Brand Lokason

Son of Loki and Auðhelga. Not a role-playing blog.

[natasailincic]

Foxes have been haunting my dreams of late…

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#CROW NO

Crow: CROW YES!

[notcuddles]

It’s actually impossible to measure how many fucks a corvid give because there is no device sensitive enough to register such a tiny amount.

[pardonmewhileipanic]

science/animal side of tumblr… explain to me the birb thing

[red3blog]

Tail Pulling is a behavior noted in many corvids. The practical application is to create a distraction that will allow the birb to make off with the target’s food. Imagine being in the lunch room and a large fellow has a Twinkie you covet. You can’t just take it from him because he’ll defend his Twinkie. But if you thwap him on the back of his neck and then dash around to snag the Twinkie while he investigates, you stand a decent chance of enjoying spongey goodness. This is basically that in birb form.

Except corvids don’t only do this as a distraction. Sometimes they seem to just being doing it to mess with other animals/birbs. But to use my lunch room analogy, there are times you might thwap someone sneakily on the back of the neck just for amusement. Primates exhibit behavior that appears to be just be annoying other animals for amusement. Given how intelligent crows are, its not unlikely that this is a manifestation of an innate desire to just fuck with someone else for the fun of it. Such as this from the link above:

[pardonmewhileipanic]

THANK YOU FOR THE BIRB KNOWLEDGE

[whitmerule]

BECAUSE IT IS FUN

[queenbloo-blog]

This speaks to me on a molecular level.

[askfordoodles]

birbs just wanna have fun

[huntersonthewingarchive]

Sorry to hijack a little, but to put it bluntly, corvids are also pretty BALSY. They are more than prepared to harass other huge birds of prey which could deal them a lot of damage. There’s plenty of cases of corvids ‘riding’ other birds as well. It’s often to harass the larger bird out of the area, but as @red3blog said, they quite often (in layman’s terms) enjoy fucking shit up for fun.

‘Where the hell is the seatbelt on this thing?’

I mean they deserve a medal for having such huge bird balls imo

Literally no fucks are given by corvids. Ever.

[red3blog]

“Onward, my steed! To valor!”

“I swear to gosh, Frank, get the fuck off me.”

[dduane]

Save space. Stack your corvids. 

[bastlynn]

Corvids are *awesome*. I’d love to have one as a pet but like an octopus I’m pretty sure it’d turn out to be smarter than me.

[hotdevushkashit]

I think it’s technically illegal to have corvids as pets (as a private citizen) but sometimes people get by with when they find an injured one and rehab it.

Not a corvid, but my aunt had a “pet” owl that she nursed back to health and he ended up sticking around of his own accord. He would come and go as he pleased but he always came back to my aunt’s house. She had a fox that did more or less the same thing.

[falconcloaked]

My grandparents once rescued two magpies and one buzzard, and the three of them stayed at their home for a long time while they could have left at any time. Birds are smart and certainly enjoy nice humans’ company.

[melodyandviolence]

[lifeasiknowshit]

Nature’s Embrace by proxi-mity

[wordsnquotes]

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind (via wordsnquotes)

[glitzandgrandeur]

Light reflecting through a stained glass window onto a wall mosaic. 

Photograph taken at St Vitus Cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic, by Susan, of Glitz & Grandeur.

[alwaysabeautifullife]

This made my day

[delta-breezes]

The Grounds of Alexandria

[livetalskare]

[watchoutforintellect]

I was brave, I resisted, I set myself on fire.

Louise Glück - from Stars

[hellishsuggestion]

your fangs and claws are meant to protect you, cherish them

[spiritofthewoodlands-deactivate]

Verdant by Emerald-Depths

[watchoutforintellect]

He takes her in his arms He wants to say I love you, nothing can hurt you. But he thinks this is a lie, so he says in the end You’re dead, nothing can hurt you which seems to him a more promising beginning, more true.

Louise Gluck - from A Myth of Devotion

[voiceofnature]

Mushroom landart by Jill Bliss

[intaier]

Speak to the Gods. Ancient prayers are good. So are contemporary prayers written by priests and devotees. So are your own words that express the yearnings of your heart. Calling Them by names, titles, and epithets is good, but remember – They know They’re Gods. You’re the one who needs to be reminded. Express your admiration and devotion. Give thanks where appropriate. Ask for what you want… but consider Who you’re speaking to. Is your request something important or something trivial? And remember the principle of reciprocity: if you expect to receive, you should expect to give. Be careful what you offer. If you say “I’ll do whatever you want me to do” They may take you up on it in ways you never considered. My experience has been that the Gods are mostly (but not always) lenient with beginners, but much more strict with those of us who should know better. Pray respectfully and pray mindfully, but pray.

John Beckett “Beginning a Devotional Practice“ (via kitienen)

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“Enchanted Forest” by Emil Rashkovski

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Papaver Somniferum – Vlada Monakhova vladamonakhova.com | paracomart.tumblr.com