#Eye Spots

[nightmaresyrup]

A dwarf otter colored bunny. They don't have the eyespots, but i kinda think about if they do.

[cellulosaurus]

Dinovember day 24, 25 and 26: Tsintaosaurus, Atrociraptor playing in the snow and Dablioceratops with eyespots

Pov: You're a Lythronax and he spotted you

The tsintao is completely inspired by helmeted guineafowl, which have funky casques

@1dinodaily

[chlorophyll-and-chitin]

Dasypodia selenophora

20-JAN-2025

Melbourne, Vic

[markscherz]

Hi! Love your blog and your work! What do you know about these guys? Are false eyes common in amphibians?

https://www.tumblr.com/vintagewildlife/734070740510507008/cuyaba-dwarf-frog-physalaemus-nattereri-showing?source=share

Yeah false eyes are really quite common in amphibians. We normally call them inguinal spots, which is a fancy way of saying hip spots. They show up in hundreds of species across numerous families. Few are quite as developed as Physalaemus nattereri, but e.g. Plethodontohyla ocellata is also pretty impressive.

[this fantastic figure from Noble's Biology of the Amphibia, 1931]

[nemfrog]

The Owl Butterfly, underside. American Insects. 2nd edition. 1908.

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[kiweetree]

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[bethanythebogwitch]

It's been a long time coming, but we have reached the end of the series where I examine the real-life inspirations for every non-fish aquatic Pokémon. Today, I’ll be going over those introduced in gen IX. For previous entries in this series see gen I part 1, gen I part 2, gen II, gen III, gen IV, gen V, gen VI, gen VII, and gen VIII. To see my previous series where I covered the inspirations for all fish Pokémon see here. I’m saving starters and legendaries/mythicals for their own series. I will be including two paradox Pokémon even though we technically don’t know if they’re aquatic (we never see them in their natural habitats) to keep this post from being too short. Also if you’re looking for Clodsire, check the gen II entry.

Paldea gave us many things, one of them being the end of the tadpole trio. Like Poliwag and Tympole before it, Tadbulb is a tadpole, the larval form of a frog. It’s also a lightbulb.

(image: a tadpole)

Bellibolt is an adult frog that is also an avocado. Specifically, it is a halved avocado with its belly organ being the pit.

(image: a halved avacado)

Speaking of its belly organ, that is based off of a plasma globe, a common toy that looks like a ball filled with electricity arcing off of a smaller, inner ball.

(image: a plasma ball, the king of children's science museums)

Bellibolt’s eye-like organs are a form of defensive mimicry. Eyespots, fake eyes, are used by many species as ways of deterring predation, often by making it look as though it has already spotted a potential ambush predator or by making it seem like part of a much larger animal. Bellibolt’s eyespots are likely a reference to the Cuyaba dwarf frog, which has large eyespots on its rear. The frog’s eyespots can release poison while Bellibolt’s can release electricity.

(image: the behind of a Cuyaba dwarf frog with its eyespots visible. I will restrain myself from making any crude jokes)

Finizen and Palafin are dolphins and I’m honestly surprised it took 9 generations to get a dolphin Pokémon. They seem to be based primarily on the bottlenose dolphin as its pretty much the default dolphin in pop culture. Picture a dolphin in your head, that’s a bottlenose. It also draws inspiration from the striped dolphin, as both have a stripe going down their sides.

(image: a striped dolphin jumping from the water)

Finizen also drawn from dolphin behavior as they are very curious and playful. The bubble ring they play with is a direct reference to real dolphins blowing bubbles to amuse themselves. When it evolves into Palafin it adds superhero to the dolphin influence. Zero form Palafin looks almost identical to Finizen, but it is actually a hero hiding amongst the citizens, ready to put on its costume and save the day. It needing to switch out to become its hero form is reference to the trope of superheroes needing to get into a hiding spot to switch into their costume incognito. Think Clark Kent ducking into a phone booth to change into Superman.

(image: a comic panel of Clark Kent using a phone booth to get into his Superman costume)

The superhero gimmick may also be a reference to stories of wild dolphins saving people who are drowning or being threatened by sharks. It is primarily based on western superheroes, though some of its design elements are suggestive of sentai heroes. Its shiny form being black references orcas as well as the hero turning to a villain or getting a darker redesign. Think Spider-man’s black costume period. I’m not entirely sure how dolphin + superhero resulted in possibly the ugliest Pokémon design in the history of the franchise. It’s a shame because I really love the concept, I just wish it’s design didn’t suck Stunky ass. Besides superheroes, Palafin’s humanoid hero form draws from the boto encantado, a legend from around the amazon river of river dolphins who can take on the form of humans to come on shore and engage in partying and seducing humans.

(image: artwork of a bota encantado in human and dolphin forms. source)

I swear I once read a similar legend where the resulting human form only had one leg, but I couldn’t find any references to it so I may be mixing up completely different legends. The one leg would fit since Palafin stands on its tail.

