#doplhin

[alyserse]

Also have a picture of me hugging it I guess

:3 Spooning :3

[shimadadoctor]

Some HFJONE requests from Twitter!

Quick reminder that I never watched this show so I don't know much augh

Yes Liam has doplhin /fish creatures on purpose

[chaoticmvse]

I'm so sorry that it's taken me what feels like years to catch up with all the games, but this beautiful Tuesday practically invites me to do it now. So get ready for a hail of musegames (below the cut). :-) + i'm tagging everyone else below all games, so if you already did them, i am sorry, just too lazy to look everything up.

choose a song for each letter of your url: tagged by @never-be-tamed

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol ; How you reming me - Nickelback ; A little too much - Shawn Mendes ; Ocean eyes - Billie Eilish ; Too much to ask - Niall Horan ; It ain't me - Kygo, Selena Gomez ; Complicated - Olivia O'Brien ; Messier - Tate McRae ; Vermissen - Juju, Henning May ; Sorry - Halsey ; End of an era - Dua Lipa

what negative emotion are you? tagged by @never-be-tamed the feeling is overwhelmed

babe :((,, it's gonna be okay, i know you try really hard to please people and live up to your own expectations, but please take a break. i know what it's like to work non stop and burnout is not pretty. sometimes it's okay to admit that you still have work, and take a break anyway. you're human and you can't keep running on energy drinks and self deprecating humor. believe me, i have been there. maybe stop staring at your phone screen and take a nap. trust me on this one. put on some noise canceling headphones, grab a glass of water with a couple of ice cubes, and take a nap or something. watch your favorite tv show. i love you and i know you can get through this, okay?

what are your hands covered in? tagged by @shevampyre & @zeitrcisender my hands are covered in stars

They burn, don’t they? And yet you still hold on. The flesh on your palms peels back, your fingers burning down to bone. Your tissues char and break away, your blood boiling inside your hands. The heat rushes up to kiss your face and chest, a sunburn in the dark and yet–yet you hold on, because they are beautiful. It hurts, but you see only the beauty of the moment, none of the pain. All of that suffering is worth a few moments of brilliance, isn’t it?

what time of the day are you? tagged by @never-be-tamed & @zeitrcisender and, what a surprise, i am midnight

you shouldn't be here, yet here you are. lost in an inked landscape. yet knowing exactly where you belong, where you should be. the sounds of god knows what lurking beyond the veil of the tree lines, they beckoning you, welcoming you.

it's the end of the world; what have you done? tagged by @never-be-tamed answer: the reluctant/accidental harbinger

You never wanted this to happen. You were scared, and you just wanted it all to stop hurting. Now... everything's stopped. (Stop, stop, STOP, isn't that what they screamed at you?) You're never going to see them again. You killed them all. Oh God, you killed them all. (Monster.)

find your totem animal tagged by @never-be-tamed my totem is the doplhin

balanced in harmony, the dolphin is your totem. you are a kind and gentle soul, but don’t let that fool those who mean to harm you. you have deep inner strength that can be harnessed when needed. you likely lead with your intuition rather than over thinking things, and the dolphin can serve as a reminder to trust your gut intelligence. most of all, the dolphin reminds you to bring playfulness into your life and live peacefully with all of those around you.

answer worst quiz questions and get a psychoanalysis but you dont know what the psychoanalysis is based off tagged by @never-be-tamed the answer (i honestly feel pointed out): heavy weight yarn that breaks when you try to pull it

you are beautiful. everything about you looks it. soft, colorful, with the potential of making so many things. but inside? you crack. easily, these days too. take a break. soon, it may be too late.

what greek god/goddess are you? tagged by @never-be-tamed the answer is artemis

artemis, the goddess of hunting, is another favourite, especially among young women. you love animals (perhaps more than people), and probably want to be left alone most of the time, though you do have a small group you go everywhere with. everyone likes you, though they don't know much about you.

That was incredibly time-consuming, but thanks for the links (mainly to alex) and now you can see what you've already done and what you haven't (have fun): @gvilty-c0nscience ; @divine-felonies ; @vcnenum ; @mvdness ; @shevampyre ; @lartist-e ; @betterstay-dead ; @crownedembers ; @modacriminal ; @hanyoyue ; @trauma-report ; @crimelrd & anyone who wants to get their muse a little bit better :)

[marauderswolf22]

example of sirius' discussions with himself Sirius: sometimes im corious how does it feel to be mermaid Remus: oh i think- Sirius: i mean, imagine just swimming in the ocean with long colorful tail and dolhpins around you Remus: Sirius: but maybe i want to be a doplhin more Remus: Sirius: isn't dolphins and mermaids the same?

