We'll Burn That Bridge When We Get To It

Call me Rem. Nonbinary (she/her), 31, BiAce.
MA in Medieval Literature, currently working on my MLIS.
I reblog a lot of Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Shakespeare, Good Omens, books & the like.

• October 17

  gallusrostromegalus:

  montereybayaquarium:

  montereybayaquarium:

  BIOLOGY: ok so for personal hygiene we have a few opti-

  JEWEL STAR: cover me in jaws

  BIOLOGY: -what?

  JEWEL STAR: a living carpet of destruction upon mine flesh, a barbed back of bestial horror, a sea of tearing talons to obliterate fouling foes

  BIOLOGY:

  JEWEL STAR:

  BIOLOGY: bro

  

  

  

  

  Behold the power of pedicellarias! These two and three-toothed pincers cover many a species of sea star. They keep the backs of the animal clean from plankton that may try to settle on them, and ward off pedestrians that may be ambling by. Some species have been seen to use their pedicellarias to catch food, including small fishes!
  

  I love it when science comes out with a new terrifying Biology Fun Fact, as it puts the fear of The Great Unknowable into me and also gives me something to inflict on my friends and loved ones.

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