rhamphotheca:

mentalfornication: Asiatic Golden Cat by Ami 211 on Flickr.

I find this cat fascinating because it’s not the typical lion, tiger, or leopard. Its coat and the facial markings are absolutely stunning.

ucsdhealthsciences:

Radical Surgery Saves Life of Young Mom, California First
Liver Removed, Reconstructed, Re-Implanted

A team led by Alan Hemming, MD, transplant surgeon at UC San Diego Health System, has successfully performed the west coast’s first ex-vivo liver resection, a radical procedure to completely remove and reconstruct a diseased liver and re-implant it without any tumors. The procedure saved the life of a 27-year old mother whose liver had been invaded by a painful tumor that crushed the organ and entangled its blood supply.

“During a 9-hour surgery the team was able to remove the basketball-sized tumor,” said Hemming, professor and surgical director of the Center for Hepatobiliary Disease and Abdominal Transplantation (CHAT) at UC San Diego Health System. “This is a surgery that carries a 15 to 20 percent risk of mortality. In this case, the patient would not have survived if she did not have surgery. This was the only way we could save her liver and her life.”

rhamphotheca:

iheartnudibranchs:rhamphotheca:secretofthesea:  Lettuce Sea Slug

One of their more notable characteristics is a pair of stalked rhinophores or horns located at the head of the slug.

 Elysia crispata resembles the aeloid nudibranchs, but is not closely related. It’s a heterobranch, a sap-suckling sea slug - named for its ingestion of the internal contents of algae.

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(Source: beneathmyrecoveringbones)

neiture:

Aurora Borealis and Milky Way side by side | image by Tommy Eliassen

(Source: ecocides)

eliz:

Renee Lilley

One year ago today, January 4, 2011

Brooklyn, NY