Slow Life - Nebulae of Flesh

Good ol' Daniel Stoupin has done it again!

Skeletons of the Sea

Yeah... so these are definitely my favourite crustaceans in all the world, ever.

Noble Sea Pen

Image: riandreu
Pinna nobilis

Forget blood from a stone. Try silk from a tooth...

The Pink (K)night

Image: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010

George Matheson is a humble government clerk in a Russian novel by day. By night, he dons his translucent cape, beautifies his feeding tentacles and becomes...

The Pink (K)night

[of Darkness (it's a pun)]

Moon Image: John Spade, I changed it a little

.....

I guess I should say that George Matheson is some kind of deep sea Sea Cucumber. We've already seen Enypniastes, but I'm thinking this might be a different genus. At least some part of the Pink (K)night's secret identity is safe. For now.

Spectacled Lizard

Image: Esteban Alzate
Bachia bicolor

Here we go again! The tempestuous, on-again-off-again relationship between lizards and their own legs continues. What a saga!

Turbellarian Flatworm

Image: Richard Ling

Flatworms! They're flat worms. So they're Flatworms!

Proof at last that biology isn't all "deoxyribonucleic acid" and "atrichous izorhiza"!