[herpsandbirds]

3 Species of Horned Frog from Mount Kinabalu, Borneo: genus Pelobatrachus, family Megophryidae

T - Kobayashi’s Horned Frog (Pelobatrachus kobayashii)

M - Kinabalu Horned Frog (Pelobatrachus baluensis)

B - Malayan Horned Frog (Pelobatrachus nasutus)

photographs by Steijn Pulles

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[herpsandbirds]

Chameleon Forest Dragon (Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus), male, family Agamidae, found in the forests of central Java, Indonesia

photograph by BryGuy Reptiles

[escuerzoresucitado]

[behaviornerdwithahat]

In case anyone finds it helpful because mobility aids are horrifically expensive and inaccessible…

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

He also is working on cheap, open source, accessible designs for beach chairs, off road chairs, motorized attachments (think smart drive), and so on. Plus he skateboards in his wheelchair. Cool dude, helpful info, pass it on.

[sumi-sprite]

It's incredibly sad people have to resort to this, but it's a damn good resource. Use it. Spread awareness. Maybe one day people with physical disabilities won't need DIYs like this. But until then, reblog and share.

[escuerzoresucitado]

[animalssittingoncapybaras]

Otter sits on a capybara

[lizardsfromspace]

There's a whole demographic of people who are profoundly incurious and just assume everyone else is too, so when they see something unfamiliar they immediately rush to declare that not only have they never heard of it, none of you did either. You're just pretending. You had to look it up, don't lie. You didn't know this

And like, so what if someone had to look something up. That's how you learn new things. People usually say this about knowledge that's pretty damn basic, but I can't get over how they're not only scornful at the idea of people trying to learn something new, they casually assume everyone else is, too

[soft-butch-cassidy]

I was getting pretty fed up with links and generators with very general and overused weapons and superpowers and what have you for characters so:

Here is a page for premodern weapons, broken down into a ton of subcategories, with the weapon’s region of origin. 

Here is a page of medieval weapons.

Here is a page of just about every conceived superpower.

Here is a page for legendary creatures and their regions of origin.

Here are some gemstones.

Here is a bunch of Greek legends, including monsters, gods, nymphs, heroes, and so on. 

Here is a website with a ton of (legally attained, don’t worry) information about the black market.

Here is a website with information about forensic science and cases of death. Discretion advised. 

Here is every religion in the world. 

Here is every language in the world.

Here are methods of torture. Discretion advised.

Here are descriptions of the various methods used for the death penalty. Discretion advised.

Here are poisonous plants.

Here are plants in general.

Feel free to add more to this!

[thejovianmute]

An exceedingly useful list of lists for writers.

[dailyotter]

Otter, You Sit Like a Grizzly Bear

Via Amaury Laporte

[sixpenceee]

Some biologists refer to octopuses having six “arms” and two “legs” because the two rear appendages are generally used to walk on the seafloor. 

Source

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Crimson-Mantled Woodpecker - Peru

Photographer: Supreet Sahoo

[trashzy-deactivated20211214]

Red-eared Firetail

[justnoodlefishthings]

POV: you are a lump of fresh dough at the bakery

[artisticlog-deactivated20231213]

Highland Cattle Calf 🐮 How cute? ❤️ Whalsay, Shetland Isles, UK

[wave-on-seashell]

Stunning gardens

[scarletandgreyexotics]

Shiraz, 2016 Dominican Red Mountain Boa (Chilabothrus s. striatus)

[ainawgsd]

Reblogging for Serpent Sunday