#brown bears Sweden

[the-kingdom-of-sweden]

Okay wtf…

petition: Stop the Massacre of Sweden's Brown Bears. Demand an End to This Brutal Cull!

[queen-anxiety]

Borås Zoo part 1 🐻🐧🦁🐾

[greenwitchcrafts]

April 2024 witch guide

Full moon: April 23rd

New moon: April 8th

Solar eclipse: April 8th

Sabbats: None

April Pink Moon

Known as: Breaking Ice Moon, Budding Moon of Plants & shrubs, Budding Tree Moon, Eastermonath, Frog Moon, Green Grass Moon, Growing Moon, Hare Moon, Moon of the Red Grass appearing, Moon When Geese Lay Egss, Moon When thd Ducks Come Back, Ostarmanoth, Planters Moon, Seed Moon, Sucker Moon & Wind Moon

Element: Fire

Zodiac: Aries & Taurus

Nature spirits: Plant Faeries

Deities: Anahita, Bast, Ceres, Cernunnos, Hathor, Herne, Ishtar, Kali, Tawaret & Venus

Animals: Bear & wolf

Birds:  Hawk & magpie

Trees: Bay, forsythia, hazel, lilac, pine & willow

Herbs:  Basil, chives, dandelion, dill, dogwood, dragon's blood, fennel, geranium, milkweed & thistle

Flowers: Daisy & sweetpea

Scents: Bay, bergamot, patchouli & pine

Stones: Angelite, beryl, diamond, garnet, malachite, quartz, ruby, sapphire, sard, selenite & zircon

Colors: Blue, brown, crimson, gold & green

Energy: Authority, balance, beginnings, change, fertility, growth, leadership, opportunities, overcoming obstacles, personal skill development, re-birth, self-evaluation, self-reliance, spirituality, temper control & willpower

April’s full Moon often corresponded with the early springtime blooms of a certain wildflower native to eastern North America: Phlox subulata—commonly called creeping phlox or moss phlox—which also went by the name “moss pink.” Thanks to this seasonal association, this full Moon came to be called the “Pink” Moon.

Other celebrations:

• Walpurgis Night - April 30th

Also known as: May Eve

The origins of the holiday date back to pagan celebrations of fertility rites & the coming of spring. After the Norse were Christianized, the pagan celebration became combined with the legend of St. Walburga, an English-born nun who lived at Heidenheim monastery in Germany & later became the abbess there. Saint Walpurga was hailed by the Christians of Germany for battling "pest, rabies, & whooping cough as well as against witchcraft". Christians prayed to God through the intercession of Saint Walpurga in order to protect themselves from witchcraft, as Saint Walpurga was successful in converting the local populace to Christianity. Although it is likely that the date of her canonization is purely coincidental to the date of the pagan celebrations of spring, people were able to celebrate both events under church law without fear of reprisal.

Walpurgis Night is still a traditional holiday celebrated on April 30th in northern Europe & Scandinavia. In Sweden typical holiday activities include the singing of traditional spring folk songs & the lighting of bonfires. In Germany the holiday is celebrated by dressing in costumes, playing pranks on people & creating loud noises meant to keep evil at bay. Many people also hang blessed sprigs of foliage from houses & barns to ward off evil spirits, or they leave pieces of bread spread with butter & honey, called ankenschnitt, as offerings for phantom hounds.

Sources:

Farmersalmanac .com

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kines

Wikipedia

A Witch's Book of Correspondences by Viktorija Briggs

Encyclopedia britannica

Llewellyn 2024 magical almanac Practical magic for everyday living

[pleistocene-pride]

Vulpes lagopus also known as the arctic fox, white fox, polar fox, or snow fox is a small species of fox native to the polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere where it dwells throughout Greenland, Findland, Norway, Sweden, Canada, Alaska, and many Arctic islands. Being the only land mammal native to Iceland. Arctic foxes mostly inhabit tundra, taiga, and pack ice but can also be found in the boreal forests of Canada and Alaska. The color of the fox's coat also determines where they are most likely to be found. The white morph mainly lives inland and blends in with the snowy tundra, while the blue morph occupies the coasts because its dark color blends in with the cliffs and rocks. The arctic fox is a generalist omnivore which typically eats any small animal they can find, including lemmings, voles, other rodents, hares, birds, seal pups, fish, insects, and shellfish in addition to berries, flowers, seaweed, carrion, and bird eggs. Arctic foxes are themselves eaten by eagles, wolves, wolverines, red foxes, and bears. Arctic foxes survive winters and food scarcity by both hoarding food in buried caches and storing large amounts of body fat. Reaching around 18 to 27inches (46 to 68cms) in body length with typically 12inch (30cm) long tail, and 3.1 to 20.7lbs ( 1.4 to 9.4kgs) in weight, the arctic fox is a small canine with a generally compact body shape, long fluffy tail, short muzzle and legs, and short, thick ears. It sports numerous adaptations to the extreme cold such as fur covered foot pads and dense multilayered pelage, which provides excellent insulation. To prevent heat loss, the Arctic fox curls up tightly tucking its legs and head under its body and behind its furry tail. There are two genetically distinct coat color morphs: the white morph has seasonal camouflage, white in winter and brown along the back with light grey around the abdomen in summer. The blue morph is often a dark blue, brown, or grey color year-round. Both morphs sport distinct summer and winter coats. Arctic foxes form monogamous pairs during the breeding season (from April to May) and they stay together to raise their young in complex underground dens. Occasionally, other family members may assist in raising their young, forming larger socially dynamic packs. These larger packs are particularly common in areas where the arctic fox overlaps with the red fox. After a 52 day pregnancy a mother arctic fox may give birth to up to 25 young. The young emerge from the den when 3 to 4 weeks old and are weaned by 9 weeks of age. Under ideal conditions an arctic fox may live up to 14 years.

[vinsmoke-lover]

I was thinking about America with eagle wings and it turned into an entire AU where the nations have features of their national animals. Animals and headcanons under the cut

Animals (a lot of them have multiple, so I just picked one):

America: Bald Eagle

Britain: Lion

France: Gallic rooster

Russia: Eurasian brown bear

China: Chinese dragon

Canada: North American beaver

Germany: Bundesadler eagle

Prussia: Black eagle

Italy: Italian wolf

Japan: Green pheasant

Lithuania: White stork

Latvia: White wagtail

Estonia: Wolf

Iceland: Gyrfalcon

Norway: White-throated dipper

Denmark: Mute swan

Sweden: Eurasian elk/moose

Finland: Whooper swan

Scotland: Unicorn

Wales: Dragon

Ireland: Red deer

Liechtenstein: Common kestrel

Spain: Bull

Portugal: Iberian wolf

Seychelles: Striped dolphin

Austria: Barn swallow

Hungary: Turul

Turkey: Gray wolf

Greece: Phoenix

Poland: White-tailed eagle

Romania: Lynx

Czechia: Double-tailed lion

Slovakia: Brown bear

Ukraine: Common nightingale

Belarus: European bison

Netherlands: Lion

Belgium: Lion

Luxembourg: Lion

I couldn't find a national animal for Switzerland.

