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I just saw this little one by the side of the road. I assume there's something wrong with it, because hedgehogs are usually nocturnal.
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Wild European (Erinaceus europaeus) hedgehog foraging for food Wilder Braunbrustigel bei der Nahrungssuche Дикий обыкновенный ёж еж в поисках пищи Hérisson commun en quête de nourriture
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Am I a little bit late for some of you? I might be. But anyways. Here's what went right around the world this past week :)
Youth climate activists won a huge climate lawsuit
Sixteens youths (aged five to 22) from Montana, US, have emerged victorious after suing state officials for violating their right to a clean environment.
In their lawsuit, they argued that Montana's fossil fuel policies contributed to climate change, which harms their physical and mental health. Montana is a major coal producer, with large oil and gas reserves. The state has rebuffed these claims, saying that their emissions were insignificant on a global scale.
Judge Kathy Seely, in a 103-page ruling, set a legal precedent for young people’s rights to a safe climate by finding in their favour. “Every additional tonne of GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions exacerbates plaintiffs’ injuries and risks locking in irreversible climate injuries".
This win marks the very first time a US court has ruled against a government for a violation of constitutional rights based on climate change. It will now be up to Montana lawmakers to bring state policies in line.
“As fires rage in the west, fueled by fossil fuel pollution, today’s ruling in Montana is a gamechanger that marks a turning point in this generation’s efforts to save the planet from the devastating effects of human-caused climate chaos.” - Julia Olson, executive director of nonprofit law firm, Our Children’s Trust, which represented the youths in this case.
Number of Mexicans living in poverty fell by millions
Thanks to a new minimum wage boost and increases to pensions, the number of Mexicans living in poverty fell by 8.9 million between 2020-2022, according to new data published by the country’s social development agency, Coneval.
Coneval’s statistics suggest that the number of people living in extreme poverty also fell – from 10.8 million in 2020 to 9.1 million last year – although that figure is still up from a pre-Covid 8.7 million recorded in 2018.
There is still a long way to go, and some critics do claim that during the current president, López Obrador's presidency has been characterized by austerity.
An organised crime group trafficking endangered species has been jailed
The Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC), a small European wildlife charity, is apparently busting kingpins behind as much as half of the world's illegal trade in pangolin scales. The traffickers began six-year jail sentences a few weeks ago.
The wildlife charity went undercover to expose three Vietnamese and one Guinean national, members of an organised crime group trafficking body parts of endangered species including rhinos.
They were arrested in May 2022, following a four-year investigation by the WJC, and were accused of trafficking 7.1 tonnes of pangolin scales, as well as 850kg of ivory. Last month they pleaded guilty to smuggling and were jailed for six years.
All eight species of pangolin are listed as threatened animals, four critically endangered - they are protected by international law.
“There has not been a reported seizure of pangolin scales in Asia originating from Africa in more than 550 days,” said Steve Carmody, WJC’s director of programmes. “There is no clearer example of the importance of disrupting organised crime networks.”
AI gave conservationists a breakthrough
The use of AI-controlled microphones and cameras seems set to revolutionise
biodiversity monitoring in the UK following groundbreaking work by researchers at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). They used the tech to record and analyse 3,000 hours of wildlife audio captured by monitors located near London railway lines.
The computers detected dozens of bird species, foxes, deer, bats and hedgehogs, and mapped their locations.
It’s hoped the innovation will help improve conservation and habitat management on Network Rail land.
This year is best ever for UK renewable energy installations
This years looks to be the best year so far for UK renewable energy installations, with record numbers of households fitting solar panels and heat pumps.
2023 marks the first time solar panel installations have topped an average of 20,000 a month, as homeowners look to harvest energy from the sun amid rising utility bills.
Read the full story here.
The UK’s Tree of the Year shortlist was revealed
The Woodland Trust has announced the shortlist for its annual celebration of some of the UK’s most treasured ancient trees, and for 2023 the spotlight is on the urban landscape.
“Ancient trees in towns and cities are vital for the health of nature, people and planet,” said the charity’s lead campaigner Naomi Tilley. “They give thousands of urban wildlife species essential life support, boost the UK’s biodiversity and bring countless health and wellbeing benefits to communities.”
Article published August 17, 2023
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All animal species (and a couple algae) that have kept the same scientific name since Linnaeus
The first work of taxonomy that is considered as having any scientific authority for animal species was the 10th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, published in 1758. (Also a book on spiders called Aranei Suecici, published one year before.) That's the foundational text of the binominal system of nomenclature of species still in use today. Since then most of Linnaeus' original species (4379 species, of which 185 mammals, 554 birds, 217 "amphibians" (including reptiles and cartilaginous fish), 379 fishes, 2104 "insects" (including various arthropods, of which 664 are beetles and 543 are moths & butterflies crammed into only 3 genera), and 940 "worms" (including basically all other invertebrates, and even some protists and algae)) have been dismembered, renamed, or at least moved to different genera (e.g. the house sparrow went from Fringilla domestica to Passer domesticus).
Here is a list of all of Linnaeus' original species from 1758 that still retain their original name. I believe they are 484 in total.
"Mammalia"
(Primates)
Homo sapiens (human)
Lemur catta (ring-tailed lemur)
Vespertilio murinus (rearmouse bat)
(Bruta)
Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)
Trichechus manatus (West Indian manatee)
Bradypus tridactylus (three-toed sloth)
Myrmecophaga tridactyla (giant anteater)
Manis pentadactylus (Chinese pangolin)
(Ferae)
Phoca vitulina (harbor seal)
Canis familiaris (dog)
Canis lupus (grey wolf)
Felis catus (house cat)
Viverra zibetha (Indian civet)
Mustela erminea (stoat)
Mustela furo (ferret)
Mustela lutreola (European mink)
Mustela putorius (wild ferret)
Ursus arctos (brown bear)
(Bestiae)
Sus scrofa (wild boar/pig)
Dasypus septemcinctus (seven-banded armadillo)
Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo)
Erinaceus europaeus (European hedgehog)
Talpa europaea (European mole)
Sorex araneus (common shrew)
Didelphis marsupialis (common opossum)
(Glires)
Rhinoceros unicornis (Indian rhinoceros)
Hystrix brachyura (Malayan porcupine)
Hystrix cristata (crested porcupine)
Lepus timidus (common hare)
Castor fiber (European beaver)
Mus musculus (house mouse)
Sciurus vulgaris (red squirrel)
(Pecora)
Camelus dromedarius (dromedary camel)
Camelus bactrianus (Asian camel)
Moschus moschiferus (musk deer)
Cervus elaphus (red deer)
Capra hircus (goat)
