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Jellyfish have no brain, no blood & no nervous system! See our #SpeciesOfTheDay beautifully illustrated in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3973589
I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (sistematica)
Berlin :R. Friedländer & Sohn,1896.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35424286
Amazing Mollusca from the Gulf of Naples biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35424286 #bhlpod Octopus macropus, Tremoctopus violaceus, & Ocythoe tuberculata, oh my!
The dinosaurs of North America /.
Washington,Govt. Print. Off.,1896..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39892613
Stegosaurus means "roof lizard." Living 155-150MM yrs ago, it was roughly bus-sized! biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39892613 #bhlib
Image of a Japanese Watonai goldfish to help inspire u to answer our Daily Trivia re: a goldfish's memory biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8530775 #bhlpod
Great and small game of Africa
London :Rowland Ward, Limited,1899.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37141735
The #giraffe's long neck was once believed 2 be an acquired trait, the result of striving 2 reach leaves in tall trees biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37141735
Fun illustrations of fish on the endpapers of Le Danois' Fishes of the World biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5937049
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. bd.6. Atlas
Jena,G. Fischer,1902-40.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6307518
Epic illustration of Chaceon affinis, a #crab typically found in deep waters and fished commercially, biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6307518 #pod
Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois
Paris :P. Klincksieck,[1894]
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11018353
The Field Poppy is a symbol of fallen soldiers biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11018353 #bhlib
Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht. Fasc. 54
[Monaco,Impr. de Monaco],1889- .
biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106592
Fear Factor #bhlib style: Imagine yourself deep in the ocean, facing this biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34178181 head on! #pod Happy Halloween Everyone!
Nouvel atlas de poche des champignons comestibles et vénéneux. v.1.
Paris,Léon Lhome,1911-1912.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3894916
1 of the most beautiful works of #mushroom illustrations ever! C this classic ex. of Amanita muscaria biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3894916 #pod #1up ;-)
Lichenes Americani
Norimbergae :J. Sturm,1811.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3467185
Lichens have been used 2 make dyes, perfumes, & medicines. See blue skin lichen in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3467185 & @eol eol.org/pages/1007633/overview
I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (sistematica)
Berlin :R. Friedländer & Sohn,1896.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35424320
The Common Octopus is intelligent enough 2 unscrew a jar & raid lobster traps! C our #SpeciesOfTheDay in lovely illustr. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35424320
Extinct monsters
London :Chapman & Hall,1896.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14893427
Many depict the Loch Ness monster as a Plesiosaurus, such as this 1 from a bk on "Extinct monsters" in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14893427 #bhlpod
Orcas have a new way of hunting news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/slideshow-killer-w... More on Orcas in The Book of Whales in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1398593 #bhlspod
Can we say Pinocchio Lizard? species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Calumma_crypticum If u like him, maybe you'll like chameleon skeletons too biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31895764
Les plantes a feuillage coloré. v.1.
Paris :Rothschild,1867-1870.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16490520
When we say elephant ear, this might not come 2 mind biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16490520 but that's a common name 4 Caladium species & C. bicolor is a fav!
Les plantes a feuillage coloré. v.1.
Paris :Rothschild,1867-1870.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16490856
Alocasia metallica biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16490856 inspired this SPK song www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whmuxp270bw. Think it captures the essence of the species? #pod
Tintenfische; mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von Sepia und Octopus (1913), by Dr. Werner Th. Meyer. Fig. 1-2, biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12668599
Love cuttlefish and/or the European Squid? Then you'll love this illustration in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12668599 #bhlpod
Echinoderms from Australia
Cambridge, U.S.A. :Printed for the Museum,1938.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374118
It's World Oceans Month & this is 1 of our favorite #echinoderm illustrations in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374118
The Great Barrier Reef of Australia;.
London :W.H. Allen,[1893].
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38767981
Clownfish & Anemones form symbiotic relationships, providing nutrients/protection 2 each other. Gr8 portrayal in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38767981
Some #chameleons' tongues are longer than their bodies! C an exceptional illustration of our #SpeciesOfTheDay in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4024187
The genera vermium exemplified by various specimens of the animals contained in the orders of the Intestina et Mollusca Linnaei :.
London :Printed for the author by James Dixwell ..., and sold by John Sewell ..., B. White and Son ..., and P. Elmsley ...,1783-1788..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29389758
The genus Asterias contains some of the best-known starfish. See them beautifully-rendered in this 1783 #bhlib image biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29389758
Compléments de Buffon. t.1.
Paris :P. Pourrat Frères,1838.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16008174
The Sperm Whale has the largest brain of any animal. See a very happy sperm whale in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16008174 & @eol www.eol.org/pages/42370/overview
Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions. v.1
London :Sampson Low, Son, and Marston,1868.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32430196
Beautiful depiction of a few members of the Nymphaeaceae family biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32430196. We love family portraits! What's ur fav family?
La botanique de J.J. Rousseau :.
Paris :Delachaussée,XIV, 1805..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6164744
Imagine reading a #bhlib book on your mobile device under a gorgeous tree like this biodiversitylibrary.org/page/616474 Talk about an idyllic afternoon!