Headcanons:

All of the bird nations have walked straight into a glass door/window at least once.

Wales can breathe fire.

China can control rain and water.

France calls Britain Chaton.

Britain calls France Cock.

Two of the scars on Lithuania's back are where his wings used to be.

Latvia has gotten in trouble with Russia a few times for forgetting that he's the only one who can fly and putting things up where no one else can reach them.

Most of the nations know how to sew so they can alter their clothes to accommodate their animal features.

Britain has, on occasion, locked eyes with France while eating chicken.

There is at least one video on YouTube titled Nations VS Glass that's just the consequences of the bird nations not being able to see glass.

Romano can say he doesn't care when you say something nice about him, but he can't hide his tail wagging.

It's a good idea to be careful around Veneziano when he's happy/excited unless you want to accidentally be beaten half to death with his tail. Something Germany and Japan found out the hard way.

Just like house cats, the lions will occasionally often knock things off tables/countertops.

Poland likes to call Lithuania Pretty Bird. Lithuania blushes bright red every time.

Spain is a bull. Of course he has a septum piercing.

France owns a laser pointer specifically for messing with Britain.

Romano used to pull Spain's tail whenever he wanted attention.

Britain's brothers pull his tail a lot just to get on his nerves.

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this National Geographic story:

In 2006, a hunter in Canada’s Northwest Territories shot a bear that had white fur with brown patches, long claws, and a grizzly-like hump. The strange-looking bear turned out to be a hybrid: a cross between a polar bear and a grizzly bear.

Over the following years, scientists identified a total of eight polar-grizzly hybrids, and found all the animals  were descendants of the same female polar bear. Sometimes called “grolars” when the father is a grizzly bear or a “pizzlies” when the father is a polar bear, these bears made headlines, and some researchers warned that the Arctic could become prime territory for hybrids due to climate change.

“We're interested in assessing the hybridization rate because we know that as the climate is warming in the Arctic, grizzly bears and polar bears are coming more and more into contact with one another,” says Ruth Rivkin, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Manitoba. Using genetic tools, Rivkin and her colleagues recently found that hybridization remains rare among polar bears—for now.

Bears aren’t the only Arctic species that have intermingled, and many of these hybrids are virtually indistinguishable by sight. That’s why genetic analyses have become incredibly important. Scientists are looking deep into animals’ DNA to identify and learn more about potential hybrids, often raising more questions than answers. 

Typically, animals don’t mate outside their species, due to a variety of barriers, including geography. But hybrids can arise when species or subspecies that would not normally overlap run into each other when searching for a mate. 

Beluga whales and narwhals split on the evolutionary tree around five million years ago, but sometimes the species cross paths in western Greenland’s Disko Bay. In the 1980s, a hunter collected an unusual skull that researchers later hypothesized belonged to a beluga-narwhal hybrid. 

“This was the early days of genetics, and getting DNA from a skull that had been sitting for three to five years outside just wasn’t really an option in the early part of the ‘90s,” says Mikkel Skovrind, a researcher at Lund University in Sweden who helped evaluate the skull with modern genetic techniques in 2019. The study confirmed the identity of the “narluga” hybrid and pegged its birth to the 1970s or earlier.

As temperatures warm, grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis, female shown with a cub) may move further north, bringing them closer to polar bear territory. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN EASTCOTT AND YVA MOMATIUK, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION. Similarly, melting sea ice in the Arctic could drive polar bears (Ursus maritimus, female shown with cubs) further south in search of food. PHOTOGRAPH BY FLORIAN SCHULZ, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

[afatdragonbjd]

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[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 12.9

Holidays

Anna's Day (Finland, Sweden)

Armed Forces Day (Peru)

Ball-Bearing Roller Skates Day

Battle of Ayacucho Day (Peru)

Christmas Card Day

Christmas Gift Memory Day

Cremation Day

Eggsmas (from “The League”)

Fatherland’s Heroes Day (Russia)

Fiesta of the Mother of Health (Mexico)

Genocide Prevention Day

Geologist Day (Tajikistan)

Grace Hopper Day

Heroes Day (Antigua and Barbuda)

Heroes of Fatherland Day (Russia)

Homecoming Day (Guernsey and Alderney)

Homemade Gift Day

International Anti-Corruption Day (UN)

International Day of Commemoration & Dignity of the Victims of the Crimes of Genocide & of the Prevention of this Crime

International Day of Veterinary Medicine

International Human Rights Defenders Day

Lady Gaga Day

Mail Your Cards Day

National Blake Day

National Heroes Day (Antigua & Barbuda)

National Llama Day

National Youth Day (Albania)

Navy Day (Sri Lanka)

Petrified Forest Day

Public Transit Day

Santa Marian Kamalen Day (Guam)

Savin Juniper Day (French Republic)

V.C. Bird Day (Antigua & Barbuda)

Weary Willie Day

World Alliance for Patient Safety Day

World Day of Computing

World Genocide Commemoration Day (UN)

World Patient Safety Day

World Smallpox Eradication Day

World SIUGR (Selective Intrauterine Growth Restriction) Awareness Day

World Techno Day

Yuri's Day in the Autumn (Russia)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Lutefisk Day (Finland; Sweden)

Mariscada Day (Spain)

National Opal Apples Day

National Pastry Day

Pepparkakans Dag (Gingerbread Cookie Day; Sweden)

Search High and Low For Your Gingerbread Recipe Day

Independence & Related Days

Rino Island (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Tanzania (f.k.a. Tanganyika; from UK, 1961)

2nd Monday in December

Green Monday [2nd Monday]

Marinara Monday [2nd Monday of Each Month]

Meditation Monday [Every Monday]

Mindful Monday [2nd Monday of Each Month]

Monday Musings [Every Monday]

Motivation Monday [Every Monday]

National Tree Planting Day (Malawi) [2nd Monday]

Weekly Holidays beginning December 9 (2nd Full Week of December)

Human Rights Week [2nd Week]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week [2nd Week]

Festivals Beginning December 9, 2024

Duhok International Film Festival (Duhok, Iraq) [thru 12.16]

NLS Food Quality Symposium (Cedar Creek, Texas) [thru 12.11]

Vermont Maple Conference (Various Locations, Vermont) [thru 12.14]

Feast Days

Ann Hood (Writerism)

Ashleigh Brilliant (Artology; Wrierism)

End of Days of Reckoning (Shamanism)

Evergreen Day (Pagan)

Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by St. Anne (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Fiesta of the Mother of Health (Mexico; Everyday Wicca)

Galileo (Positivist; Saint)

Hanukkah Day #2 (Judaism) [thru Dec. 15th]

Jean de Brunhoff (Artology)

John Milton (Writerism)

Juan Diego (Christian; Saint)

Leocadia (Christian; Saint)

Ljubica Sokić (Artology)

Loch Ba on Mull Island (Celtic Book of Days)

