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Ich will auch #Sekundenkleber spucken können! Das wäre in so vielen Situationen soooo praktisch... Abgesehen vom #Basteln und auf-der-Straße-festkleben, zum Beispiel wenn jemand zu viel redet, ihm einfach ins Gesicht spucken, und schon ist Ruhe 🙉😛

Artikel: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-velvet-worm-slime-hardens-in-seconds-to-trap-prey/
Link zum Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=do9YivjrAFk

#VelvetWorm #Stummelfüßer #Klebstoff #Biotechnologie #VorbildNatur

"will you be long?" well...yes?

some species of velvet worms can have a lot of legs, and i thought it'd be funny to illustrate that on the silly~

#tuxarts #velvetworm

an illustration of a blue velvet worm-like critter, looking mildly flustered as it looks back at its unusually long body. this velvet worm has 42 pairs of legs instead of its usual 10.

Day 8 #ArtAdventCalendar: an adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand or Aotearoa I made for #InsertAnInvert2024!

Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged nocturnal animals who spit slime to trap prey, somewhere between worms and arthropods. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #velvetWorm #sciart #invertebrate #wildlifeArt #MastoArt

My linocut on 8” x 8” square of white washi paper with a blue S-shaped velvet worm, resembling a many-legged caterpillar with two antennas and a pattern of spots. Along its length there’s a central darker blue stripe.

two worms cozied up under a mushroom~ 🌧️ 🍄🐛

#tux_arts #velvetworm #worm

an illustration of two velvet worm-like critters snuggled up together under a large, brown mushroom, using it as an umbrella. one of the worms is bright blue with square glasses, and the other is dark green with orange spots and highlights.

Here’s the final print of an adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand or Aotearoa for #InsertAnInvert2024!

Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged nocturnal animals who spit slime to trap prey, somewhere between worms and arthropods. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #velvetWorm #sciart #peripatoides #invertebrate #wildlifeArt #Onychophora #NewZealand #mastoArt

Scientists discover a new #VelvetWorm species in #Ecuador https://phys.org/news/2024-07-scientists-velvet-worm-species-ecuador.html

A #NewSpecies of #VelvetWorms of the genus Oroperipatus (Onychophora, Peripatidae) from western #Amazonia https://zse.pensoft.net/article/117952/

"the velvet worm is generally nocturnal and exhibits parental care, meaning the mother takes care of her young after they are born. These #animals are hunters that use a sticky substance secreted from a pair of anterior glands to trap their prey."

Adult female Tiputini velvet worm with her offspring

I couldn’t resist the pretty blues of the New Zealand/Aotearoa velvet worms, so I selected a different species than suggested for #InsertAnInvert2024. Here are my 8” x 8” linocuts drying….

#linocut #printmaking #wip #wildlifeArt #sciArt #invertebrate #velvetWorm

A collection of prints on 8” x 8” square of white washi paper with a blue S-shaped velvet worm, resembling a many-legged caterpillar with two antennas and a pattern of spots. Along its length there’s a central darker blue stripe. There look to be a grid of 12 prints.

Making some new antipodean invertebrates for July, the subterranean month for #InsertAnInvert2024

You may not know the velvet worms if you live outside the tropics and in the northern hemisphere. There are 2 families of them: one in the tropics and the other, like my Lino block depicts, from the southern hemisphere (and countries once part of Gondwana). 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #wip #linoBlock #velvetWorm #invertebrates #MastoArt

On a 8” x 8” square of white paper there’s a blue tinged irregularly shaped carved Lino block showing an S-shaped velvet worm, resembling a many-legged caterpillar with two antennas and a pattern of spots.

Velvet Worm (littlebigwomen)

Review and images by stemturtle; edited by bmathison1972

The release of a figure that represents a neglected phylum is a wish come true for the synoptic collector. A velvet worm, also referred to as a peripatus (when unitalicized), belongs to phylum Onychophora. It resembles a caterpillar with antennae, having 13 to 43 pairs of stubby legs, corresponding to body segmentation. This stylized […]

#velvetWorm #littlebigwomen

#VelvetWorm shoots #slime that stiffens in mid-air https://www.futurity.org/velvet-worms-slime-2994192-2/

Peculiar #Phosphonate Modifications of #VelvetWorms Slime Revealed by Advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Mass Spectrometry https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.3c06798

"The fact that the slime transitions from a liquid to a solid in mid-air is extremely unusual... The forces it experiences when ejected initiate the transition... This solidified slime becomes recyclable, a quality with implications for sustainable materials"

close-up photo of a velvet worm - a small catterpilar-like invertebrate animal

This velvet worm (Ooperipatellus viridimaculatus) is endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island.

When hunting or disturbed, velvet worms squirt a viscous fluid from special slime glands on their head, which I witnessed when this one protested being woken up by a camera flash!

#MacroPhotography #Peripatus #Nature #Arthropod #VelvetWorm

A photograph of an orange and blue-spotted segmented worm with legs.

Happi velvet worm.

#onychophora #velvetworm

#FinishedReading a fascinating look at #LivingFossils, animals and plants still with us who've maintained their biology since ancient times with few obvious changes. New Zealand features a lot of course, with e.g. #tuatara #totara #rimu #rifleman and of course the wonderfully bizarre #velvetworm of the title.

#velvetworm

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