#BRB GONNA PRINT THIS OUT AND FRAME IT ON MY WALL

[kazuuaki-archived]

wanderer is the name of one who wanders. far and wide, the world is as large as they say it is, teyvat far and wide for an explorer such as him, and yet the name he made for himself fails in the horizon of you. you are the treasure he never had a guide to, the end prize which is the heart, more valuable then anything other then he can find.

he'd search the ends of the earth just to love you again, and he may never speak it out loud. but his stone, mechanical heart yearns for the name "yours"

i. i am unwell.

[strangespeciesart]

How do you do, fellow kids? This is a casual reminder that it's not very cool to collect bat specimens if you like bones and taxidermy, and instead you should get replicas like these ones! The collector market has an awful impact on the populations of wild bat species and we really need those bats out there, doing bat stuff like eating bugs and pollinating things and being adorable as absolute fuck. (We need them to help us make tequila, that's how important bats are to human society.)

These days pretty much anybody who sells any sort of animal specimens will tell you their stuff is sourced "ethically and sustainably," but when it comes to bats that's not really possible. They're not farmed or captive-bred, they're not invasive species, and people aren't actually just finding them in perfectly preserved condition just lying around dead.

What you find for sale out there on the web or at events or whatever are vulnerable species, usually from countries with weak wildlife protections, harvested en masse and possibly poached. They're sold cheaply in wholesale (so you know they're taking a LOT of them at a time). So 99% of the time things you see for sale are not things you should buy, and just in general it's better to be safe than sorry and avoid any real bat products at all.

Bat biology is extremely awesome so I get it if you want a cool specimen for your shelf, but if so please reach for a replica instead! I make a ton of super accurate bat skull replicas, including ones that I've enlarged so you can actually see all those neat skull features better. The pics on this post are some of my replicas, so you can see how detailed they are... most are printed from CT scans so even the inside of the skull is anatomically accurate!

You can also get something like an extremely cute bat art doll from Wild Bendy Workshop! Or IDK buy a framed bat picture for your wall instead of a real bat. Get a sweet bat tattoo? Oh shit I just realized I don't have any bat tattoos, brb gonna add that to the to-do list.

If you want to learn more (about bat poaching, not bat tattoos) there's a good article on The Verge or I've got a more detailed page on my website too

Also shoutout to the Oddities & Curiosities Expo for banning the sale of bat specimens, and props to Etsy for finally getting on board and banning bat sales also! I feel like this isn't really a well known topic in the bone collecting hobby and I'd love for the word to really spread, please feel free to repost this or idk ask me about bats or something. I'm not a bat scientist or anything but I am a passionate collector of animal facts.

[cloudcountry]

i must be magnesium and you must be oxygen because I light up when im with you >_^

AWW VIVIS THATS SO SWEEET ND CUTE :(( brb gonna print this out and frame it on my wall

[lucid-jjin]

#user nemyjoon puts the best stuff on my dash ????????????? Says the person who puts some of the best gifs of the fandom on my dash????? Your gifs just get progressively better and your eye for moments is amazing? Literally who has been feeding us with the Black Swan rehearsal gifs these past few weeks? You want to get married? Because this is how you find yourself married. 🔪

NO YOU CANT JUST SAY THINGS LIKE THIS TO ME I WANT TO CRY _(:3 」∠)_ I really don’t think so but THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!😭 And I said what I said. I’LL FIGHT YOU IF YOU DENY (ง'̀-'́)ง

Is that a challenge? Cause I’m about to show up at your doorstep with a bouquet of flowers and a ring and we’re gonna be 💒 💍 💐💘 🔔 🎊ing whether you’re ready or not @nemjyoon