#fish originals

[karpsicles]

bunny booty real

[karpsicles]

the face of a perfectly content rabbit :<

the thing about rabbits is they can be happy as a clam, having the time of their life or full of more rage than any animal has ever been but they always just look like this

[pangur-and-grim]

also I got a tattoo partially re-coloured today and they bandaged me in veterinary wrap like I'm a sick horse

[t00thpasteface]

here's something stupid: the catcatfish

some quick facts:

they're nocturnal and tend to roam around while awake.

they have keen senses of smell and hearing, but terrible eyesight. despite this, they also have a tapetum lucidum, making their pupils "glow" in the dark.

their fur is short, dense, and oily to waterproof them.

they prefer a diet of mostly meat and are attracted to strong-smelling food like fish, cheese, and anything fermented.

the elongated dewclaw on each front paw is sharp, flexible, and nonretractable. it injects a venom that causes respiratory failure and cardiac arrest in prey and, in extreme doses, humans. veterenarians typically remove the dewclaw venom glands during the neuter/spay procedure.

they grow to an average of 1m and 23kg (3ft and 50lb) but can reach up to double that length and triple the weight!

[aliasalias]

That day I woke up crying

Inspired by this article, which caught in my throat for a good while.

[jramseyi]

Glowing Goldfish at Dusk

[mikoworks]

“Next comes spite. First, it stares back at you in the mirror. Then, it’s those around you. They’re wearing your face, and you theirs… You know, he joined because of me.”

[lackadaisycal-art]

If you're ever by a stream with a lot of trout, keep your eyes open for the little souls of Victorian businessmen that swirl about in there. You see, they didn't have enough fun in life, so this is how they make up for it. Or so I'm told.

[jagalart]

The Sorrowful Wife

Hue 23 - Every year there's a Huevember entry (or a few of them) in my series that's some personal art - this time around I just have one, but I was hyped for it! I don't get to draw Lidia too often, so it was nice to give her more attention this time.

[untitledgoosegay]

as funny as it is to say, "there's no such thing as a fish" is not actually true

"science doesn't know what a fish is" is really not true

"fish" is not a monophyletic category. there is no common ancestor of everything that we call a "fish," and none of the things that we don't

"fish" is a paraphyletic category -- and a useful one! marine biologists use it! "fish" describes a general body plan and lifestyle. it is useful to be able to talk about coelacanths and tuna in a shared category, though coelacanths are more closely related to us than to tuna.

where this bugs me is the repetition of the idea that "scientists" are hidebound and uncreative, unable to comprehend anything that doesn't conform to a specific idea of categorization -- when this is fundamentally untrue! we know perfectly well what a "fish" is. the fact that it's a paraphyletic group is only confounding to pop science, as a funny factoid, not to anyone who actually understands what a paraphyletic group is.

[karpsicles]

patrick talking about a bad review of pax am days (x)

[nesmie]

Painting can save lives!

(Imagine you're a fish, minding your own business, when a predator shows up, and there’s nowhere to hide. You wouldn’t think so, but the best solution? Grab a brush, paint a nice big tree, and voilà—instant fish sanctuary!)

;-)

[darius20020]

fish sneakers

[stivkun]

Henryk the Sturgeon Knight Character I made a while ago that started story about fish knight I'm working on (temporarily called "Ashore Project" till I figure out a better name). Will probably do some smalled tweaks to his armor at some point, but I love him very much.

[zopwater]

Taking the fish on to a walk

Kar Cat on webtoons

[whalefill]

feeling fish emotions today