Capra ibex (Alpine ibex)
Ovis aries (sheep)
Bos taurus (cow)
Bos indicus (zebu)
(Belluae)
Equus caballus (horse)
Equus asinus (donkey)
Equus zebra (mountain zebra)
Hippopotamus amphibius (hippopotamus)
(Cete)
Monodon monoceros (narwhal)
Balaena mysticetus (bowhead whale)
Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale)
Delphinus delphis (common dolphin)
"Aves"
(Accipitres)
Vultur gryphus (Andean condor)
Falco tinnunculus (common kenstrel)
Falco sparverius (sparrowhawk)
Falco columbarius (pigeonhawk)
Falco subbuteo (Eurasian hobby)
Falco rusticolus (gyrfalcon)
Strix aluco (tawny owl)
Lanius excubitor (great grey shrike)
Lanius collurio (red-backed shrike)
Lanius schach (long-tailed shrike)
(Picae)
Psittacus erithacus (grey parrot)
Ramphastos tucanus (white-throated toucan)
Buceros bicornis (great hornbill)
Buceros rhinoceros (rhinoceros hornbill)
Crotophaga ani (smooth-billed ani)
Corvus corax (raven)
Corvus corone (carrion crow)
Corvus frugilegus (rook)
Corvus cornix (hooded crow)
Coracias oriolus (golden oriole)
Coracias garrulus (European roller)
Gracula religiosa (hill myna)
Paradisaea apoda (greater bird-of-paradise)
Cuculus canorus (common cuckoo)
Jynx torquilla (wryneck)
Picus viridis (green woodpecker)
Sitta europaea (Eurasian nuthatch)
Merops apiaster (European bee-eater)
Merops viridis (blue-throated bee-eater)
Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe)
Certhia familiaris (Eurasian treecreeper)
Trochilus polytmus (red-billed streamertail hummingbird)
(Anseres)
Anas platyrhynchos (mallard duck)
Anas crecca (teal duck)
Mergus merganser (common merganser)
Mergus serrator (red-breasted merganser)
Alca torda (razorbill auk)
Procellaria aequinoctialis (white-chinned petrel)
Diomedea exulans (wandering albatross)
Pelecanus onocrotalus (great white pelican)
Phaeton aethereus (red-billed tropicbird)
Larus canus (common gull)
Larus marinus (great black-backed gull)
Larus fuscus (lesser black-backed gull)
Sterna hirundo (common tern)
Rhynchops niger (black skimmer)
(Grallae)
Phoenicopterus ruber (American flamingo)
Platalea leucorodia (Eurasian spoonbill)
Platalea ajaia (roseate spoonbill)
Mycteria americana (wood stork)
Ardea cinerea (grey heron)
Ardea herodias (blue heron)
Ardea alba (great egret)
Scolopax rusticola (Eurasian woodcock)
Charadrius hiaticula (ringed plover)
Charadrius alexandrinus (Kentish plover)
Charadrius vociferus (killdeer plover)
Charadrius morinellus (Eurasian dotterel)
Recurvirostra avosetta (pied avocet)
Haematopus ostralegus (Eurasian oystercatcher)
Fulica atra (Eurasian coot)
Rallus aquaticus (water rail)
Psophia crepitans (grey-winged trumpeter)
Otis tarda (great bustard)
Struthio camelus (ostrich)
(Gallinae)
Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl)
Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey)
Crax rubra (great curassow)
Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant)
Tetrao urogallus (western capercaillie)
(Passeres)
Columba oenas (stock dove)
Columba palumbus (wood pigeon)
Alauda arvensis (Eurasian skylark)
Sturnus vulgaris (European starling)
Turdus viscivorus (mistle thrush)
Turdus pilaris (fieldfare thrush)
Turdus iliacus (redwing thrush)
Turdus plumbeus (red-legged thrush)
Turdus torquatus (ring ouzel)
Turdus merula (blackbird)
Loxia curvirostra (crossbill)
Emberiza hortulana (ortolan bunting)
Emberiza citrinella (yellowhammer)
Emberiza calandra (corn bunting)
Fringilla coelebs (common chaffinch)
Motacilla alba (white wagtail)
Motacilla lava (yellow wagtail)
Parus major (great tit)
Hirundo rustica (barn swallow)
Caprimulgus europaeus (European nightjar)
"Amphibia"
(Reptiles)
Testudo graeca (Greek tortoise)
Draco volans (flying dragon)
Lacerta agilis (sand lizard)
Rana temporaria (common frog)
(Serpentes)
Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake)
Crotalus durissus (tropical rattlesnake)
Boa constrictor (common boa)
Coluber constrictor (eastern racer)
Anguis fragilis (slowworm)
Amphisbaena alba (red worm lizard)
Caecilia tentaculata (white-bellied caecilian)
(Nantes)
Petromyzon marinus (sea lamprey)
Raja clavata (thornback ray)
Raja miraletus (brown ray)
Squalus acanthias (spiny dogfish)
Chimaera monstrosa (rabbitfish)
Lophius piscatorius (anglerfish)
Acipenser sturio (sea sturgeon)
Acipenser ruthenus (sterlet sturgeon)
"Pisces"
(Apodes)
Muraena helena (Mediterranean moray)
Gymnotus carapo (banded knifefish)
Trichiurus lepturus (cutlassfish)
Anarhichas lupus (Atlantic wolffish)
Ammodytes tobianus (lesser sandeel)
Xiphias gladius (swordfish)
Stromateus fiatola (blue butterfish)
(Jugulares)
Callionymus lyra (common dragonet)
Uranoscopus scaber (stargazer)
Trachinus draco (greater weever)
Gadus morhua (Atlantic cod)
Blennius ocellaris (butterfly blenny)
Ophidion barbatum (snake cusk-eel)
(Thoracici)
Cyclopterus lumpus (lumpsucker)
Echeneis naucrates (sharksucker)
Coryphaena equiselis (pompano)
Coryphaena hippurus (dorado)
Gobius niger (black goby)
Govius paganellus (rock goby)
Cottus gobio (European bullhead)
Scorpaena porcus (black scorpionfish)
Scorpaena scrofa (red scorpionfish)
Zeus faber (John Dory)
Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice)
Chaetodon striatus (banded butterflyfish)
Chaetodon capistratus (foureye butterflyfish)
Sparus aurata (gilt-head bream)
Labrus merula (brown wrasse)
Labrus mixtus (cuckoo wrasse)
Labrus viridis (green wrasse)
Sciaena umbra (brown meagre)
Perca fluviatilis (European perch)
Gasterosteus aculeatus (three-spined stickleback)
Scomber scombrus (Atlanti mackerel)
Mullus barbatus (red mullet)
Mullus surmuletus (surmullet)
Trigla lyra (piper gurnard)
(Abdominales)
Cobitis taenia (spined loach)
Silurus asotus (Amur catfish)
Silurus glanis (Wels catfish)
Loricaria cataphracta (suckermouth catfish)
Salmo carpio (Garda trout)
Salmo trutta (brown trout)
Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
Fistularia tabacaria (bluespotted cornetfish)
Esox lucius (northern pike)
Argentina sphyraena (European argentine)
Atherina hepsetus (Mediterranean sand smelt)
Mugil cephalus (flathead mullet)
Exocoetus volitans (tropical flying fish)
Polynemus paradiseus (Paradise threadfin)
Clupea harengus (Atlantic herring)
Cyprinus carpio (common carp)
(Branchiostegi)
Mormyrus caschive (bottlenose elephantfish)
Balistes vetula (queen triggerfish)
Ostracion cornutus (longhorn cowfish)
Ostracion cubicus (yellow boxfish)
Tetraodon lineatus (Fahaka pufferfish)
Diodon hystrix (spot-fin porcupinefish)
Diodon holocanthus (long-spine porcupinefish)
Centriscus scutatus (grooved shrimpfish)
Syngnathus acus (common pipefish)
Syngnathus pelagicus (pelagic pipefish)
Syngnathus typhle (broad-nosed pipefish)
Pegasus volitans (longtail seamoth)
"Insecta"
(Coleoptera)
Scarabaeus sacer (sacred scarab)
Dermestes lardarius (larder beetle)
Dermestes murinus (larder beetle)
Hister unicolor (clown beetle)
Hister quadrimaculatus (clown beetle)
Silpha obscura (carrion beetle)
Cassida viridis (tortoise beetle)
Cassida nebulosa (tortoise beetle)
Cassida nobilis (tortoise beetle)
Coccinella trifasciata (ladybug)
Coccinella hieroglyphica (ladybug) [Coccinella 5-punctata, 7-punctata, 11-punctata, and 24-punctata survive as quinquepunctata, septempunctata, undecimpunctata, and vigintiquatorpunctata]
Chrysomela populi (leaf beetle)
Chrysomela lapponica (leaf beetle)
Chrysomela collaris (leaf beetle)
Chrysomela erythrocephala (leaf beetle)
Curculio nucum (nut weevil)
Attelabus surinamensis (leaf-rolling weevil)
Cerambyx cerdo (capricorn beetle)
Leptura quadrifasciata (longhorn beetle)
Cantharis fusca (soldier beetle)
Cantharis livida (soldier beetle)
Cantharis oscura (soldier beetle)
Cantharis rufa (soldier beetle)
Cantharis lateralis (soldier beetle)
Elater ferrugineus (rusty click beetle)
Cicindela campestris (green tiger beetle)
Cicindela sylvatica (wood tiger beetle)
Buprestis rustica (jewel beetle) [Buprestis 8-guttata survives as octoguttata]
