#morphology notes

[er-cryptid]

Coccus Morphology

coccus -- round bacteria

diplococci -- two cocci in a pair

tetrad -- pocket of four cocci

streptococci -- a chain of cocci

neisseriae -- cocci pair that look like coffee beans

[sothasil]

Two blokes slacking off at work :p

Cretan diplomats based on a painting of the tomb of Rekhmire, Luxor. I was intruigued by the leopard skirt thingy one of them is wearing and drew a more or less realistic interpretation of it! The other guy's there so he can have a buddy.

While i usually draw people looking as average as possible, it's not the case here. It's fair to assume that within the "PR" context of the painting (representing their people in front of a foreign king) these would be the ancient aegean's hottest boytoys, so I kept them snatched and smooth shaved.

Originals under the cut!

Mural with my chosen duo highlighted

Cropped closeup, leopard skirt guy on the left (and the two arms of jugs guy!)

[what-fox-is-this]

Species: Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes)

Color Morph: Champagne

AKA: Pink, Champagne Pink, Palomino

Identified by very pale golden fur with pink and peach highlights. Their noses are bright pink and their eyes are blue.

Source

[srdcovka]

only need to get 2 things done today and even that is proving to be extremely difficult

[willowbilly]

Analytic/Isolating <--> Synthetic

In linguistics, morphology is how words are grammatically constructed; syntax is how phrases and sentences are grammatically constructed. A morpheme is the smallest possible linguistic unit that still carries meaning. The morphological typology of human languages is conceived as a spectrum between those that are analytic, with more morphologically simple words composed of fewer affixes and more free morphemes, and those languages that are synthetic, with more bound morphemes and therefore higher morphological complexity.

Synthetic morphosyntax expresses grammatical function through bound morphemes, attached to a root; this creates longer words. Analytic morphosyntax expresses grammatical function through free morphemes, unattached to a root; this creates shorter words. Isolating morphosyntax is sometimes distinguished from analytic as allowing no bound morphemes whatsoever. There is no documented natural language that is “purely” analytic, isolating, or synthetic.

The morphological processes of inflection are agglutinative, wherein affixes each inflect for a discrete unit of meaning, or fusional, wherein single affixes are inflected for multiple simultaneous grammatical categories. Inflection of synthetic and analytic languages may fall anywhere on the spectrum from agglutinative to fusional, or the spectrum from one to many grammatical categories per affix.

Agglutinative <--> Fusional

Polysynthetic languages are synthetic languages with highly productive usage of affixes that results in the creation of considerably long words, and whose inflection may be agglutinative or fusional.

Iñupiatun is a polysynthetic language with agglutinative inflection, whereas English is an analytic language with limited fusional inflection. Compare this Iñupiatun sentence to an English translation:

Qamutitaġuguuniaqtuŋa. | I will always be wanting to use the car.

Qamun is the noun root, with all of its affixed morphemes—the postbases +[t]aq+[s]uk+[s]uu+niaq- and the verb ending +tuŋa—being bound. This results in a single, more morphologically complex word that may serve as a full sentence unto itself, while the English sentence is composed of eight morphologically simple words that are 1-2 morphemes each, six words of which are free morphemes. As they are free morphemes, the words “to use” are able to stand freely alone, but their positions within the sentence are strictly determined by English syntax. Whereas the bound morpheme “+[t]aq-” is strictly bound into its position within that word by Iñupiatun morphology, since it must be affixed to the end of the noun so as to create the qamutitaq- “to drive or ride in a vehicle; to travel by car or truck” verb root, and it cannot appear standing on its own.

[kerizaret]

Oh shit my classes actually are all in Spanish now that's gonna be difficult 😭

[supermacaquecool]

Speaking of environmental storytelling, where would this thing go.....

[bugs-in-situations]

we made them dragon

[trevlad-sounds]

Sleep Space 12

28.10.2024

Wodwo-Night Windows 00:00 Volker Rapp-Out of Memory 03:51 UNKNOWN ME-mercury seven 04:43 BVSMV-Other Landscapes 08:53 Viul-Tensing 13:02 Haruhisa Tanaka-Dusk 14:32 Suncastle-Hilaboa 17:31 Louis Cole-nothing 22:20 Paper Relics-Here Before 25:25 Paul Cousins-Light Leaks 29:25 Polaroid Notes-Lunar Melancholy 32:30 Steve Hillage-Four Ever Rainbow 34:49 Dylan Henner-Music Box 54:34 Slow Dancing Society-Time Won’t Forget What You Meant to Me 1:00:31 Kilometre Club-In Real Life? 1:09:26 Ed Herbers-Fragile Beauty 1:12:39 Coral Morphologic, Nick León-Deep Call 1:18:20 sea + i-tone alone 1:24:51 Henrik Meierkord, Pawel Kobak, Marco Lucchi, Rocco Saviano-Peace Within 1:31:16 Xu & Francis Gri-Ghost Hills 1:35:50 IDRA-Glimpses 1:41:47 Mardit B. Lleshi-Pedantephone 1:46:58 morimoto naoki-nary 1:53:59

[quemirabobo]

Literally living this right now

[er-cryptid]

Metamales vs Metafemales

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[evangelical04]

A Single Daffodil || 1

Summary: Getting arranged to be married to your long-time crush wasn't exactly the fairy tale romance you were hoping for. Nor is the dynamic of the marriage, with your husband treating you like you don't exist. But you're going to make this work, whether he cares about you or not. And he definitely doesn't...right?