[hopelessgingerbread]

having a pessimistic outlook on life is weirdly comforting.

it doesn't have to get better for me to keep going. it might always be slightly bad, or else I'll be pleasantly surprised for a short period of time. I take medication, I go to the gym, I meet up with friends, have pizza and delicious pastries—this is system maintenance. there might never be doplhins and ranbows, and that's okay.

[turtlemagnum]

you ever shoot a doplhin

[explainslowly]

If you tried the second game and thought it did not quite hold up to the simple charm of the original... guess what

Internet archive DOES indeed have it

needs an emulator these days bc it's in flash but it ran great on my computer (to be clear it is ran through an emulator on internet archive itself, you don't need to install anything)

and those fucking doplhins still hit with the same pure euphoria as all those years ago

Well as long as we’re talking about the ancient internet, who remembers this.

[newsorama]

BYD: Ποιες τιμές προτείνει ο Όμιλος Σφακιανάκη για το καινοτόμο και high-tech DOPLHIN

http://dlvr.it/T7VvJC

[lucybonessquirrel]

While looking through my recent video recordings of gamecube/wii emulator Doplhin save states, I remembered about a few artwork pieces I drew back in 2019 that I hadn't shared online until now.

This is a piece of concept art for my "since-put-on-hold" Hilda game project, from when it was going to be a Luigi's Mansion inspired game. Berri(her revived future self.) was going to appear as one of the portrait ghosts. Her design was sort of based on her alternate design from 2012, from what I can remember.

Another concept art piece for my "since-put-on-hold" Hilda game project, this time of Baby Cherri as a ghost(just like the Berri one above). The Baby Cherri ghost would've been a bit like Chauncey from Luigi's Mansion, only being more playful and curious in nature.

I was probably thinking of including both these characters as cameos in the game. Well more than just cameos, they WERE going to play a major part in the game.

Sadly the game was put aside before any major work on it even started, due to the lack of any promising Nintendo 64 homebrew game development toolchains at the time. These drawings(and two others), along with some early sound assets(Gameboy Horror noises, a heart beat, and so on), is all what exist of the game.

[oraclekleo]

Hello, how are you?? Hope you're doing great! Since you're no longer doing FS readings, may I ask for another one please? I wanted to know about my first overseas trip. I got the opportunity last year at work but I couldn't take it due to some personal issues. Currently I'm not working anywhere and there are no plans for travel, I neither have the means to go through with it nor any idea where exactly to go. But I really do want to travel abroad atleast once. I wanted to know if there is any possibility that I might get to travel abroad in future and when? Thanks a lot for this opportunity! 💖 I'm C. 🙏

Hello!

I'm sorry it took me so long to respond to your ask and I'm very grateful for you being patient with me.

Let's have a look what awaits for you in regards to travelling, shall we?

Right from the first glance you can see it looks rather positive, right? 😁 Happiness and joy are suggested, same as new opportunities and peaks to reach. The Midheaven card talks about what others have taught you, your parents, mentors, teachers. Their words might serve you well as long as they are aligned with your soul's calling. But if those people are discouraging you from following your own path, then it might be time to release the wisdom that no longer serves you. You clearly have something big awaiting for you, some mountain to climb, some new unexpected opportunity as it's suggested in the Gift card. Follow your personal abilities, juggle your responsibilities and prove yourself competent in the world and soon you might be offered with unexpected opportunity to travel. It's likely to be a place filled with sunshine and (lollipops 😂) happiness. It might be at a sea shore or in a big city. The two doplhins might even signify a choice. Maybe you will be offered to pick whether you want to go to a city location or a tropical paradise. If you ask which one you should pick, I can't tell. You need to follow your intuition, guts and inspiration. Maybe this opportunity will come with a tiny bit of sadness. Maybe you might feel slightly sad about leaving what you know, your friends and family, but this shouldn't discourage you. All the cards are pointing to reaching a great happiness through the travel, personal accomplishment, definition of yourself as an idividual. As for when this offer might come... The Gift card suggest a winter month with the snowing. If it doesn't snow where you live, you might expect the offer to come in the colder season.

I include the cards so you can have a look and maybe find an extra message meant for you and only for you in them. Sometimes the cards will reveal a lot to me but there are things that are meant for the querent only. If you see any information in the cards, it was meant for you.

Thank you for being this patient with me and for your request. I wish you all the best of luck on your journey, wherever it will lead you. Make sure to make a proper preparation for your travelling as the 2 of Pentacles suggest. 😉

Any tip through KO-FI is purely voluntary but appreciated.

I'll be grateful for any feedback.

Be blessed!

