String vest This vest was part of the cold weather equipment issued to British troops during the second winter of the Korean War (1950-53). By then adequate supplies of winter clothing had been supplied to the troops, but conditions were still tough. Freezing winters with heavy snow, icy winds and temperatures as low as -40°C meant that troops had to deal with frost-bite, frozen ground and equipment. String vest, 1951. (via Guns & Gear | National Service | Online Exhibitions | National Army Museum, London)
Peruvian grave dolls, 1000-1500 AD late 20th century
「巨大化け猫」Cat Monster by Kawanabe Kyosai（河鍋暁斎1831～1889） (via Through the Sapphire Sky: Animals, ghosts and Yōkai depicted in Ukiyo-e)
The ghost of Oiwa manifesting herself as a lantern obake. From the series One Hundred Tales (Hyaku monogatari). 12 in. x 10 in. From the classic ghost story Yotsuya kaidan. Print by Katsushika Hokusai.
Imitating Guan Yu (Kan’u mitate), from the series A Kintarô Series (Kintarô zukushi) / Kuniyoshi
金太郎尽 関羽見立 歌川国芳 1840年頃
Scotoplana sp. - Scotoplane or Sea Pig
The Holothurian (sea cucumber) genus Scotoplanes includes the “Sea Pigs” - deep-sea dwellers that live on the abyssal planes of oceans worldwide, including in the Antarctic. Anywhere over 1000 meters probably hosts Sea Pigs in some number. They prefer freshly-fallen organic matter for their food, and can travel miles to find things like whale carcasses, thanks to their excellent olfactory senses.
Sea Pigs and other sea cucumber species are some of the few hosts that exist on the abyssal floor which are suitable hosts to parasitic snails and tiny crustaceans, and they also serve as an important food source for other deep-sea creatures, such as sleeper sharks.
The Royal Natural History - Vol IV. Richard Lydekker, 1896.
Sea Pig Also called a sea cucumber or Holothuroid, this truly deserves the name sea pig. This was one of the most common and abundant animals caught off the coast of Antarctica by the international research team aboard the BAS Royal Research Ship James Clark Ross. Sea cucumbers are important in processing the sediment (like earthworms on land) but their numbers worldwide have been threatened by recent fisheries. “Few people realize just how rich in biodiversity the Southern Ocean is – even a single trawl can reveal a fascinating array of weird and wonderful creatures as would be seen on a coral reef. These animals are potentially very good indicators of environmental change as many occur in the shallows, which are changing fast, but also in deeper water which will warm much less quickly,” said research cruise leader Dr. David Barnes of British Antarctic Survey. (via Antarctica Sea Creatures - Bizarre Sea Creatures of Antarctica - The Daily Green)
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Back and Forth and Back (by HisCheapMoves)
Aldo Marcel’s Mystic Rose folded by Me (by georigami)
(Source: egyptsearch.com)
