Jun 28, 2025
I hope you know I use your posts to find creatures as reference for my alien worldbuilding that I've been working with my friend on for like 7 years or so, you are like a life saver man I lowkey forgot limpets existed until I was scrolling your blog and I forgot that creatures could be inert while sticking to something. thank you
String identified: t t cat a c a g tat ' g t a , a a a a gt t t t a cg g a gt tat cat c t tcg t tg. ta
Closest match: Lymnocryptes minimus genome assembly, chromosome: 5 Common name: Jacksnipe
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#tumblr genetics#genetics#biology#science#asks#requests#sent to me#consciousexe#birds#snipes#jacksnipe#jack snipe#the only member of its genus and the smallest snipe!#part of the way they are identified is for the thin brown “eyebrow” over their eyes ...#the origin of the common name has been debated on for a long time!#some believe the “jack” in jacksnipe comes from the welsh word for a snipe#others believe it's actually meant to refer to the male of the species#in the same way that “jackass” refers to a male donkey#or it may just refer to the fact that this species of snipe is very small!
