Alix and her daughters Olga and Tatyana, 1914
Alix and her daughters Olga and Tatyana, 1914
The Lucky Money Toad
by Bill Mayer
Phagocytosis - an INFOTOON
by ~VelicaMacrophages are a type of white blood cells - part of the amazing immune system. They have thesuperpower of eating invading pathogens, such as bacteria, virus and protozoans in a process called “phagocytosis”.
If you look at it from the point of view of the pathogen, it’s Jaws all over again.
For those who want to try out phagocytosis themselves, here are the instructions.
The skull of Macrochelys temminckii - alligator snapping turtle by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum /.
London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1855-1872..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4388543
alain gree.
From La SorcièreMartin Van Maele