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Amur tiger by Cloudtail the Snow Leopard Via Flickr: A picture from an amur tiger

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my bear pride dragons !! 🏳️‍🌈🐾

Bernard 🐻 Ussuri

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illusztrácóm Ferdínand Ossendowski : Ázsiai titkok, ázsiai emberek c. könyvének (1925) “Árva vagyok a föld kerekén” fejezetéhez

“Középázsiában való hosszú tévelygés után, 1921-ben megint Usszuriföldre vettett a sors. A Hanka közelében voltam, amelyet hálás vadász és halászszívem sohasem fog elfelejteni. (…) voltam Vlagyivosztokban, ahol, a gyönge orosz kultura Kína és Korea legrosszabb elemeivel találkozik. Ezúttal azonban nem tudományos kutatás végett vagy szórakozásból jártam itt. Ki akartam kutatni vajjon komolyan vehető-e az itt megindult bolsevikellenes mozgalom és mi várható tőle. A szokásos orosz pártviszályt találtam, intrikát, polgárháborút és egyáltalán világos jeleit a kikerülhetetlen végzetnek, amely egy évvel később meg is látogatta ezt a vidéket. Ezt a pompás, gazdag és mégis segítségre szoruló Usszuriföldet titokzatosan csalogató erdeivel, a büszke tigris, a vörös farkas és a párduc hazáját, a vándorló fekete ausztráliai hattyú, az indiai flamingó, a japán íbisz és a kínai daru etetőhelyét, ezt az országot a vörösök vad és törvényt nem ismerő, vértől és pálinkától részeg hordái mint normális emberi lények lakóhelyét elpusztítják. Igaz,  bölcs és emberbaráti kulturmunkának kellene megkezdődni; ezekből a hegyekből, folyókból tavakból, erdőkből és mezőkből a boldogság  helyét teremthetné meg az emberi társadalom számára. Akkor aztán nem hiába volt a Teremtő bőkezű ehhez az országhoz, ő, aki a legenda szerint mindazt, ami más országokban és földrészekben megvan, teljes mértékben megadta az Usszuriföldnek.“

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Ossendowski lenygel felfedező-írótól - aki a cári Oroszországnak dolgozott tudósként - már többször dolgoztam fel sorokat és ezúttal is drámai fogalmazása inspirált. Ossendowski mind közép-Ázsia, mind Oroszország és összességében a távol-kelet nagy ismerője és rajongója  volt, érthető hát ha félve tekintett az akkori politikai és történelmi eseményekre amelyek teljes mértékben hatással voltak az életére, sőt élete végéig küzdött, ezt az írásaiban sem titkolja. Az Usszuri-hegység vidéke számomra kedves ismerős,  szintén egy általam igen nagyra tartott legendás orosz felfedező, Arszenyev kapitány térképezte fel a századfordulón aki a Távol-kelet őserdeiben c. könyvében írta le úti kalandjait, ebből korábban én magam is rajzoltam. Itt találkozott Arszenyev egy Derszu Uzala nevű “gold” (kínai-koreai-orosz keverék) származású vadásszal aki legjobb barátja lett, ebből jelent meg a barátjáról elnevezett útleírása is Dureszu Uzala c. kötet és végül ebből a   sztoriból rendezett oscar-djas filmet Akira Kurosawa japán rendező 1975-ben.

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Monster Match Extra!

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This was a match that didn’t click with the commissioner that I’ve had in my finished folder for a while, so I’m going to share it with you all for free! Enjoy! Reader is gender neutral.

You couldn’t believe your luck: you’d won not just a prime ticket to the next wrestling event, but a meet-and-greet with your favorite wrestler, Hayate the Grizzly. He was actually an Ussuri Onikuma. He was a cunning wrestler, calculating and insightful. You could see his mind working as he sized up his opponents, deducing the best way to take them down within seconds while also knowing how to draw out the show and make it entertaining.

The event was awesome, and by the time you were called back for the meet-and-greet, you were a nervous wreck. You were lead back to a private lounge area with refreshments and snacks and were told to wait while Hayate cleaned up and changed.

You were too anxious to eat anything, so you just sat on the edge of the couch and waited. Before long, the door opened, and you expected it to be Hayate’s agent to greet you first, but it was him. In real life. Right in front of you.

You jumped to your feet and stuck out a shaking hand. “It’s so nice to meet you!” You practically shouted.

Hayate laughed. “You, too. Relax and take a seat.” He gestured to the couch you were sitting on. You sat back down and your heart jumped into your throat when he sat down next to you.

“What’s your name?” He asked, and you told him. He nodded thoughtfully. “That’s cool. Nice tattoo,” He said, touching to your arm.

You jumped and looked at your arm. “Oh,” You said, laughing. “It’s not a tattoo. My friend drew her D&D character on my arm last night during our campaign session.”

Great, now you just admitted to being a huge nerd in front of the one person you admired most in the universe. Awesome.

“Oh, you play?” He asked, perking up a bit.

You blinked. “Yeah. Do you?”

“I used to be big into D&D, but my schedule’s so busy now that I don’t really play much anymore. I’d love to get back into it, though. I miss it.”

Gathering every ounce of courage you had, you gulped and said, “Why don’t you come to our next session? We play every Thursday.”

“Really?” He said, smiling at you. “You wouldn’t mind?”

“Mind? I’d be over the moon if you were there,” You said emphatically. Rein it in, you goob, you told yourself. He’s going to think you’re a creep.

“That actually sounds awesome,” He said. “Gimme your phone, I’ll put my number in it.”

Hoping you weren’t actually asleep and dreaming all this, you handed him your phone and took his, and the two of you exchanged info.

“Sweet,” Hayate said. “I can’t wait. I’ve been dying to resurrect my goblin bard.”

You suppressed a snort. “Goblin?”

“Yeah,” He said. “I get tired of being the tallest in the room all the time, so I always play the little guy.”

You did snort then. “Being the little guy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, trust me.”

“You think so?” He asked, putting an arm on the back of the couch and behind your head, so you could feel the heat off of his fur. Your spine tingled. “I happen to like little guys.”

Your eyes widened. You opened your mouth to say something, but no words came out.

“In fact,” He said, biting his lip and looking you up and down. “What do you say we turn this meet-and-greet into dinner? You down for that?”

“I… am… so down,” You replied.

He grinned at you. “Come on, let’s go out the back.” He grabbed your hand and pulled you out of the room and down a dim hallway out to the reserved parking. Getting into his car, you really did pinch yourself to check if you were awake.

He saw you and laughed. “Don’t worry. It’s real.”

“Whatever you say,” You told him, grinning.

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Fort Wayne zoo says elderly Amur leopard dies of cancer

“It said Tuesday the cat named Ussuri died April 23 at the age of 18. He outlived the median life expectancy of the leopards by a few months.

The zoo says Ussuri died of cancer affecting the back of his throat and lymph nodes in his neck.

It says Ussuri came to the zoo in 2016 was known to be a talkative cat, and zookeepers say they will miss his morning and evening greetings that were half meow/half growl.”

(Update as of July 2022: The original link leads to a 404 page, but another version can be found here.)

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Amur tiger by Cloudtail the Snow Leopard Via Flickr: A picture from an amur tiger

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walking amur tiger by Cloudtail the Snow Leopard Via Flickr: Another picture, i've made at Tiergarten Nuremberg.

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Amur tiger by Cloudtail the Snow Leopard Via Flickr: