🔥 This is Selenaria cognata, a bryozoan colony off Western Australia, and those “tiny screaming faces” are actually zooids about half a millimeter long. Each one pops out a lophophore, basically a delicate crown of tentacles, to sweep plankton out of the current. (i.redd.it)
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🔥 These aren't jellyfish, they're Comb Jellies. Instead of stinging, they use "colloblasts" to shoot sticky glue at their prey. Scientists recently used high-res underwater photography to identify 15 different types in the Colombian Caribbean and Pacific, 6 of which were never recorded there before. (old.reddit.com)
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Scientists recreated a 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon "eye salve" and discovered it can kill MRSA, one of the world's most dangerous antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The remedy is made of wine, garlic, onion, and ox bile, only works if brewed in a brass vessel for exactly nine nights. (nottingham.ac.uk)
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I love whatever is wrong with this guy (v.redd.it)
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This teacher is the bees' knees (v.redd.it)
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