Ozarkensis

me as a froglet: Im kinda seeing the appeal of land tho 👀

frying dough

Honey Possum or Noolbenger (Tarsipes rostratus) feeding on nectar, looking for nectar... family Tarsipedidae, order Diprotodontia, found in SW Western Australia

One of the world's smallest marsupials, weighing only 7 - 16g.

A few photos of Ricasolia virens - one of my favourite lichens. ^_^

When well hydrated it is rampantly vogon-green, with a fishy odour, and exuding tiny droplets of a milky white fluid from its pimple-shaped pycnidia.

Also, <3 apothecia <3

They found a whole lot of the rest of Spicomellus, aka one of the oldest ankylosaurians

Turns out it's also the spikiest

And apparently sacral shields and tail weapons go all the way back too

this is the guy who was previously known from literally just This:

and was thought to be some kind of weird ankylosaur but WOW this is not how anybody expected it to look, that is WILD

to quote the NHM article linked above:

“This is completely unlike any animal living or dead, and raises real questions about how this animal moved,” Susannah explains. “Normally, bones like the ribs are used for muscle attachment, but because of the spikes it’s hard to tell where the muscles could have gone.” “Frankly, we have very little idea about how this dinosaur would have moved at all.”