Sophie, formerly a lophotrochozoanさんのイラストまとめ

This calendar showed up at my door with absolutely NO note or explanation at all and I cannot recommend doing this to someone enough

Me before attempting to key out and identify bryozoan species for the first time: I know bryozoans are difficult, but with time, patience, and dedication I believe I will be able to figure it out!
Me, three days later, no closer to an ID than on day 1:

This is an emergency PSA that A Short Hike by @adamgryu is the cutest and most chill game to play about exploring a National Park and hiking up a mountain if you're trapped inside (or just... it's winter)

Got grabbers, gotta grab

Enter THE FRESHWATER MYSID SHRIMP. They've got it all! Super quick life cycle. Live in the Great Lakes, which is basically like ALL lakes, right? Plus, teeny fish fries (frys?) love 'em.

"SO WHY DON'T WE JUST PUT 'EM IN ALL THE LAKES THEN"
- the 40s

@doomquasar Well so an """expert""" published a book called Too Big To Walk claiming dinosaurs weren't killed by an asteroid but because they could only bone down in lakes (which dried up).

I guess I wasn't there 65MYA to confirm but this didn't happen. So many memes did happen though

@franzanth @MaureenBug

@franzanth @MaureenBug HI! I'M CLIPOPOD! IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE LIKE MAMMALS SO MUCH!! I CAN HELP WITH THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The thing about coelacanths is that every single one of them LOOKS like they were there 400 million years ago for the birth of tetrapods, and they've been regretting it ever since