Tikkili

you've probably heard that most vultures have bald heads so they don't get all yuck while going about their daily business.

(their daily business is sticking their entire head into rotting carcasses)

and this is true, but maybe you didn't know that turkey vultures in particular have a moveable neck ruff!

so when it gets cold, they can just-

zip it up.

A 392 year old Greenland shark that was recently discovered in the Arctic Ocean. Meaning this shark was alive in 1627!

This jelly’s crazy colors and far-out appearance clued scientists into a unique find. ✨

Of all the jellies that call the ocean’s midnight zone home, the psychedelic jelly (Crossota millsae) is one of the most stunning. Its wildly colorful appearance—ruby red, bright orange, and electric purple—first tipped off scientists that they had found a previously unknown species.

But a closer look offered scientists another surprise: This species is one of a handful of jellies that bear live young.

The female psychedelic jelly broods her babies on those crimson canals that radiate out inside her bell. Mom carries more than a single baby at once. Her babies can all be different sizes, indicating different stages of development. The developing young get their nutrition from mom. In their shelter beneath her bell, the little jellies grow bigger and bigger, even sprouting tentacles while still attached to their mother. When the juvenile jelly outgrows its shelter, it pulses free and swims off to live on its own. As the juvenile grows, its lavender color fades, developing the tangerine pigmentation typical of adults.