Dytiscus latissimus (diving beetle)
Carabus coriaceus (ground beetle)
Carabus granulatus (ground beetle)
Carabus nitens (ground beetle)
Carabus hortensis (ground beetle)
Carabus violaceus (ground beetle)
Tenebrio molitor (mealworm)
Meloe algiricus (blister beetle)
Meloe proscarabaeus (blister beetle)
Meloe spec (blister beetle)
Mordela aculeata (tumbling glower beetle)
Necydalis major (longhorn beetle)
Staphylinus erythropterus (rove beetle)
Forficula auricularia (common earwig)
Blatta orientalis (Oriental cockroach)
Gryllus campestris (field cricket)
(Hemiptera)
Cicada orni (cicada)
Notonecta glauca (backswimmer)
Nepa cinerea (water scorpion)
Cimex lectularius (bedbug)
Aphis rumici (black aphid)
Aphis craccae (vetch aphid)
Coccus hesperidum (brown scale insect)
Thrips physapus (thrips)
Thrips minutissimum (thrips)
Thrips juniperinus (thrips)
(Lepidoptera)
Papilio paris (Paris peacock butterfly)
Papilio helenus (red Helen butterfly)
Papilio troilus (spicebush swallowtail butterfly)
Papilio deiphobus (Deiphobus swallowtail butterfly)
Papilio polytes (common Mormon butterfly)
Papilio glaucus (eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly)
Papilio memnon (great Mormon butterfly)
Papilio ulysses (Ulysses butterfly)
Papilio machaon (Old World swallowtail butterfly)
Papilio demoleus (lime swallowtail butterfly)
Papilio nireus (blue-banded swallowtail butterfly)
Papilio clytia (common mime butterfly)
Sphinx ligustri (privet hawk-moth)
Sphinx pinastri (pine hawk-moth) [genus Phalaena was suppressed, but seven subgenera created by Linnaeus are now valid as genera]
(Neuroptera)
Libellula depressa (chaser dragonfly)
Libellula quadrimaculata (four-spotted skimmer dragonfly)
Ephemera vulgata (mayfly)
Phryganea grandis (caddisfly)
Hemerobius humulinus (lacewing)
Panorpa communis (scorpionfly)
Panorpa germanica (scorpionfly)
Raphidia ophiopsis (snakefly)
(Hymenoptera)
Cynips quercusfolii (oak gall wasp)
Tenthredo atra (sawfly)
Tenthredo campestris (sawfly)
Tenthredo livida (sawfly)
Tenthredo mesomela (sawfly)
Tenthredo scrophulariae (sawfly)
Ichneumon extensorius (parasitoid wasp)
Ichneumon sarcitorius (parasitoid wasp)
Sphex ichneumoneus (digger wasp)
Vespa crabro (European hornet)
Apis mellifera (honey bee)
Formica fusca (silky ant)
Mutilla europaea (large velvet ant)
(Diptera)
Oestrus ovis (sheep botfly)
Tipula oleracea (marsh cranefly)
Tipula hortorum (cranefly)
Tipula lunata (cranefly)
Musca domestica (housefly)
Tabanus bovinus (pale horsefly)
Tabanus calens (horsefly)
Tabanus bromius (brown horsefly)
Tabanus occidentalis (horsefly)
Tabanus antarcticus (horsefly)
Culex pipiens (house mosquito)
Empis borealis (dance fly)
Empis pennipes (dance fly)
Empis livida (dance fly)
Conops flavipes (thick-headed fly)
Asilus barbarus (robberfly)
Asilus crabroniformis (hornet robberfly)
Bombylius major (bee fly)
Bombylius medius (bee fly)
Bombylius minor (bee fly)
Hippobosca equina (forest fly)
(Aptera)
Lepisma saccharina (silverfish)
Podura aquatica (water springtail)
Termes fatale (termite)
Pediculus humanus (human louse)
Pulex irritans (human flea)
Acarus siro (flour mite)
Phalangium opilio (harvestman)
Araneus angulatus (orb-weaving spider)
Araneus diadematus (European garden spider)
Araneus marmoreus (marbled orbweaver)
Araneus quadratus (four-spotted orbweaver -- last four are by Clerck 1757, some of the very few surviving pre-Linnean names!)
Scorpio maurus (large-clawed scorpion)
Cancer pagurus (brown crab)
Oniscus asellus (common woodlouse)
Scolopendra gigantea (giant centipede)
Scolopendra morsitans (red-headed centipede)
Julus fuscus (millipede)
Julus terrestris (millipede)
"Vermes"
(Intestina)
Gordius aquaticus (horsehair worm)
Lumbricus terrestris (common earthworm)
Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm)
Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)
Hirudo medicinalis (medicinal leech)
Myxine glutinosa (Atlantic hagfish)
Teredo navalis (shipworm)
[shout out to Furia infernalis, a terrifying carnivorous jumping worm that Linnaeus described, but which doesn't seem to actually exist]
(Mollusca)
Limax maximus (leopard slug)
Doris verrucosa (warty nudibranch)
Nereis caerulea (ragworm)
Nereis pelagica (ragworm)
Aphrodita aculeata (sea mouse)
Lernaea cyprinacea (anchor worm)
Scyllaea pelagica (Sargassum nudibranch)
Sepia officinalis (common cuttlefish)
Asterias rubens (common starfish)
Echinus esculentus (edible sea urchin)
(Testacea)
Chiton tuberculatus (West Indian green chiton)
Lepas anatifera (goose barnacle)
Pholas dactylus (common piddock)
Mya arenaria (softshell clam)
Mya truncata (truncate softshell)
Solen vagina (razor clam)
Tellina laevigata (smooth tellin)
Tellina linguafelis (cat-tongue tellin)
Tellina radiata (sunrise tellin)
Tellina scobinata (tellin)
Cardium costatum (ribbed cockle)
Donax cuneatus (wedge clam)
Donas denticulatus (wedge clam)
Donax trunculus (wedge clam)
Venus casina (Venus clam)
Venus verrucosa (warty venus)
Spondylus gaederopus (thorny oyster)
Spondylus regius (thorny oyster)
Chama lazarus (jewel box shell)
Chama gryphoides (jewel box shell)
Arca noae (Noah's ark shell)
Ostrea edulis (edible oyster)
Anomia aurita (saddle oyster)
Anomia ephippium (saddle oyster)
Anomia hysterita (saddle oyster)
Anomia lacunosa (saddle oyster)
Anomia spec (saddle oyster)
Anomia striatula (saddle oyster)
Mytilus edulis (blue mussel)
Pinna muricata (pen shell)
Pinna nobilis (fan mussel)
Pinna rudis (rough pen shell)
Argonauta argo (argonaut)
Nautilus pompilius (chambered nautilus)
Conus ammiralis (admiral cone snail)
Conus aulicus (princely cone snail)
Conus aurisiacus (cone snail)
Conus betulinus (betuline cone snail)
Conus bullatus (bubble cone snail)
Conus capitaneus (captain cone snail)
Conus cedonulli (cone snail)
Conus ebraeus (black-and-white cone snail)
Conus figulinus (fig cone snail)
Conus genuanus (garter cone snail)
Conus geographus (geographer cone snail)
Conus glaucus (glaucous cone snail)
Conus granulatus (cone snail)
Conus imperialis (imperial cone snail)
Conus litteratus (lettered cone snail)
Conus magus (magical cone snail)
Conus marmoreus (marbled cone snail)
Conus mercator (trader cone snail)
Conus miles (soldier cone snail)
Conus monachus (monastic cone snail)
Conus nobilis (noble cone snail)
Conus nussatella (cone snail)
Conus princeps (prince cone snail)
Conus spectrum (spectrecone snail)
Conus stercusmuscarum (fly-specked cone snail)
Conus striatus (striated cone snail)
Conus textile (cloth-of-gold cone snail)
Conus tulipa (tulip cone snail)
Conus varius (freckled cone snail)
Conus virgo (cone snail)
Cypraea tigris (tiger cowry shell)
Bulla ampulla (Pacific bubble shell)
Voluta ebraea (Hebrew volute)
Voluta musica (music volute)
Buccinum undatum (common whelk)
Strombus pugilis (fighting conch)
Murex tribulus (caltrop murex)
Trochus maculatus (maculated top shell)
Turbo acutangulus (turban shell)
Turbo argyrostomus (silver-mouth turban shell)
Turbo chrystostomus (gold-mouth turban shell)
Turbo marmoratus (green turban shell)
Turbo petholatus (turban shell)
Turbo sarmaticus (giant turban shell)
Helix lucorum (Mediterranean snail)
Helix pomatia (Roman snail)
Nerita albicilla (blotched nerite)
Nerita chamaeleon (nerite)
Nerita exuvia (snakeskin nerite)
Nerita grossa (nerite)
Nerita histrio (nerite)
Nerita peloronta (bleeding tooth)
Nerita plicata (nerite)
Nerita polita (nerite)
Nerita undata (nerite)
Haliotis asinina (ass-ear abalone)
Haliotis marmorata (marbled abalone)
Haliotis midae (South African abalone)
Haliotis parva (canaliculate abalone)
Haliotis tuberculata (green ormer)
Haliotis varia (common abalone)
Patella caerulea (Mediterranean limpet)
Patella pellucida (blue-rayed limpet)
Patella vulgata (European limpet)
Dentalium elephantinum (elephant tusk)
Dentalium entale (tusk shell)
[genus Serpula is still in use with none of its original species]
