#Sugar glider

[babyanimalgifs]

"Wait, it can fly?"

(Source)

[everythingfox]

INCOMING

[4gifs]

Sugar glider enjoys belly rubs

[cy-cyborg-draws]

The Paralympics start Today!

I wanted to celebrate by continuing Australia's tradition of using (definitely not) furry characters to represent our athletes lol. Wheelchair basketball was my sport back when i was playing, so i have a soft spot for it, and Australia's women's team are The Gliders, so i went with a basketball playing sugar-glider character!

I had plans to do a few more characters for different para-sports before the Paralympics end but things have come up and I'm not sure I'll have the time for more, but I really want to!

On a little side note I thought about while drawing this, having a long tail (movable or not) would be a nightmare in both wheelchair basketball and rugby lol - you aren't supposed to hit people from behind but it does inevitably happen a lot, quite aggressively, and even tucking the tail underneath the frame wouldn't protect all of it in a collision.

ID: A digital, cell-shaded illustration of an anthropomorphic sugar-glider wearing a green and gold Australian basketball singlet, holding an orange basketball in her right hand, as though she is getting ready to throw it. She is sitting in a teal high-pointer's basketball wheelchair, which is a tall with slanted wheels. /End ID

[kaccvcate]

The drug we're talking about is also called Angel Dust, and the most common way I've heard of it being ingested is it being dusted on weed.

My dad actually got dosed with it a couple times while delivering pizza in Tampa Florida, when people gave him weed as tips that was laced with it without telling him. In a small dose it felt "a little like acid" but smoking more triggered a grand mal seizure, and he threw the rest away. Both times he was given it, it was strangers giving him shake (already broken up weed, not whole buds.)

My grandfather Silent Thunder (a French/Meskwaki gentleman who had tried just about every psychiatric medication invented before 1960) tried the stuff, he probably got a good dose since it was the 70s, and he said it made people look like "boiling fountains of pus." He found the experience very disturbing. He also told me the story about the lady who cooked her baby, as having happened to someone he knew. He was a real tripper, and had even smoked nightshade several times, and said it was a positive experience, something Timothy Leary said he never heard a report of in his book The Psychedelic Experience. (it's a traditional medicine in the Meskwaki tribe, and he offered to show me how to smoke it properly, but frankly I was too pussy/satisfied with my medication regimen.)

The lady who told me this story did more meth than any person I have ever met, and she still wouldn't touch the stuff. Nuff said!

[ayyy-imma-ninja]

How would SK Sun feel about sugar gliders?

Hmmmmm

He'd likely be comfortable watching videos of them because they do look cute, but I doubt he'd want one landing on him

[vintagewildlife]

Glider By: F. W. Bond From: Living Mammals of the World 1969

[trinketsvault]

littlest pet shop 2273; 1663 & 1224

[funguy-not-fungi]

the resemblance is uncanny

[rubybug]

Badge comms for Sofie and Luca! 🌈✨

[lowkeiloki]

I MADE A NEW SON LOOK AT HIM!!!

his name is Ballister, hes a silly looking sugar glider!!

[bethanythebogwitch]

Australian Pokemon - new evolutions

Another set of my Fakemon designed for my original Goorda Region based on a combination of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. This time I'm designing new evolutions for older Pokemon, plus a bonus convergent line. Links to previous entries below.

Factortry, the Industry Pokemon, fire/steel type, an evolution of Torkoal. It started eating metal as well as coal and its internal heat melted the metal into slag. The slag has started covering its shell, increasing its defense, but the smoke it releases is toxic. During the industrial revolution, Factortry were used for metal refining, but the practice was banned after it produced too much pollution.

Factortry is based on a coal-burning refinery and industrial age factories, with all the pollution that came with them. Industrial pollution has been reduced thanks to regulations, such as the ones that banned Factortry for use in refining. Its name comes from "factory" and "tortoise".

Castla, the Coral Pokemon, water/rock type, an evolution of Corsola. Its branches have grown together into a fortress-like structure that is virtually unbreakable. It has a symbiotic relationship with small Pokemon that live in its fortress. It defends them from predators while they help clean it. It needs clean water to live in and the populations has dropped considerably due to pollution.

I figured that if Galarian Corsola gets an evolution, the original should too. Like the original, this Castla is based on staghorn coral, but also castles. A castle is a type of barrier and Australia famously has the great barrier reef. Reefs are famous as habitats and are essentially ecosystems based on symbiosis, just like Castla. Like the great barriier reef, pollution and global warming is signaling hard times ahead for poor Castela. Its name comes from "Corsola" and "Castle"

Glideon, the Sugar Glider Pokemon, flying type, an evolution of Eevee. Glideon live in trees and glide around their rainforest homes on flaps of skin between their legs. Using their tails as rudders, Glideon are very proficient gliders and they will perform aerial tricks to impress each other and attract mates. Trainers should be aware that Glideon are highly social and need a diet high in sugar.

Wormeon, the Velvet Worm Pokemon, Bug type, an evolution of Eevee. Wormeon are reclusive beings that live deep in the forest and are rarely seen. Their fuzzy pelt is so soft people can get addicted to petting them. Wormeon bodies are soft and fragile, so they defend themselves by spitting out sticky slime and powerful acid.

If Gamefreak won't make new Eeveeloutions then dammit I will. Glideon is based on sugar gliders and Wormeon is based on velvet worms. Sugar gliders are a type of possum that glide around on skin flaps called patagia and have a very fruit-heavy diet. They are found in Australia and have been exported as exotic pets. Unfortunately, the biggest provider of sugar gliders is pretty unethical. Velvet worms are members of a unique phylum and can be described as worms with legs. They are very soft, hence the name, and spit slime for offense and defense like Wormeon. There are many species of velvet worm in Aotearoa. I may end up revising the Wormeon design as I'm not totally sold on it. I don't think it looks enough like an Eevee for my liking.

Frozosis, the Cryptobiosis Pokemon, ice type. It was once thought to be a regional variant of Solosis, but is now known to be unrelated. These strange Pokemon are found frozen under the ice on high mountains, where the cold keeps them in stasis. Scientists believe they froze themselves possibly millions of years ago to survive a mass extinction and are only now beginning to thaw out. Those who thaw out often roll down the mountains to be found in the lowlands.

Frozosis evolves to Frozuion, the Cryptobiosis Pokemon, ice type. Despite being frozen to the point where biological activity should cease, Frozuion are still capable of moving and feeding. Scientists suspect they are in a sleepwalking-like state of half-stasis and that if one were to fully thaw out, it would have mysterious powers, though nobody knows how to do it safely.

Frozuion evolves to Reunifroz, the Cryptobiosis Pokemon, ice type. They have some strange power that allows them to levitate and act alive, despite being frozen so cold that no conventional life could exist. Scientists are unsure of what would happen if one were to thaw out as they are so cold even molten magma cannot warm them. It is possible that a thawed Reunifroz would have powers unlike any other Pokemon.

The Frozosis line is convergent to the Solosis line. They are based on cryptobiosis, a state of near-death stasis that certain living things can enter to survive extreme conditions. The Solosis line are based on embryo development and the Frozosis line are based on frozen embryos. The first successful pregnancy from a frozen embryo happened in Australia. Because it's frozen and in cryptobiosis, the cell in the Frozosis line doesn't develop like the one in the Solosis line. Frozuion and Reunifroz are based on micro-animals. Some species of micro-animal can enter cryptobiosis to survive changing conditions. Frozuion is based on a tardigrade (the poster child for cryptobiosis) while Reunifroz is based on a rotifer. Their names come from "frozen" and the Solosis line's names.

Previous entries in this series. Misc 4, misc 3, single-stages, non-natives, regional standards, creepy lines, regional variants, birds, early-game standards, misc 2, misc 1, starter variants, starters

[critter-creature-or-beast]

Photo by Timur Garifov on Unsplash

[orbee-paws]

Sugar Glider Regressor

A Suger Glider Regressor might:

⭐️ enjoy sweet fruit-based snacks

🌱 regress to a young toddler or baby

🦘 always want to be in their cg’s arms

⭐️ babble or be very talkative

🌱 want to make lots of friends

🦘 have or really want a cg

⭐️ hold toys with their whole fist

🌱 keep treasures in their pockets

🦘 prefer later bedtimes

⭐️ love going outside

🌱 enjoy climbing and being up high

🦘 love soft clothing & blankets

⭐️ collect plushies

🌿 derived from fun facts about sugar gliders, you don’t have to share any of the listed traits to identify this way, just for fun! 🌿

[dracomimus]

Meet SugarGlider, my sugar glider fandragon! (It/Its)

[kuneh0s]

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