peardragon

Sooz. Dork from Texas Town. I lack spoons due to fibro, hashi, and migraines. Slytherin. Marvel, DnD, Star Trek, Avengers, VR. reading, knitting and drawing. This is my post whatever-I-Feel-Like blog.

[pigeonriot]

Nobody:

Absolutely nobody:

Bisexuals:

[lsseymiyake]

“Listening to the signs”

[askconnie]

Don't worry, Steven likes your butt and your fancy hair. I know, I read his diary.

“Er… thanks, Pearl.”

- @suf-fering

[peardragon]

if only someone told Jasper this

[zarekthelordofthefries]

Not to critique evolution, but I would think orange and black stripes wouldn’t be as good for camouflage in a forest as, say, green and black would.

[acceptableduraz]

It turns out a lot of animals can’t see the difference between orange and green!  Elephants, for instance, have dichromatic vision (two types of cones, rather than three like most humans.) 

Check out this diagram from ResearchGate.  It deals with the color vision of horses, who are also generally dichromatic.  (I think, though I’m not sure, that zebras would have the same color vision as horses.)  See how orange and green look to them?

[zarekthelordofthefries]

Not to critique evolution but I think prey animals should be better at telling when their predator is dressed like a traffic cone.

[squeeful]

It doesn’t matter what zebras see, because tigers are not native to Africa and do not naturally hunt zebra.  Tigers are Asian and mostly hunt animals like deer, elk, and buffalo.  These aren’t animals with great color vision.  They don’t need to have it because they don’t eat fruit and so don’t need to know when the berry is ripe vs when it’s not.  Good color vision is too expensive to have if you don’t need it.  Deer put their vision stats in a wide field of vision that is sensitive to motion, low light capabilities, and possibly seeing UV light.  They don’t have great color and lack a lot of acuity, but have a great sense of smell and good hearing.  That’s way more useful if you’re prey.  Deer see well in the blue end of the color spectrum and less well in the red.  This makes sense because deer are most active in the dawn and dusk periods, when there is more blue in the light.  Tigers are taking advantage of deer eyesight by being orange.

We see tigers are being obviously colored because tigers are fruit colored to our tree ape brains.

[thelibrarina]

I don’t know what the best part of this is: implying that deer chose their attributes on a character sheet, or the fact that we get to see tiger colors because they look like a snack.

[authoratmidnight]

Ok but like, I think you underestimate just how well they blend in when actually in the environment. Like, just using tigers as an example.

or how about a leopard?

It’s called ‘disruptive colouration’ because the markings help to break up the animal’s outline against the grasses or rocks. And the rosettes on leopards and jaguars? Sun spots shining through the trees and leaves on the ground.

And this is how hard it is to spot them WITH colour vision. Now imagine the above images but with the limited coloured mentioned above?

[hecate-hollow]

I’m sorry but there is not an animal in that first leopard picture

[authoratmidnight]

Are you, sure about that?

[thecheshirecass-deactivated2018]

“Tigers are fruit colored” is my new favorite phrase.

[everydaylouie]

nice birdie!

[erikmaer]

Yes, I VERY love her, ahah

[tractorgoth]

DIY Culture:

“I made it myself for FREE!*”

*free = 3 hours, profanity in 4 languages, 1 smashed thumb, 3mLs of blood

[rumade]

And £50 of materials you’re pretending cost you nothing because you got them so long ago you’ve moved house with them 4 times

[kayas-wife]

Wow, and here I thought call-out culture was dead

[veridium]

If you’re reading this: this is your sign that your WIP is worth writing, is worth the effort, and that you are doing great. Keep going, take breaks, reflect. But do not lose sight of how far you’ve come on this project! You can do it!

[peardragon]

Felt fierce, might delete later.

Took a moment out of filming something (!!!) to get a rage selfie.

[mintchocalot]

Netflix and knit. Reblog if you agree.

[peardragon]

knitflex

[dea-thgrips]

I know that “ACAB” is an acronym for All Cops Are Bastards but every time I see it I still think Assigned Cop At Birth

[dat-soldier]

“Sir… Ma’am… it’s a cop.”

“No!! Surely there’s a mistake!”

[peardragon]

fuuuuuck they’re done

[serpentwife-deactivated20200820]

[shadowpeople]

free soup

[annabellioncourt]

you’re going to be so, so cursed.

[bogleech]

I mean, that’s not wrong, we just eventually decided to start cataloging curses and naming them things like “amoebic dysentery”

[making-friendos]

They're sisters

[peardragon]

Jasper Armsocks 1.0!

There are some definite problems with these first go-around. I made the hole too big in the tights, so they don’t actually cover my shoulders. I will likely have to remake them, but it’s possible to have two toned armsocks!!

[moldyjunk]

Two years ago today, we in the Steven Universe fandom lost a friend. Her name was Olutoba Akomolede, aka @venusshuttrap/@catharticaagh.

We still don't know how she ended up in that river, as there haven't been any updates on the investigation since then (that we know of), but I know for a fact that she didn't jump.

Regardless, her life mattered and she should still be here with us today.