#dugong

[sylas-dove]

holding onto mama

[femmekinkajou]

friend

[bellas-wof-designs]

Dugong

Design Notes Hidden Below...

I imagined him as a very pale brown like real Dugongs, but saturated it just a little bit more

I'm kind of debating if the dragon in the Barnes and Noble poster is actually him, but took inspiration off of that depiction anyways and just put my idea of it onto that

He sort of looks like the Earth with the dark blue and green

If you look closely, there are royal talon prints like royal SeaWings have, which is a reference to him being related to the original MudWing royal lineage

Tiny eyes and face proportioned like real Dugongs (or I tried to do that at least)

[dandelionsresilience]

Dandelion News - March 15-21

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1. How Indigenous Australians are restoring Earth’s largest organism

“After a devastating heat wave hit the world’s largest plant, a radical restoration effort emerged[.… Dugongs] avoid [grazing] where sea cucumbers sit because they find them unpalatable[… and as] bottom feeders, [sea cucumbers] turn over the sediment and recycle nutrients[…. Now,] Indigenous divers [are] planting seagrass by hand and helping build a sea cucumber fishery designed to sustain the restoration.”

2. Energy Bills Relief Act Would Lower Household Energy Costs, Expand Clean Energy Access, Strengthen Grid Reliability

“The legislation would restore and expand programs that help households reduce energy consumption, install and access clean energy, and provide energy assistance to millions of families[…,] restore clean energy tax credits for households and small businesses and protect local clean energy projects from being blocked by federal overreach[…, and] strengthen energy infrastructure and modernize grid technologies to improve reliability and reduce costs for consumers.”

3. Forty years after the last one was poached, rhinos are back in the wild in Uganda

“For the first time in more than four decades, rhinos have returned to Uganda's Kidepo Valley National Park, where poachers once wiped them out for their horns and meat. On Tuesday, two southern white rhinos became the first of eight animals intended to re-establish a population in […] a secure rhino sanctuary outfitted with perimeter fencing, […] and monitoring technology was in place to ensure the animals are effectively protected and managed.”

4. Protecting nature to safeguard Saint John’s water supply

“More than 4,800 hectares (11,860 acres) of city-owned land […] have received special conservation status[….] While these lands and waters are not managed primarily for conservation, they provide long-term benefits for biodiversity similar to protected areas. By protecting healthy forests and wetlands, this project safeguards water quality and quantity, reduces water treatment costs through natural filtration, supports overall ecosystem health and lowers public health risks.”

5. EU court orders states to recognise trans citizens’ gender in landmark ruling

“A major EU court has ruled that member states cannot refuse to amend gender data when it interferes with free movement rights[….] It sets a legal precedent that recognising a trans person’s gender identity is a fundamental right within the EU, and member states must abide by this under their human rights obligations. Judges also said the ruling nullifies any Supreme Court judgment that restricts legal gender recognition in any respective member state[….]”

March 8-14 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)

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A dugong. From The Witness is a Whale (2022).

[inatungulates]

Dugong Dugong dugon

With sharksucker Echeneis naucrates

Observed by basengels, CC BY-NC

[yzegem]

WIP… Volodiyan mermaid shows of her cattle.

she is signaling the side of her body, the same place where the dugong has a marking. this is how she would refer to this specific bull in their underwater sign language. since they dont have eyebrows and they can’t speak underwater, they have very dark and expressive lips and eyelids which stand out over their pale faces even in dark or murky water. in this case she is pointing down at the bull with her lips.

I also want some sugestions on what kind of “clothing”, jewelry and general accesories she could wear. I’m lost.

[goose-theseeker]

Trench fanart for @itonakoart !

Also fun fact I made a slide show presentation on dugongs a while back