The first of our paradox Pokémon is Iron Bundle and I don’t really have much to say about it. It’s just a robotic Delibird. I feel like the future paradox Pokémon in general and very uninspired designs, with Iron Valiant being the only one that’s not just a robot version of a present Pokémon. As a Delibird variant, it is based on a penguin. I may specifically be a rockhopper penguin due to the spikey ruffs of feathers on its head.

(image: a yassified rockhopper penguin)

The other big inspiration for Delibird is Santa Claus, being a red and white jolly fellow that carries around a sack full of presents. The bird with a bundle aspect might also reference the popular image of storks delivering babies. Iron bundle adds some more references to winter activities and toys. Its head can pop off like a jack-in-the-box and its tail seems to be a snow globe. The tail could also be an artificial snow maker machine. Its feet look like skis and could be either water skis or snow skis. If its tail is a snow maker, the snow skis probably fit better.

Walking Wake is an interesting one as it’s allegedly the ancestor of Suicune, a Pokémon that magically created by Ho-oh instead of being a natural creature. This confused me until I came across the fan theory that none of the paradox Pokémon are actually from the past/future. Rather the terastal crystals of area zero have the ability to warp reality based on people’s wishes. An example of this is the crystals allowing the AI professor to be created despite that kind of technology not existing in the Pokémon world. In this theory, the crystals created the paradox Pokémon in response to the professor’s expectations of what past/future Pokémon would look like. This would also explain why the Pokedex entries all describe the paradox Pokémon as being similar to creatures from rumors or a National Enquirer style conspiracy magazine. The professor being familiar with these accounts would shape their expectations of what past/future Pokémon would be like and therefore how the crystals created the paradox Pokémon. This explains why a unique, artificial being like Suicune (and with the new announcements, Raikou) could have an ancestor. It’s just someone’s idea of what a prehistoric Suicune would be like brought to life. Walking Wake looks like Suicune combined with a therapod dinosaur. Its ability to walk on water comes from the original Suicune, but also from a basilisk lizard. These lizards can run on the surface of the water for short time periods thanks to their speed and very broad feet, an ability that has granted then the nickname “Jesus lizard”. Basilisks also run on only their hind legs when running on water, fitting with Walking Wake being a biped.

(image: a basalisk lizard running on water)

Its twin tails both have a wave shape and come out from behind and at an angle. This makes them look a lot like the wake left behind by a boat.

(image: a boat wake as seen from above)

[drhoz]

#1971 - Caligo uranus - Gold-edged Owl-Butterfly

First photo by @purrdence​ , the second off Reddit

The owl butterflies are very large Nymphalids native to the rainforests and secondary forests of Central and South America, and known for their huge eyespots. They certainly have a resemblance to owl eyes, but the butterflies are most active around dusk and ‘caligo’ is Latin for darkness.

It’s also not sure exactly why eyespots deter predators - experiments suggest that any contrasting pattern will work, and in other butterflies the eyespots redirect attacks to the wings rather than to the actual body.

Foodplants for owl butterflies are diverse, but include bananas and heliconias.

In some species of Caligo, the males gather to compete in courtship displays.

[gr33nguys]

I was so very lucky to find an absolutely stunning polyphemus moth on my coffee maker one recent morning! He looked newly emerged from the cocoon (slightly wrinkly wings and constant tiny flaps) so I think he must've snuck inside as a caterpillar and decided to cocoon under the cabinet. I coaxed him onto my finger and he seemed glad to be released outdoors.

[frtools]

New Flash Sale: Secondary Aether Gene: Eye Spots

A new flash sale has been discovered for Secondary Aether Gene: Eye Spots

A scroll that will change the primary gene of one Aether dragon to Eye Spots. This item can only be used once and will disappear after it has been applied.

Game database: click here Marketplace link: click here

Treasure: 55000 44000

[msb-lair]

Clutch #3740 - Coa/Allhallows

Mated On: 2024-10-21 # of eggs: 2 Hatched On: 2024-10-26

Progeny:

Hatchling 9949 (Harkness) - Fae XYX Male, Obsidian Speckle/Bronze Eye Spot/Obsidian Crackle, Common - 15 gems on 2024-10-30

Hatchling 9950 - Fae XYX Male, Obsidian Speckle/Tangerine Eye Spots/Obsidian Crackle, Common - 15 on 2024-10-26 (GAH that was meant to be my usual 15,000)

Comments: A pair of Halloween eve fae from Allhallows' annual clutch.

[keferon]

Don’t mind me I just like to see him go bananas about cartoonish Autobot rules

Maaan…..if Prowl was in tfp he would spontaneously combust at least once a day

[spectrogramforums]

entrusting u with my silly sona... have fun!!

another fun design!!!

[eyecaregm89]

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