[porkbuttsandtaters]

tumblr media criticism

[fuckblast]

hobbits win again

[rongzhi]

A woman explaining how to pet a Mongolian mastiff. According to OP, this is Muyu and Mufang's first Dahan (大寒; "Great Cold"; Jan 20 - Feb 3), which is the final term of the 24 solar terms in a year according to the Chinese calendar. English added by me :)

[blondejaneblonde]

“We made them a nest, but they won’t go to it” is such a universal pet owner mood. 😂

[voidwulv]

[criptochecca]

Us the venezuelans

[criptochecca]

[pictures-of-dogs]

fat fuck friday

[midiport]

what did doc martens get his phd in

[dutchovensnuggie]

“Klaus Märtens was a doctor in the German army during World War II. “ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Martens

[midiport]

[sovietsofficial]

[chaseyourglitterdreams]

[fuckyeahbobcats]

Bobcat love

[skootdawg]

Sperm whale mimics a spinning diver.

[gallusrostromegalus]

Humans: *encounters Earth’s Largest Carnivore, who would could swallow them whole, probably*

Human: … Spin?

Earth’s largest carnivore, with a brain that weighs almost as much as this naked beach ape*: SPIN!

[regaldragonempress]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SPERM WHALES ARE CARNIVORES

I THOUGHT THEY ATE KRILL AND STUFF LIKE OTHER WHALES

[gallusrostromegalus]

Nope! Sperm whales eat extremely large deep-sea squids, like the Giant and Colossal Squids. They have also been known to opportunistically eat dead whales, sharks, and seals, but not actively hunt them. They got real big teeth for it too:

However, they only have teeth on thier bottom jaw!  they have corresponding holes in their top jaw for the teeth to lock into, which makes hanging onto a slippery, boneless squid:

It should be noted that the human here isn’t in particular danger of being eaten on purpose, but an accidental swing of it’s multi-ton head, a clip from the teeth, or being directly in the line of it’s sonar could seriously injure or kill them- Divers that have been in the direct line of echolocation for a sperm whale calf have described being hit with the soundwave like “being kicked by a horse” and some have suffered internal organ damage.  Sperm whales, like other large whales, aren’t particularly aggressive towards humans, but they are still very large wild animals who behave in unpredictable ways.

I know that in US waters, it’s illegal to intentionally come within 300 yards of any whale or dolphin, and if one appears closer you should turn off your engine or stop paddling to avoid accidental injury to you or it.  This human is doing something dangerous and ill-advised, but it’s still hopeful that we can love something like a 130,000 lb deep-diving, squid-eating Oceanic former ungulate.

[bogleech]

Okay but @regaldragonempress and others in notes….I’m delighted to inform you all that actually all whales are carnivores. Krill are crustaceans, making them animals, making them full of meat, and they aren’t “microscopic plankton” either. These are krill:

You always hear a factoid like “the biggest animal in the world eats one of the tiniest!!!” but it’s kind of hyperbolic, most animal life, in the ocean and otherwise, is still smaller than krill!

[coriesu]

“When we pray we speak to God, but when we read; God speak to Us.”

St. Jerome

[beyonce-knowles-carter]

DISNEY / PIXAR LOCATIONS & THEIR REAL-LIFE INSPIRATIONS

Motunui ➤ SAMOA  Belle’s Village ➤ ALSACE (France) Sultan’s Palace ➤ TAJ MAHAL (India) Atlantis ➤ ANGKOR WAT (Cambodia) Paradise Falls ➤ ANGEL FALLS (Venezuela) Elsa’s Ice Palace ➤ HÔTEL DE GLACE (Canada) Eric’s Castle ➤ CHÂTEAU DE CHILLON (Switzerland) DunBroch Castle ➤ DUNNOTTAR CASTLE (Scotland) Beast’s Castle ➤ CHÂTEAU DE CHAMBORD (France) Kingdom of Corona ➤ MONT SAINT-MICHEL (France) Snow White’s Castle ➤ ALCÁZAR DE SEGOVIA (Spain) Aurora’s Castle ➤ NEUSCHWANSTEIN CASTLE (Germany)

[pictures-of-dogs]

how do you feel about red "dogs" (given that they're not actually dogs)

they're my favorite honorary dogs

[lady-tabris]

[gemsofgreece]

Καλή Χρονιά! Happy New Year!

Location: Volos, Greece

Photo by @koulamelachrinaki via Instagram.

[eldercunninghams]

[mslockheart]

I always have to start the New Years with this picture.

[halorvic]

how have you been?

[halorvic]

Update:

[halorvic]

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🎉

[witcher3art]

Garrison by Jakub Dzikowski Source: https://ift.tt/3ck9vpb

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[afloweroutofstone]

It’s always fun to be reminded how recent European national identities are. Peasants in 1860’s Sicily had never heard the term “Italy” before, the majority of people in France didn’t speak French at the time of the French Revolution, etc.

[dostoyevsky-official]

[pyjnda]

from the observations of a british diplomat in the ukraine in 1912, quoted in Bini Adamczacks Beziehungsweise Revolution

[when one asks the avarage peasant farmer in the ukraine about his nationality, he will answer, he is "greek-orthodox"; when one pushes him to say whether he is a russian, a pole, or a ukranian, he will answer, he is a farmer; and when one demands demands to find out which language he speeks, he will say that he speaks "the language from around here". ... i.e. when one wants to find out which state he would like to belong to – whether he would rather be governed by an pan-russian or a specifically ukranian government – one will find out, that in his opinion, all governments are a plague on the land, and it would be best, if the "christian peasantfolk" were left to themselves.]

[prohumanagenda]

I, too, think it would be best if the Christian peasantfolk were left to themselves.