#acpc June

[enchantedwolfoon]

SCP ART THAT’S RECENT?? FROM ME??? Unbelievable

these were originally drawn sometime Mid/late June last year, you can tell that I am out of practise when it comes to drawing SCPs, oh well, hopefully this year I’ll end up drawing them properly 🤞

173 design by itchy.tendons on IG, and the outfits are from ACPC iirc

[encyclopika]

Animal Crossing Fish Explained #223

Brought to you by a marine biologist floating through vacation...

CLICK HERE FOR THE AC FISH EXPLAINED MASTERPOST!

I actually had a week off work and I'm sad it's ending... So explains why there was no Fish Explained last week. Anyway, without further adieu:

Of all the snails we have covered in this series, I don't think any are quite as interesting as the Violet Sea Snail. The kicker here is that Animal Crossing Pocket Camp couldn't possibly show how it moves, or rather, drifts, through the oceans. So, it just looks like a boring shell that may or may not actually be a real animal if you don't already know it.

This guy was available this past June (2022) for the Violet Sea Snail Goals event. Hopefully it will make a return!

The Violet Sea Snail (Janthina janthina) belongs to Gastropoda, the largest Class of Mollusks and the most species-rich group of animals after the insects! Within you have all types of snails and slugs, from the deepest reaches of the oceans to your backyard. I'd dare to say that Gastropods are more far-reaching than insects as they occupy many habitats in the ocean while the vast majority of insects don't (the crustaceans were there first). Within Gastropoda, you get all these slow boys that do so many interesting things and grow such amazing shells. The VSS belongs to Family Epitoniidae, the "ladder shells" or "staircase shells" because most of them have high-spired shells that have "steps" in them. They are also called Wentletraps, if you're from Europe. Of course, the VSS belongs to the Genus Janthina, which have smoother shells and their spires aren't quite as pronounced. *However*, they produce the same sort of mucus as other Epitonids, and that will be very relevant later. The VSS is native to the tropical portions of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.

From this site.

The VSS, even as an adult, is considered a part of the plankton community. Plankton, both plant (phyto-) and animal (zoo-), are organisms that rely on water currents for their locomotion, or they simply can't swim strongly or fast enough to "outrun" said currents. Now, please notice that I didn't say they needed to be microscopic. There are plenty of macroscopic animals that are considered plankton, including jellies and the snails of Janthina, for some examples. Some animals, like many crustaceans, only spend part of their lives as plankton (usually as larvae and then they can settle into their preferred habitats on the seafloor). These animals are called "meroplankton", though not all of them are just juveniles - certain planktic plants, like microscopic dinoflagellates, do spend some of their lifecycle as cysts in the seafloor. Fish larvae and eggs are a special type of plankton called "ichthyoplankton". However, animals that spend their whole lives as plankton, like the VSS, are called "holoplankton".

The VSS achieves this by creating a bubble raft, from which it rides the currents, eating hydrozoa and other zooplankton. They create the bubble raft at the surface where air is trapped in bubbles stabilized by the mucus layer evolved from their Epitonid snail cousins. They are so adapted to this lifestyle, that they are reverse counter-shaded, meaning they are light on top and dark on the bottom, which ACPC got right in it's icon! This is useful as they spend their whole adult lives upside-down.

And there you have it! Fascinating stuff, no?

[mayor-yuniper]

I posted 69 times in 2022

I wasn't as active as I was last year but it's still so much fun to run an Animal Crossing blog! I'll always love these games to death.

33 posts created (48%)

36 posts reblogged (52%)

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I tagged 69 of my posts in 2022

#animal crossing - 31 posts

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#fanart - 18 posts

#acnh - 15 posts

#animal crossing new horizons - 15 posts

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#animal crossing: pocket camp - 8 posts

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#this is so cool i love how much stuff you fit into it without making it look cluttered

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

My first own design, based on a dress I saw in a catalogue!

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#4

Home on the road... 🚙⛺🏞️

65 notes - Posted May 19, 2022

#3

The first day of a new year always feels quite introspective, even when you’re still wearing the party hat from last night.

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My #1 post of 2022

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[chyuni]

the acpc june event is so cute… growing purple wisteria in my garden ^_^

[the-final-straw-blog]

Updates On The Struggle To Stop Cop City + The Balkan Anarchist Bookfair

This week, you'll hear an interview with Matthew Scott, a journalist with ACPC in Atlanta to talk about recent developments with the struggle against Cop City, the building of a giant police training facility with a simulated cityscape for urban counter insurgency training for law enforcement from around the USA & around the world in a forest in Atlanta, Georgia. You can read Matthews work at ATLPressCollective.Com. We review the development of the project and the organizing against it, touch on the current situation for the 41 people facing domestic terrorism charges from the state of Georgia, talk about the SWAT raid and financial crime charges against the Atlanta Solidarity bail fund, the vote by city council to move forward with tens of millions of dollars of funding despite 15 hours of public comment against and take a look at where the project is now that clearcutting has happened.