Margaret Brundage (Artology)

The Martyrdom of St. Kenny (Church of the SubGenius)

Nectarius of Auvergne (Christian; Saint)

Noodle Ring Day (Pastafarian)

Peter Fourier (Christian; Saint)

Remembrance for Egill Skallagrimsson (Troth/Asatru/Norse Pagan)

Sage Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

The Seven Martyrs at Samosata (Christian; Martyrs)

This Day Deliberately Left Blank (Pastafarian)

Tropical Grossbill (Muppetism)

Wulfhilde (Christian; Saint)

Yuri’s Day in the Autumn (Russian Orthodox Church)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [58 of 60]

Premieres

The America Minerva (Daily Newspaper; 1793) [1st U.S. Daily]

The Bishop’s Wife (Film; 1947)

Brigg’s Bad Wolf (Super Chicken Cartoon; 1967) [#14]

Brokeback Mountain (Film; 2005)

Buddy’s Show Boat (WB LT Cartoon; 1933)

Charge of the Light Brigade (Poem; 1854)

A Charlie Brown Christmas (Animated TV Special; 1965)

Chi Chi Dog (George of the Jungle Cartoon; 1967) [#14]

Christine (Film; 1983)

A Christmas Story (Hanna-Barbera Animated tV Special; 1972)

Coronation Street (UK Soap Opera; 1960)

Dark Horse, by George Harrison (Album; 1974)

Davy Jones’ Locker, featuring Willie Whopper (MGM Cartoon; 1933)

Disclosure (Film; 1994)

Fiesta Fiasco (WB LT Cartoon; 1967)

Fresh Cream, by Cream (Album; 1966)

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Animated Film; 2022)

Hot August Nights, by Neil Diamond (Live Album; 1972)

A Job for a Gob (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1955)

La La Land (Film; 2016)

Little Saint Nick, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1963)

A Love Supreme, recorded by the John Coltrane Quartet (Album; 1964)

Memories of a Geisha (Film; 2005)

Merbabies (Silly Symphonies Disney Cartoon; 1938)

Mississippi Burning (Film; 1988)

The Night Before Christmas (Silly Symphonies Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Nutty Notes (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

Office Christmas Party (Film; 2016)

Peace on Earth (MGM Cartoon; 1939)

The Peachy Cobbler (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1950)

Pet Pink Pebbles (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

The Pink of Bagdad (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

Pink Press (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

Richard II, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1595)

R is for Rocket, by Ray Bradbury (Short Stories; 1962)

Salome, by Richard Strauss (Opera; 1905)

Scarface (Film; 1983)

SOS, by SZA (Album; 2022)

Soul Man, by The Blues Brothers (Song; 1978)

The Story of Babar, by Jean de Brunhoff (Children’s Book; 1931)

Sudden Impact (Film; 1983)

Syriana (Film; 2005)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Film; 2011)

Twins (Film; 1988)

The Whale (Film; 2022)

Words and Music (Film; 1948)

young Adult (Film; 2011)

Young at Heart, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1953)

Today’s Name Days

Liborius, Reinmar, Valerie (Austria)

Ana, Anna, Anushka, Nusha (Bulgaria)

Ciprijan, Diego, Liberan, Zdravka (Croatia)

Vratislav (Czech Republic)

Rudolph (Denmark)

Raid, Raido, Raidu, Raigo, Raigo, Raik, Raiko, Rait (Estonia)

Anna, Anne, Anneli, Anni, Annika, Annikki, Annu, Annukka, Anu (Finland)

Pierre (France)

Liborius, Reinmar, Valerie (Germany)

Ann, Anna (Greece)

Natália (Hungary)

Siro (Italy)

Joachims, Jukums, Sarmīte, Tabita (Latvia)

Gedenė, Leokadija, Vakaris, Valerija (Lithuania)

Annette, Anniken (Norway)

Delfina, Joachim, Joachima, Leokadia, Loda, Waleria, Wielisława, Wiesław (Poland)

Maria (Romania)

Izabela (Slovakia)

Diego, Juan, Leocadia (Spain)

Anna (Sweden)

Ambrose (Ukraine)

Delfina, Delfino, Delphina, Kirby, Kirk, Kirkwood (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 344 of 2024; 22 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of Week 50 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 16 of 28]

Chinese: Month 11 (Bing-Zi), Day 9 (Ding-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 8 Kislev 5785

Islamic: 7 Jumada II 1446

J Cal: 14 Black; Sevenday [14 of 30]

Julian: 26 November 2024

Moon: 62%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 8 Bichat (13th Month) [Harriot / Vieta]

Runic Half Month: Jara (Year) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 78 of 90)

Week: 2nd Full Week of December

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 18 of 30)

[einsliga]

remember that summer. I was eight, and the air was warm, and all the grown-ups crowded around the radio. War was coming, my uncle

Gerhardt said, almost wistfully. Riots in Berlin, he said, and the brown-shirted men with the funny arm-bands burnt books. My mother frowned, shaking her head, her lips thin, angry. My father, as was his custom, said nothing at all about it, but his hands had bunched up, and he'd patted his wooden leg, his eyes terrible and distant. He'd send me off to play with the neighbor girl while he spoke with the grownups, as if I couldn't hear his ragged shouts from the covered steps where I and little Adina Rosen would collect insects to peer at through a crude magnifying lens.

We were young. How could we know what would happen? How could we know that fires, once planted, bear such terrible fruit? That those fires, tended and stoked by those terrible brown-shirted men, would engulf an entire country, an entire continent, and an entire world?

But my world was a village, and my love was Adina Rosen, the cantor's daughter. Would that we might have known to be wary of that fire, ere it burnt her house down. Ere it rounded her father up, and sent her, in hiding, to Sweden, and then America, aboard a rat-infested tramp steamer.

Of the things I've lost since then, my innocence is the most notable.

But it is Adina's lost that is most painful.

[theworldismyoysterandiamthepearl]

A brown bear, that was set to be killed in Sweden, has arrived in Devon after travelling by Eurotunnel.

Wildwood Trust, a conservation charity, said it had helped rescue Diego - "the last remaining bear" at a Swedish zoo. The trust's Mark Habben said Diego made a timely exit and was settling well at Devon Wildlife Park near Exeter after his train journey. . He added: "He's wonderful, really big, gentle and very calm and intelligent."It's taken an awful lot of people over two organisations working closely with Sweden to manage this very, very complex move.

from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-67307708

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

The Teddy Bear Man 

On September 12, 1992, hunters at a point called Falkenuten located in Norway's Hardangervidda national park discovered a skeleton at around 1,200 meters above sea level. The police arrived and began their investigation. The skeleton belonged to a very slim person aged 22-27. No cause of death could be adequately determined based on the remains, but the police believed the decedent to be an inexperienced hiker who got lost and strayed from the beaten path before freezing to death. The police reached this conclusion due to their belongings not belonging to an experienced hiker and based on the weather during the past 2 years, which were noted to be bad. The police ruled that the decedent had died in the summer of 1991 but possibly as early the summer of 1992 and as late as 1990. The remains were examined and the anthropologist who examined the body was unable to determine the decedent's gender as their hipbones corresponded to that of a woman while the skull was more similar to a male. The professor made a recreation of the decedent's face, which was shown in Norwegian newspapers, making it the first time in Norway such an action was taken. The professor found nothing indicating a homicide or suicide, and it was determined that they likely froze to death. Examinations of their teeth showed that he had amalgam fillings, with laboratory results showing they were older fillings possibly made in Sweden.

