#proboscis — Public Fediverse posts

This unforgettable primate, found in the mangrove forests of Borneo, is the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)! Also known as the long-nosed monkey, males of this species sport a distinctive drooping proboscis, which acts like a resonating chamber to amplify their vocalizations. Scientists think it’s a sexually selected trait—meaning that females prefer louder (and bigger-nosed) mates.

Photo: David Dennis, Wikimedia Commons

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#primates
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#Proboscis

Necroprinting Isn’t As Bad As It Sounds https://hackaday.com/2025/12/01/necroprinting-isnt-as-bad-as-it-sounds/ #mosquitoproboscis #3dPrinterhacks #necroprinting #researchpaper #3dprinting #3dprinter #proboscis #mosquito #insects #insect

Necroprinting Isn’t As Bad As It Sounds https://hackaday.com/2025/12/01/necroprinting-isnt-as-bad-as-it-sounds/ #mosquitoproboscis #3dPrinterhacks #necroprinting #researchpaper #3dprinting #3dprinter #proboscis #mosquito #insects #insect

Necroprinting Isn’t As Bad As It Sounds https://hackaday.com/2025/12/01/necroprinting-isnt-as-bad-as-it-sounds/ #mosquitoproboscis #3dPrinterhacks #necroprinting #researchpaper #3dprinting #3dprinter #proboscis #mosquito #insects #insect

Necroprinting Isn’t As Bad As It Sounds https://hackaday.com/2025/12/01/necroprinting-isnt-as-bad-as-it-sounds/ #mosquitoproboscis #3dPrinterhacks #necroprinting #researchpaper #3dprinting #3dprinter #proboscis #mosquito #insects #insect

These are a few photographs from yesterday.

I scrambled to get the phone out after a curious #bee landed on one of my son’s hot chocolate cup.

The sweet chockie on the lid was a definite go-to for this little fella. In fact, he even went back for seconds.

(Notice in the middle shot, how he sucks up droplets of the liquid using a long straw-like tongue called a #proboscis? - pretty cool!)

#bees #urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy

Five-Eyed, Nozzle-Nosed Oddity Lingered Far beyond the #Cambrian Period https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/five-eyed-nozzle-nosed-oddity-lingered-far-beyond-the-cambrian-period/ by Riley Black

#Ordovician opabiniid-like #animals and the role of the #proboscis in #euarthropod head evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

Joanna Wolfe: "We have more questions now about how #opabiniids may have survived and what kinds of environments or life histories they were restricted to."

Five-Eyed, Nozzle-Nosed Oddity Lingered Far beyond the #Cambrian Period https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/five-eyed-nozzle-nosed-oddity-lingered-far-beyond-the-cambrian-period/ by Riley Black

#Ordovician opabiniid-like #animals and the role of the #proboscis in #euarthropod head evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

Joanna Wolfe: "We have more questions now about how #opabiniids may have survived and what kinds of environments or life histories they were restricted to."

Five-Eyed, Nozzle-Nosed Oddity Lingered Far beyond the #Cambrian Period https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/five-eyed-nozzle-nosed-oddity-lingered-far-beyond-the-cambrian-period/ by Riley Black

#Ordovician opabiniid-like #animals and the role of the #proboscis in #euarthropod head evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

Joanna Wolfe: "We have more questions now about how #opabiniids may have survived and what kinds of environments or life histories they were restricted to."

Five-Eyed, Nozzle-Nosed Oddity Lingered Far beyond the #Cambrian Period https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/five-eyed-nozzle-nosed-oddity-lingered-far-beyond-the-cambrian-period/ by Riley Black

#Ordovician opabiniid-like #animals and the role of the #proboscis in #euarthropod head evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

Joanna Wolfe: "We have more questions now about how #opabiniids may have survived and what kinds of environments or life histories they were restricted to."

Five-Eyed, Nozzle-Nosed Oddity Lingered Far beyond the #Cambrian Period https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/five-eyed-nozzle-nosed-oddity-lingered-far-beyond-the-cambrian-period/ by Riley Black

#Ordovician opabiniid-like #animals and the role of the #proboscis in #euarthropod head evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

Joanna Wolfe: "We have more questions now about how #opabiniids may have survived and what kinds of environments or life histories they were restricted to."

#Welsh 'weird wonder' #fossils add piece to puzzle of #arthropod #evolution https://phys.org/news/2022-11-welsh-weird-fossils-piece-puzzle.html

#Ordovician #opabiniid-like animals and the role of the #proboscis in #euarthropod head evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

A proboscis—thought to represent a fused pair of head appendages—was not unique to #opabiniids, but instead was present in the common ancestor of #radiodonts and modern #arthropods, and through evolutionary time may have reduced to become the labrum of modern arthropods.

#Welsh 'weird wonder' #fossils add piece to puzzle of #arthropod #evolution https://phys.org/news/2022-11-welsh-weird-fossils-piece-puzzle.html

#Ordovician #opabiniid-like animals and the role of the #proboscis in #euarthropod head evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

A proboscis—thought to represent a fused pair of head appendages—was not unique to #opabiniids, but instead was present in the common ancestor of #radiodonts and modern #arthropods, and through evolutionary time may have reduced to become the labrum of modern arthropods.

#Welsh 'weird wonder' #fossils add piece to puzzle of #arthropod #evolution https://phys.org/news/2022-11-welsh-weird-fossils-piece-puzzle.html

#Ordovician #opabiniid-like animals and the role of the #proboscis in #euarthropod head evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

A proboscis—thought to represent a fused pair of head appendages—was not unique to #opabiniids, but instead was present in the common ancestor of #radiodonts and modern #arthropods, and through evolutionary time may have reduced to become the labrum of modern arthropods.

#Welsh 'weird wonder' #fossils add piece to puzzle of #arthropod #evolution https://phys.org/news/2022-11-welsh-weird-fossils-piece-puzzle.html

#Ordovician #opabiniid-like animals and the role of the #proboscis in #euarthropod head evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

A proboscis—thought to represent a fused pair of head appendages—was not unique to #opabiniids, but instead was present in the common ancestor of #radiodonts and modern #arthropods, and through evolutionary time may have reduced to become the labrum of modern arthropods.

#Welsh 'weird wonder' #fossils add piece to puzzle of #arthropod #evolution https://phys.org/news/2022-11-welsh-weird-fossils-piece-puzzle.html

#Ordovician #opabiniid-like animals and the role of the #proboscis in #euarthropod head evolution https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

A proboscis—thought to represent a fused pair of head appendages—was not unique to #opabiniids, but instead was present in the common ancestor of #radiodonts and modern #arthropods, and through evolutionary time may have reduced to become the labrum of modern arthropods.