Transcript

ACPC on StopCopCity

Balkan Anarchist Bookfair & St-Imier

PDF (Unimposed)

Zine (Imposed PDF)

Other Sites of Interest

Atlanta Solidarity Fund

StopCopCitySolidarity.Org (info on the Week of Action, June 24-July 1, 2023)

Donations to Tortuguita's family

Balkan Anarchist Bookfair

Then, you'll hear a segment by A-Radio Berlin from the May 2023 episode of Bad News about the upcoming Balkan Anarchist Bookfair and the St-Imier 2023 anarchist and anti-authoritarian gathering.

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Featured Tracks:

4th of July by AGYN from Weelaunee Kaleidoscope (Benefit for ATL Solidarity)

Bella Ciao (for Weelaunee Forest) by The Narcissist Cookbook from

Check out this episode!

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It's literally as big as June 😂

[wisteria-crossings]

twinsies feels

🌊🧵👖🐻👒

[mayoranthro]

the spring breezes are sweet this year ~ ♡

[megatownac]

More Autumn Moon conversations. June has the right idea: she just thinks that the moon is pretty, which is a factually correct statement. Plucky is worried that it may eat her, which is highly unlikely.

[pikachutali]

So, I love the new Pocket Camp update. June is my new favorite bear. :3

[shinobi-bacon]

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I’m in the process of turning my campsite into a ninja academy! I still need to add more decorations and I haven’t decided what terrain to use, but I love these items!

[encyclopika]

Animal Crossing Fish - Explained #226

Brought to you by a marine biologist getting back on her feet...

CLICK HERE FOR THE AC FISH EXPLAINED MASTERPOST!

I know I've been gone for a while - it's not because of the new Pokemon game, although it helped. I'm back to finish up what I started. So, today, let's start with a blank slate - the white versions of the guppy, the freshwater angelfish, and the koi. [Long post warning because pictures!!!]

Specifically, these fish are the White Tuxedo Guppy, the White Butterfly Koi, and the White Angelfish. All three appeared once in AC Pocket Camp for its Fishing Tourney #27. The theme was "weddings" and occurred in June of 2020, so explains why they're all white.

We've already covered the taxonomy and delved deeper into these species elsewhere in the series. They are here -> Guppy, Koi, and Angelfish. For review, all three of these fish are freshwater species, native to different river systems, and all are species humans like to keep ornamentally. Likewise, these white versions represent specially bred specimens that not only feature a strange white coloring, but also different fin lengths and shapes. This is especially true for the butterfly koi, specifically known for its long, graceful fins.

But I want to take a "minute" to talk about pigments in the animal kingdom and then the certain genetic anomalies that fuck it up. So lets talk about pigment - what is it and what does it do? To sum it up very quickly, biological pigments, or biochromes, are molecules produced within specialized cells that absorb and reflect certain wavelengths of light, aka, they give animal skin, eyes, fur, etc. color. These colors assist animals in their daily lives, by providing camouflage for animals so that their prey or their predators don't see them coming or going, respectively. Other animals display color to communicate, either to attract a mate or tell a rival to back off. Pigments can even protect the skin from UV radiation (as is the function of melanin in human skin). This is all grade school science class stuff, but it's really important to ecology. Color and color patterns can tell you so much about how an animal lives its life, even without observation. But like all living functions, pigment can get messed up, too, and in a lot of ways.

By Stephenkniatt at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain

Perhaps the most famous pigment disorder is albinism. This disorder is characterized by an absence of pigmentation, turning the animal white (in plants, albinism is from the absence of chlorophyll). The term albinism has many incomplete definitions, however, we typically recognize it as a lack of melanin, which results in an all-white body and red eyes. It is especially apparent in mammals, where melanin is the only pigment we make! This disorder comes with a lot of drawbacks for any animal - an all-white body means they've lost the functions of their species' coloration, they have poor vision and eye development, hearing disorders, and, in some studies, the disorder is found to be "semi-lethal", generally reducing the life span. Fortunately, I don't think the ACPC wedding fish have this condition.

By The original uploader was Dawson at English Wikipedia. - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 2.5,

I think our fish for today are Leucistic, in that they have a loss of much of their pigments, but not all. For the fish and for the snake above, pigment is absent in the scales, but the eyes are just fine. Leucism is often mistaken for albinism. The big difference between them is the severity and the pigments lost - albinism is a total lack of melanin, but leucism affects all the types of pigments found in the animal kingdom and at different intensities, and therefore can appear "partial", as seen in piebald individuals. And yes, all sorts of albinism and leucism are specifically bred for in the pet trade.

Erythrism is when an individual is strangely more red than usual. I don't have a lot to say about this one but to look it up on Google "erythristic animals" and see how utterly magical they look. Pink bugs are a guarantee.

Then there's Melanism, the exact opposite of albinism/leucism - it is the increased production of melanin, making an animal's skin, etc. very very dark, or completely black. Sometimes melanism gets out of hand and also dyes the inside of the animal black, as is the case with Ayem Cemani breed of chicken. Also worth a Google search: "melanistic animals". Enjoy.

And there you have it. Fascinating stuff, no?

[namu-re-acpc]

I moved aaaaalll my doggies to the cabin. And!! They’re all sitting down nicely - this never happens!

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[happyhatcrossing]

More of those cute waiting screen profiles

[3dfeels]

marker doodle of pekoe and june!!!