The decedent's belongings consisted of a 1,000 Norwegian Krone banknote which was first circulated in 1991, multiple plastic bags containing rye bread, baking powder, small wine bottles and water bottles as well as other provisions all of which originated from Germany with the bags having German writing on them, a road map of Southern Norway which had been purchased at Storgata in Norway's capital Oslo, the ground near the decedent's discovery was found to be trampled leading police to believe the map may have been used to set up a makeshift tent. The last item of note was a makeshift teddy bear 35 cm tall which was very aged but frequently repaired. The teddy bear is what led to the decedent being named "Teddybjørn-mannen"

The decedent was wearing Levis Jeans, a brown leather jacket, a pullover made by German brand S. Oliver, hiking boots and a poncho which had been purchased in either Hamburg or Munich, Germany. The police also believed that like many other foreigners in the area they may have brought a backpack with them but no such item was ever found and was likely scavenged by local wildlife as their clothing and remains had at some point prior been chewed on by animals. These findings only strengthen the police's belief that they were an inexperienced hikeror foreign national as the mutable water bottles the decedent packed with them added unnecessary weight despite the water in the national park being safe for human consumption. The police found a handful of eyewitnesses who reported seeing a German man walking in the opposite direction or riding a bike, but their sightings have never been substantiated.

The decedent's case was reopened in 2022 and their DNA was retested with modern equipment, which ascertained the decedent's gender as male. Norwegian police also sent the man's information to Germany's Bundeskriminalamt and Interpol, but no matches were obtained.

After the TV show Åsted Norge aired a special about the case in the Spring of 2022, a German national came forward recalling having seen an episode of the German talk show Fliege in 1998 where a female guest talked about how her son went missing vacationing in Norway. Despite this, the TV station couldn't find any records and the host Jürgen Fliege couldn't recall such an episode. No one in Germany has come forward to report missing relatives in Norway who could match the decedent.

[insominac-nyx]

This is my very first fanfic for Valorant so I hope you all enjoy it! Please gimme any and all constructive criticism or grammar fixes if possible!

Cold Hands

Deadlock x Gekko

TW: None! Just wholesome and cute!

It was a particularly chilly night for those within Valorant Protocol headquarters. The reds, oranges, and yellows of the trees had long turned brown on their descent from the boughs surrounding the undisclosed location. Normally, the extensive heating system within the base would alleviate any issues the agents might have with the oncoming chill, but the machine had recently broken down, much to the dismay of the agents who dwelled within.

Many of these agents would bundle themselves in thicker clothing, Gekko would be miserable even after doing so.

His hometown of Los Angeles would rarely get colder than 60°F, and he liked it that way. Always perfect skateboarding weather, and he never had to worry about slipping on ice or getting sick.

But with all this snow and cold?

Mateo was arguably having a worse time than Reyna, who was currently bundled up under a mountain of blankets in her own room. A fact that he would have to keep secret for not only his sake, but for Neon and Clove’s as well, making sure to hide the photo of the slumbering empress in the deep recesses of his phone’s gallery, saving it for a special occasion. He would have to thank Sage for the reassurance that he wasn’t the only miserable one on base, maybe he could repay her somehow?

Walking through the base wrapped in a thick sweater and sweatpants just to keep warm, Mateo went so far as to put on multiple sets of socks and a pair of mittens his mother had knit him. His hand would raise in an awkward wave as he walked up to Deadlock, who was currently conversing with her fellow Northern agents, Sova and Breach.

“Well well, I didn’t realize we had polar bears over here!”

The Swede would call out as Gekko entered into view, swaddled in enough cloth to make the red-haired man sweat just from looking at him. Deadlock’s normally stoic expression softened at Gekko’s sight as she gave a nod of recognition. While he loved the brief moments that Deadlock lowered her guard, it was just as refreshing to see her cold demeanor return right after. Never before has he had someone be so honest and brutal with their opinions; it was leagues different from the pampering and smothering he received from his mother.

“If you think this is cold, maybe you should come with me to Sweden! I’ll show you a real winter!”

Deadlock and Sova would nod in agreement with Breach’s statement, discussing briefly the various places from their home countries that they could take the Latino.

“No mames güey! (No way dude!) I can barely handle this, and it’s barely even snowing! If you think I’m making it a whole winter in that place, eres loco! (You're crazy!)”

The three northern agents exchanged amused looks with each other before bursting out laughing. Breach’s booming laughter made him sound like a certain red-clad saint as it mixed with Sova’s more reserved but hearty chuckle as their laughter echoed through the common area. All the while, Deadlock’s stifled giggle, though barely perceptible over the two men’s amusement, drew Gekko’s attention more than anything else in the room.

She sounded like every good thing. As if those little giggles alone could convince him that anything bad would be okay. And on the rare occasion that she smiled in his direction, he felt like the sun was beaming down on him. Warm and soothing, as if capable of thawing out the coldest of winter. Little did the Latino know, Iselin felt similar in regards to Mateo.

The two had grown closer than Deadlock would have liked, hating how she would find the melancholy of her days thinking about her fallen sister interrupted by Gekko. The mere thought of him would put a smile on her face that took great effort to wipe away.

Mateo couldn’t help but stare for the brief moment her face lit up with elation. The normally serious and guarded Norwegian let her walls down just long enough to show the person underneath all that coldness. He enjoyed seeing this side of her as it slowly emerged more and more as she grew comfortable in her new environment and worked through her emotions.

Luckily for him and his little crush, the two were slowly getting closer after their mission at the Kingdom facility in Los Angeles, her aversion to his crew dissipating just slightly after Wingman’s efforts to keep them safe by closing the portal.

“W-Well at least I don’t make puddles when it’s barely warm and sunny out! And my arms don’t glitch out when I’m sweaty!”

Sova and Breach chuckled again at Mateo’s comeback, the Swedish man nodding in agreement before he walked up and pat Gekko’s shoulder innocently before slyly sticking his hand down the younger man’s back.

“Touché, you’re absolutely right!”

Gekko would immediately react to the ice cold metal that reached past the back of his neck down his back, shivering as his hands reached to pull the Swede’s mechanical arm out of his sweater.

“¡Híjole! ¡Chingada madre! ¡Vete a la pinche verga Breach!”

The Latino would screech as he scrambled away from the bigger man, shivering uncontrollably while glaring at the source of the booming laughter that echoed once more through the room.

“Hey, hey! It’s all good fun, don’t take it personal! I got stuff to do, so I’ll leave you alone! Don’t get too cold Gekko!”

