vampires are so full of shit. "oh the human race is beneath us, you're just livestock to us" I don't think you know what livestock is. do you feed us? care for us? protect us from predators? no. you just slink around dark alleys and ambush people. that's not what a higher being does. that's a bottom feeder. a parasite. karate punches your head off
I don't know why people choose to think of vampires and humans as distinct species. In the majority of cases, they are the same species. Vampirism is cannibalism. It's what makes it such an atrocious act. Vampires are the same species as humans, but they are too horrible to be human. They sacrifice their humanity for extended life and beauty.
Modern euhemerism sometimes makes us forget the horror of gothic horror.
Yes, it's super fun to do these speculative evolution projects in which vampires are a natural predator to humans, it can also be fun to imagine an ecological balance between vampires and humans, but really, those are "side projects". The actual vampire is just a person who starts eating people.
They think they are a higher being because they eat you.
You know that they are a monster because they want to eat you.
Whether it's natural or not doesn't really matter. Cannibalism is present in many species. What matters is that vampires are a symbol of human society eating itself under stress. Whether you choose to make vampires a symbol of dynastic aristocracy, capitalism, sexual predators, depravation and decadence, or anything else, the point is that it is horrific, not an ecologist fable about balanced ecosystem.
Parasites and predators are part of the ecosystem. Vampires are unbalance. It's like when you have too many of the same species in a small terrarium and they start eating each other. It's what happens when you put wolves that don't know each other in a cage and they attack each other until one is dominant. Vampires are a a crisis against the ecological balance.
Ribbeat, the Cardiovascular Pokémon
Fighting
"Its tail is actually a tube that sucks in water. In lieu of blood, Ribbeat uses this water to keep its heart pumping."
Ventribbit, the Cardiovascular Pokémon
Fighting
"When in battle, its heart beats at an extremely rapid pace. It can time its punches to its heartbeat to make fast-paced combos."
Pourquoi ce silence ma chérie ?
A bientôt une longue lettre n'est-ce
pas ? As-tu reçu la petite somme ?
Donne-moi de tes nouvelles , de celle
de tes chers parents. Comment va ta maman ?
Translation:
Why the silence, my dear?
I expect a long letter soon, don't I ?
Did you receive the small sum?
Give me news of yourself and
your dear parents. How is your mother?
extremely cool that the removal of wolf protections in europe are being driven by an eu official having one of her horses killed by a wolf. literal cartoon villain shit
Environmental groups condemn EU Parliament’s approval to downgrade wolf protection as an attack on nature Today, the European Parliament app
For anyone who thought this is too stupid to be real, I'll remind you the year is 2025. The EU official in question is Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. She is the latest in a long line of idiot Germans to think the CDU disguises her evil.
excerpt from the original post: this is dictamnus albus—commonly called gas plant. on hot days, it emits a citrusy, flammable oil that briefly ignites when exposed to flame. it’s completely harmless to the plant, but incredible to witness.
Million years at the door
Cold finger mark yew smell
In light tick -- stuck
Yes, dust ; yet not-
Nobody there.
Million years under shoes
Wet tile grit puddles
Dust in mouth
Full of past
Forgotten.
Million years of stone
Rope yoke bones
Nodding oblivion -- dry as paper
Sky thin non ending
The keys
For another minute, another, last one in
A million
Un million d’yeux, à mon entrée, posés sur moi passant
Millions de dieux, des cieux aux lieux pieux, toisant
Million d’yeux scrutant mes pas peu gracieux
Au milieu des cieux et des lieux brumeux, sous les yeux curieux
Million d’adieux attendant mon départ
-------------------------- je glisse
One of two new series I’m introducing for my Instagram account SaritaZoo: Animal Fictions vs Animal Facts.
These will be short infographs intended to clear up some common misunderstandings about certain animals!
Follow SaritaZoo on Instagram for the next posts in the series, covering Electric Eels, Blobfish, Daddy Longlegs, and more!
Btw: I originally meant for this to be just one slide, but then while fact-checking I found out about that dang salamander and I absolutely had to include it. That thing blew my mind. The article I referenced is literally titled “Salamander with a ballistic tongue.”
Cette carte est très jolie, car ce qu'il y a que vous voyez sur cette carte est un château qui est magnifique. On ne peut pas entrer ici, c'est défendu.
On the left:
Au mois d'août je passe à Petersburg.
On the right:
Des princes et ??? sont enterrés ici.
Translation:
Dear Mademoiselle,
This postcard is very pretty, because there is what you see on this card is a castle that is magnificent. One cannot enter here, it is forbidden.
On the left:
In the month of August I’ll be passing through Petersburg.
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