Next viral tumblr blorbo: giant old as fuck tadpole
“LIKE” to vote for Old As Fuck Tadpole
So like, the metamorphosis process in amphibians is a whole complex thing but its initiation and progress is pretty straightforwardly reliant on two hormones, thyroxin and prolactin; the first pushing metamorphosis and the second opposing it. As the relative levels change through the tadpole stage, different tissues are affected, hence why tadpoles develop limbs etc. in a specific order.
Anyway, the upshot of this is that if a tadpole has a thyroid hormone deficiency (can be genetic, environmental or a result of physical injury), its body never gets the signal to do things like "grow legs" or "turn into a whole frog". One of the scientists who studied it noted that it's developmental level is basically as if it'd hatched very recently, except that it's huge, so basically it got just past the external gills phase and then just...stopped changing (except in size).
Sadly, Goliath died in 2019 but was still growing at the time of its death. As far as I know they don't know why it died, but it's possible that it was just a matter of it being Too Big for its physiology, that never having been made to support a tadpole that size.
now I'm imagining a human baby that just kept getting bigger without any actual developmen- oh wait that's the average tumblr user
Some fuckin guy at my work is goin round fundraising for a missionary trip and I fucnkin. can't stop thinkonh. "Mom says we got heathens at home" Hvdgvcvgdfgcggvfgggvg
buddy's going out east to save some premium name brand souls or some shit
I have a lot of jobs
#Also my boy JC chilled with sex workers and we should respect that
I assume this was a joke rather than judgement, right? and if not it should have been
I have an idea for a movie - there's this quiet, mild-mannered guy living an ordinary life when he has a random encounter with some criminals. it turns out that he is actually some super competent hitman and he goes out seeking revenge. unfortunately, when he beats up some thugs it also turns out that they were closely linked to the russian mob, beginning a one man war where he is forced to bring the whole thing crashing down.
another amazing poll for the pile - over 50% 'other' with everybody writing in that electric kettles exist, thus boosting the poll to thousands more
another lovely poll design with no 'none' option
the great thing about the current craze for AI is that nobody is talking about NFTs anymore
GIRL ITS ALL THE EXACT SAME FACE 😭
"Link only showed interest in mipha"
Link looking at Mipha: 😐️
Link looking at Zelda:😐️😐️😐️😐️
Link looking at food:😃😄😁😇🥰😊😌
isn't that exactly their point?
best thing tumblr ever did for me is the term "rotating it in my mind". it's really true that sometimes you think about something real hard but you can't tell what the thoughts are exactly. it's revolutionary stuff, i might even say
sometimes the subject of your thoughts is just in this thing
Ah, there it is!
The TUMBLER!
online exposure has left me really not wanting to know the original purpose of such a device
this is another perfect poll for the collection - 87.8% 'another way???' and thus the poll spreads like wildfire as thousands of people feel the need to write in the same answer
don't worry about it lol
#what is this implying about his paddington's fate?#i know he likes paddington#i'm assuming the jar has to do with metal gear solid?
he's going to pump it full with hot sweet marmalade
Glen Powell has to be one of the most typecast actors of all time. he's been in the US military or NASA in six of his last eight films, after almost none of the previous ones. he's played a current or former Navy pilot (counting John Glenn) in three of those, including twice in one year. whatever happened to Long-Fingered Boy?
reblog to give the previous person a nice rack
I'm in a nonsexual mood tonight so take your pick from ribs or clothes.
torture device