Underdone Comics

Oh hi there. I’ve been trying to figure out the seagulls. Did you know there is no single species called seagull? They’re all different kinds of gulls. Some of them have black hoods on their heads. I decided to illustrate a bunch of hooded gulls that live in North America. I hope you like them. Should I do the regular gulls next? There’s only like 2 dozen species of gulls in North America. And they all look very similar. It’s kind of nauseating. But I’m trying to figure them out. Hopefully these pictures will help. Oh, 2 books helped me a lot: Understanding Gulls by Kevin Karlson and The Gull Guide by Amar Ayuash. They’re both great at showing how confusing these animals are! And one last thing: to illustrate these birds, I used some brushes from @alwaysbecoloring — they’re really nice and give me the “not made on an electronic device” look that I’ve been trying to find for a long time. Bye for now! #birds #birding #birdwatching #cartoon #comic #nature #science #sciart

🐯wonderful to you🐅

🌸 fun: What happens when somebody discovers that marine isopods pollinate algae?
It gets a comic, that’s what!

Scientists found that red seaweed, Gracilaria gracilis, gets the help of little crustaceans that attach male gametes, or spermatia to their bodies while feeding around the algae.
The gametes lack flexible flagella to propel themselves through the water—without the isopod “pollination” would be quite difficult for the seaweed.

In return, the little crustacean critters get food and shelter in the algae. Along with a chip on their shoulder from all the attention land pollinators get.

Scientists think this puts animal/plant(ish) relationships back hundreds of millions of years 😯

Here’s a succinct article about it, if you care:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-a-first-tiny-crustaceans-are-found-to-ldquo-pollinate-rdquo-seaweed-like-bees-of-the-sea/?amp=true

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