allcreatures:

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les-sources-du-nil:

Félicien Rops (1833-1898)

Vernis mou “Le rideau cramoisi”, 1879

Illustration des Diaboliques de Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly   via auction-in-europe

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Northern Bullfinch on top of a tree, Norway

Picture: Danny Green / Rex Features

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tytodiem:

ILLUSTRATIONS OF SNOWFLAKES (1863)

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destroymydeathstar:

That’s some hayao miyazaki shit right thur. 

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smithsonianlibraries:

DYK reindeer are the only deer species in which both males and females have antlers? From Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur . Factoid courtesy eol.org.

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fletchingarrows:

goldenbookillustration:

Illustration by Inga Moore for The Wind in the Willows

fantastic. this book is the best.

revereche:

oneworldoneocean:

Related to corals and jellies, a siphonophore is a continuous chain of specialized polyps - individual animals that grow from one another in an organized colony. Some in the colony are devoted to feeding, armed with stinging cells to snag fish or invertebrates. Others are devoted to locomotion, propelling the whole group with a continuous pumping motion while some exist only to reproduce.

yesss fucking love siphonophores, always reblog

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the-guardian-of-fun:

welcometorivendell:

Here, have some Toothiana spam.
Art by William Joyce.

((She’s so cool. Must draw her.))

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