#microsnail

Remember the taxonomy mnemonic you learned in high school biology? It will come in handy again while trying to parse the news about the recent discovery of 46 new species (all falling under the same genus, Anauchen) of Southeast Asian microsnails, one of which—Anauchen picasso—is named after the famous Spanish artist. This newly identified species earned its art historical name thanks to the…

“World's smallest snail discovered in China

Tiny land snail that can fit 10 times in the eye of a needle found in Guangxi province.

With their shells measuring 0.86mm in height, the researchers believe they are the smallest land snails ever found.”

Photo: B. Páll-Gergely and N. Szpisjak.

I am so proud this photo with the needle was made in our lab where I’m working from day to day ^_^

Rule 1: Always post the rules Rule 2: Answer the questions the person who tagged you asked and write 11 new ones Rule 3: Tag 11 people and link them to the post Rule 4: Actually tell them you tagged them

(I'm gonna break rules 2, 3 and 4 because screw the rules! haha actually I can't think of many good questions plus I have like two friends on here :D)

Questions:

1. Favorite show?

I don't really watch television anymore so nothing pops to mind, except I'm currently watching Breaking Bad with my mom and it is awesome as heck!!! Besides that I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to go with all the cartoons ever from when I was a kid n_n

2. Do you have any hobbies? (If so just give your favorite)

I'm the laziest person ever but I taught myself how to play piano and I love love love it ever since! Besides that I'm also learning Japanese by myself which I really like too

3. Favorite music artist?

Ahhhh so many! Let's just say indie and punk bands are my fav :D

4. City or Nature?

My first instinct was to say nature, but I love the feeling of being in a big city at night. So both because my two favorite places on earth are New York and Salar de Uyuni (it's a really amazing place!)

5. First video game?

Pokemon Red! 

6. Favorite animal?

Penguins!

7. What was the last thing you were doing?

I just gave my dog Akira a bath!

8. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?

Definitely Japan! My country is currently giving away scholarships to study in Japan and I'm really considering applying cuz it'd be rad as heck to live there. Another place that's really cool is Iceland. My friend lives there and it's supposedly very pretty

9. Ski, Snowboard, or neither?

I've never done any of those but snowboarding sounds very hardcore so I'm gonna go with snowboarding :)

10. Favorite time of year?

Cuddle weather (winter, with a lot of snow pls)

11. How has your day been?