(Lithophyta)
Tubipora musica (organ pipe coral)
Millepora alcicornis (sea ginger fire coral)
Madrepora oculata (zigzag stone coral)
(Zoophyta)
Isis hippuris (sea bamboo)
Isis ochracea (sea bamboo)
Gorgonia flabellum (Venus fan)
Gorgonia ventalina (purple sea fan)
Alcyonium bursa (soft coral)
Alcyonium digitatum (dead man's fingers)
Tubularia indivisa (oaten ipes hydroid)
Corallina officinalis (coralline red alga)
Sertularia argentea (sea fern)
Sertularia cupressoides (hydroid)
Pennatula phosphorea (sea pen)
Taenia solium (pork tapeworm)
Volvox globator (colonial alga)
[genus Hydra is still in use with none of its original species]
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I think this one requires the whole first page to start us off. And honestly, it’s going to be hard to decide what to cut out in this issue, because the art is super good! Regardless of what you think about this human Sonic design, there’s no denying that the art is going hard and we’ll see that especially in an upcoming sequence. But even in this shot of Sonic’s room, look at how many SEGA references there are! You can check out a full list over in the trivia page on the wikia, but I love that artist Ed Hillyer clearly cares enough about Sonic to put all of these in Hillyer isn’t only the artist of this story - he’s also the writer! Hillyer does the occasional art duty for StC, but to my knowledge, this is the only story he wrote? It’s fitting that it would be a story that would become so well known
Anyway, onto the story itself. To start us off, we have a sequence of Sonic as we know him about to be flattened by a Robotnik mech, failing to save Tails. The title card shows “hedgehog” scribbled out and replaced with “human” before a human boy wakes up in his bedroom. Though, from the looks of things, he still believes that he’s on Mobius. Don’t we all?
Sonic finds a mirror in the room and realises that he’s not in his own body, before someone from off-screen calls for an “Erin” to come downstairs. The name Erin is assumed to come from Erinaceus europaeus - the scientific classification of West European Hedgehog (something else I read on the wikia). Erinaceus europaeus has already been mentioned in the comic by Dr. Kintobor in our flashback story, so this is a pretty fair assumption. I just think it’s a neat name in general tbh
This is the sequence I was talking about before! Look at how the colours and distortion paint how uncomfortable this scene is! The intense yellow glow from the ceiling light, the pressure shown on Erin’s face as he tries to pull away from being forced to eat the egg. We as the audience instantly know that this is messed up. I don’t think this scene would’ve been nearly as effective without the art selling it as well as it does I have to admit that I have read this story before, since it’s one of the ones that gets reprinted in a later issue of StC, and this page stuck with me the most out of all of it
Erin races out into the garden where he finds… okay, that’s a pretty unique take on a human Tails as well, but he literally only appears for these two panels. He’s even wearing a “Big Breakfast” shirt, since StC will not resist throwing in references to British media at every opportunity
We don’t get the context of what’s attacking human Tails, but again, I love how Erin’s poses show the intensity of the wind-up into his spin attack followed by his harmless cartwheel to demonstrate that, no, Sonic can’t do that here
Geez, they really aren’t pulling any punches. Erin down
Evil Egg Mother is back and I know I keep harping on about it, but I really love how they’ve kept her sinister yellow glow from the kitchen, but now have it contrasted against the blue of the room and also intensified by the sickly green of the egg
“Eat it, Spikeball!” is enough for Sonic to figure out exactly what’s going on here. He looks like it takes him some effort to break free, but Sonic figures out that he’s “a hedgehog dreaming” and does what some Sonic fans probably hope would happen to them by waking up to find that he’s really a Mobian after all
…I mean, I’m not sure if anyone’s avoiding spoilers for any Apple-exclusive Sonic games, but isn’t this how Sonic Dream Team ends? Ah well, it’s an old franchise, so they’re bound to retread ideas from time to time. (Unrelated, while I couldn’t play Dream Team myself, I do love seeing Rouge and Cream being included as part of the main team)
Anyway, Sonic wakes up, chases off Robotnik and rescues Tails, joking about having seen horrors that Tails could never imagine. I dunno, Sonic, it looked like the dream Tails was going through a rough time as well And that’s that! My one complaint is that the conclusion of this story feels quite abrupt - we only really get one and a half pages of Mobian Sonic at the end there. But StC does have shorter stories than Archie and IDW for the most part, so sometimes that’ll just be how it is. And honestly, it’s a small trade-off for all the amazing sequences in the human parts of the story. Hillyer was no new-face to comics at this point, so saying “he draws darn well” is quite an obvious statement, but I do also want to say that he draws both the Mobians and the humans very well. We’ve seen a lot of artists in these books (especially the early Archie ones) who were either good at drawing the Mobians and the humans looked uncanny valley or good at drawing the humans and the Mobians were uncanny valley. So it’s nice to see both looking really good
I’m sure I don’t need to say that I enjoyed this story a lot. What could’ve been just another “nice but standard” oneshot story ended up becoming something incredibly memorable. In fact, I’d say I enjoyed reading it even more now than I did as a kid. But perhaps the fact that it doesn’t out-stay its welcome helps with that? If we’d had several more follow-up stories of Erin the Human, I might’ve lost interest
Hm. It is kind of cool to imagine what the other Sonic characters might’ve looked like in this particular human style, though
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Hellooo~ I saw u doing matchups so I thought I'd participate in this event as well! At first I wanted to wait with my request because my birthday is actually on the 5th of March, but that's when the event ends- SO HERE I AM :D I'd like to have a romantic matchup with a twst boi pls. Btw, please excuse my awkward communication skills lol
Thank youuu in advance if u accept my request.
(General stuff)
My name is Yade/Jade (the way its written changes in literally every country- not me sobbing in confusion rn), I'm female, use she/her pronouns and … I am weird. 160cm tall, (i have no frickin idea what that is in feet- I am European lol I think it's 5'2 tho), my parents are from west asia (turkey) but I was born in Austria. (Btw, idk if dis is important but zodiac is pisces and mbti is infp/intp. Its weird)
Appeareance:
I have a diamond shaped head with sharp facial features, my dark brown hair goes down to my neck but I always tie 'em up in a messy bun so that my shorter hair strands at the front can do their own thing xD Body type is hourglass and my clothing style is pretty casual held in pale/light colors.
Personality~
-Very accepting, polite and respectful. I value these three traits a lot as they are the foundation of relationships in my opinion.
- Intelligent and wise, if I do say so myself. I have gone through quite a lot of stuff so I'd say I am more mature than others my age.
-My humor is broken af but my fam and friends tell me Im funny so I'll just go with that HAHA
- Calm and Resilient. Even tho my writing style is quite chaotic and seemes energetic I am NOTHING like that in rl. I'm pretty laid-back and calm. Not shy or timid. I just like to relax xD I am pretty resilient as well- not easy to break mentally or physically.
