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Stunning Fossil Reveals Fireflies Glowed When Dinosaurs Ruled Earth

One of the most beautiful sights in the summer twilight is the gentle glow of fireflies lighting up the crepuscular gloom.

One of the most beautiful sights in the summer twilight is the gentle glow of fireflies lighting up the crepuscular gloom. These twinkling insects are the most abundant bioluminescent beetles, with roughly 2,500 species known around the world. Their glowing abdomens serve multiple purposes – but what we don't really have a good handle on is how this trait evolved. According to a team led by paleontologist Chenyang Cai of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a firefly magnificently preserved for eons in golden amber may have some answers. Some 99 million years ago, Flammarionella hehaikuni was already lighting up the dusk, suggesting its ancestors had well-and-truly evolved their characteristic glowing butt by the Mesozoic.

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now vs. 10 months ago, same pattern and same balls of yarn.

[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled “immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

*places a ball of yarn gently on top of the laundry basket*

Okay now if I don't bring the laundry upstairs my cats will die

(cat tax)

(yes all of my hobbies include stuff that my cats will hapily eat)

Boyfriend tells me I’m banned from fixing things around the house now >:(

Possible kobold bard for our Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign????

Insect Glaive is my favorite fucking weapon in Monster Hunter. Just beating dragons to death with a stick and this cool bug I found.

Plus I get to make cool helicopter sounds with my mouth and it isn't even weird.

#frick yeah

This game is fucking awesome

people are getting high as fuck on new stupid drug called "night drawing" its making them stay iup all the goddamn night drawing. and brother let me tell you. the drawings. not even good