"what in the fuck is that horn for?"

"...the helix-shaped tusk of the narwhal, or “unicorn” whale has proved to be an extraordinary sensory organ... Measuring up to 2.7 meters or about 9 feet long, the tusk is traversed by up to 10 million nerve pathways. These pathways connect the outside of the tusk to a central core of nerves leading to the animal’s brain... the tusk’s sensory system may be capable of detecting changes in temperature, pressure, salinity and other factors that may help a narwhal survive its Arctic environment."

monodon monoceros

freakin' narwhals!

southern egypt.

"West of Lake Nasser, Southern Egypt, August 23 and November 4, 2000. Over the past two years, four lakes have been created from Nasser's excess water, bringing new lakes to this part of the Sahara for the first time in 6000 years. (Source NASA)"

home on the range.

rocky mountain high.

russian snowmen.

more seafood.

another disgusting spread of cephalopods ready for consumption. just for you.

maybe don't look at this if you're eating lunch.

just totally awesome.
source: http://www.photo.net/japan/tsukiji-fish-market

goats! in motherfucking trees!

a scenario almost as frightening for the human race as when dolphins grow legs, lungs and opposable thumbs.

update: apparently goats climb trees to reach otherwise unaccessible food, especially in very dry areas. this is common in morocco, where goats climb trees to eat small olive-like fruit, whose pits are used to make oil. farmers follow the goats around and collect the pits, which the goats can't digest, when they are ultimately ejected from the goat - whether through the mouth or through the "other end." yum!

trees on Mount Zao

koinobori

wherein this blog becomes a photo dump for shit i think is fun to look at.

a little something from me to you.

just to get things started on the right foot. image courtesy of Her Skylerness.