He speaks to the bones. The bones reply.

34. They/he. Naturalist. Spirit worker. Ocean lover. Venerates prehistoric fish ancestors. Does witchcraft with invasive species. Talks to dead things and is pretty sure they talk back. Call me Bear.

[wolfplushy]

Choice of the Dragon. Written/developed by Dan Fabulich and Adam Strong-Morse. Released 2010.

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[weepingwidar]

Mia Bergeron (American, 1979) - Ursa (2025)   

[etchif]

[hawkpartys]

[havingapoemwithyou]

Encounter by Czesław Miłosz tr. Czesław Miłosz

[yoannlossel]

"Les Jardins de Nuit" (censored version) - Mixed media: colored pencils, pastels, ink, and gold leaf on paper. I created this artwork in 2020 for my book Forgotten Gods.

[blackbearmagic]

picked up Anna Karenina from a free library box in my neighborhood and I love it so far

I want to put Stepan Arkadyich under a microscope

[blackbearmagic]

I am putting him in a jar with a stick and some grass I ripped up from the lawn and watching everything he does with great interest

[blackbearmagic]

picked up Anna Karenina from a free library box in my neighborhood and I love it so far

I want to put Stepan Arkadyich under a microscope

[endlingmusings]

The preserved hearts of the last known pair of great auks, part of the collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark. The birds were nesting on the island of Eldey, off the coast of southwest Iceland, when they were killed on June 3rd, 1844. The single egg they'd been incubating at the time was crushed in the process. [ x ]

[lestatfag]

STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]

[phaeton-flier]

Bear religion probably fucking rocks. You're a fucking bear, you're the deadliest thing on earth, once a year an endless supply of salmon just flings itself up the river to gorge on and then you nap for 3 months.

[phaeton-flier]

The most delicious food in the world is protected by tiny demons who can defend it from everyone except you. Your natural armor is thick enough that you can just eat the damn hive while they buzz around you. God's chosen animals right there

[theaudientvoid]

[centrally-unplanned]

Regular bears tell stories of angel bears sent by the Bear God, pure white and twice as strong as any normal bear could be, who rule the summit of the Earth and kill all who stand in their path.

And they are right, those bears exist and totally do that. Humans just have fake angels as a cope.

[theabigailthorn]

love the idea of bears being the chosen species actually. having a near death experience and glimpsing heaven and realising it's just full of bears, no humans at all, humans not ensouled actually, humans an accidental byproduct of God's plan for bears

[rylandgraces]

there’s a friday ass vibe about this wednesday boys keep your wits about you

[hopepunk-humanity]

“Humans are inherently selfish--" Then why do so many cultures value hospitality, to the point of dictating it in their religions? Why is it so common for hosts to offer their visitors their best food, and as much of it as they can? At some point, multiple cultures decided that they knew what it felt like to be alone and vulnerable, and promised each other to never let those who stay with them feel that way. That doesn't sound very "inherently selfish" to me.

[wolfsteax]

"humans are the plague"

No. Humans are animals as much as the fish and the bear. We are pack animals who have survived by strong bonds and community.

Do not buy the lie that humans are inherently evil. Societies can trick you into believing this, but it's not the truth of humanity.

Humans crave being together, sharing together, and thriving together.

Capitalism just wants you to believe we're destined for selfishness.

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

I love her, your honour

[antiqueanimals]

Wildlife in North Carolina, January 1974. Illustration by Eldridge Hardie.

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[pennaraptor]

emotional responses are deeply evolutionarily advantageous in any animals that are making complex decisions and behaviors (in many vertebrates, say) because they act as a reinforcer for a behavior. a bird taking a vigorous bath in a puddle is probably happy because if that behavior didnt elicit a positive feeling they wouldn't do it (it is dangerous to be on the ground and wet!). if an animal can feel fear, which i think is a less contested assertion to make, then it can certainly feel the opposite, that is, happy.

[pennaraptor]

Bernd Heinrich in his book Nesting Season

[blackbearmagic]

so I actually did have felt but I fucked up real bad

[blackbearmagic]

weird thought, though

what if I got a bunch of air-dry clay (ie, model magic) and scultped that over the cardboard to make a more solid, sturdy form

[blackbearmagic]

actually I think that might be a terrible idea

[blackbearmagic]

so I actually did have felt but I fucked up real bad

[blackbearmagic]

weird thought, though

what if I got a bunch of air-dry clay (ie, model magic) and scultped that over the cardboard to make a more solid, sturdy form