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[raccoonmilf]

It is still wild to me that I legitimately have to research in a bikini in order to effectively collect data.

And the reason being is that people (of all genders equally) perceive me as a threat otherwise.

Like

Threat vs not a threat

People have said before that they are concerned I’m gonna get them in trouble, but I think the real reason folks get mean is that tourists effectively enter a liminal space when they go on vacations (especially American tourists on tropical vacations) and they don’t want anything to pull them out of that mindset.

So when I show up with a clipboard and wanting to talk while wearing an outfit that clearly says “I’m working, but not in any sort of position that exists in your vacation fantasy,” that pulls them out of the fantasy and they react negatively.

Meanwhile, if I’m dressed the same way everyone else is, even if I have a clipboard and want to talk about the same thing, I automatically become a wacky NPC who is part of the fantasy.

I no longer hear “It’s really weird that you’re just out here watching people” but instead “You get to lay on the beach all day and call it “work?” Hell yeah! Living the dream!”

[raccoonmilf]

Yes I study raccoons. The critically endangered pygmy raccoons like to live at beach clubs. My current study is looking at interactions between tourists and/or tourism industry staff and the raccoons.

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

Surely this is just environmental camouflage that let's you get closer to your subjects?

It's just as valid as when wildlife photographers cover themselves in netting with twigs and leaves attached or hide inside a fake rock right?

[cabingrlandrandomcrap]

I love how we all glossed over the idea of a pygmy raccoon

[raccoonmilf]

Yeah, this is Mama, a full grown pygmy raccoon. They are a completely separate species than common raccoons. Their scientific name is Procyon pygmaeus and they are a critically endangered species. There are only around 120 left in the world and they are only found in the island of Cozumel in Mexico. I, tumblr user raccoonmilf and the creator of Dashcon, am the only United States citizen legally allowed to research them. I am currently studying how pygmy raccoons are impacted by direct human activity within the tourism industry.

[shilohtx]

pitter patter putter patter *you look down and see this*

[mentalhellonline]

[impossiblepackage]

[fursonas]

"sorry for party rocking" I don't think you are. I think you're sorry you got caught

[billiecauter]

reblog to summon godzilla directly into washington dc

[finalgirlabigailhobbs]

slut waist (love handles and happy trail)

[versegm]

"Are you okay" NO. THERE ARE LITTLE FICTIONAL BITCHES IN MY HEAD. AND THEY'RE KISSING.

[cacodaemonia]

[nick-nonya]

(you need to view the image or you'll just like the post)

[aceofsharks]

OH MY GOD??? /POS

[dogposts]

An archivist found a long forgotten 8mm film reel in an old metal box, marked “Philippines 1942”. Thinking it was lost WWII footage, he sent it in to be restored/digitized. When he got the footage back, he found puppies instead (via)

[gayluigi]

This is so freaking profound. Like, this was before the advent of the personal camera. Not just anyone owned a camera in these days. Cameras were expensive, and so was the film. When you were recording shit, it had to be stuff you were willing to shell out a pretty penny to have preserved. Someone so deeply and profoundly loved these dogs and found joy in them that they decided to preserve them for future generations to see, after these pups are long dead and gone. This camera operator wanted to preserve the joy these dogs brought them and to share it with others. How incredible is that?

[ourlordapollo]

The zoo in my hometown posted this picture of one of their cheetah cubs and I'm obsessed

HIS NAME IS YAM ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDINF ME

[carfuckerlynch]

[lizardsfromspace]

"Sex is what makes us human" is stupid. Almost every species fucks. Humans are the only species that jumps motorcycles over school buses that are on fire. Some other things too probably

[lunawlw]

I hope this post doesn’t get censored. please help if you can. twitter link here & the go fund page

[leporidie]

whenever my program freezes

[tateratots]

Rose O'Neill knew what was up

[tateratots]

you Wish you has a monster wife as big and tender as this

[tateratots]

Yes this is the same Rose O'Neill who invented Kewpies

A quote from O'Neill: “The buffoonery of the Kewpies and the passion of my serious drawings playing side by side is unusual, but not too unusual. In this droll existence, the Hamlet and Lear have always consorted with the clown.”

