24 November, 2009
via Rebecca Blakiston

via Rebecca Blakiston

12 November, 2009
drysafemarker: New York City Marathon is for everyone

via Tumblr Tuesday

drysafemarker: New York City Marathon is for everyone

via Tumblr Tuesday

2 October, 2009
James Montgomery Flagg, Wake up America! Civilization calls every man, woman and child! 1917

via Library of Congress

James Montgomery Flagg, Wake up America! Civilization calls every man, woman and child! 1917

via Library of Congress

2 October, 2009
Herr Granada, Alma Fedora in their own invention, the revolving pyrotechnic fountain marvellous [sic] high wire artists.

via wikimedia

Herr Granada, Alma Fedora in their own invention, the revolving pyrotechnic fountain marvellous [sic] high wire artists.

via wikimedia

2 October, 2009
Lo-Lo’s Flight Through the Ballons: An Unequaled Act, ca 1879s

via straatis

Lo-Lo’s Flight Through the Ballons: An Unequaled Act, ca 1879s

via straatis

2 October, 2009
Cymothoa exigua:


  The Tongue eating louse is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. It tends to be 3 to 4 cm long. This parasite enters through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the spotted rose snapper’s (Lutjanus guttatus) tongue. It then proceeds to extract blood through the claws on its front three pairs of legs. As the parasite grows, less and less blood reaches the tongue, and eventually the organ atrophies from lack of blood. The parasite then replaces the fish’s tongue by attaching its own body to the muscles of the tongue stub. The fish is able to use the parasite just like a normal tongue. It appears that the parasite does not cause any other damage to the host fish. Once C. exigua replaces the tongue, some feed on the host’s blood and many others feed on fish mucus. They do not eat scraps of the fish’s food. This is the only known case of a parasite functionally replacing a host organ. There are many species of Cymothoa, but only C. exigua is known to consume and replace its host’s tongue.”


via plsj who says “Parasites are awesome,” to which I would add “freakin’ “, strangeanimial, mabelmoments who calls this “absolutely the most revolting thing of the day,” to which I would add “but awesome”

Cymothoa exigua:

The Tongue eating louse is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. It tends to be 3 to 4 cm long. This parasite enters through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the spotted rose snapper’s (Lutjanus guttatus) tongue. It then proceeds to extract blood through the claws on its front three pairs of legs. As the parasite grows, less and less blood reaches the tongue, and eventually the organ atrophies from lack of blood. The parasite then replaces the fish’s tongue by attaching its own body to the muscles of the tongue stub. The fish is able to use the parasite just like a normal tongue. It appears that the parasite does not cause any other damage to the host fish. Once C. exigua replaces the tongue, some feed on the host’s blood and many others feed on fish mucus. They do not eat scraps of the fish’s food. This is the only known case of a parasite functionally replacing a host organ. There are many species of Cymothoa, but only C. exigua is known to consume and replace its host’s tongue.”

via plsj who says “Parasites are awesome,” to which I would add “freakin’ “, strangeanimial, mabelmoments who calls this “absolutely the most revolting thing of the day,” to which I would add “but awesome”

23 September, 2009
Banksy, No Ball Games, on the corner of Tottenham High Road and Philip Lane in London

via SLAMXHYPE, An Urben Disaster

Banksy, No Ball Games, on the corner of Tottenham High Road and Philip Lane in London

via SLAMXHYPE, An Urben Disaster

11 September, 2009
Rob Gonsalves, Written Worlds

I just love this.

via instant-noodles

Rob Gonsalves, Written Worlds

I just love this.

via instant-noodles

10 September, 2009
Without knowledge, it’s just data

via shanta

Without knowledge, it’s just data

via shanta

9 September, 2009
Judith Schaechter - Specimens, stained glass

via liquidnight

Judith Schaechter - Specimens, stained glass

via liquidnight

9 September, 2009
Steph Baxter

discovered via robingoodfellow

Steph Baxter

discovered via robingoodfellow

19 August, 2009
Harold Wheeler, The Miracle of Life, The Factory Within the Human Body

via Laputan Logic

Harold Wheeler, The Miracle of Life, The Factory Within the Human Body

via Laputan Logic

19 August, 2009
Human body is like a factory, Chinese public health poster, 1933

via National Library of Medicine, Understanding the Human Body

Human body is like a factory, Chinese public health poster, 1933

via National Library of Medicine, Understanding the Human Body