#omura

[crypticzie]

Yumi Facts/Head canons

• She gets kicked out at 13 and lives with her older half brother

• Her neighbor that told her mom that her dad was at the house which got her kicked out

• She started Urban Exploring when she was 11 to avoid going home

• Her former school is Silver Lake High School a reference to the Silver Lake Mansion from Gorillaz

• Her jacket actually came from an abandoned mall. When she came home with it her brother gave her 500 yen and made her go to a laundromat to clean it

• Prefers her first name over her family name but probably won’t correct you

• Got her ultimate after uploading videos of the places she’s explored. She became very prominent in the urbex community. She is well known for the fact she almost always goes solo when urbexing

• Voice claim: Chloe Price (Both English and Japanese)

• Name meaning: Yumi(evening fruition) Himura (scarlet village)

• Weirdest place she’s visited is an abandoned cruise ship

• Has several pictures of the places she’s explored and a box dedicated to pictures of animals she has seen while urbexing

• Has a pet corn snake named Kabi (Mold).

• Her favorite band is Gorillaz! Favorite songs are Dirty Harry, Ascension, She’s my collar, and Saturnz Barz. Her favorite album is Humanz

• Ties her hair back when she sleeps or when exploring

• She smells like amber, black cherry, vanilla, and dust

• Yumi used to watch the muppets when visiting her cousins in the U.S and her aunt gifted her a dvd collection of the muppets show. Her mom after an argument gave the dvds away to a co worker

• She also watched Studio Ghibli movies as a kid

• Her birthday is November 12th

• She started working at a convenience store ran by an older couple at 13. She was getting paid under the table until she was 15 when she was legally able to work there

• Used to always be covered in dust when she first started urban exploring

• Her former high school didn’t have uniforms and was very relaxed when it came to dress codes (that’s why she has dyed hair).

• She tried to join the photography club but was denied because all her pictures were the inside of abandoned buildings and the members thought it could get them in trouble

• Her first camera was a gift from her brother

• She saved money to get her first GoPro

• Sometimes she breaks windows to get into places if the building is already vandalized

• She likes mochi and dango

[yukihiko-honda]

[pyrochrome-tumbles]

Long tentacles man

[namu-the-orca]

Omura’s whale (Balaenoptera omurai)

Recently I got to revisit my old favourite the Omura’s whale. Four years ago I illustrated the right side for the Encyclopaedia of Marine Mammals, under guidance of Dr. Salvatore Cerchio who was the first to study them in the wild. This year I got to illustrate the left side (and took the chance to update the right side as well), again under Sal's guidance. Both illustrations will appear in the new edition of “The Natural History of Madagascar.” 

Although considered the dark and ‘drab’ side of the whale, Omura’s still have intricately beautiful markings on their left. We spent many days pouring over underwater footage, trying to find out what markings lurked there, and how they usually presented themselves. Some interesting things to note are the beautiful ‘flame’ where the left and right chevrons meet up, and the grey flank colouration, rising up towards the dorsal fin and then feathering out towards the fluke. An elegant subtle marking I totally overlooked four years ago, but now noticed on surfacing shots. There’s also a fine black line reaching forward toward the genital area: something I have yet to see on any other species of baleen whale. Another thing of note is that the black-white division on the throat does not usually sit right in the middle: they have some white on the left side of their throat as well. And perhaps most fascinating: the entire colouraton pattern is placed further forward on the left side compared to the right. This overall asymmetry is seen on more baleen whales, but none show it as strongly as the Omura’s.

I’ll stop myself here, but once you really start looking at animals, and measuring, there’s so much to notice... it’s fascinating and one of the great joys of illustrating for me. I hope you’ll enjoy these freshly updated Omura’s too!

[takeshi-noguchi]

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[whaletalesorg]

It's #FunFactFriday. #dyk that, depending on who you ask, or when the research you're reading was written, there may be as many as four species of Bryde's whale? The common Bryde's whale is the largest of the three and can be found in warm waters around the world. A smaller form may be found off of the coast of southern Africa and in the Indo-Pacific and though not always officially recognized as distinct it is sometimes referred to as the Indo-Pacific Bryde's whale. Another form found only in the Indo-Pacific is commonly referred to as the Sittang or Eden's whale and is somewhat smaller than the common Bryde's. Finally, while Omura's whale is now recognized as a distinct species it used to be considered a pygmy Bryde's whale.⁠ Photo by @loriannah⁠ #whaletales #brydeswhale #whales #whalesareawesome #omura #cetaceans #trivia #didyouknow #funfact #storytelling #whalesofinstagram ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CKEtpXYl-R9/?igshid=2yv43zqvx8bm

[santillo1970]

Radici Special selection of Santillo 1970 now in @desotocc maison in Omura, Nagasaki 🇯🇵

[whaletalesorg]

It's #FunFactFriday! Did you know that depending on who you ask, or when the research you're reading was written, there may be as many as four species of Bryde's whale?! The common Bryde's whale is the largest of the three and can be found in warm waters around the world. A smaller form may be found off of the coast of southern Africa and in the Indo-Pacific and though not always officially recognized as distinct it is sometimes referred to as the Indo-Pacific Bryde's whale. Another form found only in the Indo-Pacific is commonly referred to as the Sittang or Eden's whale and is somewhat smaller than the common Bryde's. Finally, while Omura's whale is now recognized as a distinct species it used to be considered a Pygmy Bryde's whale.⠀ Photo by @gary_j27 ⠀ #whaletales #whales #brydes #didyouknow #dyk #trivia #whalewatching #whalesareawesome #getonaboat #omura