-I tend to get defensive extremely fast and without even realizing it. Sometimes I am ignorant, other times I am stubborn. (Lazy as well but we don't talk about that HAHA)
Hobbies/Interests/Likes/Dislikes
Gardening (Nature in general), reading, listening to music (very important- my earphones are my bebes) and designing/decorating. I am also very interested in languages. I can speak 6 rn and hope to speak a lot more in the future!
Ideal date/lover~
-Okay, so first of all- I am very inexperienced when it comes to romantic relationships. The only thing I am good at is rejecting ppl LOL
-Anyways- An ideal date for me would probably be something simple and not overly extravagant. A simple picnic, a library date or just staying at home cuddling together and watching some movies. If you couldn't already tell my love language is quality time so as long as I get to spend time with them I'm happy!
-Now onto the ideal lover… the thing is, I don't really have a type. I don't care about appearance, the only thing I care about is that my partner is somebody who I can trust and feel comfortable with. Communication is also very important so maybe somebody who knows how to handle any kind of situation. I am a task-oriented person so my partner should be confident in what he does.
- Other then that I am just happy when I have somebody in my arms when I fall asleep <3
Sorry if this was too long.. i think i overdid it :,)) IM SORRY (OMG 600 WORDS- MY BAD)
You are matched with...
Riddle!!
-He will throw small teaparties for you two to enjoy, have walks around the garden and take you to see the hedgehogs
-Whatever it is , his dates with your are always unique and cute.
-Riddle believes that if you make a commitment, you should always stay true to it, including you relationship.
-He handles every situation even though most of the time he flies into rage for you.
-But at least, the work is done
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Bestiary, literary genre in the European Middle Ages consisting of a collection of stories, each based on a description of certain qualities of an animal, plant, or even stone. The stories presented Christian allegories for moral and religious instruction and admonition.
The numerous manuscripts of medieval bestiaries ultimately are derived from the Greek Physiologus, a text compiled by an unknown author before the middle of the 2nd century ad. It consists of stories based on the “facts” of natural science as accepted by someone called Physiologus (Latin: “Naturalist”), about whom nothing further is known, and from the compiler’s own religious ideas.
The Physiologus consists of 48 sections, each dealing with one creature, plant, or stone and each linked to a biblical text. It probably originated in Alexandria and, in some manuscripts, is ascribed to one or other of the 4th-century bishops Basil and Epiphanius, though it must be older. The stories may derive from popular fables about animals and plants. Some Indian influence is clear—for example, in the introduction of the elephant and of the Peridexion tree, actually called Indian in the Physiologus. India may also be the source of the story of the unicorn, which became very popular in the West.
The popularity of the Physiologus, which circulated in the early Middle Ages only less widely than the Bible, is clear from the existence of many early translations. It was translated into Latin (first in the 4th or 5th century), Ethiopian, Syriac, Arabic, Coptic, and Armenian. Early translations from the Greek also were made into Georgian and into Slavic languages.
Translations were made from Latin into Anglo-Saxon before 1000. In the 11th century an otherwise unknown Thetbaldus made a metrical Latin version of 13 sections of the Physiologus. This was translated, with alterations, in the only surviving Middle English Bestiary, dating from the 13th century. It, and other lost Middle English and Anglo-Norman versions, influenced the development of the beast fable. Early translations into Flemish and German influenced the satiric beast epic. Bestiaries were popular in France and the Low Countries in the 13th century, and a 14th-century French Bestiaire d’amour applied the allegory to love. An Italian translation of the Physiologus, known as the Bestiario toscano, was made in the 13th century.
Many of the medieval bestiaries were illustrated; the manuscript of the earliest known of these is from the 9th century. Illustrations accompanying other medieval manuscripts are often based on illustrations in the Physiologus, as are sculptures and carvings (especially in churches) and frescoes and paintings well into the Renaissance period.
The religious sections of the Physiologus (and of the bestiaries that were derived from it) are concerned primarily with abstinence and chastity; they also warn against heresies. The frequently abstruse stories to which these admonitions were added were often based on misconceptions about the facts of natural history: e.g., the stag is described as drowning its enemy, the snake, in its den; and the ichneumon as crawling into the jaws of the crocodile and then devouring its intestines. Many attributes that have become traditionally associated with real or mythical creatures derive from the bestiaries: e.g., the phoenix’s burning itself to be born again, the parental love of the pelican, and the hedgehog’s collecting its stores for the winter with its prickles. These have become part of folklore and have passed into literature and art, influencing the development of allegory, symbolism, and imagery, though their source in the bestiary may be frequently overlooked.
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Worksop Bestiary, England c. 1185
NY, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, fol. 46v
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The Great ACT-NSW-NZ Trip, 2023-2024 - Pohokura
After we left the Volcanic Plateau we headed west, to spend a few days at Pohokura. The road we took was the Forgotten World Highway, which the GPS said was a 100kph road.
It was not.
In fact, most of it was unsealed, and was so convoluted, through terrain so precipitous, that we didn't dare drive faster than 30kph. Where boulders had fallen off the cliffs they'd been marked with witches hats - presumably someone would get around to actually moving them off the road, at some point.
We did see a few animals, though - feral deer (New Zealand has had a variety introduced), feral goats (serious problem in many areas), escaped sheep, squashed hedgehogs, and a feral kitten in the middle of a bridge.
At Pohokura we stayed at a house built by one of the original European settlers in the area. It had a resident cat who disliked the family move to a new house so much that it walked back to the old one.
A fair number of the species I saw were ones I'd already seen on the trip, or from @purrdence's previous trip, or from Australia, but there's plenty that were new. I'll cover the Whangamōmona Saddle, Whangamōmona Township, and the McCluggage Tunnel, seperately.
And a few I haven't got satisfactory IDs on yet.
#forgotten world highway#pohokura#badumna#steatoda#dieuches#desidae#theridiidae#rhyparochromidae#Caedicia#tettigonidae#dark-winged fungus gnat#sciaridae#Eucolaspis#chrysomelidae#anagallis#Lysimachia#primulaceae#wiseana#porina#hepialidae#oecetis#leptoceridae#Neocicindela#cicindelidae#Hirundinidae#epyaxa#geometridae#forficula#earwig#introduced species
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Events 6.23 (after 1950)
1951 – The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched. 1956 – The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa. 1959 – Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career. 1960 – The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world. 1961 – The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force. 1967 – Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference. 1969 – Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren. 1969 – IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry. 1972 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. 1972 – Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds. 1973 – A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale. 1985 – A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, killing two and injuring four. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard. 1991 – Sonic the Hedgehog is released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise. 1994 – NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center. 2001 – The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured. 2012 – Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials. 2013 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope. 2013 – Militants storm a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, killing ten climbers and a local guide. 2014 – The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction. 2016 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%. 2017 – A series of terrorist attacks take place in Pakistan, resulting in 96 deaths and wounding 200 others. 2018 – Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand are trapped in a flooding cave, leading to an 18-day rescue operation.
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The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), also known as the West European hedgehog or common hedgehog, is a hedgehog species found in Europe, from Iberia and Italy northwards into Scandinavia. It is a generally common and widely distributed species that can survive across a wide range of habitat types. It is a well-known species, and a favorite in European gardens, both for its endearing appearance and its preference for eating a range of garden pests.
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Bill Skarsgård is on his feet, furiously pumping his arms back and forth. Standing 6-foot-4, he could cover a lot of ground if he wanted to, but he’s channeling a specific 5-year-old at play here.
We are talking about picking up other people’s physicalities and incorporating bits and pieces of them into his characters when he shoots up to demonstrate his bag of tricks. Standing in the open space of an Upper West Side home’s library, he brings his shoulders up to his ears, keeping the energy in his top half akin to a runner sprinting to his finish line, while from the waist down he appears more as a slow loris than Sonic the Hedgehog.
“That’s my little brother [Ossian],” Skarsgård says with a laugh, explaining the movement’s inspiration. “He’s 10 now, but when he was 4 or 5, he had a really funny way of running. You ever see kids do this? It’s the funniest thing ever.” Funny, sure, but when done by someone of the actor’s stature, slightly bewildering and creepy. “If you look at Pennywise,” he says, “Pennywise does this.”
