Blue Morpho

In reading about these guys, I learned that, like all* butterflies, it can’t chew so it has to suck fluids from through it’s proboscis. Unlike most butterflies, this one lives off of “rotting or fermenting fruit.”

That means you’re looking at a photo of a carrion eater.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Acorn Barnacle

In case you ever wondered what was inside a barnacle.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Nudibranch

The wikipedia page for the nudibranch boasts the only occurrence of the phrase “Apparent production of sound” on the entire site.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.