a tattoo commission for banillaveens, of a kalanchoe tomantosa giraffe ! the prompt was Plant Giraffe and they didnt know what they wanted at first- heres some of the rejected designs. the forbidden long plants
The Tingidae are a family of very small (0.08–0.39 in) insects in the order Hemiptera that are commonly referred to as lace bugs. This group is distributed worldwide with about 2,000 described species.
a gryphon commission for jason, whos using it as their bards mount in a dnd campaign ! its a combination of a lyrebird and a phantom cat ( a type of cryptid that has variations all over the globe ) and its name is canon
The Sahara sand viper (Cerastes vipera), is a small, venomous viper endemic to the deserts of North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula and it has a very special skill. It can hide itself by burying itself in the sand. They do this in order to wait for prey. They wiggle their tails to attract a potential meal and then lunge out from under the sand to chomp them.
Photographer Zac Herr had the brilliant idea of giving a captive-bred Sahara sand viper the opportunity to show off its special skill in a pool full of rainbow sprinkles instead of sand. pacinthesink provided the snek and jdrrising recorded the results:
overbearing bad influence meerca: THIS ONE, RIGHT HERE!!; SEMEN!! YOU TYPED OUT THE WORD SEMEN, AND THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!! THE WORD SEMEN, THAT YOU NOW KNOW IS A WORD THAT EXISTS, THANKS TO ME!!! WEVE BLOCKED THIS WORD THAT IM NOW SAYING TO YOU DIRECTLY;SEMEN!!!
overbearing bad influence meerca, bursting back in through the door he left from 12 seconds later: ALSO DONT GOOGLE THAT PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hello have you ever, just been, really bothering a small amphibian all over, and they decide they have had enough of it
the unken reflex is a defensive posture that a handful of salamanders, toads and frogs do when they feel threatened, and it involves curling right up and showing off their bright underbellies ( which usually, BUT NOT ALWAYS, means the animal in question is POISONOUS and you shouldnt eat this thing !!! dont eat this !!!!! )
the above three are rough skinned newts and a california newt, but the reflex itself is named after the fire-belled toads ( whose genus is unke in german ) where it shows up a little differently
(note the covered eyes ! )
while displaying, the animal in question gulps down a bunch of air, makes themselves as still as possible, and also releases toxins from their skin if they got em - but not all amphibians with the unken reflex have poison, and some of the poison ones dont have bright underbellies, and some dont curl up all the way while theyre doing it - its a mixed bag of postures. thats how it is sometimes
