#(except Antarctica)

[chrissy-kaos]

Today was soooo amazing! This little town is gorgeous! Amazing food, books stores and antique shopping! I might be in heaven!

[distressednoise]

"This is about surviving a landscape beyond human survivability, it strips away all pretensions!"

"This is about surviving a landscape beyond human survivability, it strips away all pretensions!"

The team shared a long, quiet look. On the contract they'd all signed before heading south it stated, it decisive block capitals, "MOVING TO ANTARCTICA IS NOT THE ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEMS," and it was becoming increasingly clear to everyone that Skeen had skipped this, and possibly his mandatory evaluation.

Last week a passing South African fishing ship had tossed Brasso half a frozen springbok, and they were eating it now with a sauce Cassian had willed into existence from powered soup and cordial. The microbiology team's band, briefly torn apart by a vicious argument about sponges, had reformed and was gamely mixing up the verses to wonderwall. Vel's petrochemical report had become a sort of collaborative creative writing project, with everyone taking turns to come up with a plausibly scientific way to tell her corporate sponsors to fuck off. There were lots of way to get yourself killed overwintering at Yavin Station, but a lack of human companionship wasn't an obvious one, except possibly to Skeen, who was developing the feverish look of a man who thinks if he walks long enough he might actually reach the horizon.

[danwhobrowses]

Okay sure just split the group again I'm sure nothing could go wrong this time dividing them into sub-groups to sting at high levelled and relatively unknown areas with high risk and high threat of boss level enemies in the vicinity and then go on another break to make us stew on that, it's fine IT'S FINE!

[wooly-nooly]

European Wolf Spider!

Was on the wall of my house!

It's not the biggest I've seen but it's big enough to scare someone with arachnophobia! 😈

OMG WOLF SPIDERS ARE SO COOL

they are also terrifying, that leg to body ratio is unsettling, BUT SO COOL

I was curious as to whether or not there was a difference between wolf spider and European wolf spider and it turns out theres not, wolf spiders are just super common in alot of Europe

also, why do you sound like you’re about to put this in the pillow of someone with arachnophobia 🤨

[ponkothepenguin]

I just found out that someone I know irl has been to the South Pole?! crazy fr

[cupids-fiction]

what’s the word for when you theoretically could get up and do stuff like you’re not *tired* but then again if you get up and do stuff you might actually explode

[muntzerism-diggerism]

Crazy to think about how there's brown trout in basically every body of cool alpine water on the planet because the Brits took them everywhere they went Johnny Appleseed style.

[lazlolullaby]

the body, the mind, the heart, and the breath of Kur (The Secret Saturdays fanon)

hey you know that Artifact that Argost couped and killed a King of Kumari Kandem for? The Amulet with the Breath of Kur that was just used for unlocking the Tomb of Kur and nothing else?

...I'm gonna weave so much headcanon Lore about that.

Spoilers for the two major plot twists of the Secret Saturdays.

TL;DR Kur was split into several pieces. The Breath, which was an attempt to Kill Kur that didn't completely work. Then the Sumerians and Lemurians making a plan to actually separate and destroy Kur, splitting them into parts; The Body, aka Big Red that was buried in Antarctica, the Mind, that the Lemurians took to the Himalayas, And finally the Heart in the Kur Stone.

First Kur was an immortal God that created and controlled the cryptids. It's not clear what Kur was actually like, if he was unfair or just acting as a warrior king would. But some cryptids and humanity rebelled; they tried to steal the Breath of Kur and store it in an Amulet. So he'd stop breathing and die, or would have to negotiate for his own ability to breathe and talk back. The first body of Kur dies. People think that Kur is really dead and start to prepare a tomb.

But you don't kill Gods that easily. Kur is now a spirit that latches on to his cryptid progeny, controlling their bodies and minds, hopping around to whoever he can. Kur is pissed and decides. "Fine. You think I'm bad? I'll be bad." And gathers enough resources and energy to make a large cryptid to lay waste to the people that killed him. It's about this time that the Kur Detector artifact is created - to find Kur with whatever body he was in.

The Big Red cryptid is created, and Kur digs himself fully in, not expecting anyone to want to fight him.

So. Of course they fought. Of course they split Kur from his new body, and decided to seal Kur's spirit into a funerary tablet to bury in his Tomb, aka the Kur Stone.

Kur, of course, is still very manipulative and convinces some arrogant Lemurians to keep him closer in their Himalayan mountain range city. They split Kur again. Kur's mind is hidden in burial jewelry - a clunky necklace that "didn't fit his style".

The plan changes. The Tombkeepers believe that Kur has finally gone mad from defeat, only acting on instinct and is incapable of being reasoned with. They don't know the mind was removed, and now all that's left is just the core of Kur. The Heart.

To prevent anyone from taking control of their insane God, they layer the Tomb with traps and security measures, then use Kur's madness to scatter the keys beyond where any one person could travel in one lifetime.

Kur is just chilling at this point, every so often checking on his cryptid kids. He can't directly communicate or influence them unless they touch the jewelry, but it's fine. It's peaceful, no one prays to him, expects any favors or demands power.

Hundreds of years pass. The Lemurians either decline on their own or Kur stirs the pot, probably both.

Argost, being a Yeti of the Himalayas, and bored as hell even with killing people and taking their stuff, goes exploring. He finds the Lemurian ruins and the necklace.

