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Sailing back home on the stream of stars...
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i had a really strong image of him in the swoump...
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If I told you baby
That I was in love with you
Oh, baby baby baby,
If we got married, would that be cool?
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I, THE DRIVER BEHIND YOU AT THIS STOPLIGHT, HAVE DEDUCED THAT YOU COULD HAVE THREADED THAT LEFT TURN BETWEEN THOSE TWO CARS IF YOU FLOORED IT BEARING 92° SOUTH AND CAUGHT THE WIND.
HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK
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Anonymous asked:
Do you consider brachycephalism in cats as serious as in dogs? I'm in veterinary medicine but I don't encounter many brachy kitties and would love to hear your thoughts on it.
Schlueter et al (2009) categorized brachycephalic head shapes into four categories randing from mild to severe.
Moderate brachycephaly is where we begin to really see problems and profound or severe brachycephalic cats are going to have a real issue.
The British Shorthair (left) is a breed where mild brachycephaly is part of the standard compared to an Exotic Shorthair (right) where profound - severe brachycephaly is desireable.
On the left with have a British Shorthair, in the center an Exotic Shorthair and on the right a Persian.
One of the problems we see with brachycephalic breeds is stenotic nares, which are narrow nostrils. You can’t even make out the nares on the Persian shown above and, as one may expect, this affects how much air they move through them.
We can see similar obstructive effects in cats with nasopharyngeal polyps, masses or reconstruction due to scarring from chronic rhinosinusitis problems.
Due to their inability to breath normally through their nose these cats tend to be heat and exercise intolerant and can run into trouble more quickly during high stress events.
Stenotic nares can be surgically corrected but I don’t think this is as common in cats as it is in dogs, at least I haven’t encountered many cats who’ve undergone the procedure. I don’t know if it’s not as necessary, if cats don’t respond as well or if cat owners are less likely to seek treatment.
Or maybe it is as common and my lack of experience is the outlier.
Brachycephaly is also associated with malocclusion and dental disease, chronic epiphora, facial dermatitis related to the chronic tearing and ocular issues such as conreal sequestrum or entropion related to the protruding eye structure.
I know globe proptopsis is a problem in some brachycephalic dog breeds like pugs but I haven’t heard of this specifically happening in brachycephalic cat breeds.
Exotics and Persians are obviously the worst when it comes to brachycephaly in cats but the Bombay and (American) Burmese are also offenders.
There are other breeds which don’t call for a brachycephalic head shape (or even default it) or call for only a mild version but certain breeders are selecting for extreme typeing anyways because even though their cats might not win any shows they can sell them as designer variants for more.
On the left we have a Sphynx and in the right we have a Devon Rex both with an extreme head type contradictory to the breed standard.
So yes, unfortunately the brachycephalic head type is a problem in cats. Some try to argue that brachycephalic animals often live long lives which means the abnormal structure isn’t a problem… but longevity is only one measure of a breeds ethical soundness, quality of life and history are also important in my opinon.
#mignonne is somewhere between mildly and moderately brachy#and it does cause issues#id be much happier if she had a healthy shaped nose#i say this because she is adorable and the light of my life and im so glad i adopted her from the rescue#but it's important to be clear that this trait is not desirable#even if it looks cute#animal illness#unethical breeding
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When the Riddle is bad
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I remade the Fang one from part 2 because the text was so blurry as to be illegible.
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Ed edition
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ta da
THE WEASARD
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If you were in OFMD who do you all think you'd be. No main characters, I'm talking the background characters. I'd be the guy at Spanish Jackie'z in s1e3 who after Stede says "the drinks are on us" and someone throws their drink on Lucius shouts "the drinks be on ye now!"
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if I forgot your favorite subgenre or misclassified a band feel free to argue in the replies 👍
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the 5 love languages: song recommendations, parallel play, talking about The Character, offering to kill each other’s parents, gifting little trinkets
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Ed Teach’s Ye Olde Wedding Pinterest Board
[ID: a piece of art meant to look like a spread in a journal. on the left page, there’s a torn piece of paper with the text of audre lorde’s poem “recreation,” with a note saying “I love you, sweet man -S.B.” written next to it. underneath the “I love you” is handwritten text reading “I’m gonna marry him SO hard” and “Ed Teach loves Stede Bonnet, Stede Bonnet loves Ed Teach,” and a drawing of a wedding cake and wedding rings and some scattered hearts. there is also a little drawing on a paper scrap of Ed as the little cake topper bride. on the right page, there’s a torn-out woodcut showing Ed and Stede getting married under a chuppah and a torn-out advertisement for a jeweller. there are some purple and white pressed flowers on the page, as well as a little handwritten note reading “SB+ET” inside a heart, handwritten text reading “Mr + Mr Bonnet-Teach” and “Ed Bonnet-Teach,” and notes to check out the jeweller for rings, as well as more scattered hearts.]
particularly proud of the little wedding woodcut that I adapted from an extant early modern woodcut of a jewish wedding <3
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BLACK SAILS | 1.01
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This was a hit on twitter, so: My cat. Enjoy her.
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Discworld witches for dear Ari ♥ Female characters are one reason why I love Discworld so much♥ Thanks, mister Pratchett for them, for writing just regular girls and ladies doing weird fantasy stuff ♥
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Ed deserves a four poster bed with full canopy and curtains. It's like a fancy blanket fort to sleep in. He would love it.
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3 seconds into dungeon meshi and they’re already living my dream. i love eating things I ought not in unfamiliar ecosystems
one time in undergrad we went to this big farm & greenhouse where they were cultivating rare & endangered plants and during the tour the botanist let us all taste a leaf off of a particular plant & I was like oh some of these are edible!
so we got to the next plant and when he took questions I asked if it was also edible and he said “I mean. It’s not poisonous, but I’m sure it won’t taste good.” I asked if I could try it anyway and it seemed like he was just perplexed enough to indulge me so he gave me one leaf. It was terrible.
At the next plant he offered me a leaf before I asked and he wanted to know what it tasted like
For the rest of the tour he gave me a leaf from each non-poisonous plant and I told him how they all tasted (mostly like nothing at all but some unspeakably terrible) and that’s how I ate several dozen rare & endangered leaves.
So anyway. I’m a fan of this blonde guy already. I think we’d be friends