Here's some more of her "Sweet Monsters". This series was very personal to her, and she meant to keep all these drawings private until Auguste Rodîn insisted she show them.

You can read about this collection HERE and see more in person if you're ever in the Ozarks.

[voyageviolet]

Since I just reblogged a post about the Internet Archive this is in my brain: A while back I was looking for a way to read Rose O'Neill's book The Goblin Woman, which is a little piece of queer history. It's old enough to be in the public domain, but rare and therefore expensive. The Internet Archive has a lot of public domain books, so I emailed them for any advice on sourcing the text. Very quickly, the response was "Oh we've got it. It's just not organized yet" and it was immediately made publicly available.

[raptorcivilization]

Random fact: They did a study on courtship and mating behavior of American alligators at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm in the early 1980's. This study revealed that, among other things, the majority of alligator sex is gay

[raptorcivilization]

Male/male 1 is when the larger male gator topped, male/male 2 is when the smaller male topped

[werewolf-girlfriend]

[tiredandjaded]

average ao3 "sort by categories" result

[tidyturnip]

Prostatic metaplasia of the vagina in transmasculine individuals - World Journal of Urology

Purpose To determine the prevalence of prostatic metaplasia in an expanded cohort of transmasculine individuals undergoing gender-affirming

[universalsatan]

hihihihiiiii though (very slightly) related to my degree, this is very much along a special interest of mine and i totally didnt just spend more than an hour falling down this rabbit hole. i am gonna try to simplify this as much as possible

@kami-no-ikku theoretically, it might be able to, but from what is being shown in the study, it's more vaginal epithelial cells where there's a few sprinkled in that decided they wanted to be prostate epithelial cells instead. the vaginal epithelium (outermost layer; eg skin is an epithelium) is what is changing (mostly), but it looks like it's mostly cells that are closest to the vaginal tissue beneath the epithelium (smooth muscle, etc), so a likely course based on timeline and present factors would be that the wall lining the vagina would still be mostly vaginal cells, but the ones just underneath (still part of the "wall") would be mostly prostrate cells.

to answer @tealhairandamateurnouns 's questions, i'll start with saying that cells like endothelial cells can be very... malleable ("high plasticity"), and messengers (hormones) can come along and tell them "heyyyy so the prostate cells didn't make it to work today, anyone mind covering their shift?" and there's probably more factors relating to location+function+cell lineage (especially since this change is seen in vaginal but not cervical epithelial cells too) but some cells, will go "sure yeah why not", get a prostate epithelial cell ID pass instead, and have certain genes activated to start performing prostate cell duties instead. (hypothetically)

it's also stated in the paper that there's no visible/extremely noticeable changes here: there's no lesions eg tumors, which is why it is highly likely that these are probably just cells changing jobs.

i also say this because this ex-vaginal tissue is not all too different in that it still provides its general function as a barrier, but these new cells are noted to be glandular, aka they secrete... things that make up the fluid that becomes a part of semen (note: not pre-ejaculate): various enzymes, zinc, citrate, other nutrients. the hrt-induced prostate cells present are somewhat sparse and aggregate in "variably well-formed glands", so rather than having the vagina make prostate fluids, it's probably more like the prostrate secretions will mix with the vaginal discharge and be slightly more compositionally similar to that of semen. (which... considering the change in discharge over the course of HRT i've already noticed myself... i am refining a Hypothesis)

one last concern i've seen both in the replies and mentioned in the paper: could this potentially lead to risk of prostate cancer in individuals undergoing HRT testosterone? the answer is quite possibly: it has been observed in a similarily-presenting intersex condition, and technically, any cell that can create progeny has the potential to develop cancer. because there's no noticeable "mass" or lesion of prostate tissue, as mentioned before, you can't really check via a typical prostate exam, but for those concerned, that is not the only way to check for prostate cancer, and a diagnosis could be determined through a prostate-specific antigen test.

also. fuck knowledge being behind barriers. i downloaded the full paper for anyone who doesn't have access and put it up on gdrive.

[greelin]

no i don’t have plans later. i will, however, be taking extensive poison damage periodically for the foreseeable future. but beyond that my schedule is totally open

[greelin]

if you hear me going “haugh.” or perhaps “augh” every so often and see me doubling over. well. Don’t even worry about it.