Incautus Futuri

AND THAT’S WHY YOU USE A CONDOM.

untitled by Colin Hutton Photography on Flickr.

And I’m back to feeling appropriately inadequate about my own photography.

ecdysozoa:

scinerds:

Unwelcome Visitor

Credit: CDC/ Dr. Stan Erlandsen

If this fellow is in your well water, don’t quench your thirst. This is a scanning electron microscope image of Giardia muris, a protozoan parasite that causes nasty diarrhea when it infects the intestines of its hosts. 

Giardia has two phases in its life cycle: the cyst, a dormant phase, and the active trophozoite phase, seen here. People can contract the parasite by drinking water contaminated with cysts; from there, the parasite becomes active, with very unpleasant digestive results. Anti-parasite medication can help fight off these fierce freeloaders, which attach to the intestine lining (seen here in blue). The worm-like flagella seen in this image allow the trophozoites to swim freely in the host’s gut.

But they look oh so cute when seen under a light microscope!

Like little googly-eyed ghouls or something.

Giardia is my favorite parasite. Am I weird?

earthlynation:

Ribbon Eel by Bluegrass Aquatics

Oh my goodness.  Seeing things like this does not make my saltwater planning easier.

(via ecdysozoa)

“Hello, dear, come in and have a coffee and some cookies.”

“FUCK YOOOOOOUUUUUU. NO SOLICITORS IN MY TREE.”

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