Wanderingfalcon

Since we’re doing coquille board this week, something similar by Chris Van Allsberg 

rhamphotheca:

Dragonfly Morphology

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Like the background idea.

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from Bibliodyssey

Edward Lear Sketches of Parrots Relating to ‘Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots’ (1832), ca. 1830 (MS Typ 55.9). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

I can tell you that this painting of riflebirds by Raymond Harris-Ching was acquired by the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming, and it was really amazing in person.  

Bulbs!

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biomedicalephemera:

Flying Fish.

Flying fish are of the family Exocoetidae. They’ve been a popular fish with naval forces since the time of Ancient Greece. The “Exocet” guided missile is named after the family, and the United States Navy has had three separate ships named USS Flying Fish. 

The first USS Flying Fish was a schooner, which was purchased in 1838, and sold in 1842. It was used on one of the first major expeditions to explore the boundaries of Antarctica, and literally went all over the world.

In World War II, the USS Flying Fish was a Gato-class submarine actively used throughout the war, from the Battle of Midway to July 4, 1945. It sunk primarily Japanese cargo ships, and received 12 stars for battle during the war.

The most recent USS Flying Fish was a Sturgeon-class attack submarine commissioned in 1976 and struck in 1996. She was a short-hull Sturgeon and patrolled the East coast for the most part.

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Owl by John Gibb

victoriasrustyknickers:

A Bracket Fungus (Polyporus varius) - groups of fruiting bodies with one sectioned. Watercolour by G. Harding, 1900

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fuckyeahpaleontology:

Stunning photo of a whale museum

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papaya illustration by MuseumWales on Flickr.

papaya illustration

Carica papaya Papaya, from Plantae Selectae 1772 by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770).
Hand-coloured engraving: 50cm x 35cm.
Many of the exotic fruits such as the Paw-paw and Pineapple were discovered on the great voyages of discovery during the 18th and 19th centuries and quickly became fashionable in Europe. The Paw-paw is a native of tropical America.

Further information can be seen on Rhagor, the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

Papaya Carica papaya, o Plantae Selectae 1772 gan Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770).
Darganfuwyd nifer o’r ffrwythau egsotig megis y Paw-paw a’r Binafal ar deithiau darganfod yn ystod y ddeunawfed a’r bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg, a daethant yn ffasiynol yn gyflym yn Ewrop. Mae’r Paw-paw yn hanu o America drofannol.