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The myxobacteria ("slime bacteria") are a group of bacteria that predominantly live in the soil and feed on insoluble organic substances. The myxobacteria have very large genomes relative to other bacteria, e.g. 9–10 million nucleotides except for Anaeromyxobacter [2] and Vulgatibacter. [3]
An example of this symbolism is in Lovecraft's short story "Dagon", which features a monster made of ooze and shares a name with Dagon, a Mesopotamian deity sometimes depicted as a hybrid of a fish and a woman. [1]: 23–25 American journalist Daniel Engber considered slimes in cinema of the 1980s, such as Slimer and the ectoplasm in ...
Slime coat, the coating of mucus covering the body of all fish; Slime mold, an informal name for several eukaryotic organisms; Biofilm, or slime, a syntrophic community of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other; Slimy (fish), also known as the ponyfish; Snail slime, the mucus produced by snails
Garden snails mating. A hermaphrodite (/ h ər ˈ m æ f r ə ˌ d aɪ t /) is a sexually reproducing organism that produces both male and female gametes. [1] Animal species in which individuals are either male or female are gonochoric, which is the opposite of hermaphroditic.
Nature Is Speaking is an ongoing environmental awareness campaign by Conservation International that was launched in 2014. [1] The campaign is developed by TBWA\Media Arts Lab and produced by RadicalMedia for Conservation International. [ 2 ]
Sexecology, also known as ecosexuality, is a radical form of environmental activism based around nature fetishism, the idea of the earth as a lover.It invites people to treat the earth with love rather than see it as an infinite resource to exploit. [1]
No one's sure exactly why this woman had a story to tell, because this woman lived as many as 6,000 years ago. We can still imagine her intoning scary scenes with foreign howls. A charming man's buttery voice might've won over a reluctant, longhaired princess; a beguiling forest creature's dry cackle a smoke signal for danger.
The sculpture depicts a woman—personifying Nature—removing a veil to reveal her face and bare breasts. The sculpture, which is in the Musée d'Orsay, was commissioned for the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. [1] Underneath the veil, Nature wears a gown held up by a scarab.