Finally home. Here's the first #insertaninvert2024 of this month. The nautilus, humanity's home in the deep.
Phew! I start trying to make something "simple" but it always ends up taking hours lol it's unfinished for now .... #Invertebrate#Invertebrates#Inverts#InsertAnInvert2024
I'm also an artist and I illustrated my last book, The Naturalist at Home. I've been devoting more time to art over the last couple years and I do a daily 5 minute drawing (into my second year now), #InsertAnInvert2024 this year and other assorted projects.
#InsertAnInvert2024 Eyes - Lensless The earliest forms of eyes are merely little pits on flesh with light-sensitive cells. Today, some molluscs like snails and clams have this type of eye, while giant clam and nautilus eyes function similarly to pinhole cameras. ๐จ ๐ก
prey with the grasping claws on the end of its long tubular proboscis (like an elephantโs trunk). Even more astounding are the five eyes on stalks! I thought this weirdo would serve as an introduction to October, or Eye Month for #InsertAnInvert2024. ๐งต2/2
For a wildcard #InsertAnInvert2024 week weโre going back in time all the way to the Cambrian for the Opabinia! ๐ก๐งช The fossils of this soft-bodied 7 cm long animal are found in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale Lagerstรคtte (505 million years ago) of British Columbia. Opabinia likely caught ๐งต1/n