With that, the redhead would stride down the hall with a confident gait, clearly proud of what he’d done before Sova walked up to Gekko, stopping briefly to give him a reassuring pat on the shoulder.

“I’ll be sure to talk to Brim and Viper, see if we can get this little heating problem fixed. Believe me, Reyna would be causing a lot more trouble if we didn’t have Sage keeping her warmed up.”

He and Gekko would chuckle softly at the statement before the Russian man pulled a finger to his lips in a playful manner before the blonde turned around and began walking down the hall towards Brimstone’s office, leaving Gekko and Deadlock alone in the common room.

“So… Deadlock, did you still wanna go to the training range? We got some time before dinner!”

A tussle of her wavy blonde tresses would mark her refusal as she looked away and thought, her icy blue eyes returning to Gekko’s chocolate brown orbs after a moment.

“I was actually wondering if I could play with your ‘crew’ again today.”

This was also starting to become the new norm for the two agents. After being told about what happened in the Kingdom facility in Norway and how she lost some important people to the radiant bear, Gekko proposed that one way for her to work through her trauma was to have Deadlock hang out with his little buddies in a safe, controlled environment. Though hesitant, she would begrudgingly agree, but only on the condition that she could use extreme force if they attacked. An agreement that was immediately accepted because he knew for a fact they wouldn’t hurt her nor would he let them.

Their first time hanging out in this way, unfortunately, resulted in Deadlock having a panic attack as the four pounced on her with the intent to play with the new face, overwhelming the Norwegian. Mateo only blamed himself for not telling his little buddies about the situation, but they would try again a few days later after he comforted Deadlock and made sure to tell the crew about his plan.

That next time would involve just Dizzy. Being the calmest of the four proved to work better to allow the Norwegian to settle down after her episode. The little radivore would basically curl into a ball and let Deadlock toss her into the air before Dizzy would float back down, allowing the blonde to release some of the nervous energy that built up being in the radivore’s presence.

Over the last couple months, the two would add another of the radivores into the mix, with the next being Wingman, then Mosh, and finally Thrash due to her over-energetic nature. Deadlock would take her time to adjust and work through the fight-or-flight response that urged her body to react to the little buddies’ presence, which often led to these hangouts having to be cut short to give Deadlock a break to mentally compose herself.

Gekko would be slightly hesitant of her request on this cold day, especially considering they just had one of these little therapy sessions the day before, and though she was making great strides, he was worried that she might be pushing herself more than she needed to.

“You sure chica? I mean, I totes dig it, they are great little guys, but are you ready to put yourself through all that mental stuff again so soon?”

Though she was a professional at suppressing her emotions on the battlefield, even Deadlock couldn’t hide the twinge of disdain that spread across her face as her right arm reached over and massaged the base of her mechanical arm, phantom pains still lingering after all this time.

A small part of her hated the pain and hurt that she continued to harbor from the incident. She hated the phantom pains, the fact that even her own body longed for the part of her that was missing. She hated the long nights where she grieved for her Staljager sisters, the only real family she had until they were robbed from her. But most of all, she hated the nights in her room, alone, surrounded by shadows and nightmares not even the Turkish agent could conjure up.

“Ja, I am sure. We can start off with all four this time as well, I think I’ll be okay. After all, you’ll be there the entire time, right?”

“Oh yeah, of course, whatever you need!”

The two would talk for a bit longer with Deadlock making a few jokes about Gekko’s attire before the two agreed to meet at his room after dinner, the Norwegian woman walking off in the direction of Killjoy’s lab while Gekko made his way back to his room to inform the crew about what was going on.

He hummed softly to the music playing in his headphones, not noticing the cameras in the halls that seemed to follow him after his encounter with Deadlock. Putting in the pin code to unlock his quarters, his eyes would be drawn to the corner beside his bed.

The four little buddies huddled up underneath a heat lamp the Latino had bought to keep them warm. The fact it helped warm up the otherwise cold room was an added bonus.

Thrash was the first to react to Gekko’s return, shuffling off the other three who dogpiled onto her as she made her way to the green haired young man. Pouncing him onto the ground in the middle of the doorway, Wingman, Dizzy and Mosh would wake from their slumber and make their way to Gekko soon after.

“Oi! Cálmate cálmate Thrash! Mira aqui, chiquitos! Blonde lady is going to hang out with us for a bit, okay? Best behavior everyone, especially you Thrash, no jumping on her, okay?”

Thrash grumbled softly but agreed with a nod along with the rest of the crew before Wingman waddled forward, a warbled tone directed toward Gekko, whose words would be lost on anyone but Gekko, who knew the meaning from his connection to the little guys.

“Look, she doesn’t like being scared of you guys just as much as you guys don’t. I can’t help her by myself, so I need your guys' help. You know our motto Wings. Five’s better than one, remember? We gotta help our friends whenever we can.”

Wingman considered it for a moment, his little arm reached to his face while looking up and thinking. Despite how ready she was to lock them back up like those Kingdom people did when they first met, even Wings would have to acknowledge how she tried to be gentle to himself and the other radivores. Another warbled sound and a nod marked his agreement before he called the others to return to their nap pile under the lamp.

“Thanks for understanding guys, I promise she’ll be on her best behavior too.”

Mateo would take the next hour or so to clean up his room, dusting off his shelf of knickknacks and picture frames from home and tossing all his dirty clothes into the clothes hamper by his desk before finally lighting a candle to make sure it didn’t smell bad by the time Deadlock arrived.

Almost as if she was watching, the woman would knock on his door almost the moment he plopped down onto his bed after his venture, scrambling to his feet before making his way to the door. He’d make sure to try and smooth out the wrinkles of his clothes prior to opening it, wanting to look presentable for the blonde.

“Hey Deadlock! Didn’t realize it was after dinner already!”

She stood in the door cautiously before noticing the radivores in the corner dozing before shoving the warm tupperware container filled with food into Gekko’s hands as she stayed in the doorway while the Latino made his way into the room.

“I know, that’s why I bought you this. Varun made curry, it’s spicy so I thought you’d like it. …You can call me by my name when it's just us.”

“Oh, Coach made it? Hell yeah, thank you Deadlo- I mean Iselin! Feel free to come in, I went and cleaned up a bit and I told the little guys to be on their best behavior around you, so no jumpscares! …Hopefully.”

Mateo plopped down onto his bed, patting the seat beside him before he popped open the container, the spiced scent of curry filling his nose and the noses of the radivores as they groggily woke up once again from their nap and made their way to the source of the delicious smell.

“Alright little guys, you can have a bite but I fed you earlier, this is for me!”

Iselin would watch anxiously as the four would hop, waddle, float, and slither over to Mateo, relaxing slightly once she noticed their complete interest in the food. Taking the opportunity, she would make her way to Mateo’s bed, sitting quietly beside him to not draw the attention of the little beasts.

He would spoon a bite of the curry into each of their mouths, not unlike a parent would their child. Thrash especially seemed to enjoy the spice, ramming into Mateo’s leg as she pleaded for more.

