And tomorrow night,

Lights will appear

Just like they do on my birthday each year.

What is it like

Out there where they glow?

Now that I'm older,

Mother might just

Let me go ...

*...twirls frying pan*

Snowlining is fun

The fish with a transparent head!

 

Very little light reaches the dark depths of the ocean. Consequently we see many adaptions regarding light among deep-sea organisms, from extreme sensitivity to bio-luminescence. But as strange as they can seem, the barreleye fish blows them all away - it has evolved to see through its own head.

 

The green orbs you see are its eyes, which spend most of their time gazing upwards through its transparent "forehead" for prey. This "forehead" is actually a fluid-filled sack. When it spots something it likes, it rotates them forward so its field of vision and mouth are now aligned to hunt. Until 2009 it was thought that these eyes were fixed staring upwards, but finding a live specimen revealed their mobility.

 

The two spots you can see near the mouth are called nares, which the barreleye uses to filter the water for chemical traces. In addition to the stunning head adaptation, the yellow pigment of the eyes help the barreleye distinguish between sunlight from the surface and light coming from bio-luminiscent fish. A fascinating example of evolution indeed.

banana

Hello :)

Oh dear

 

...I just keep finding new addictions

 

like what?

 

 

How's your course coming along?

It's alright, quite straightforward so far. Not particularly interesting to be honest. But it's all very general stuff at the moment so it will hopefully get better. Loving living in Glasgow though

 

Cool :) I'm quite looking forward to choosing more specific stuff, and hopefully some things from other modules as well; I still find it a bit weird just doing one thing, even if there is so much variety in it.

Here is basically just the actual uni and a tiny village... York is a really lovely place, but I think if I didn't have all my uni work and sports and stuff, it could get a bit ...not boring, just running out of things to do maybe?

 

a town built around the uni? That's Stellenbosch

 

boo

banana

http://imgur.com/gallery/lQi4e8T

aaaaand I've just finished revising last year's bio

^That's awesome, nature ftw

^That's awesome, nature ftw

 

yeah great story