all creatures [great and small]

debbipete:guineapiggies: numbersixx: Singing cavys? (via Heli.) ♪♪♪~…

lickystickypickyme:

an Antarctic mite
source

Overworked.

dementes:

coupdegrace:

snuggly cat is perfectly content.

ohmyGOD

mabelmoments:

Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) amongst cat hairs. (via sciencephoto)

mabelmoments:

Maggot. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a maggot (larva) of a bluebottle fly (Protophormia sp.). The maggots of this fly are used medicinally to clean wounds. Its mouthparts are seen at centre right (grey). The maggots are sterilised and placed in the wound, where they feed on dead tissue and leave healthy tissue untouched. Their saliva contains anti- bacterial chemicals which maintain sterility in the area. Maggots are used on ulcers and deep wounds away from organs or body cavities, most often being used to treat diabetic ulcers on the feet. (via sciencephoto)

mabelmoments:

Dust mite. Coloured Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) of the dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus. This mite is eight legged of which six legs are visible (at lower frame). The mite has an unsegmented, round body. It’s mouthparts (at lower centre) are highly adapted to feeding on the dead scales of human skin found in household dust. Dust mites are relatives of spiders and scorpions. (via sciencephoto)

debbipete:

shoebill noms duck, the gif.

(via mabelmoments)

You’re taking my temperature how?! Veterinarians give the San Diego Zoo’s baby panda, 13 weeks old and still without a name, his weekly checkup. (pic and caption via San Fran Chronicle)

Photo: Ken Bohn / San Diego Zoo

mabelmoments:

Credit Annie Cavanagh, Wellcome Images

A fly on sugar crystals

mabelmoments:

The eye stalks of a fiddler crab. Researchers in Australia have discovered that female fiddler crabs rely on the male’s large claw to protect them from other suitors. Photograph: ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision and Science HANDOUT/EPA. via guardian uk

Love his eyes

gillianam:

(via mydarling)

earnestlyhemingway:

ginandtattoos:

via bbs.chinadaily.com.cn

Poor foot ):

Jemima Hobbleduck?

jhulyjohns:

Elton Dog (via -GINGER-)