“Oye! Calm down Thrash, I already gave you some, I gotta eat too!”

The shark-like radivore ignored his words as she begged in a garbled tone and jumped onto his shin, pleading desperately for another bite.

“What a shame, and to think I brought these if you all were on your best behavior? I suppose only the good ones get nice things.”

Iselin spoke up shakily as she hesitantly drew Thrash's attention, pulling a small bag of cookie-like treats from her jacket’s pocket before placing one gingerly into the small hands of Dizzy and Wingman and tossing one into Mosh’s mouth.

The three would obviously like the Norwegian treats, audibly garbling and warbling in enjoyment while Thrash would stare at her before switching her gaze towards Mateo, hoping that he would “save” her from the big, mean, blonde lady.

“Nuh uh Thrash, that’s all you. If you want a cookie, you’re gonna need to be good like we talked about.”

With a dejected noise, the most energetic of the radivores would let go of her grasp on Gekko’s pant leg, laying on the floor in front of Deadlock, her tail still wagging at the prospect of food but obediently staying mostly still.

“Flink pike, see? Was that so hard?”

Iselin would reach out with her prosthetic, allowing Thrash to eat the snack from her hand before the radivore joined the rest of her crew who were playing with a little ball, finally giving the two humans a moment of peace while Gekko ate.

“Buen trabajo Iselin, that was really good! You didn’t push them away or nothing! Proud of you, chica.”

The blonde’s icy blue eyes would turn to Gekko, giving him a curt nod as he finished his meal, setting the plasticware on his end table before turning back to face Deadlock on the bed.

“Thank you Mateo, it’s just difficult sometimes. Trying to deal with involuntary responses isn’t easy, thank you for your patience.”

Her prosthetic would reach over to stabilize her remaining hand as it trembled with adrenaline, sighing heavily as she shook the memories of that day from her mind, ice blue eyes meeting chocolate brown as she relaxed slightly.

“But having you around makes things easier, I know you wouldn’t let them hurt me.”

“Of course, I’m glad I could finally help. Ever since I got here, it always felt like I’ve been behind everyone. I'm not smart enough for strategy and my aim isn't good enough to be super reliable in the field. So it’s really nice to finally feel like I’m making a difference, even if it is only through helping you.”

Iselin thought for a moment about his words, the obvious kindness and warmth that was Mateo seeping through. Her warm hand reached over and rested on top of his colder ones, trying to offer some degree of reassurance.

“You help more than you know, Mateo.”

Her eyes would focus on his warm brown eyes, reminiscent of the hot chocolate she would drink with her Staljeger sisters before looking down as her fingers subconsciously entwined with his, her icy blue orbs wide while the slightest tinge of blush dusted her cheeks.

“...Your hand is cold.”

“O-oh! Sorry about that, the lamp helps a bit but it's still pretty cold in here!”

An awkward chuckle came from his mouth, his free hand scratching the back of his head. Iselin would look down at their grasp, meeting his gaze with the flush pink growing more across her freckled cheeks. Her eyes would linger on his for a moment before her attention was diverted to the radivores all huddled up for warmth in the corner.

“Would you like to… cuddle… to warm you up? I mean, only if you’d want to. You can say no of course.”

Iselin had never been so eager… no, anxious, for a response in her life. It wasn’t anything like the anxiety she felt while opening her letter accepting her into the Ståljeger or the worry she felt when her sisters were away on missions she couldn’t join because she was still new.

So why did this moment scare her so much?

Why did the wait for an answer to such a mundane question make her feel this way. Her heart pounded in her ears, her palms felt as if they had been dipped into the ocean, and her face felt warmer than any fire. In those moments before his response, the force of the realization almost made her recoil as a familiar statement popped into her mind.

I’m falling for him.

How could she not when the Latino broke down her walls like they were made of paper. When he effortlessly coaxed the person she was before her sisters’ deaths, before that fateful day in that Kingdom facility, into the light of day? Through his humor, kindness, and dedication to her, she became more confident, less of a slave to her fear, and more comfortable with her situation within Valorant. To Iselin, it seemed like a modicum of her adoration and affection seemed like a good trade, but now she only hoped he would accept her offer.

Mateo’s face darkened with blush as he glanced down at his and Iselin’s hands before looking her in the eye, repeating the cycle a few times before nodding softly.

“Y-yeah, I think I’d like that a lot actually.”

A small smile would spread across her face as she stood, pulling off her jacket and tossing it onto the beanbag chair across from the bed before climbing back onto the bed with Mateo. He couldn't help but stare as Iselin peeled herself out of that signature white down jacket, admiring the toned muscles that decorated her torso along with the subtle curves of her waist and chest.

Gently pushing his back onto the mattress, she’d crawl over and climb on top of him, straddling his waist before laying down as she nuzzled her face into his neck. Her warm breath made him blush even more red than earlier before Iselin spoke up, the Latino smiling playfully up at the blonde, which only served to deepen the rouge that spread across her face.

“What? Don’t look at me like that, what are you thinking?”

Mateo would take this opportunity to grab the Norwegian’s waist, eliciting a soft gasp as he used all those muscles he got from working out with Harbor to pull Iselin down beside him into her new position as little spoon.

“I think this is much better, don't you?”

With a roll of her eyes, the sentinel would relax into his embrace while he laid pressed against her back, his hands cautiously resting on her hips to prevent accidentally touching her inappropriately.

Her smile grew without qualms at how cute he was. Pulling his arms around her waist and placing them on her bare stomach to warm them more, it made Iselin wonder. The infiltrator wasn’t an aggressive person at heart, even apologizing whenever he defeated his alternative self in the field. And yet, How was someone so caring, gentle and kind capable of the same violence and killing as she or any other agent within the Protocol? In her mind, someone like Mateo should never be in a position to hurt others, instead he should be spreading his positivity to those who deserve it.

“This is okay Mateo?”

“Perfecto! Though I’ll be honest, never thought I’d be this close to your abs before.”

“Hold kjeft, dumme idiot.”

“Hey, you’re the one who wanted to cuddle with me!”

“Ja, don't make me regret it.”

The two chuckled softly at her reaction before settling in once more, allowing themselves the luxury of relaxing into the calm night. It was just the two of them. In this moment, the rest of the world fell away, and they wouldn’t mind in the slightest as they focused on each other.

Her content smile turned to a playful roll of her eyes as she noticed how lightly he held her, like a doll that might break in half if he held her too tight. She loved his gentleness and kindness, and the way he always expressed them as easily as she might shoot a rifle, even despite her rocky interactions with the radivore tamer after joining Valorant. Seeing Mateo’s hesitance gave her the confidence to tease a little as she tilted her head and pressed her lips against his cheek.

“I'm not a piece of glass Mateo, you can hold me tighter. I'm not going to shatter and hurt you.”

“Alright, alright. I just wanted you to be able to pull away if it was too much for you.”

