“that great sea-snake under the sea/From his coiled sleeps in the central deeps/Would slowly trail”

[larryhammer]

Invertebrate, paper, invertebrate:

Army ants made a bridge out of their own bodies to attack a wasp nest, video and twitter thread of commentary (summarized). More. (via)

I've spent way too much time playing with this Origami Simulator. (via)

“During a dive, a huge octopus, annoyed by my presence, tried to take away my camera.” As they do. (via)

Paper, paper, paper . . .

---L.

Subject quote from The Mermaid, Alfred the Tennyson, which gets anthologized far more than its gender-flipped companion.

Comments

[sovay]

Subject quote from The Mermaid, Alfred the Tennyson, which gets anthologized far more than its gender-flipped companion.

Weirdly, I know "The Merman" better.

[larryhammer]

Interesting! I've met "The Mermaid" all over the place, especially in sea anthologies, and only learned of "The Merman" when I was tracking down a good text to link.

[sovay]

and only learned of "The Merman" when I was tracking down a good text to link.

I really think somehow I read it first.

[larryhammer]

I believe you! Culture is very non-linear.