Skarsgård is, of course, referring to his biggest role to date: Stephen King’s clown creation at the center of the “It” film franchise. As the evil entity known for eating children alive, Skarsgård has taken Pennywise the Dancing Clown—first imagined in King’s 1986 behemoth novel before being brought to the screen by Tim Curry in a campy 1990 miniseries—and morphed him into a truly terrifying being who brings into vivid clarity just how scary circus attire can be.
In case you somehow missed it, “It” premiered in 2017 and quickly became a pop culture phenomenon, grossing $700 million worldwide and breaking the record for the highest-grossing horror film of all time. It inspired Halloween costumes, “Saturday Night Live” spoofs, and a whole new generation of genre fans who will never look at red balloons the same way again.
Skarsgård and his cast—which includes kid co-stars Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”), Jaeden Martell (“Masters of Sex”), Sophia Lillis (“Sharp Objects”), and a standout Jack Dylan Grazer (“Shazam!”), plus their adult counterparts Bill Hader, James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, and James Ransone, respectively—are hoping to catch lightning in a bottle once more this September with “It Chapter Two.” Picking up 27 years after the first film and Pennywise’s apparent—but temporary—defeat at the hands of the Losers Club, the film is another chance for Skarsgård to showcase the impressive physicality and personality he brought to Round 1.
Just minutes into a conversation with the actor—and after that performance of a 5-year-old running—it’s clear his calculated character work is thanks to a keen sense of observation. Take the Swede’s analysis of Scandinavian cities, for instance: His hometown of Stockholm is not as laid-back as Copenhagen, which by comparison feels more European. Having been raised in Sweden to a family of acting royalty—Stellan Skarsgård (an Emmy nominee this year for “Chernobyl”) is his father and Alexander Skarsgård (Emmy winner for “Big Little Lies”) is his brother—he recalls his people as more serious, the type to follow rules and structure.
His observations let him steal tangible details and tics from strangers, friends, family, and cultures, pulling them into the people (and, in the case of “It,” evil entities) he plays.
“Sometimes I even do it subconsciously, where I do something in a scene and I’m like, Wait a minute, that’s the guy from the subway. I saw this guy and I thought he was weird. Now I just did it in a scene,” he says, getting excited. “I fucking love when it happens so much because it’s literally happening in the moment.”
He’s not Method in his acting, but Skarsgård’s approach certainly feels all-encompassing. He has the capacity to go so deep that he makes it a point to draw clear boundaries for himself; during the audition process, he consciously avoids getting too attached to the role, limiting his prep work to memorizing the sides and making a strong, well-thought-out choice about the character he’s playing.
“You can prepare as much as you want—prepare in terms of the scene or think about the character, but the research I put into a role is emotional, especially if I have a book to read about it,” he says. “The ‘It’ book is a really particular one, but usually, [if] you read about the character, delving much deeper into who [they are], you start getting emotionally attached. You can get emotionally attached to a character without doing much research at all. It’s just shitty when you don’t book it... For me, when I book it is when I let myself go [and] really feel safe to emotionally give so much of myself to it.”
His wariness is understandable when you look at his résumé. Life for any actor naturally ebbs and flows between bookings and rejections, but that’s amplified for an actor like Skarsgård, who has built a career on playing brooding types often living in dire circumstances. His breakout role stateside was as vampire Roman Godfrey on Netflix’s “Hemlock Grove” before going on to play a character in the third installment of the post-apocalyptic “Divergent” series and then a mysterious inmate who’s been theorized to be the actual devil in another Stephen King-inspired screen project, “Castle Rock.” It’s not exactly light fare, and diving into those psyches unnecessarily could become detrimental.
“I like living by [the motto] ‘It is what it is’; you adapt and you’re spontaneous and you change things,” Skarsgård says when asked if he adheres to any specific technique to capture the characters he plays. “My life is not very structured or organized to begin with, and that obviously bleeds into the work that I do.”
It’s the spontaneity of his choices onscreen, too, that makes the 29-year-old so fun to watch, particularly as Pennywise. Two of his contributions to the final incarnation of Pennywise’s appearance include the cartoonishly pointed bottom lip—a thing Skarsgård can really do with his mouth, something he says he’s never seen anyone other than his family members do—and Pennywise’s walleyed stare, in which one of his pupils wanders off to the side while the other stays firmly focused on you.
Physically, the role is demanding, requiring him to yell, shake, and contort his face in ways that leave him exhausted; that’s not to mention the hours spent sitting in hair and makeup. “You have glue all over your face; there’s paint. Your hair is up in [a skullcap]—it’s itching. There’s, like, a foam head on top of it.” To put it mildly, “It” and its sequel are unlike any of Skarsgård’s other acting experiences. For myriad reasons, it lacked the give and take of more traditional projects. He had to be at “150 percent intensity” whenever the camera was on him. “A lot of the stuff I do sometimes is literally like”—he makes a gurgling sound like a chainsaw underwater. “It’s like one big jump scare, charging the camera screaming and shaking my head violently. There’s never a scene where you’re just chilling.”
The final product is an amalgamation of script work, Skarsgård’s own imagination, and King’s classic novel, which he leaned on more than usual since the script, told from the perspective of the film’s child leads, necessarily left out Pennywise’s perspective. He also used YouTube to watch videos of mimes, hyenas, baboons, and monkeys, using elements from each to piece together the way Pennywise moves through space.
With all the information he’s gathered from his prep process at his fingertips, the on-set experience becomes about playing to the truth of the scene and the “essence of what the character is at that point.”
“You completely intellectualize the character,” he explains about the early stages of figuring out the person he’s playing. “Who is this guy psychologically? Why is he acting this way? What is his relationship with the world and the people closest to him? The way I do it is objectively going out and studying him separately from me. Observing him, judging him, understanding him, and sympathizing with him.”
He admits to developing a fondness for Pennywise, who refused to vacate his mental premises even after the film wrapped. “You go with a character and you think about that character obsessively for a very long time, and then overnight there’s nothing left to think about,” he says. The uncoupling manifested itself in his dreams, where he sometimes was Pennywise and sometimes was talking to Pennywise, upset that he was somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be. “And then I wake up and I’m like, that was kind of sweet.” It’s the kind of affection only an actor who has lovingly pieced together a character over four years can have for something so objectively sinister.
But no matter the role—or its wickedness—we relish the moment Skarsgård stands up to show us what he’s found today.
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Mushrooms are high in fibres and vitamins, they are also fat and cholesterol free.
TYPES OF MUSHROOM?
1. WHITE MUSHROOM- Mildest taste and can be eaten raw or cooked.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- able mushroom, cultivated mushroom, button, champignon (de Paris)
2.CRIMINO- It is a young portabella and they are more darker, fimer and flavourful.
ALTERNATIVE NAME- Cremini, baby bellas, golden Italian mushrooms, Roman, classic brown, Italian brown, brown mushrooms
3.PORTABELLA MUSHROOM- Common in Italian cooking and dense. Rich portabella used for sauces, pasta and great substitute of meat.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- Portobella, field mushroom, open cap mushroom
4.SHITAKE MUSHROOM- In Japanese, Shitake means 'OAK FUNGUS'. Have light Woody flavour, aroma and more intense.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- Shitake, black forest, black winter, brown oak, Chinese black, black mushroom, oriental black, forest mushroom, golden oak, Donko.
