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This is what full body velociraptors in Jurassic Park could’ve looked like before Steven Spielberg decided to go the CGI route.

Phil Tippet go-motion test circa 1991

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Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023). Dir. Kazuhiro Nakagawa.

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AQUARIUM CITY - a city pop album 🐟🎸

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Short eared dog (Atelocynus microtis)

@ Igor de le Vingne

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Tufted pygmy squirrel vs tufted ground squirrel, opposite ends of the head to ass slider

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Waigeou spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus papuensis)

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i would have suuuch a bad time if i lived in adventure time i would eat a hot dog and it would turn out to be a princess or whatever and i’d plead diplomatic immunity but the cop is a banana who has only ever been taught capital punishment by his war crime lesbian overlord and then i would get publicly guillotined in the candy kingdom and the last thing i ever heard before my head fell off would be a teen boy going “oh my björk that was hella wooble shambalooby!”

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“I would be a cool adventurer and defeat dungeons with Finn” “I would be a powerful water princess and go out with other princesses” No you wouldn’t you would be berry person extra #35 and you would be on screen for 6 seconds before getting eaten by a giant bird for a background gag.

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patiently awaiting the annual otgw fall rewatch

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The black areas represent the remaining natural dark skies in the United States

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I’ve been in the middle of the ocean at night and now live in texas and it is so hard to explain to people that no, they have not ever seen the night sky. It is so hard to explain to people that what they think is a proper night sky is fucking pathetic. A disgrace.

People talk about how you can’t see stars in the city and yeah, that’s true, but their concept of “seeing stars” is being able to make out orion’s belt.

So, so few people have see the sky in all its glory and it’s not sad. It’s a fucking crime. Seeing a perfectly dark night, no clouds, not a hint of light pollution? That’s a fucking religious experience.

The sky the vast vast majority of us grew up with is not the sky that inspired us to look up. It is not the sky that inspired constellations. You can’t even see most constellations.

Your ancestors looked at the night sky and said “surely, that is where the gods must live.” And you might be lucky if you can see hardly more than a handful of stars.

The sky is full, fucking FULL, of stars, and you’ve never seen them.

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Light pollution must be reined in - there’s a phenomenon in protecting any aspect of the environment: after a generation or so, people don’t know what they’re missing. Be that stars, trees, birds and lizards in their gardens, everything.

Exessive town and street lights are the enemy. Trees, and rules around external lighting help, but Buffer zones, good old fashioned green belts are so important.

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I think a lot of people who seem uninspired by the night sky have never actually seen it. I recommend everyone take at least one trip to an International Dark Sky Place to see what the night sky SHOULD look like. And then, when you return to your own town, start advocating for change.