Fish (and bird) life in the Maldives. You may have to watch this one a few times to catch the action.
Positively Ferrous!
Green Sea Slug Is Part Animal, Part Plant | Wired Science | Wired.com
“Scientists have shown that once a young slug has slurped its first chloroplast meal from one of its few favored species of Vaucheria algae, the slug does not have to eat again for the rest of its life. All it has to do is sunbathe.”
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This would be awesome as a Mind Wheel cover.
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Awesome. When I was a kid I used to draw architectural plans for my fantasy homes. I always loved the idea of bringing in as much nature as possible.
Roald Gundersen builds structures with whole trees (NY Times article). I’ve always had a soft spot for post and beam construction, but this takes it to a whole new level.
“According to research by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, run by the USDA, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. So Mr. Gundersen uses small-diameter trees as rafters and framing in his airy structures, and big trees felled by wind, disease or insects as powerful columns and curving beams.”
For a long while I’ve been taking pictures of trees I’ve stood under and today I decided to make it into a tumble log too. Check it out: http://underthistree.tumblr.com
