Hyhmä

Isaac de Kraken: Defensor extremista de la vida animal, anseriforme. Buen olfato porque visión, no. Marina de Poseidón

[julietjardin]

The Black Sea at night, Ivan Aivazovsky, oil on canvas, 1879

[nurmesiandesign]

On Tjugondag jul, there has been a tradition a bit analogous to modern Santa Claus, where men dressed as a goat (Finnish: Nuuttipukki) would visit houses. Unlike Santa Claus, Nuuttipukki was a scary character (cf. Krampus). The men dressed as Nuuttipukki wandered from house to house, came in, and typically demanded household residents for food and especially alcoholic beverages. In Finland the Nuuttipukki tradition is still living at areas of Satakunta, Finland Proper and Ostrobothnia. However, nowadays the character is usually played by children and now involves a happy encounter.

Dialectical proverb from Noormarkku says: Hyvä Tuomas joulun tua, paha Knuuti poijes viä or “Good [St.] Thomas brings the Christmas, evil Knut takes [it] away.”

[onceuponawildflower]

Ah yes

the majestic flapflaps…

[thegreenwolf]

Wait, are those breaching mantas?

no they are the majestic flapflaps

[sorrynotsorrybi]

Totally here for bi squids. (full article here)

[stilesisbiles]

I couldn’t resist

[bisexualbaker]

You have no idea how here I am for bi squids (and other cephalopods).

[seagodofmagic]

“others have suggested that a speedy and indiscriminate sexual encounter may be a way for the squids to avoid being trapped in a cannabilistic encounter”

[stumpyx163]

Captivity vs Nature

[soycaptainandtheworldoftomorrow]

I feel really bad for the sea lion that Seaworld forces to approach his/her natural predator.

[chocolate-milk-motel-deactivate]

Is it bad that I’m laughing extremely hard at how the orca just annihilates the sea lon in the 2nd gif?

[soycaptainandtheworldoftomorrow]

all I can hear is NYOOM

[zinge]

You wanna know something cool? Recent studies of orcas seem to show that during the seal breeding season, they knowingly limit their intake of seals.  In fact, there are documented cases of orcas gently grabbing seal pups and pulling them into shore to keep them safe from being eaten.

Why? You might wonder.

The case studies seem to say that the orcas know that no baby seals growing up means less seals next year.  They are so intelligent that they’re aware of their own impact as a predatory species on their prey and actively work to conserve the number of that prey species for the future.  Maybe we could learn something about moderation and conservation from these animals.

[porpoise-princess-deactivated20]

I’m telling you, orcas are smarter than us. And yet some people see no problem in treating them like circus clowns. 

[mojavedolphins]

reason #710 why I love whales

[vivziepop]

Orcas also have a larger emotional section of the brain, they literally feel more emotion then we do.

I honestly think they are superior animals.

[oxeous-blog]

[anarchopupgirl]

[gif-giz]

[disgustinganimals]

something to think about

[gaeree]

CANADIAN ZODIAC 3: Baby Seal

ICE ICE BABY 

[metalgearsolid2]

why use gendered terms like dude, girl, etc with your friends when u can just call them comrade

[soft-communism]

❤☮☭folloш foя мoяе soft сoммцпisм☭☮❤

[gentlemanbones]

NO, NOT SOFT COMMUNISM. IT MUST BE HARD. LIKE SIBERIAN WINTER.

[steelylaceribbon]

Sir Edward John Poynter, Cave of the Storm Nymphs, (1903)

[luxuryofconviction]

"How to Open a Can without a Can Opener" 

[luxuryofconviction]

The single most useful thing I have ever learned from youtube. Damn.

[nerdyhbic]

Bless these Russians for helping me gain a skill I will need should a zombie apocalypse happen.

[ex0skeletal]

Works by Donato Giancola

[sovietnam]

[wizcoylifa]

R E T U R N    T O    T H E     D E P T H S

[carmidoll-deactivated20230121]

Pearls for Kisses - Fred Appleyard

[velaroye]

Old Navy Coins

[ancientart]

The Nebra sky disk, found near Nebra, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. It is dated to c. 1600 BCE, and is associated with the Bronze Age Unetice culture.

This artifact weighs 2.2 kg, and is inlaid with gold symbols. It is thought that this disk was an astronomical instrument, and likely also held religious significance. This find reconfirms the abilities and astronomical knowledge of the people of the European Bronze Age, which included the sun’s angle between its rising and setting points at summer and winter solstice, and close observation of the sun’s course over the year. The Nebra sky disk is the oldest known “portable instrument” showing such measurements.

The disk appears to have been developed in four stages (Meller 2004):

1) On the right is the waxing moon, on the left the full moon, and between and above, the Pleiades.

2) Arcs are added on the horizon for the zones of the setting and rising of the sun. Individual stars were shifted and/or covered.

3) The “sun boat” is added.

4) The disk in its current condition. A star and part of the full moon (or sun) was restored.

(The diagrams used are by Rainer Zenz)

Euan MacKie suggests that the Nebra disk can be linked to Alexander Thom’s reconstructed solar calendar from his analysis of standing stone alignments in Britain.

Courtesy & currently located at the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Germany. Photo taken by Anagoria.

[tkohl]

[calamityjon]

War Kitties in Hammocks

Carriers and other vessels got infested with rodents. So cats were not just moral boosters (which they very much were) they were also working members of the crew. Some have even been immortalized for surviving multiple attacks on their ships, etc. Military dogs have been recognized for the important roles they’ve played but I think cats kinda get lost in the shuffle of military animals sometimes.

Everyone, shut up a minute.

War Kitty.

[tealosaurus-nyx]

CATS IN HAMMOCKS ON BOATS