The woodblock I carved for the patterns exercise is framed on the wall in my parent’s house. Here you can see the whole set of fish patterns, backwards.
Calamary
This is the funniest and most thoughtful I’ve ever seen an organization use a meme and it’s good people with good goals who don’t just want your money on top of it
Anonymous asked:
Why do you think nautilus mollusks have survived so long with minimal changes from its ancient counterparts?
seatrench answered:
absolute lads
“In the past, people have had some rather peculiar shellfish habits. The Romans apparently liked to eat clams that glowed in the dark. Pliny the Elder wrote about people’s mouths shining like fire, with bright juices dripping over their hands, down their tunics and onto the floor. Piles of empty mollusk shells have been found at the site of a Roman bathhouse in southern England, including bioluminescent angel wing clams (also known as piddocks). We’re these the leftovers from nighttime bathers, feasting on a twinkling midnight snack?”
Helen Scales, from Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
This pun will never grow old. Oh! The hue-manatee! We missed yesterday’s Manatee Appreciation Day, and that’s a real bummer.
Forest and Stream, v.29 (1887-1888) provides this image of South American Manatees, and can be found in its entirety in @biodivlibrary