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official fish post

Realized I never posted my overall animation wip

I’m planning to get back on this project and get this guy up and running

My salmon bag I finished last night, wanted to make something for myself for once. This is what I came up with.

Enjoy!

this and a blunt

This is reminder to check up on your own mental health.

OK thanks

The laugh that just erupted from me was ungodly.

[ID: A person with a chef hat and mittens in their kitchen, about to check their oven. They say "Time to check up on my mental health". As they open the oven the camera pans to the tray of food on fire, and the person closes it and says "I'm just gonna give it a few more minutes". End ID.]

[addition. person is Spencer Shay from the TV show I, Carly.]

I have been thinking about gul dukats skull all day and I need a moment alone with the cardassian lovers to discuss why the spoon would have a Hole. Its like the soft spot of a babys skull… what are the anatomical implications here…

Others have mentioned this too but almost definitely this is meant to be a parietal eye, vestigial or otherwise.

(Parietal eye in green anole vs anole skeleton. Or rather I'm pretty sure that's an Anole this was a quick image search. But even if not exactly that's another lizard with a parietal eye).

The pit in the skull seems a little deep for that, but its a uniform hole and it's not likely to be caused from damage to the skull from a bullet or otherwise as some folks have mentioned.

In lizards it helps regulate circadian rhythm (among other stuff, a lot of endocrine stuff) so it stands to reason it would be related to something similar.

"Why would an eye regulate this stuff?" Light regulates our circadian rhythm. A lot of animals have additional sensory organs and it usually has something to do with their environment of adaptation (or may be vestigial).

Cardasia Prime is notably dark, hot and humid so I'm betting the old spoon has something to do with regulating circadian rhythm in this environment?

That's because this is Silmarillion

Some stills from my (not yet posted) film!

It’s not letting me edit the original post, but watch the final film here!

Saddest thing ever is reading an academic paper about a threatened or declining species where you can tell the author is really trying to come up with ways the animal could hypothetically be useful to humans in a desperate attempt to get someone to care. Nobody gives a shit about the animals that “don’t affect” us and it seriously breaks my heart

“No I can’t come out tonight I’m sobbing about this entomologist’s heartfelt plea for someone to care about an endangered moth”

This is how I learn there's a moth whose tiny caterpillars live exclusively off the old shells of dead tortoises.

[Image description: text from a section titled On Being Endangered: An Afterthought that says:

Realizing that a species is imperiled has broad connotations, given that it tells us something about the plight of nature itself. It reminds us of the need to implement conservation measures and to protect the region of which the species is a part. But aside form the broader picture, species have intrinsic worth and are deserving of preservation. Surely an oddity such as C. vicinella cannot simply be allowed to vanish.

We should speak up on behalf of this little moth, not only because by so doing we would bolster conservation efforts now underway in Florida, [highlighting begins] but because we would be calling attention to the existence of a species that is so infinitely worth knowing. [end highlighting]

But is quaintness all that can be said on behalf of this moth? Does this insect not have hidden value beyond its overt appeal? Does not its silk and glue add, potentially, to its worth? Could these products not be unique in ways that could ultimately prove applicable?

End image description]

because we would be calling attention to the existence of a species that is so infinitely worth knowing

I was so inspired by this I made it into a piece of art for a final in one of my courses for storytelling in conservation

I used to work for two of the authors, Mark and Nancy Deyrup. They are true naturalists, interested in everything that lives, and wonderful human beings. They still live in central Florida where the tortoise shell moth lives, and have dedicated their whole lives to documenting the Florida scrub ecosystem and educating the public. I don't know if their names reach outside of entomology, but they are beloved figures here.

Amphibian migration season is coming this spring. Remember to drive slow!

It's about to happen*

*in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada

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Totally Killer (2023)

Hey everyone, please consider buying the 2024 itch.io Palestinian Relief Bundle- it's 373 games, game-making assets, tabletop roleplaying games, zines, and comics for a minimum of just 8 USD! They have a goal of 100,000 USD, and as of the time I'm writing this post, they have 8 more days to reach it.

Link will be in the reblog!

Link to the bundle

Amazing news!! They reached their goal of 100,000 USD! There is now a second goal of 250,000 USD! Remember, this is 373 games, assets, and comics for a minimum of 8 USD- a bundle of items which would normally be ~1,667 USD! Let's reach that second goal as quickly as we reached the first goal!

Fantastic news!!! The 250,000 USD goal has been met, and there is now a third goal of 500,000 USD! The deadline has also been extended, and as of the time I'm writing this update, there is 13 more days to reach their newest goal!

The money raised so far has already been incredible. Let's maintain this energy and continue to provide support for the PCRF!

Some Neon Tetras from ACNH