#Pacific Animation

[fibula-rasa]

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)  

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Studio: Rankin/Bass Productions & Pacific Animation Corporation

[aquariumpacific]

How we weigh an octopus!

[seabeck]

Barred owl

[rebeccathenaturalist]

If you aren't following the news here in the Pacific Northwest, this is a very, very big deal. Our native salmon numbers have been plummeting over the past century and change. First it was due to overfishing by commercial canneries, then the dams went in and slowed the rivers down and blocked the salmons' migratory paths. More recently climate change is warming the water even more than the slower river flows have, and salmon can easily die of overheating in temperatures we would consider comfortable.

Removing the dams will allow the Klamath River and its tributaries to return to their natural states, making them more hospitable to salmon and other native wildlife (the reservoirs created by the dams were full of non-native fish stocked there over the years.) Not only will this help the salmon thrive, but it makes the entire ecosystem in the region more resilient. The nutrients that salmon bring back from their years in the ocean, stored within their flesh and bones, works its way through the surrounding forest and can be traced in plants several miles from the river.

This is also a victory for the Yurok, Karuk, and other indigenous people who have relied on the Klamath for many generations. The salmon aren't just a crucial source of food, but also deeply ingrained in indigenous cultures. It's a small step toward righting one of the many wrongs that indigenous people in the Americas have suffered for centuries.

[anwynalene]

In the Woods Somewhere | Instagram | Prints

[fairylilyflower]

literally!!

[lakemojave]

PRESENTING THE FIRST EVER THE PEOPLE'S THE GAME AWARDS!!!

Live on December 31st at 4pm Pacific!

Did your favorite game get snubbed at the game awards this year? Do you wish you had the power to speak up and change this? Do you wanna see even more bitches talk in a room about video games you didn't play? Well you're in luck! @dorothylarouge and @brucebocchi and I have got a whole awards ceremony lined up for THE PEOPLE'S the game awards! Voted by you--yes, YOU! Tune in for a retrospective on this year's best games, lots of goofy segments in between awards, and a proper send off to 2024!

Voting is closed! Our first award will go to best user interface, see y'all then!

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A humpback whale lands gracefully on its back after launching its enormous frame out of the depths of the Pacific Ocean.

Location: Australia.

Photographer: Nicholas Holton

Ocean Photographer of the Year

[onenicebugperday]

Pacific sideband, Monadenia fidelis, Xanthonychidae

Photographed in British Columbia by thomasbarbin

[orofeaiel]

Grazing

[herpsandbirds]

Makalena aka Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus), parent with chicks, family Diomedeidae, order Procellariiformes, Midway Atoll

photograph by Jlfutari 

[fibula-rasa]

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)  

[letterboxd | imdb]

Director: Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Studio: Rankin/Bass Productions & Pacific Animation Corporation

[aquariumpacific]

This crab is under construction! Read more on the Aquarium's website. 🦀🦺

[seabeck]

Piebald Junco in the snow

[hellspawnmotel]

epsilons

[pacificremains]

I'm fairly sure this coyote survived being shot in the muzzle. There's a small entry wound and a huge exit wound that took out several teeth. Both are well healed. Coyotes are made of extra lives I swear. And people suck.