5.MAITAKE MUSHROOM- Cultivated as well as found in the woods. Flavour and aroma is earthy. They grow in nestwestern of US and Japan. It is found in wild east of the Mississippi River in August & September.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- Hen of the Wood, sheepshead mushroom, ram's head, kumotake, dancing mushroom
6.OYSTER MUSHROOM- It is found in the wild growing on the sides of trees. Oyster mushrooms have delicate odor and flavour.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- Tree oyster, angel's wings, pleurotte en huître, abalone mushroom, shimeji
7.ENOKI- They grow on Chinese hackberry trees, Ash trees, mulberry trees and persimmon trees. Flavour is mild and delicate.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- Enokitake, enokidake, futu, winter mushrooms, winter fungus
8.BEECH MUSHROOM- They are crunchy with a sweet nuttiness and bitter taste.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- Buna shimeji, beech brown mushroom, clamshell mushroom
9.KING TRUMPET MUSHROOM- They are thick, meaty stem on this jumbo mushroom. Savoury umami flavour.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- King oyster, trumpet royale, ali'i oyster, boletus of the steppes, king brown mushroom, French horn mushroom, king brown mushroom
10.BLACK TRUMPET MUSHROOM- They have a rich, smoky flavour and notes of black truffle mushroom when dried.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- Horn of plenty, black chanterelle, trumpet of the dead
11.CHANTERELLE MUSHROOM- They are common in many European Cuisines, including French & Australian, are also native to US. Abundant in the west and Pacific Northwest from September into the cold months. Earthy flavor with hints of mild pepper.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- Golden, yellow, chanterelle, egg mushroom, girolle, pfifferling
12.HEDGEHOG MUSHROOM- With a sweet smell and taste, it makes sense that this mushroom is also called sweet tooth. This Hardy mushroom grows in the winter on the west coast.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- Sweet tooth, wood hedgehog
13.MOREL MUSHROOM- A fleeting spring time treat in the Midwest and west. It has Woody flavour and spongy look.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- morchella
14.PORCINI MUSHROOM- It is a smooth texture, Woody flavour. They are popular in Italy, as well as in France, where they are called cepes.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES- Cèpe, bolete, king bolete, borowik, Polish mushroom, Steinpilz, stensopp, penny bun
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Holy crap
Quick pine marten history lesson. European pine martens were once widespread in the UK, populations decreased due to hunting and habitat loss, and now they're mostly found in Scotland. Recent conservation efforts have seen them establishing populations in Wales, but they were absent from England for over a century. There have been a handful of sightings in northern England since 2015, but none near London.
They're not sure whether it travelled there or if it was released, but as this one appears healthy it's a good sign that they can someday become prevalent in England again.
Quick clarification, because I have seen some confusion over this in the past, pine martens are still widespread in Europe, but considered endangered in the UK.
I know the queen is dying but a pine martin has been spotted guys
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Ten end-of-year architecture projects from students at the University of Reading
A project that reintroduces endangered countryside animals into an orchard environment and a church ruin in Bristol transformed into an educational kitchen are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Reading.
Other projects include a proposal that merges architecture and landscape design and a centre for the rehabilitation of badgers.
University of Reading
School: School of Architecture Courses: BSc Architecture and Master of Architecture (MArch) Tutors: Ana Dina, Professor Lorraine Farrelly, Associate Professor Oliver Froome-Lewis, Georgie Grant, Dr John Harding, Mike Kane, Martin Lydon, Sabrina Morreale, Piers Taylor, Michelle Tomlinson and Dr Izabela Wieczorek
School statement:
"The School of Architecture at the University of Reading engages the complex issues facing architecture in our society today, including the environment, re-use, collaborative innovation and creating equalities. It includes a topology of practice-based research and precisely situated studies in design, technology and theory.
"Our students work alongside academics and practitioners and look beyond the transient and the topical to frame precise methodologies and expertise in relation to these borderless concerns as they flow inexorably across our local and European contexts.
"Imagination and new thinking establish new links between the conceptual and the contractual; every day and the abstract; the pragmatic and the speculative; the interviewer and the interviewee and our experiences and our possibilities. Interpreting these circumstances gives us opportunities for positive change.
"These are outtakes from the end-of-year online exhibition 'Adaptations', which is now available on the University of Reading's website."
Nature's Interlude by Clara Everest
"Located in an almost flat, open field landscape, this proposal is conceived as a human-made hedgerow. It is an investigation into the merging of architecture and landscape.
"Conceived to be self-sufficient as possible, it utilises solar energy, heat recovery, natural ventilation and natural water filtration from the adjacent pond.
"Earth walls disperse outwards from the facility into the landscape, representing the roots and weaving structure of the hedgerow, whilst also framing views and connecting to the far horizons of the surrounding landscape.
"The fractured and dispersed walls create a multitude of courts and sheltered gardens referenced back to the traditional fruit walls of England."
Student: Clara Everest Course: BSc Architecture, Year three Tutor: Mike Kane Email: clara.everest[at]gmail.com
The Lambourn Valley MycoWorks and Centre for the Rehabilitation of Badgers by Harvey Warren
"The project is a 'collaboration' between clay target shooters, badgers, fungi and trees. Set along with the M4, earthworks are appropriated as sites of diverse life instead of specific human functionality.
"The building and badger tunnel bridge, which spans the M4, are linked by paths and tunnels through wild woodland, full of shooting huts and badger sets.
"The cob and mycelium building hosts a badger vet, cherry winery, shooting clubhouse, and mycelium moulding facility. Life flourishes within, and the product of these unusual relationships is a sustainable, diverse and exciting landscape, driven by organic processes."
Student: Harvey Warren Course: BSc Architecture, Year three Tutor: Associate Professor Oliver Froome-Lewis Email: hpw2000[at]hotmail.com
Alternative Rurality by Lloyd Jackson
"The AR project proposes a way in which we can better integrate into the rural landscape. As we gradually cut ties with the EU and move away from the single farm payment, agriculture in the UK will go through the most significant transformation since the post-war era.
"A farmer's subsidies will no longer equate to the amount of land they farm, but how well they can maintain and enrich the ecology of their land and incorporate ecologically beneficial practices.
"In this proposal, animals stranded in bounded pockets of land are assisted through the introduction of wildlife bridges, the expansion of hedgerows and the introduction of a new fruit forest."
Student: Lloyd Jackson Course: BSc Architecture, Year three Tutor: Michelle Tomlinson Email: l.wyn.jacksonp[at]gmail.com
Revival of the Orchard by Rosie Clark
"Situated in an open field landscape in southern England, this proposal introduces endangered species of countryside animals into a new traditional orchard environment. Drawing inspiration from the local vernacular, the truss form of the timber-framed facility gives character to the spaces offering respite, care and breeding facilities for birds, dormice and hedgehogs.
Conceived to repair habitat fragmentation created by the M4, an animal bridge extends from respite care spaces to the wider landscape, composed of a network of habitats for species outlined in the National Biodiversity Action Plan.
"By creating a landscape designed for the re-establishment of biodiverse ecosystems, proposals encourage biodiversity and ecological complexity, whilst restoring a historical farming landscape."
Student: Rosie Clark Course: BSc Architecture, Year three Tutor: Michelle Tomlinson Email: rosielauraclark[at]gmail.com
From Strata to Structure by Sofia Sergiou
"This project aims to map the natural past of a site, adding to its history and letting the geology and landscape guide the scheme's placement design.
"My designated site was the location of rare, well-preserved fossils and shells, which led to me selecting snails as my endangered species for the project.
"Continuing with the theme of pests, I selected brambles as my orchard fruit, something that is seen as a weed of sorts, being internationally grown. This was then aged in clay pots underground using an ancient method, almost being treated as a fossil itself."
Student: Sofia Sergiou Course: BSc Architecture, Year three Tutor: Sabrina Morreale Email: sofiasergiou2000[at]hotmail.co.uk
The Formalisation of Nature by Tom Rogan
"Situated adjacent to Wilder's Folly in West Berkshire, this project forms a considered narrative around local food production, endangered bird species and vernacular materials.
"A well-trodden existing footpath aligns a central spine wall of rammed chalk, with adjoining spaces including a medlar orchard, brandy distillery and breeding facility for turtle doves.
"Thatched tapered forms, inspired by both dovetails and William Morris textiles are integrated into the undulating landscape. The resulting project forms a sensitive mosaic of wild-flower meadows, hedgerows of hawthorn, mulberry and elderflower, rewilding an area once consumed by agriculture into a long-term habitat for local wildlife."
Student: Tom Rogan Course: BSc Architecture, Year three Tutor: Dr John Harding Email: tjrogan[at]btinternet.com
Mistletoe by Yann Bracegirdle
"The remnants of historic mining and lost rail lines form the spine for a new architecture for refuge and renewal. Ancient and fragmented tales of mythology to ecotherapy were discovered here to create new narratives of dislocated places and tales. King Bladud's recovery from leprosy and St Anne's healing well, intrinsically connected with nature, still run the length of the site.
