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@r4d1x
the differences between crocodiles and alligators in case u were not aware
@dholes
Both are friends.
@rashkah
But how about gharial and caiman?
here comes the rest of the family
The gangâs all here
The difference between a crocodile and an alligator is if you see it in a while or later
The subconscious subtext of The Legend of Korra. This is about what you feel when watching Korra that isnât explicitly mention or part of the plot.
The bodily invasion and lack of agency.
Amon terrorizes Korra and eventually takes away her bending. Stripping her of her agency.
Unalaq literally reaches in and pulls Raava out of Korra.
Zaheer chains her up and injects poison into Korra and she ends up in a wheelchair.
Aang in ALTA has never went through these types of experiences. But Korra did.
Why Korra? I donât think the writers intended so but Korra acts as an avatar for a women experience in a male dominated world.
The most interesting thing is Kuvira, the only female villain. She isnât like the other villains. She out right challenges her to a 1 vs 1 match where she states âyou can use the avatar state and all the elements.â She does not try to use her or abuse her.
Anyways~ thanks for reading. Iâm lol still processing my rewatch of Legend of Korra.
I agree with everything you said except giving the writerâs the benefit of the doubt.
She was THE most powerful bender on the planet. A living GOD. But she didnât even feel safe in her own bed, and we got several narratives of sneak into her bed and violate or steal her? Those are rape narratives, full stop.
Whatâs more the torture and violence we saw done to Korra would have NEVER made it past a brainstorm with Aangâs white(adjacent) body. Literally never.
If thereâs ever a remake of Korra, Bryke need not touch a single page of the storyboard.
iâm obsessed with shows like supernatural, teen wolf, etc. where a person gets attacked and the doctor in the ER is immediately like âit looks like they were attacked by a wolfâ like it makes me FEEL INSANE
HOW many wolf attacks is the average US ER doctor seeing to make this instant assessment
as a wildlife biologist I wouldnât assume a wolf attack unless the victim was found while being Actively attacked by wolves
Itâs a different thing in the USA we actually have wild animals.
Iâm American. I got my degree in West Virginia. There have been 2 (MAYBE 3, itâs a little unclear) verifiable fatal wolf attacks in All of North America since at least as far back as 1900. I promise no doctor is assuming wolves when a patient gets rolled in. That said, this post is just a joke
So, in this case, what a doctor will assume?
Asking for a writer.
Iâm not a doctor, but from the wildlife perspective, Iâd assume dogs first if the person were in-town. MAYBE a bear, depending on where you are. Grizzly country and black bear country are different. If you need a character to get attacked by a wild animal, just start by googling historic cases of animal attacks in the setting.Â
ALSO, I know itâs fiction, but I hope writers start thinking more about our responsibility when we portray wildlife. Fiction has done a lot of damage to predator species for centuries, so itâd be nice to start portraying them more realistically.
Iâve only ever been attacked by an animal in the wild once. I was in a the woods of a state park.
It was a feral domestic cat, orange tabby.
*person attacked by a werewolf is wheeled into the ER* âit looks like they were attacked by a⊠very big raccon?â
*vampire victim wheeled in*
doctor: how big did witnesses say the possum was
Iâm gonna echo that sentiment on responsible fiction writing. Literally the movie Jaws alone directly put more than one species on the endangered species list. Itâs been 45 years and the global shark population still hasnât fully recovered from one blockbuster that scared people about sharks.
i am going to create an environment that is so toxic
wtf â€ïž
The dumb joke is that when cyanobacteria first invented photosynthesis, the oxygen they released was extremely toxic to all the other bacteria that existed at that point. Photosynthesis was so successful and they released so much oxygen that they nearly wiped out all life on earth.
This is called the Great Oxygenation event, or the Great Oxygen Catastrophe, it is to date one of the largest mass extinction events in earthâs history, and as far as I know itâs the single most extreme event of an organism making the environment toxic for other organisms.
Which is always funny to think about from a human perspective, because pretty much all life *except* bacteria could not have evolved if this hadnât happened.