Kur doesn't explain that he's Cryptid God, just that he's an ancient spirit who's seen the rise and fall of Kur. Kur imparts wisdom; mostly his knowledge of bug cryptids, trying to bait Argost into getting a Devonian annelid to swap into a better piece of jewelry - the Blue Tiger just received some gorgeous jade hair pins and he's feeling jealous.

Argost goes for a hunt, but can't enjoy it because Kur could control him - Argost wants to be the one in control. So he asks the spirit for a mask that could block Kur's senses - prevent cryptids and humans from seeing him as a Yeti. Then the jewelry is tucked away in Argost's cave. Argost uses his Cryptid Bug knowledge to make prosthetic scorpion legs for Baron Finster.

The Kur Stone is dug up. Kur's mind does register it as a large wave of energy coursing through his cryptid kids. Zak absorbed the Heart of Kur, being an empty body with no mind yet. Kur's Heart is entrenched in Zak and to remove the Heart would kill Zak.

Events of the show happen. Kur's mind can see when Zak draws on his powers, but any kind of thoughts are blocked to him - this changes slightly after "Ghost in the Machine" where Zak was mixed and split with Fisk and Komodo. Kur's mind also influenced Fiskerton to pick Antarctica, where Big Red was buried.

Because Big Red was the Created Body that Kur used, the energy was hanging around and Zak absorbed it, boosting his powers. Kur's mind can see more of what's going on, and influenced Zak in the 2nd season premiere. Kur said they were in Hong Kong. The Nagas were actually in New York. And there's not much Kur's mind can do about the War of the Cryptids.

...now if, post series if someone were to go through Argost's cave...and Zak happened to touch that burial necklace...that would be fun.

[hislittleraincloud]

I see you.

(And not the way Jairo see each other.)

It's a(n incomplete) map of my visitors since April 25th (a month ago), some who're using VPNs. One of whom has visited me almost every day for a month. 💀 🫴🏽💕✨

[sbnkalny]

The sides of the bodies of males become almost black except for Antarctica, and have become strawberry jam

[ardenrosegarden]

the way paleontologists' function in movies is just to explain and deal with other people awakening the horrors

[caoimhe-from-hoenn]

Hey, I saw your posts about your Lileep, and noticed a lot of similarities to the Rockruff I found in the wild recently in the Weald in Galar. Do you happen to know if that shiny mill you mentioned had customers this far out?

@greensdreams

According to the docs Team Glimmer is based outside of the Culai Region, so it makes sense

I think some of them mentioned Galar yeah, and some of the mons were sourced from Alola and Kalos too

[kidneys-and-custard]

I’m watching the movie Alone (2020) and I can’t stop thinking about how far the main character is supposed to drive. The phone said she’d reach her destination in 4 days which I’m pretty sure means 4 full days of driving with no stops. To drive from Portland, Oregon to Augusta, Maine without stops would take about 2 days. She’s driving twice that much so around 6000 miles. At the end of her first day of driving she estimates she’s driven 300 miles so if she drives that much everyday it should actually take around 20 days to reach her destination. She said she’s headed north and her mother confirmed that in their phone call. We know she’s moving from Portland but where is she moving to?? The North Pole??

[milfbrainrot]

so funny there were 7 of them who survived weird world and evidently others in the organization who didn't go, but they split the stone in to three pieces. it would've been so much harder to put it all back together if it was split into more than that but instead they went the popularity trust contest route

[todaysbird]

the peregrine falcon, known historically in north america as the duck hawk, is one of the world’s most widely distributed birds, and indisputably the most widespread raptor; they are found on every continent with the exception of antarctica. they are skilled hunters, in part due to their status as the world’s fastest animals (often misattributed to the cheetah); they are capable of diving at over 200 mph, with the highest recorded speed being 242 mph. they are known to feed on a diverse array of reptiles, mammals, or whatever prey they can carry, but they often show a preference for feeding on passerine birds. this has led to this species thriving in urban environments due to their willingness to feed on invasive species like the rock dove. they are also common in falconry, and are known as a highly trainable and reliable bird. like most birds of prey, peregrines exhibit sexual dimorphism, with females being significantly larger than males.

[bethanythebogwitch]

I heard it's Superb Owl Sunday so I have prepared some superb owls for you.

The barn owl is the most widespread species of owl, living on every continent except Antarctica. Their faces are shaped like a disk to help their hearing, giving them some of the best hearing of any owl. They mostly hunt by sound.

Snowy owls are the largest arctic predatory birds, They are born with black feathers and get whiter as they age. Females usually have more dark feathers than males.

Eastern screech owls have a few feather variants that make them look like completely different species.

The southern white-faced owl can increase its metabolic rate during winter to compensate for the cold and lack of food. They lay their eggs in nests built and abandoned by other birds.

The great grey owl is the largest owl by length, but a lot of that is feathers and they're actually very light for their size. Their hearing is good enough to hear rodents burrowing through snow and they can break through hard-packed snow to catch prey.

Blakiston's fish owl is the largest owl by mass and eats mostly fish. Despite the name, they may be more closely related to eagle owls than fish owls.

The elf owl is the smallest owl species, barely larger than a sparrow. They hunt bugs and play dead when caught. They like to live in holes in saguaro cacti.

Burrowing owls live in underground burrows. While they can dig, they mostly take over burrows from other animals. Farmers killing prairie dogs has severely reduced burrowing owl populations. They decorate their burrows with feces to attract bugs to eat.

The barking owl is called that because

Its nice to have a day to appreciate superb owls. Feel free to spread the love by reblogging with some more owl facts.