Iselin scoffed softly, shaking her head at his words. If she didn't know that he came from a place of concern and care, she would've been insulted. But instead, the blonde would turn around to face the Latino before cupping his face in the warm flesh and cool polymer of her hands.

“If it wanted to leave, I would've already. I want to be here. With you.”

A soft chuckle escaped his lips as he squeezed Iselin a little closer, fully indulging himself in the warm smell of the baked treats as he took a deep breath of her scent.

“I’m glad you didnt leave then, thank you.”

“Thank me for what? I haven't done anything. ”

“For being you! If you weren't the way you are, I wouldn't be anywhere near as motivated to work hard. I wanna be strong enough to protect the people I care about.”

“Well, in that case, you are very welcome Mateo. “

The two would hold each other, Iselin’s warm skin warming the cold, shivering Latino as they remained cuddled close. The shared moment’s quiet and serenity would be interrupted by the Norwegian’s soft snoring, a soft smile spreading across his face as he looked at her. The Norwegian's stoic face softened in her sleep, and the lack of nightmares from the Latino’s presence gave Iselin a peaceful trip to the land of dreams.

He grabbed his phone and took a quick photo of her slumbering form, intending to make a little conversation with her at a later point before he cuddled closer to the blonde.

The Latino couldn’t help but take in more of her scent as he nuzzled his face into the small of her neck. The warm smell of almonds and cinnamon wafted from her and Mateo couldn’t get enough as his hands gripped tighter around Iselin’s waist. He loved the way she warmed him up so effortlessly, almost jealous of the furnace that was her body. Just one of the myriad things he loved about Iselin.

He loved her determination, to get over her fears and to protect. To make sure no one had to experience loss because of Kingdom like she did, and how that led them to their current position. He loved this softer, less rugged side of the Norwegian woman. The side that only he got to see, the woman before life forced her to become hardened to the world and to everyone else.

I love her.

The thought flashed into Mateo’s mind, leaving ruin in its wake as he looked down at the blonde he was cuddled with. Her soft snores were almost drowned out by the crew’s snores in the corner. His heart raced at the realization, thinking about how his gaze always seemed to linger on her when they were going about their business on base. The way butterflies invaded his stomach when she looked his way, giving a polite smile in return that the two both knew was for him alone.

He would think about how different she was when talking to other people, like Yoru or Phoenix, her attitude as cold as the winters of her homeland. And yet, for him, she was like a home cooked meal after playing in the snow or the sun on a chilly day. A source of loving warmth that soothed him like no one else could, not even his mother. If he had his choice, they would stay like this forever. Just the two of them, warm and safe. No radianite, no Kingdom. Just them.

Mateo would sigh softly as he shook the thought from his head. It was going to be a long time before that happened, so he would just enjoy the little time they had together as he held her tight.

“Creo que te amo, Iselin (I think I love you). Jeez, I guess I really am a baby for saying that in Spanish but it’s true. Pero creo que realmente te amo mucho (But I think I love you a lot).”

He would slowly join her in sleep, his eyes growing heavy as her sweet, warm scent enveloped him, drifting off to sleep before feeling Iselin shuffle beside him, turning around to face him before planting a soft, tender kiss on his cheek. Her soft and firm lips squished against his face as she looked up at him with sleepy embarrassment.

“I only know a small bit of Spanish but if you said what I think you did… I think I love you as-”

Mateo would interrupt her off with a proper kiss. Cupping her soft face in his rough hands, he’d press his lips against hers for a brief but passionate moment as the two held each other. Taking in the other's presence for this moment alone as their thoughts were filled with nothing but the other. He felt Iselin’s hand tightly grab onto his sweater as her breath left her lungs, the grip loosening as the two pulled away, their soft panting filling the air around them.

“You definitely understood what I meant, copo nieve~ (Snowflake~)”

A soft grunt would escape her lips as she crossed her arms and turned away from the Latino, her back still pressed against his chest while his arms wrapped tight around her waist.

“You’re an asshole, you know.”

“You said you love meeeeee~”

“Don’t make me regret it.”

“I won’t, mi amor~ (My love~)”

“Just shut up and kiss me again, Mateo.”

__________________________

*Ding*

Sage would glance over to the endtable beside her as her phone screen lit up with a notification from Gekko. She’d reach over. Trying her best not to rouse the sleeping radiant beside her, the Sentinel would open the text to find a cute picture of a certain Latino and Norwegian. The two cuddled close, as his lips pressed against her cheek while she looked away in bright red embarrassment.

A small chuckle would spill from her lips before Reyna would poke her head out from under the warm cocoon of blankets.

“¿Qué es tan gracioso, querida? (What’s so funny, dear?)”

Sage would tilt the phone slowly, giving the Latina a moment to wipe the sleep from her eyes as they adjusted to the sudden brightness. Zyanya squinted.

“¿Mateo y la Noruega? (Mateo and the Norwegian?)”

Ling Ying hummed softly in agreement,” Indeed, I was under the impression that the two were at odds.”

Reyna just shrugged and shook her head before cuddling closer, nuzzling her face into Sage’s warm bosom.

“Well you know Gekko, always making friends.”

“Would appear that way. Being able to warm a blizzard into a flurry is no easy task.”

The Asian woman’s arms wrapped around and caressed Zyanya’s back, drawing little shapes that elicited another yawn.

“En efecto, nuestro sol radiante (Indeed, our radiant sun).”

“You should go back to sleep, you will be irritable if you do not get enough sleep.”

Reyna leaned up and planted a kiss on Sage’s lips, firm meeting velvet soft before resting her head in the crook of the Chinese woman’s neck.

“Sí, sí, tienes raźon como siempre. Buenas noches, mi media naranja. (Yes, yes, you’re right like always. Good night, my other half.)”

“Tiánmì de mèng, wǒ de yǒngyuǎn (Sweet dreams, my eternity).”

[depressedhangrybitch]

One thing that I don't get about good shows like Naruto and atla is how they ignore the biology of a species and it's response to different geographical landscapes....

In atla how can they ignore the fact that while aapa is a good vehicle and companion overall, he cannot possibly survive in the desert for more than an hour or so..(I believe)

Just look at him....

He is furry big ball and is native to the high peak mountains where there is likely cold and air bison have likely adapted to that climate and evolved.

In this world it would be like putting a snow leopard or a polar bear in the middle of the desert and we all know how that will turn out...

Similarly in naruto the lack of importance they give to human biology and climates impact on it is outrageous...

Mainly because both of the above shows have great worldbuilding, plot and these mistakes bring down the overall image...

I am happy that naruto as a whole explored racial diversity and all but they did not take into factor the climatic consequences on human body and it's subsequent evolution.

Sunagakure and iwa are extremely hot places with desert and dry climate respectively.... therefore it is extremely plausible that people living in suna will likely develop dark/dusky complexion like we see generally today in middle east or desert areas to protect them from the Sun....

And perhaps the argument against this could be that their chakra can protect them but we seem to forget the fact that hidden villages have civilian population too...how will they cope???