The Archaea - the really old bacteria that existed before cyanobacteria - are still around, they just live in weird places now like hot springs and the deep ocean where the nasty oxygen canât reach them.
Croissant Dragons!
Dragons and Beasties
Has anyone else been in the strangest, most indecipherable headspace of their life lately
âŠoh no
This is the IT version of the condom pinned to the âbe safeâ note.
For posterity (no pun intended)
whoever modeled/animated mikuâs dance moves has my undying respect
SHE DID THAT ALL BY HERSELF. NO MOCAP. NO ANIMATORS. JUST MIKU!
why miku giving hands
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A sudden, terrifying thought
When you see an animal with its eyes set to the front, like wolves, or humans, thatâs usually a predator animal.
If you see an animal with its eyes set farther back, thoughâto the sideâthat animal is prey.
Now look at this dragon.
See those eyes?
Theyâre to the SIDE.
This raises an interestingâand terrifyingâquestion.
What in the name of Lovecraft led evolution to consider DRAGONSâŠ
As PREY?
I know this isnât part of my blogs theme but like this is interesting
i know this isnât part of my blogs theme but like this is interesting
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The eyes-in-the-front thing (usually) only applies to mammals. Crocodiles, arguably the inspiration for dragons, have eyes that look to the sides despite being a predator.
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This isnât a mammalian thing. When people talk about âeyes on the frontâ or âeyes on the side,â theyâre really talking about binocular vision vs monocular vision. Binocular vision is more advantageous for predators because itâs what gives you depth perception; i.e, the distance you need to leap, lunge, or swipe to take out the fast-moving thing in front of you. Any animal that can position its eyes in a way that it has overlapping fields of vision has binocular vision. That includes a lot of predatory reptiles, including komodo dragons, monitor lizards, and chameleons.
(The eyes-in-front = predator / eyes-on-sides = prey thing holds true far more regularly for birds than it does for mammals. Consider owls, hawks, and falcons vs parrots, sparrows, and doves.)
But itâs not like binocular vision is inherently âbetterâ than monocular vision. Itâs a trade-off: you get better at leap-strike-kill, but your field of vision is commensurately restricted, meaning you see less stuff. Sometimes, the evolutionary benefit of binocular vision just doesnât outweigh the benefit of seeing the other guy coming. Very few forms of aquatic life have binocular vision unless they have eye stalks, predator or not, because if you live underwater, the threat could be coming from literally any direction, so you want as wide a field of view as you can get. If you see a predator working monocular vision, itâs a pretty safe assumption that there is something else out there dangerous enough that their survival is aided more by knowing where it is than reliably getting food inside their mouths.
For example, if you are a crocodile, there is a decent chance that a hippo will cruise up your shit and bite you in half. Iâd say that makes monocular vision worthwhile.
Which brings us back to OPâs point. Why would dragon evolution favor field of view over depth perception?
A lot of the stories Iâve read painted the biggest threats to dragons (until knights with little shiny sticks came along) as other dragons. Dragons fight each other, dragons have wars. And like fish, a dragon would need to worry about another dragon coming in from any angle. Thatâs a major point in favor of monocular vision. Moreover, you donât need depth perception in order to hunt if you can breathe fucking fire. A flamethrower is not a precision weapon. If you can torch everything in front of you, who cares if your prey is 5 feet away or 20? Burn it all and sift among the rubble for meat once everything stops moving.
Really, why would dragons have eyes on the front of their heads? Seems like theyâve got the right idea to me.
Rebageling for the profoundity of âA flamethrower is not a precision weapon.â
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IâM LAUGHING SO HARD OH MY GOD
was truly blessed to have the privilege to hear these two kings have a discussionÂ
brad: *nonsense* claire: uh huh
This literally is The Office
but itâs funny
these women are all clearly high as shit
I love this so much, Iâm gonna start saying ânutsâ we need to bring it back
I love b&w proper ladies breaking character with âsonofabitchâ