Album of Abyssinian birds and mammals
Chicago :Field Museum of Natural History,1930.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2836705
A Helmeted Hornbill's casque(structure along upper mandible)is full of ivory & used 4 aerial jousts! C a crested hornbill biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2836705
What is the current sci. name 4 this magnificent illustration of a "Monoceros grande" shell? biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35432522 #bhlpod #malacology #stumped
Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois
Paris :P. Klincksieck,[1894]
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11018488
Noticed this plate includes a major mycological misprint! www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11018488 #bhlpod > @ least the accompanying text straightens things out.
Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen
Würzburg,Königl. Universitätsdruckerei H. Stürtz a.g.[1906?]
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34042099
Most viewed img in Flickr acct features Steiger Pouter Pigeons from gorgeous early 20thC bk biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34042099 #bhlpod
Archives entomologiques, ou, Recueil contenant des illustrations d'insectes nouveaux ou rares
Paris :Au Bureau du Trésorier de la Société entomologique de France,1857-1858.
The fishes of Samoa
Washington,Government print off.,1906.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32055026
At ~32,000 species, fish have greater species diversity than any other vertebrate. Here's 1 of our fav images in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32055026
The natural history of beetles
Edinburgh :Henry G. Bohn,1852.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16056912
The larva of the Atlas beetle will bite if touched, & some males may fight 2 the death 4 space & food. C it in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16056912
A book of whales
London,J. Murray;1900.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1398593
1st all white adult orca found in North Pacific news.discovery.com/animals/white-orca-120423.html Love this drawing of black&white variety in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1398593
The Arcturus adventure :.
New York :Putnam,1926..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4686378
Sea #Monster alert! Check out the "Little Sea Devil," aka Linophryne arcturi, in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4686378 (lol, shown 3x actual size!)
Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie /.
Paris ;F.G. Levrault,1834-[1836]..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9321278
Despite its appearance, Portuguese man-of-war is not jellyfish but siphonophore, colonial organism made of tiny zooids biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9321278
Prof. Dr. Thomé's Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, in Wort und Bild, für Schule und Haus ; mit ... Tafeln ... von Walter Müller..
Gera-Untermhaus :F.E. Köhler,1886-1934..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4321288
#Pomegranate originally native 2 modern-day Iran & Iraq, but cultivated in Caucasus since ancient times biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4321288 #bhlib
Like #mushrooms? Then you'll love this book in #bhlib The variety on this #bhlpod is particularly fun biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3274420
Histoire naturelle des champignons comestibles et vénéneux (1883), by G. Sicard. Pl. 49
Gemeinnüzzige Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs bd. 4 plates
Berlin ;bei Gottlieb August Lange,1780-1789.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346505
The largely nocturnal spot-fin porcupine fish spends most of its time in caves or underneath coral & is poisonous 2 eat biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28346505
Fun Friday Find in a bk from the Darwin's Library biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34069603 from The anatomy & philosophy of expression. #bhlpod
Westwood's illustration of a Pomonia imperatoria in Arcana entomologica biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24695685
Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles,.
Strasbourg,||Paris,F. G. Levrault;||Le Normant,1816-30..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24394282
The maned #seahorse reported 2 produce broods of up to 581 young! See it in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24394282 & @eol eol.org/pages/994199/overview
Bilder-atlas zur Wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Vögel in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen
Wien,K.K. Hof und Staatsdruckerei,1864.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33050660
Celebrating love 2day. Swans are also famous 4 often forming lifetime mating bonds. Lovely illustration in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33050660
Bilder-atlas zur Wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Vögel in ihren sämmtlichen Hauptformen
Wien,K.K. Hof und Staatsdruckerei,1864.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33050564
Thanksgiving Food 4 Thought: The Wild Turkey (same sp. as the domestic) is the largest Galliformes or game bird biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33050564 #bhlib
An elementary manual of New Zealand entomology;.
London,West, Newman & Co.,1892..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8547671
NZ bush giant dragonfly called Kapokapowai in Māori language, meaning "water snatcher," alluding 2 water-dwelling larva biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8547671
@FabLadyB of Team #bhlib on way 2 Colombia, thus 2day's #bhlpod feat. a bird of Colombian tropics Ramphastos citreolaemus biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33539667
You won't believe the intricate attention 2 detail in these hand-painted moth illustrations. We picked 1 for our #bhlpod biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10420813
More jellies! This time it's Periphylla periphylla biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15911686 sketched by Alexander Agassiz collecting aboard US Albatross #bhlpod
Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte :.
Gera-Untermhaus :Fr. Eugen Köhler,[1883-1914].
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303600
The beautiful Common Hollyhock can reach heights of 8 ft! Flowers are dark 2 light depending on soil types biodiversitylibrary.org/page/303600 #bhlib
American medicinal plants
New York,Boericke & Tafel,c1887.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26077772
Did you know that sunflower leaves have been used as a substitute 4 tobacco leaves? C the #SpeciesOfTheDay in #bhlib biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26077772