Antarctic sponges live on a time scale we can barely comprehend.
UPDATE: WHAT THE FUCK
old boys
it took me 3 times reading this post to realized that (wild) meant living in the wild and wasn’t just a casual remark on the longevity of these organisms
Maximum longevity: 15,000 years (shit dude)
Tag: q
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WHY YOU GOTTA MAKE ME CRY LIKE THIS
And then I said
You know, like a liar
— TEACH ME HOW TO BE AT PEACE AGAIN ( J.P. ) —
Succulents!
1. Spiral Aloe
2. Lithops (Living Stone)
3.
4.
5. Lophophora fricii
6.
7.Sedum treleasei
9. Morgan’s Beauty Crassula
10.
the rest of the planetary system is like fuck you
she weaponized her gag gift im crying
A monster is not such a terrible thing to be. From the Latin root monstrum, a divine messenger of catastrophe, then adapted by the Old French to mean an animal of myriad origins: centaur, griffin, satyr. To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once.
Ocean Vuong, from “A Letter To My Mother That She Will Never Read”, published in The New Yorker (via soracities)
jim kirk: *has idea*
jim kirk: *takes breath*
“muffled crashes heard throughout the enterprise, quickly getting louder, concluding with the appearance of a figure in the doorway*
leonard mccoy: no
spock, already administering nerve pinch: your punctual assistance is appreciated as always, doctor