![victoriousvocabulary:
COPSE
[noun]
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ab7qVcNh1r47bczo1_500.jpg)
victoriousvocabulary:
COPSE
[noun]
a thicket of small trees or bushes; a small wood.
![victoriousvocabulary:
PHYLLOMANIA
[noun]
the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9m49ln8A1r47bczo1_500.png)
victoriousvocabulary:
PHYLLOMANIA
[noun]
the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.
![victoriousvocabulary:
PREY
[noun]
1. an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
2. a person or thing that is the victim of an enemy, a swindler, a disease, etc.; gull.
[verb]
3. to seize and devour prey, as an animal does.
4. to make raids or attacks for booty or plunder.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9murQ49R1r47bczo1_500.jpg)
victoriousvocabulary:
PREY
[noun]
1. an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
2. a person or thing that is the victim of an enemy, a swindler, a disease, etc.; gull.
[verb]
3. to seize and devour prey, as an animal does.
4. to make raids or attacks for booty or plunder.
![victoriousvocabulary:
POLLINATOR
[noun]
the biotic agent (vector) that moves pollen from the male anthers of a flower to the female stigma of a flower to accomplish fertilisation or syngamy of the female gamete in the ovule of the flower by the male gamete from the pollen grain. Though the terms are sometimes confused, a pollinator is different from a polleniser, which is a plant that is a source of pollen for the pollination process.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9myszPff1r47bczo1_500.jpg)
victoriousvocabulary:
POLLINATOR
[noun]
the biotic agent (vector) that moves pollen from the male anthers of a flower to the female stigma of a flower to accomplish fertilisation or syngamy of the female gamete in the ovule of the flower by the male gamete from the pollen grain. Though the terms are sometimes confused, a pollinator is different from a polleniser, which is a plant that is a source of pollen for the pollination process.
![victoriousvocabulary:
TAPIO
[noun]
an East Finnish forest spirit or god, who figured prominently in the Kalevala. Hunters prayed to him before a hunt. His wife is the goddess of the forest, Mielikki. He was the father of Annikki, Tellervo, Nyyrikki (the god of hunting), and Tuulikki. Fitting the Green Man archetype, Tapiois often depicted with a beard of lichen and eyebrows of moss.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyll7rG5RC1r47bczo1_r1_500.jpg)
victoriousvocabulary:
TAPIO
[noun]
an East Finnish forest spirit or god, who figured prominently in the Kalevala. Hunters prayed to him before a hunt. His wife is the goddess of the forest, Mielikki. He was the father of Annikki, Tellervo, Nyyrikki (the god of hunting), and Tuulikki. Fitting the Green Man archetype, Tapiois often depicted with a beard of lichen and eyebrows of moss.
![victoriousvocabulary:
TRIBUTARY
[noun]
1. a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.
2. a person or nation that pays tribute in acknowledgement of subjugation or the like.
[adjective]
3. (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream or other body of water.
4. paying or required to pay tribute; furnishing subsidiary aid; contributory; subject; subordinate.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyk15uP3Lf1r47bczo1_500.jpg)
victoriousvocabulary:
TRIBUTARY
[noun]
1. a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.
2. a person or nation that pays tribute in acknowledgement of subjugation or the like.
[adjective]
3. (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream or other body of water.
4. paying or required to pay tribute; furnishing subsidiary aid; contributory; subject; subordinate.
cwnl:
8 Beautiful Bioluminescent Creatures From the Sea
While a handful of land animals can create their own light, homemade luminescence is the rule rather than the exception in the open ocean’s dark waters.
Researchers estimate that between 80 and 90 percent of deep-dwelling animals are bioluminous, creating light by mixing the pigment luciferin with luciferase, the enzyme that makes it glow. The light tends to green and blue, colors that travel far in seawater. Glowing helps attract mates, lure prey or confound predators.
Many of these animals live thousands of meters deep and are difficult for scientists to find and study. Here are some of the prettiest — and strangest — glowing creatures of the seas.
(via fuckyeahnerdpr0n)
mayorofawesometown:
Crying Nature — A War of No Winners by Barry Xu
