The living world

16/07/2025

Fun Fact: Pufferfish release a toxin when puffed up to deter predators. Ironically, this toxin doesn’t impair dolphins—it gets them high! Dolphins have even been spotted inflating pufferfish and passing them around for fun 🌊✨.

16/07/2025

The text discusses how crocodiles use gastroliths, swallowed rocks, to control buoyancy and aid digestion, suggesting this as evidence of a creator. However, from an evolutionary perspective, such behaviors can develop through natural selection, where beneficial traits, even complex ones, are passed on over generations. Thus, while the behavior appears precise, it may have evolved gradually, providing a survival advantage without requiring a divine plan.

16/07/2025

Meet this amazing weevil 🐜 from Ecuador! It posed perfectly for us, possibly playing dead to avoid predators 😂. The textures and patterns are stunning, and the flower background looks like a fried egg 🥚🍳. Captured with .cameras OM1 MKII, OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO Lens, Godox v860iiio, and Cygnustech diffuser.

02/07/2025

They don’t bite. They bewitch. 🐛✨
Meet the Puss Moth Caterpillar nature’s most confusing creation. With a screaming face, heart-shaped rear tentacles, and dramatic defense moves (think fangs and tail whips), it’s both adorable and terrifying.
This bizarre larva transforms into the elegant Puss Moth, but while crawling, it’s a walking warning: “I may look cute, but mess with me, and you’ll meet the monster inside.”

02/07/2025

👽✨ Meet the Cratena peregrina, a surreal sea slug with spiral-like cerata on its back. These tufts aid in breathing, digestion, and defense—some even store stinging cells for protection. 🌀

As hermaphrodites, nudibranchs change colors based on diet, environment, or threats. Their lives are short, often just weeks, but they shine as ocean jewels. 🌊

Evolution doesn’t just build—it paints.

02/07/2025

🦓 Zebra Katydid: Nature’s Living Barcode!

This striped insect wears black & white like a stealth suit. Its stripes break its shape, confusing predators in the jungle’s dappled light.

✨ Fun fact: Same trick zebras use called disruptive coloration. Hide by standing out!

02/07/2025

🌸 Meet the Pink Robin – A Tiny Masterpiece of Nature!

This enchanting little bird, native to southeastern Australia, looks like it was delicately hand-painted. With its soft pink plumage and charming round shape, the Pink Robin is one of the most captivating songbirds you’ll ever see.

📸 Photo : dimitrios vlachos 04

23/06/2025