A small disaster

Ellie • she/her • 20-something

[tinuart]

Myrrh’s Raven

This one was so fun and fast, I’m happy with it c:

june 2021

[whitepeopletwitter]

[theropoda]

HEY PALEOBLR

you know how oviraptorosaurs are often called "chickenparrots?"

well i recently learned abt the real life chickenparrot: the kili mooku chicken ("parrot beak/nose" in tamil)

i unfortunately dont know as much about them as i'd like since idk tamil well but from what little i understand, they're a show breed developed in tamil nadu (my state!) who are surprisngly health despite how odd they look! their breed standard also seems to include little to no wattles save a single round comb, so that one comb makes em look even more like oviraptorosaurs!

oviraptorosaur..........2!!!!!

[pangur-and-grim]

for non-paleo people, Oviraptor is a genus of non-avian dinosaurs that ranged from cat to pony-sized. Oviraptors are known for their snub faces, and if you look at reconstructions they do look strikingly similar to this chicken breed:

art by Jennifer Miller

skeletal by Jaime A. Headden

[shadowtherat]

9 week old Egg doing scent work - not only is this impressive due to her age, but she also taught the entire trick to herself! She watched me play the scent game with Olive and then copied Olive to a tee, bringing the correct scent to me and everything! I was amazed and so rewarded this, and since then she has been continuing to find the correct scent.

Anyways I am super proud of Egg and I can’t wait to keep training with her!

[followthebluebell]

So Julianna claimed a basket that was on top of some pillows as her bed. No problem, I'm pretty happy to let her sleep wherever she wants.

But the basket tipped over and she just kinda poured out. I'm not sure she understands what happened. She looks so confused.

[followthebluebell]

Somehow she recovered from her shock.

[sidhewrites]

Op I’m sorry I absolutely love your poor girl look at her confused little face

[followthebluebell]

I love this more than words can express. I'm going to print this out and put it on the fridge.

[axolotly]

Reading Watership Down is so fun because I’ll be like “Get his ass, Bigwig,” and then he looks like fucking this

[yellow-cat]

they’re in love, your honour

[finchwingart]

a leetle boy

[magiciansource]

Why do you even care after what she did to you?

[humanstein]

Forever stuck in my heart.

[tombofnull]

Frog.

[tombofnull]

Frog, but now in motion.

[memeclassheroes]

[blackqueerblog]

FACTS!

[heathenvampires]

Additions: if your viral load is suppressed by medication to the point it’s undetectable, it’s considered untransmittable, even without condoms. Children with HIV+ carriers are usually given medication when they’re born, to make sure any of the virus doesn’t take hold (which we also do to adults who fear they’ve been exposed, it’s called PEP ((Post Exposure Prophylaxis)), which is a month of medication and must be started within 72 hours of exposure).

(There’s also PreP - Pre Exposure Prophylaxis, which is taking medication if you feel you are at risk of being exposed to HIV, whether through sexual partners or sharing injection needles)

This is why we need universal free healthcare - so people can go on and have happy, healthy lives despite the HIV diagnosis. Nobody should die or live in fear when the treatment is so damn simple and effective.

[flyonthewallmedstudent]

HIV is not as deadly as it once was in the 1980s-1990s. 

There’s been a lot of progress in this. So long as you’re taking your medications (anti-retrovirals), it’s essentially become another chronic disease like diabetes or COPD etc. HIV patients nowadays are living into their 60s and 70s and are more likely to die of cardiovascular disease rather than opportunistic infections or AIDS defining illnesses. 

If the HIV viral load is undetectable, then your CD4 counts (your white cells that are affected by the virus) should normalise. Such that you’re no different to the general population when it comes to infection risk.

Yes, we should all still be precautious, but it’s no longer a death sentence. 

Stigma remains because of how it is transmitted.

[thesaltofcarthage]

We need to share this information as widely as possible.

Silence still Equals Death.

[mischievousquokka]

For those who skimmed: this does NOT mean you need not worry about HIV any more.

It DOES mean you need to worry about health care (both individually and as a system), and it DOES mean that if you fear you got exposed, you need to know what to do, and you have to be quick.

[nightlightheart]

MUSHROOM MUG!!!!!

[toadschooled]

Ranitomeya imitator, or the mimic poison frog, is a species with a number of unique behaviors. These frogs deliberately feed on toxic invertebrates in order to produce their own poison, which they secrete directly from their skin. They’re also devoted parents and one of the few species of frogs shown to be monogamous. In the images above we see a male transporting a tadpole on his back, carrying them to a safe water source where they will continue to grow. Meanwhile the female of the pair will provide their offspring with infertile eggs as a food source. The frog shown here was captive bred in Ohio. Images by John Clare.

[ostdrossel]

Today, I was lucky enough to be in the most pleasant presence of this sleepy lady. Not taken with the feeder cam, obviously, but I thought you might enjoy :)

[followthebluebell]

Pre-T, I could mimic my cats’ meows perfectly.

Post-T, my voice dropped approximately a fuck-ton (metric) and I can no longer do that. Lil'y has responded by making her own meows as gravely as possible, so I can meow at her again.

So if there are any other guys or non-binaries out there who are worried that their pets won’t recognize them after they start hormone-therapy or something similar, don’t worry. Your pets will love you. They already know who you are.