Kleo 🦄

[boiboicantread]

one time i ate a fish

one time i got bored and walked into the ocean and grabbed a fish by its tail just for me to realize it was a doplhin (which is NOT a fish) so i threw it back in the ocean and accidentally hit a seal in the face which caused it to make a whole seal army to fight me but then i gave the leader a handful of sand that was crushed to look like a fish and the seal accepted it and let me swim deeper into the ocean where i finally grabbed a fish (specifically a carp) and it was already fully cooked so i ate it right there in the middle of the ocean and to this day those seals are still looking out for me so i can find more fish again some day.

[mikado-sannoji]

Mikado chuckled as the doplhin jumped around from time to time, using it's fin and nose to hit the ball.

Novoselic festival

In the wonderous court of her royal highness Sonia Marie Nevermind, a festival most grand is taking place, the newly minted Queen is celebrating her first year on the throne, after her parents died in the revolution, and she nearly lost her head, it was awhile before she could regain her nation and become Sonia I. She looks around at the guests of honor. The food looked quite good, they had traditional dancers, peasants and nobles (what was left of them), all mingled together. Her fair blue eyes spot you, her esteemed guest in the crowd as she beckons you forth to join her.

Oh? Hello there! It has been awhile since i have seen you!

(@mikado-sannoji, @mystery-orphans-club, @mortuis-studiis, @dark-overlord-of-ice)

[valentinakarlova]

I LIED!!! (Kinda hehe)

2 more tails. Dolphin tails.

Disabled for random and both come in 27 dolphinlike swatches, 1 albino, 1 orcaish (pictured) and 1 similibeluga.

Found here for free as usual: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45380756

Ok I'm gonna leave the internet for real now (just till next year, don't worry)

TOODALOOOO!

[respectanimalrights]

credit all rights reserved @wikstrom_photography via @orcalegacy Have you ever seen an orca in the wild? I'm doing a small research. Please comment yes/not yet in the comments! 🙏🏻🤗 📸 by @wikstrom_photography 👏🏻 . . . . #orcalegacy #wildandfree #doplhin #naturelovers #oceanlife #whalewatching #emptythetanks #orca #orcas #killerwhales #endcaptivity #animalplanet #seacreatures #wildlife #marinemammals #marinelife #marineconservation #blueplanet https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsecVcK7hv/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cabinseventheaterchick]

@travis-stollllllllll GET OVER HERE AND ASK MY BESTIE TO BE YOUR GF ALREADY

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GODS PLEASE DUDE

SHE’S BEEN VISIBLY ANTSY AND FIDGETY AROUND YOU AND MR D IS GETTING READY TO TURN ONE OR BOTH OF YOU INTO DOPLHINS OVER THE UNRESOLVED ROMANTIC TENSION

SAVE YOURSELVES FROM A PORPOISE-Y FATE

Hey! A new camper! Nice to meet ya, it’s Bill, right? I’m Kat—I’ve been here a while. If you ever need help with anything, just let me know! I’m already training someone in fighting and two people in modern day society (don’t ask—something about the Underworld and hyacinths etc.)

—Kat Carter, @cabinseventheaterchick

oh! hello! Yes, I’m Bill. Nice to meet you. It seems you are pretty busy, huh? But I’ll keep the request in my mind.

OOC: I’ve seen you around before! I’ve just been lurking. Rn making a picrew with that picrew you linked in a post.

[csnews]

Understanding the UK’s last killer whales

Ashley Coates - Feb. 11, 2017

The coast of the UK is not well-known for its whale watching opportunities. However, the seas around the British Isles do receive regular visits from an array of marine mammals, from the diminutive harbour porpoise to the 70 ton fin whale. And Scotland’s west coast is home to the UK’s only resident orca population, a group of eight individuals that scientists now believe is doomed to extinction.

The pod, which today consists of four males and four females, has not produced a single new calf in the 25 years they have been scientifically monitored, nor have any new animals entered the family. Last year, the “west coast community” lost a key female, Lulu, who was washed onto the Isle of Tiree after getting entangled in a fishing rope.

“The chance of survival for this group is sadly very slim”, says Dr Lauren Hartny-Mills from the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT), “but it is unclear why they have not been able to produce any calves. It could be the result of human activity such as pollution which can affect reproductive success, but it may also be the result of more natural processes and the female killer whales could now be too old to reproduce.”

Scientists are yet to draw a definitive link between the plight of the west coast orcas and the prevalence of industrial toxins in European waters, however it is highly likely that a chlorine compound known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has played a part in their difficulties.

