Quote from Lois Hi on October 18, 2023, 10:41 pm

It's "wet & wild" Wednesday!pic.twitter.com/T7O39z36Wj

— Hy Bender (@hybender) October 18, 2023

 

 

He’s not in Cork anyway!

Hope everyone is ok with all the flooding. All quiet up here so far.🤞🏻

When threatened, the larva of the angled sunbeam butterfly instantly extend its sensory organs, which look like a bouquet of hair-like tentacles, through its two periscopes and whirl them around to scare off a predator.

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 18, 2023

The Japanese technique Daisugi, enables foresters to grow more wood using less by heavy pruning a cedar tree, encouraging thin saplings to shoot upwards. In other words, think of it as a bonsai on a large scale

[📹 mohibbangash]pic.twitter.com/UskIoiRXNQ

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 18, 2023

She is Master Driverpic.twitter.com/4DYsv3wUb0

— Figen (@TheFigen_) October 19, 2023

These popsicle sticks have been intertwined so that the elastic potential energy is stored in their configuration.

Watch what happens when the elastic energy is released and turns into kinetic energy.pic.twitter.com/rkayCYRxrR

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 20, 2023

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This happens because light is a transverse wave. This means that the vibration is at right-angles to the direction of travel. This direction of vibration is called polarisation.

This glass is made of a material which will only let light with a certain…

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 20, 2023

Overenthusiasticpic.twitter.com/dM3h2gBVmB

— Hy Bender (@hybender) October 20, 2023

Diphylleia grayi, the beautiful “skeleton flower” that turns transparent when it rains and reverts to white when dry pic.twitter.com/3IILNeIQJl

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 21, 2023

45 years ago in these days, Dr Peter Mansfield demonstrated the first full body prototype device for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), allowing us to see inside the human body without the use of X-rays

[📹 BBC's Tomorrow World]pic.twitter.com/zXau76t6io

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 21, 2023

Cats live by a different set of rulespic.twitter.com/v5029tFKNj

— Hy Bender (@hybender) October 21, 2023

The «enchanting kiss» in the combustion process of two matchsticks#Pareidoliapic.twitter.com/7eif8SXIJU

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 22, 2023

Underwater dancer Kristina Makushenko shows off her upside-down aquatic dance.

This kind of performances requires a buoyancy stabilization obtained through specific movements of arms, hands and legs.pic.twitter.com/YLyIakSuJV

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 22, 2023

Objects in the mirror may be less gargantuan than they appearpic.twitter.com/H0fWuO40JA

— Hy Bender (@hybender) October 22, 2023

Probably one of the most 'alien-like' species, the ribbon worm spits a living, tree-like proboscis to hunt it preypic.twitter.com/s71zUbNkvH

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 23, 2023

Giraffes aren’t naturally inclined to attack humans. They are quite curious by nature and often approach humans to know them better.

Bowing their heads is also often a sign of communication between animals.

[📹 mosertimmy]pic.twitter.com/6g0zV35zxi

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 23, 2023

It's musical Monday!pic.twitter.com/cVrg0g8X6m

— Hy Bender (@hybender) October 23, 2023

Camels can munch on prickly plants. Their lips and tongues are tough, and they have mouths lined with firm papillae. These help them manipulate and swallow their food, but also prevent it injuring their mouths.

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 24, 2023

Slick back, or Jubi slide, is a kind of sideways moonwalk that gives the illusion of floating with only two "simple" legs moves, that, on the other hand, require a very strict coordination.pic.twitter.com/01I6sz2JsM

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 24, 2023

Monkey peels a hard boiled egg in 7 seconds.. pic.twitter.com/V8hfcNJ6Mt

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 23, 2023