Fossilised Xmas Ornaments & Smart Camouflage

[drhoz]

Seems to be one of those things - you discover something new and suddenly you keep running into unrelated mentions of it. Such as discovering that such a taxonomic clade as Marrellomorphs even exist ( I didn't know that the 'Lace Crabs' of the Burgess Shales even had relatives! ) and within a day finding an artist you follow has been drawing

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[drhoz]

yup!

[lacrimaeveneris]

Ah, the Baader-Meanhof Phenomenon.

So much less interesting after studying psychology. :(

[drhoz]

Goblin Shark. Another weird shark :)

[drhoz]

cute blenny :)

[rayerai]

...I wanna glow.

[drhoz]

Drop by Yucca Mountain. I'm sure they have lots of nuclear waste they're trying to get rid of.

[blasphemusfish]

Ahhh lots of interesting thingssss, you're awesome <3

[drhoz]

Thankyou :D I aim to please :)

[scythemantis]

Avancna's my oldest internet friend, and he's illustrated HUNDREDS of obscure prehistoric species like that, his goal is to illustrate more than any other artist before him. His are the only images even available for a lot of species, and he graciously uploads them to wikimedia commons :)

There's a lot of cool species who use light to hide in darkness like that, I think the most impressive is the Jewel Squid.

I've also read that the cookie cutter shark has a belly that glows this way except for one non-glowing patch behind the head, which would be very visible from below. It's theorized that this actually lures larger predators for the little guy to take bites out of.

[drhoz]

Oh? I didn't find any hits on Wiki for Mimetaster pics...