felt like chibi-koala would like this :|
One of the pictures that has taken more time to finish - and this is only a crop from it. Lady of the lake is an illustration of a Grass snake - Natrix natrix astreptophora - done with watercolour, pencil, markers, prismacolors and ink.
Mantis Shrimp. (p@ragon)
A new study reveals the secrets behind the strength of the mantis shrimp’s claw at the molecular level. It turns out this appendage is ideally adapted to deliver punishing blow after punishing blow without breaking. These adaptations are already inspiring researchers to engineer biology-mimicking materials that could inspire everything from better boat propellers to safer body armor.
Reblog for the hardcore seizure raver awesome it’s got going on and the hardcore claw.