn't be trying to correct people about scorpions.