"This proposal feeds off a system of corridors and habitats to provide a place with a refuge, centred around the timber three-layered gridshell atrium. A sensitive approach is merging old and new structures and pathways to re-connect the past in the present."
Student: Yann Bracegirdle Course: BSc Architecture, Year three Tutor: Mike Kane Email: yann.bracegirdle[at]gmail.com
An Urban Escape, Bringing Balance to Bristol by Adam Dobson
"With the increasing pressures of modern-day life combined with the demise of natural habitats and the climate emergency, this project looked to create an outlet by repairing, re-purposing and rewilding Bristol's Temple Church, a Grade II* listed ruin.
"The proposed public mental health and well-being service provide ecotherapy whilst subsequently increasing the biodiversity within the urban context.
"Adopting a regenerative design approach, the project looked to utilise locally-sourced reclaimed materials, whereby 'whole system thinking' was integrated into the design, creating a resilient site-specific intervention that aims to leave the ruin, the people and local wildlife in a better condition."
Student: Adam Dobson Course: Master of Architecture (MArch), Year one Tutor: Design Research Unit 2: Regenerative Design – Radical Retrofit & Adaptive Reuse. Academic Lead: Dr Izabela Wieczorek, Studio Practitioners: Diana Dina and Martin Lydon (Haworth Tompkins) Email: a.j.dobson[at]student.reading.ac.uk
The Cultural Kitchen Project by Daniel Hellyer
"The project is centred around regenerative design and radically retrofits a Grade II* listed church ruin in Bristol into an educational kitchen. It seeks to encourage community interaction and collaboration through urban food production and the celebration of cultural events throughout the year.
"Allotment spaces are designed to collectively grow food, which can be harvested and used within the cultural kitchen for events and education as well as donated to vulnerable communities suffering from food poverty.
"Whilst demountable construction techniques respect the site's heritage, the choice of materials and environmental strategies, such as rainwater harvesting, biodiversity gain and renewable energy production help to limit the project's total embodied carbon."
Student: Daniel Hellyer Course: Master of Architecture (MArch), Year one Tutor: Design Research Unit 2: Regenerative Design – Radical Retrofit and Adaptive Reuse. Academic Lead: Dr Izabela Wieczorek, Studio Practitioners: Diana Dina and Martin Lydon (Haworth Tompkins) Email: danielhellyer13[at]gmail.com
Inspiring Art through Nature | Inspiring Communities through Art by Ethan Cherrett
"The proposal for the Weston Island redevelopment project sought to reshape the existing landscape of the island to accommodate public inhabitation, inspiration and future flood mitigation.
"The project aimed to reinvigorate the island and promote the bridging of the surrounding communities regardless of the demographics they find themselves situated within, as well as to radically reuse both the existing structures and the landscape to form the proposed structures.
"Rammed earth was utilised as a driving component throughout, where 40 per cent of the build-up of walls were derived from the excavated subsoil from the proposed terraced SUDs System."
Student: Ethan Cherrett Course: Master of Architecture (MArch), Year one Tutor: Design Research Unit 1: Collaborative Design – Working to Empower Communities to Make Change. Academic Lead: Prof. Lorraine Farrelly, Studio Practitioners: Piers Taylor (Invisible Studio) and Georgie Grant (Onion Collective Watchet) Email: ethancherrett[at]gmail.com
Partnership content
This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and The University of Reading. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.
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Visit to Wildlife Reserve in Ras Al Khor
The place guarantees that the migrating birds that come to this area during the cold season have a friendly atmosphere and availability of natural resources. They provide them with their native habitat. The sanctuary, also known as the "Cape of the Creek," is among the few wetlands in the UAE with both species and greenery. It is the ideal environment you could want, and the City Council oversees it.
Dubai Desert Safari
Desert safari in Dubai is perhaps the most intriguing of these events. Even then, it could be more exciting than an exciting ride through the nearby deserts in a 4x4 car. There are exercises such as sand boarding, dune bashing, fat bike riding, and quad biking. These are the main attractions of a classic Dubai desert safari. Practices such as henna artwork and rides are also available for those interested in culture.
Exciting Ras Al Khor wildlife
Ras Al Khor Sanctuary, shortened RAKWS, is a habitat region in Dubai. While the Reserve is most famous for its flamingos, you may also see reef herons, black-winged stilt, hawk, gulls, egrets, eagle, black-tailed godwit, European spoonbill, sand racers, and striped snakes. The most frequent species in this municipal bird sanctuary are common reeds, beans caper, and beaded strings.
If you go about the preservation park for a while, you will notice that many flowers and creatures will quickly captivate you.
Flamingos
The pink-beaked and lengthy flamingos are unquestionably the sanctuary's attractions. During the winter, many birds travel to the Reserve from colder locations. They seek refuge in the environmental assets present in the wetlands. Flamingos contribute to the sanctuary's liveliness.
Ferruginous duck
A beautiful reddish-brown duck with a distinct patch behind the tail flapping its wings and gliding together with baby ducks on a beautiful lake will take your breath away.
Hedgehog from Ethiopia
This adorable, tiny hedgehog lives on the Dubai nature preserve with its fellow companions.
Blue swimming crab
The blue swimming crabs, a strong sprinter, and hungry predators excite you with their unusual size and pattern.
Tilapia, Mozambique
The Mozambique tilapia, which thrives in speedy waterways and feeds on algae, is normal in the Reserve. It captivates visitors in all aspects.
Tiger fish
The famous tiger fish, a terrible opponent for daring aquatic animals, floats across the tranquil lake.
Agama with a blue head
Agama, a bluish lizard, is also an important element of Dubai's Ras al Khor nature reserve.
Lizard with fringe toes
These lizards, which have fringe-like skin on their back toes, flourish on the sanctuary's natural beaches.
Mangroves
The Reserve is heavily forested, with many mangroves. The carbon-rich mangroves, collectively called gurm, provide a breeding site for crabs, fish, and bristle worms. You can go to the Ras al Khor wildlife sanctuary to learn more about creatures.
RAWKS conservation and management
The environment agency manages the Reserve. They are successful in their operations due to good waste disposal, proper maintenance, and strong law enforcement. Animals are content to live in their local habitat. The recent statistics recorded almost 500 pink flamingos and egrets, grayish cormorants, herons, colored stilts, and marsh harriers. This unique habitat is home to almost 20,000 aquatic birds, with 67 varieties stopping from Africa to Western Europe. On the west coast of the Reserve, visitors view the flamingo nest and the other two on the south end near Al Buhaira Lagoon. Birdlife International designates it as a worldwide Important Bird Area (IBA).
Key highlights of Ras Al Khor wildlife
Annually, this vast wetlands area acts as a breeding site for crabs, reptiles, and fishes, but this is the flamingo that captures the spotlight in wintertime. Look closely amongst the pink plumes to see if you can see grayish herons or great egrets and so much more.
Thrills during Desert Safari in Dubai
Desert Safari Dubai is the uttermost experience that will give you an adrenaline rush as soon as you hit the sands with a car having full potential in terms of torque and power. This adrenaline-inducing adventure is pumped up with an extensive range of activities. The activities include shisha smoking, Belly dance show, Tanura show, and Fire show. Evening desert safari tour is a combo of thrilling safari adventures and an experience of traditional Arabic culture.
Conclusion
This ecologically important wetland, an uncommon sight in the dry Gulf area, comprises low-lying saline plains, lagoons, intertidal mud and sand flats, and mangrove swamps. It serves as a vital home for over 450 species of animals and 47 types of plants. During the wintertime, it is home to around 20,000 water birds from 67 separate breeds. It serves as an important test environment for migrating water birds all along Central Africa Asian Flyway. More than 1% of the local populations of Wide Sandpipers Limicola falcinellus move through in the autumn season. It isn't easy to imagine that visitors find significant numbers of birds so near to the city.
Referenc e Link: https://desertsafarisuae.blogspot.com/2021/07/visit-to-wildlife-reserve-in-ras-al-khor.html
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