September 7th, 2011
biomedicalephemera: The tongue of the woodpecker. Woodpeckers have tongues almost as long compared to skull length as anteaters do. It’s very effective for scooping up bugs trying to escape your pecking beak! The Hand; its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as Evincing Design. Sir Charles Bell, 1854.

biomedicalephemera:

The tongue of the woodpecker.

Woodpeckers have tongues almost as long compared to skull length as anteaters do. It’s very effective for scooping up bugs trying to escape your pecking beak!

The Hand; its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as Evincing Design. Sir Charles Bell, 1854.

(via kenikila-deactivated20120316)

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June 28th, 2011
(via Victorian / Edwardian Paintings: Henry Nelson O’Neil - Pleasant Dreams, 1852)

(via Victorian / Edwardian Paintings: Henry Nelson O’Neil - Pleasant Dreams, 1852)

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