Easter cactus flower Part of the stigma (pink) of an Easter cactus flower (Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri). This is the top part of the female reproductive structure (carpel) of the flower. Pollen grains containing the male sex cells land on the stigma and may move down the style (not seen) into the ovary (not seen) Photograph: Susumu Nishinaga/Science Photo Library/ Barcroft Media
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Easter cactus flower

Part of the stigma (pink) of an Easter cactus flower (Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri). This is the top part of the female reproductive structure (carpel) of the flower. Pollen grains containing the male sex cells land on the stigma and may move down the style (not seen) into the ovary (not seen)
Photograph: Susumu Nishinaga/Science Photo Library/ Barcroft Media
The tentacled snake This aquatic south-east asian snake is an ambush genius and is unique for the two sprouting tentacles on at the tip of its head. The tentacles are tiny, twiddly motion detectors, which the snake uses to detect fish. Its hunting method is surprisingly sneaky, using water waves to trick fish into darting in the wrong direction, straight into its mouth. photographie de Smithsonian’s National Zoo/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 source : Wired
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The tentacled snake

This aquatic south-east asian snake is an ambush genius and is unique for the two sprouting tentacles on at the tip of its head. The tentacles are tiny, twiddly motion detectors, which the snake uses to detect fish. Its hunting method is surprisingly sneaky, using water waves to trick fish into darting in the wrong direction, straight into its mouth.
photographie de Smithsonian’s National Zoo/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
source : Wired