Once applied to industrial fluids in factories around the world, PCBs have been bringing about health defects in animals for decades. The seas around Europe are known to be a particular hotspot for these substances, which are now mostly banned from use but take a very long time to decay. Killer whales are the largest members of the dolphin family, and are right at the top of the oceanic food chain, making them particularly susceptible to high concentrations of contaminants.

They also have the second-largest brains of all ocean mammals, and are believed to be one of the smartest animals on the planet. Like elephants, this intelligence helps these whales to build complex family lives as well as sophisticated hunting techniques. They have very tight social groups, and display a rare behaviour in the animal kingdom where males remain with their mothers for the entirety of their lives, only leaving their maternal group in search of mating opportunities.

Their apparent intelligence makes them one of the world’s most successful predators. Orcas are found in every ocean, and in some parts of the world have been known to feed on other whales, including the world’s largest animal, the blue whale. It is thought that the west coast pod mostly feeds on other marine mammals, principally seals.

What little we do know about this group of animals has been derived from both scientific study and sightings from amateur observers. “Much of what we know about the west coast community is thanks to the involvement of the public,” explains Pippa Garrard, HWDT’s Community Engagement Officer. “With the pod covering such a large area, we depend on people to report their sightings and send in photographs, from fishermen to tourists.”

While other killer whale pods are migratory, and regularly enter the waters of Scotland in pursuit of prey, the west coast community is the only group known to stay exclusively off the UK coast. According to Dr Andy Foote, a marine biologist who studied this group, the west coast killer whales have also been sighted off Pembrokeshire in Wales, and Cork, Ireland, as well as Scotland.

Surprisingly, recent research by Foote and others has also shown that the pod is more closely related to the “Type 2” orcas found in the Antarctic, than the smaller “Type 1” whales that visit the UK’s shores. This might be one reason why the pod doesn’t interact with the other whales that enter the area, further contributing to their isolation and breeding issues.

The HWDT has given the whales nicknames: Nicola, Moneypenny, Floppy Fin, John Coe, Comet, Aquarius, Puffin and Occasus. They’re identifiable through marks and coloration on the parts of the body that are visible when they surface.

As his name suggests, Floppy Fin has one characteristic in common with Keiko, the captive whale who starred in the 1993 film Free Willy. Male killer whales sport tall dorsal fins that can grow up to 2m high, but this one is permanently “flopped” to one side, a common condition in captive animals, but a relative rarity for wild orcas. Tilikum, the large male orca from the 2013 documentary Blackfish, also had “dorsal collapse”.

Another male, John Coe, has a distinctive nick in his fully upright dorsal fin, as well as a large patch missing from his tail fluke, presumed to be the result of a shark attack. While the west coast community is likely to die out, the UK’s seas remain a fertile fishing ground for both other pods of killers and other species of whale. Although they may not be as isolated as the Scottish orcas, the risks to these animals through PCBs, discarded fishing nets and disruption to their echolocation are still significant.

“There are two regions in the world where there are high concentrations of PCBs”, says Dr Paul Jepson from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). “North America, where there might be around 600,000 tonnes of PCBs during the period in which they were made. Then Europe where we made slightly fewer.”

The chemicals can remain inside an animal’s body for years, causing problems for their reproductive and immune systems. A recent ZSL report into the effects of the toxins concluded that the prevalence of PCBs found in whale blubber samples “greatly exceed concentrations at which severe toxic effects are known to occur”.

A notoriously robust chemical, PCBs are believed to be re-entering the oceans through un-lined rubbish dumps and dredging, which stirs up the sea floor and brings the toxins back into the water. Dealing with these toxins is extremely expensive, and not high up the environmental agenda for most European countries, despite being signed up to the Stockholm Agreement which commits the signatories to taking action on PCBs.

In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies the areas that are most contaminated by the pollutants, such as brownfield industrial sites, but also rivers and estuaries, where the toxins come up through the sediment and into the water. The EPA then decontaminates these areas by physically removing huge amounts of sediment. Unsurprisingly, the costs of such operations can run into billions of dollars, and that’s before you try to destroy the chemicals themselves.

“For PCBs, you have to heat them to about 1200 degrees for about five minutes in enriched oxygen, just to destroy them properly”, says Dr Jepson. “Very few incinerators are able to do that. If you don’t heat them to the right temperature, for the right period, you risk creating dioxins, which are one of the few chemicals that are even more toxic than PCBs”.

Out of sight for the majority of Britons, the UK’s whales and dolphins are poorly understood but attract huge amounts of public attention during mass strandings. While a solution to the pollution problems they are facing is yet to be found, the HWDT is encouraging the public to help them build a better knowledge of these animals. Reporting sightings and strandings, or even joining the trust on a monitoring trip, can help build a better picture of these under-researched and often endangered animals, before we lose them forever.