trying to prove something to my mother ^^
and a happy new year!
Subject: Specimen Observation: Bactrododema tiaratum Attachment: stickbug_photo1.jpg
Yo.
Caught this guy clinging to the mesh above our field station sink at 03:47 this morning. Almost mistook it for a twig someone used to prop the window open until it blinked at me. Classic.
Species: Bactrododema tiaratum (local ID confirmed with regional biodiversity database)
Estimated Length: ~18.2 cm
Behavior: Motionless for approx. 14 minutes before minor locomotion triggered by ambient vibration. Defensive drop reflex observed and recorded. No chemical discharge during encounter, though posterior gland ridges suggest capability.
Location: Western Uganda, edge of Kibale ecosystem, elevation ~1100m
This stick bug’s mimicry is textbook perfection. The thorax segmentation, leg angle articulation, and even the sway mimic branch behavior under wind stress (which was nonexistent at the time). Evolutionary pressure clearly produced peak efficiency here. You could walk past a dozen and never notice unless your pattern recognition’s tuned to ridiculous levels (like mine, obviously).
Also—its eggs mimic plant seeds. Which means they’ve hacked ant behavior to move their offspring underground. Science is ten billion percent amazing.
Anyway, I’ve attached a photo. If I wasn’t surrounded by mosquito-bitten chaos and broken lab fridges, I’d have collected the molt and started testing its tensile strength. (Still might.)
Hope your weeks are boring and predictable. Mine isn’t.
– Senku
P.S. Yuzuriha: You’d probably try to make it a pet. P.P.S. Taiju: Please don’t ask if it’s edible. P.P.P.S. Old man: I already named it so don't send back any dumb ass suggestions.
(Moments from new chapter in my fic where Senku apparently sent stuff to Yuzuriha, Taiju, and Byakuya a little expanded. CLICK HERE)
hi guys. woke up to this on my phone today. zero fucking recollection of writing this down
unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.
hard to defend Senku against the submissive femboy twink allegations when he canonically wears a skirt with no underwear
You should all be more insane about ldshadowlady and acknowledge her history and impact on the Minecraft community. Naow
Yall got really lucky Senku was the one who woke up and saved civilization instead of my dumbass
look at that beautiful face card
finally free from exams 🔥🔥(saiki k 🔛🔝)
|| they/them || eng/esp || science-user || im senku if he was an autistic white bitch with depression
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