Such a perfect ending for a paper!
"The animals themselves did not long survive in the aquarium. A slow process of dissolution set in at some point on the body, and gradually more and more of the tissue melted away till only the tentacle- and brain-region remained. This crept about for a few days, but finally it, too, disintegrated. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, May 12, 1893."
Wheeler, W. M. (1894). Journal of Morphology, 9(2), 195–201. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050090203
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Sedathems@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
i have no idea what this is about, but it is darkly poetic
jekely@biologists.social · 1 pts · 2y
@Sedathems it's about a polyclad flatworm, related to this beauty
https://www.reeflex.net/tiere/12181_Prostheceraeus_floridanus.htm