#i am no longer 100% flightless...

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AT LAST... bird... acquired...

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there's been a rise in appreciating '12 feral leo and i just want to say, you all have to get into idw right fucking now. the 2012 series was HUGELY inspired by early idw issues, taking many MANY elements from it. (like a lot. enough for '12 to be considered a kind of lowkey inconsistent idw adaptation) and i am telling you, as a certified hamato leonardo expert that his characterization in idw is just. INSANE. this is getting way longer than originally intended when i just wanted to show just how unhinged he is.

( just a few selected moments for a little taste i don't want to spoil anything for ppl who plan to read idw)

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this. this one is just UP there in my "top leo moments across the tmntverse" like the entire thing. the build up to this moment in the entire chapter really helps with it, but like just these two single frames. how other than his lil bro everybody is losing their shit. the qoute??? talk about fucking RAW. like just look at this.

"sometimes a leader has to become the things he hates, to take care of the ones he loves." BANGER BANGER BANGER

this one is another favorite that unfortunately needs prior knowledge to make it really stick but just enjoy the absolute batshit, feral behavior of leonardo brutally making the bird mutant essentially flightless.

"get away from her. can't you hear? she's done."

"yeah. i think you're right." HELLO????

there are plenty more moments of hinged leo behavior in idw but just overall. he's sooo good in idw okay he's a great brother and really amps up the parent behavior and i may have talked about only him, but idw has great angst for donnie raph and mikey too (like. GREAT) flawless raph and mikey character building, a fresh reincarnation plot, MOM TANG SHEN, lowkey bad parent splinter, jenny and the foot leo plot everyone alr knows, interesting mutant characters, saki has a sexy kitsune wife, gods exists and idk man it's just an amazing tmnt run go read it. (and then come talk shit about the +100 chapters with me bc they mostly suck </3)

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Initial Rangitoto Research

I am really interested in Rangitoto and how I would be able to incorporate the islands volcanic activity and history into my bath house. I feel although people who are not from Auckland that are staying in Auckland or visiting may not have been educated of experienced the island, therefore I am hoping to be able to put together a educational experience as Rangitoto Island makes up so much of Aucklands history. Below is some initial research I have put together. 

During WWII Rangitoto was a prohibited area and the summit was used as a base for harbor defense fire control and as a radar station. There was also a large complex of buildings at Islington Bay from which the harbor’s minefields were operated.

Wreck Bay on Rangitoto hosts a ship graveyard. These ships were scuttled (not wrecked) between 1887 and 1947

in 1854 the Crown bought Rangitoto from its Māori owners for £15. In 1890 the island became a public domain and a popular destination for picnickers and boat day-trippers.

Prisoners built 19km of hard-packed trails and roads, constructed stone walls (from discharged volcanic lava) around the landings at Rangitoto and Islington Bay wharves as well as the island’s swimming pool (no longer in use) in 1920-1930.

Summer holiday homes were leased to private citizens that helped pay for the development of the island

There are still 30-holiday homes remaining and one has been turned into a museum.

Stands for 'bloody sky'

"Erupted 600-700 years ago and was likely caused from a sequence of events, a violent pyroclastic eruption as cold seawater met molten rock, creating an explosion crater and a tuff ring, ongoing fire fountaining built scoria cones once water could no longer reach the magma, lava flows from the base of the scoria cone"  https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Volcanoes/New-Zealand-Volcanoes/Auckland-Volcanic-Field

It is the most recent, largest, and least altered volcano in the Auckland Volcanic Field.

It was formed by at least 2 eruptions 600-700 years ago and is now about 260 m above sea level and 5.5 km wide.

Lava caves- underground tubes left behind but lava flowing through

"A mantle hot spot exists about 100 km below Auckland. When rock is melted by this extra heat, it will separate from the surrounding solid rock and rise to the surface. The melted rock is basalt magma which has a low viscosity (flows easily) and may rise to the surface at speeds of up to 5 km/hour."

Scoria cones that sit on top of a broad ring of lava flow

There is a ring around the summit that is like a moat which was formed from the subsidence of the mountain top when underlying lave flows cooled and shrank.

Some tracks and roads allow visitors to walk and explore the lava fields and through lava caves

It is joined to Motatapu by the worlds smallest bridge connecting two islands that were built in WWII

Pest free in 2011 after a 4-year eradication program "which removed seven mammalian pests - feral cats, rabbits, stoats, hedgehogs, Norway rats, ship rats, and mice from the islands. Possums and wallabies were eradicated from the islands in 1992. Pest eradication has enabled native plants to regenerate and create a natural habitat and food source for native species."

There is the day-to-day management of the island that focuses on weed eradication, pest surveillance, and education of the visitors on the island and how to keep it pest-free.

After the pest eradication program and the forest regeneration, several native species have not been seen on the island before that made their way across such as kākāriki, bellbird as well as the cheeky kākā. Tūī numbers soared. Many other bird species now inhabit the Rangitoto forest including fantail, grey warbler, silvereye, and morepork (New Zealand’s only surviving native owl).

Some native species were unable to reach the island therefore they were brought across, these include saddleback and whitehead. The flightless native birds takahē and kiwi have been released on neighboring Motutapu. Here they are less likely to migrate due to Rangitoto's volcanic scoria, and scarcity of water.

When walking up you may hear the sound of "canary-like twitter of whitehead, the lively chatter of kākāriki, and the melodious call of saddleback. Once you reach the summit you might hear the distinctive "streak" of the kākā, a large native parrot and strong flier that visits from the outer islands."

"The shores of both islands are visited often by a variety of seabirds. There are two thriving nesting colonies of black-backed gulls – one near Rangitoto Wharf, and the other near the Beacon at McKenzie Bay."

"The island is also home to six species of lizard, five of which are native. Copper and Suter’s skinks were known to exist on Rangitoto before pest-eradication. The Moko skink, common gecko, and Pacific gecko were detected a few years after pest-eradication when their numbers increased to a detectable level. The plague skink (or rainbow skink) was introduced from Australia. It was declared a pest as it competes with our native lizard species for food, habitat, and space."

Vegetations have evolved from raw lava fields.

The lava rock is very hostable for plants to grow as the island host more than 200 native trees, flowering plants, fern, and orchids

The plants pick up weird behaviors due to the scorching hot weather and lack of soil

before the pest eradication possums had decimated the Pohutukawa forest

As they grow, the pōhutukawa provide shelter and shade for other species like mingimingi, koromiko, and puka, forming ‘vegetation islands’.

There are also spectacular groves of kidney ferns. These are delicate and translucent on wet days, and crinkle up like potato crisps on hot days.

No streams on the island therefore the plants rely on rainfall for nutrition

Resources-

https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Volcanoes/New-Zealand-Volcanoes/Auckland-Volcanic-Field

https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/auckland/places/rangitoto-island/nature-and-conservation/

https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/auckland/places/rangitoto-island/historic-rangitoto/

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