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So I decided to post one of my few non fandom ocs just to see of people like em, here they are :]
The Giant Emerald Pill-Millipede: this enormous millipede can curl its body into a sphere, and it's roughly the size of a tennis ball or a small orange
Zoosphaerium neptunus, commonly known as the giant emerald pill-millipede, is the world's largest species of pill-millipede, with females measuring up to 90mm long (roughly 3.5 inches). The size of its rolled-up body is often compared to a baseball, a tennis ball, or a small orange.
The males are roughly half that size, measuring only about 45mm (1.8 inches) long.
This species is found only in Madagascar, which is home to several other endemic species of giant pill-millipedes (order Sphaerotheriida). In the local Malagasy language, giant pill-millipedes are also known by the name "tainkintana," which means "shooting-star."
Pill-millipedes use conglobation as a defense mechanism, which means that they can curl their bodies into spheres, with their dorsal plates forming protective shields around the softer, more vulnerable parts of their bodies, just like pill-bugs or "roly-polies."
When their bodies are completely rolled-up, they look almost like gently polished chunks of malachite, emerald, or jade.
Giant emerald pill-millipedes have also been known to form large swarms that travel together as a group. This is the only species of giant pill-millipede that engages in any type of swarming behavior, and the purpose of that behavior is still unclear. The swarms often contain thousands of individuals, and almost all of them move in the same direction, even when there is little to no physical contact that would allow them to "herd" one another along.
Their swarming behavior also has some very peculiar features, as this article explains:
During swarming, Zoosphaerium neptunus individuals pay little attention to their surroundings; many specimens were observed walking straight into and drowning in small puddles. Some swarms even display ‘cliché lemming behaviour:' in Marojejy, a large part of a swarm walked into and drowned in a small river.
No single specimen was observed walking ‘against the current,' all specimens were moving in the same direction (southeast), even when not in contact with one another.
Of 273 randomly collected individuals, 105 were males, while 168 were females. The males were 8.3 - 14.1 mm wide (average width 10.4 mm). According to the inner horns of the posterior telopods, all males were sexually mature. The females were 9.95 - 15.4 mm wide (average width 11.4 mm). All females displayed non sclerotized vulvae and were sexually immature.
Some researchers argue that the swarming serves as a defense mechanism, providing a layer of protection (or at least some cryptic cover) against local predators, but the swarming behavior is still poorly understood.
I want to remind everyone that these animals belong in their own natural habitat -- they should not be trapped, bought, sold, traded, shipped, collected, or kept as pets. This particular species does not survive well in captivity, either, and the demand for "exotic" invertebrates is putting the wild populations in jeopardy. The previous article discusses those issues, too:
Another possible threat for Z. neptunus swarms are collections for the pet trade. There exists a large demand in Japan, Europe and North America for 'green -eyed monsters’ as pets. Giant pill -millipedes from Madagascar unfortunately have a very short survival time in terraria. The species is specialized on low-energy food (dead leaves), and adapted to the cool climates (<20°C) of the highlands. Specimens in terraria often starve to death quickly.
So I know that they're adorable and really, really fascinating...but let's just let them be their chunky, adorable little selves out in the wild where they belong.
Sources & More Info:
European Journal of Taxonomy: Seven New Giant Pill-Millipede Species and New Records of the Genus Zoosphaerium from Madagascar
Madagascar Conservation & Development: Swarming Behavior in the World's Largest Giant Pill-Millipede, Z. neptunus, and its Implication for Conservation Efforts
Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum: The Giant Millipedes, Order Sphaerotheriida (an Annotated Species Catalogue) (PDF)
African Invertebrates: Madagascar's Living Giants: Discovery of Five New Species of Endemic Giant Pill-Millipedes from Madagascar (PDF)
white people go like “is anyone going to redesign this nonhuman evil character as a poc?” and not wait for an answer
white people go “is anyone going to redesign this nonhuman good character as a white person?” and not wait for an answer
white people can rb but please do not clown
white people really cant give a shit abt anyone but themselves unless held at gunpoint or smth huh?
“what about the poor little white kids just trying to have fun?” what about the poor little kids of color made to feel unsafe and unwelcome in a space that was supposed to be fun?
“why can’t poc just make their own redesigns and we can keep these ones” why cant you realize that your actions have consequences and that you should maybe try to not enforce racist stereotypes??
like ofc its ideal to have VARIETY among both villains AND protagonists, its when your characters look like this
that the issue arises
scratch “can”, white people are encouraged to reblog
[Image description: 3 white stickmen labeled as "good guys" and 3 Brown stickmen labeled as "bad guys". End image description.]
New crk oc
Haven't posted anything in a year, oof. Anyways have some of my Dandy's World desings as a compensation for the absence
Drew Bassie bcs I love love LOVE Bassie :3
Another Crk oc yay :3 I actually really like how her design turned out
I already posted these two in crk oc community thing, and they got a good reaction there, so I wanted to post them here
I'm finally gonna post something in here, yay!!
since the old version of this post was flagged for 'adult content'...
reblog this post if your account is a trans safe space or owned by a trans person!
along with that, reblog if your account is a trans non-binary spectrum safe space or owned by someone on the trans enby spectrum!