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asakiyume ([personal profile] asakiyume) wrote2014-09-09 09:02 am

Sea Hummingbirds (and Bee Sharks)








On September 9, Em imagines sea hummingbirds for her sister Tammy:

Maybe you can start a whole new genealogy. The sea hummingbirds, who have scales instead of feathers, and both lungs and gills

Here is a sea hummingbird:



And--unrelated to this day in Pen Pal-- some time ago I also promised a picture of a bee shark for Benjanun Sriduangkaew, @bees_ja on Twitter:







[identity profile] heliopausa.livejournal.com 2014-09-10 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, lovely -- the hummingbird especially! :)
(and have you seen this? http://www.inewidea.com/2014/09/09/65752.html)

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2014-09-10 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
That light-spitting fish is astonishing. There are so many marvels in this world! Thank you so much for that (I love his bewildered looking face--I realize he always looks that way, even when he hasn't just swallowed a bioluminescent crustacean, but still!