No matter how much u cover up your body as they do in suna, the body will start to evolve to accommodate the climate... it's basic evolution.

Another thing is how they can put black people in kumo like how does this makes sense?

Black people have high count of melanin in their body to protect them from the Sun because they come from an equatorial region where sun always shines so how can they survive in a cloudy high mountains where there is little to no sunlight. Black people in Kumo don't make sense because they will likely be too weak to ever become warriors. if they were put somewhere like suna or iwa then it would have made sense....but...

People who have evolved based on their geography find it difficult to adapt to sudden change in climatic conditions. Even today if a black or a person of color suppose from Congo or india suddenly shifts to england or Sweden they pose a risk of developing bone or skin diseases because there they won't get the sunlight their body is accustomed to and it will take a long time for them to adapt.... likely generations and genetic diversity.

Even In our world we see that the white people who first migrated to America, their descendants have developed a unique color that is a bit tanned because of their geography. Comparing them to the white people living in Europe there is always a difference. (Keeping in mind this observation is from my personal experience.)

Even black Americans have generally have a dusky dark brown complexion that is unique and completly different from their african counterparts . (Again my personal observation)

(And pls keep in mind this observation is of people whose ancestors shifted/forcibly brought to America and they are their descendants not the ones who just migrated recently.)

so how.....does it make sense in the shows...

And I know all of this is hypothetical and likely will not make sense but I just wanted to rant so....

Correct me if I am wrong but the lack of respect to biology in these shows is very irritating mainly because the shows overall are very appealing.

Let me know what u think

PS konoha is the only place where we see some semblance but not too much of diversity in race and it makes sense there and makes it seem like kishimoto only put effort in konoha not other villages.

[dailyunsolvedmysteries-movedd]

The Teddy Bear Man 

On September 12, 1992, hunters at a point called Falkenuten located in Norway's Hardangervidda national park discovered a skeleton at around 1,200 meters above sea level. The police arrived and began their investigation. The skeleton belonged to a very slim person aged 22-27. No cause of death could be adequately determined based on the remains, but the police believed the decedent to be an inexperienced hiker who got lost and strayed from the beaten path before freezing to death. The police reached this conclusion due to their belongings not belonging to an experienced hiker and based on the weather during the past 2 years, which were noted to be bad. The police ruled that the decedent had died in the summer of 1991 but possibly as early the summer of 1992 and as late as 1990. The remains were examined and the anthropologist who examined the body was unable to determine the decedent's gender as their hipbones corresponded to that of a woman while the skull was more similar to a male. The professor made a recreation of the decedent's face, which was shown in Norwegian newspapers, making it the first time in Norway such an action was taken. The professor found nothing indicating a homicide or suicide, and it was determined that they likely froze to death. Examinations of their teeth showed that he had amalgam fillings, with laboratory results showing they were older fillings possibly made in Sweden.

The decedent's belongings consisted of a 1,000 Norwegian Krone banknote which was first circulated in 1991, multiple plastic bags containing rye bread, baking powder, small wine bottles and water bottles as well as other provisions all of which originated from Germany with the bags having German writing on them, a road map of Southern Norway which had been purchased at Storgata in Norway's capital Oslo, the ground near the decedent's discovery was found to be trampled leading police to believe the map may have been used to set up a makeshift tent. The last item of note was a makeshift teddy bear 35 cm tall which was very aged but frequently repaired. The teddy bear is what led to the decedent being named "Teddybjørn-mannen"

The decedent was wearing Levis Jeans, a brown leather jacket, a pullover made by German brand S. Oliver, hiking boots and a poncho which had been purchased in either Hamburg or Munich, Germany. The police also believed that like many other foreigners in the area they may have brought a backpack with them but no such item was ever found and was likely scavenged by local wildlife as their clothing and remains had at some point prior been chewed on by animals. These findings only strengthen the police's belief that they were an inexperienced hikeror foreign national as the mutable water bottles the decedent packed with them added unnecessary weight despite the water in the national park being safe for human consumption. The police found a handful of eyewitnesses who reported seeing a German man walking in the opposite direction or riding a bike, but their sightings have never been substantiated.

The decedent's case was reopened in 2022 and their DNA was retested with modern equipment, which ascertained the decedent's gender as male. Norwegian police also sent the man's information to Germany's Bundeskriminalamt and Interpol, but no matches were obtained.

After the TV show Åsted Norge aired a special about the case in the Spring of 2022, a German national came forward recalling having seen an episode of the German talk show Fliege in 1998 where a female guest talked about how her son went missing vacationing in Norway. Despite this, the TV station couldn't find any records and the host Jürgen Fliege couldn't recall such an episode. No one in Germany has come forward to report missing relatives in Norway who could match the decedent.

[pleistocene-pride]

Branta Canadensis better known as the Canada goose, the burnt black goose, or the Canadian goose is a species of geese in the waterfowl family Anatidae is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and has been introduced to France, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands. The Canadian goose is typically social species which lives in large flock which during migration may exceed 1,000 birds in number. They live in and around water sources such as lagoons, brackish marshes, estuaries, rivers, lakes, swamps, and ponds. Here they feed upon grasses, shrubs, fruit, flowers, seeds, beans, grains, and various aquatic plants such as sea weed. Canadian Geese are preyed upon by coyotes, wolves, bears, feral dogs, alligators, snapping turtles, wolverines, large owls, eagles, goshawks, peregrine falcons, and gryfalcons. Reaching around 30 to 43inches (75 to 110cms) in length, 5 to 24lbs (2.4 to 10.9kgs) in weight, with a 50 to 88 inch (127 to 225cms) long wingspan, the Canadian goose is the largest of the true geese. Canadian geese sport a long neck, webbed hind feet, and a broad body. In terms of coloration they typically sport a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body, however some sport a pepper-spotted or brown neck with brown plumage. These birds often form long lasting monogamous pairs, only finding another partner if there current one passes away. Breeding typically occurs in spring and summer during which time the pair will build a nest out of earth, plant material, and feathers an elevated area near water. Here a female will lay 2 to 9 eggs, which are then incubated until hatching some 24–32 days later. As soon as the goslings hatch, they are immediately capable of walking, swimming, and finding their own food, yet remain by there parents side until they are nearly a year of age. Sometimes groups of Canadian geese will collaboratively raise there young in a crèche. The young learn to fly at around 6 to 9 weeks of age, reach sexual maturity at around 2 years, and may live up to 40 years.

[peniswizard69]

Of the eight species of bears, only three species are found in more than five countries, and only two are found in more than eight

The top two are both found in more than double that, with the moon bear in eighteen countries and brown bear in thirty seven

Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): China (1)

Black bear (Ursus anericanus): Canada, the US, and Mexico (3)

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus): Greenland, Canada, the US, and Russia (4)

Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus): Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh (4)

Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus): Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia (5)

Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus): India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Kambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia (8)

Moon bear (Ursus thibetanus): Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Kambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan (18)

Brown bear (Ursus arctos): Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirjizstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Mongolia, North Korea, and Japan (37)