Pairing: Min Yoongi x Reader

Rating: 18+ minors DNI

Word Count: 2.7K

Genre: angst, romance, unrequited love, smut, enemies to lovers, arranged marriage au, businessman yoongi

Warnings: parental trauma, sibling trauma, toxic parents, unrequited love, explicit language, alcohol usage, yoongi's kind of mean, future smut

Author's Note: hello! i'm Eva and this is my first fic on tumblr ever! I've been a reader for so long and I've always wanted to write my own stories, so I figured I finally would. I know it’s kind of short but I promise the other parts will be longer. Please give me any feedback you have and let me know if you'd like there to be a tag list or anything! I hope you guys like it!! p.s. I'm totally posting this instead of doing my morphology homework that's due in 15 minutes

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The door to your childhood home looked artificially welcoming. There were too many flowers lining the walls encasing the looming wooden door. The grass on the lawn just was a bit too green without a blade out of place and the paved walkway was freshly powerwashed and missing even a speck of dirt. You let out the deep breath you were holding and gently took hold of the overly ornate bronze knocker adorning the painted wood of the door. Two loud thuds rang out as you knocked and the door quickly opened afterwards.

“Hello, Miss Y/N, your parents have been expecting you.”

“Yes, I know. Thank you, Mrs. Oh,” you responded quietly, nodding at the grey-haired woman. She shot you a sympathetic smile before ushering you in, taking your coat and carefully laying it over her arm. After removing your shoes, you followed her past the foyer to the living room where your parents awaited. 

You knew what was coming, you knew that this had been decided long before you were born. Yet, you still felt unprepared. You had grown comfortable, living in your simple apartment in Gangnam and your quiet work routine. Biting your lip, you reprimanded yourself internally, You should’ve brought this shit up in therapy before it happened.

“Here we are, Miss Y/N,” Mrs. Oh said, snapping you out of your self-pity session. You nodded gratefully at her, sending a small smile her way. Her eyebrows wove together in her own pity-ridden expression and she quickly whispered, “Good luck,” while exiting swiftly. You steeled your nerves and forced your chin up high, knowing that you’d most likely cower inwards as soon as you faced your parents anyway.

Stepping into the room, you noted the almost intervention-like setup your parents had arranged themselves in, with your father sitting proudly in his reclining, leather armchair, clad in a dark blue quarter zip and khaki pants. Your mother stood facing the fireplace, arms crossed, in a simple and elegant turquoise dress and hair tied up in a tight and neat bun, with her baby hairs smoothed back to prevent any imperfection. You could almost imagine her pinched mouth, forever encased in a stern and unamused expression. 

“Hello father, mother,” you started, trying to smooth the slight trembling in your voice. Your mother turned around, eyes narrowing at your form, “Sit down.”

You promptly obeyed.

“Your father and I have decided on your marriage. It’ll be to the Min family, to Min Yoongi.”

“What? To him? But,” you began protesting but your mother quickly cut you off with a steely glare. 

“It has already been decided. Your wedding will be in eight months. I’ll forward you the invitation list and you can add three people of your choosing. You’ll be having dinner with us and the Min family on Friday at six. I’ll have Yujin send you an email with further details. Don’t be late.” 

You looked to your father in a desperate plea but were only met with stony silence and a passive face. You turned back to your mother and registered the composed expression painting her face. Your fate had been decided, and it had not worked in your favor at all. Rising slowly, you set your hands by your side and bowed towards your parents, “I understand. I’ll be there.”

Your mother swiftly exited the room, evidently deciding the conversation was over. You could hear her dangling earrings tinkling against each other in what felt like a mocking melody. Your father calmly produced a cigar from the table next to him and lit up, no longer acknowledging you either. You let out another slow breath and walked out. 

Collecting your coat from Mrs. Oh, who tried to give you a comforting shoulder squeeze but it felt more like condolences than anything, and made your way to your car parked in front of the gate closing off your parents’ home. 

That’s it then.

You felt eerily calm yet stressed as you started up your car and carefully reversed out, making sure to avoid hitting the carved statues your parents had in front of the iron gate. As you drove home, your mind started racing with the information you had been relayed. 

Min Yoongi as your soon-to-be-husband? What irony.

Does he even know you exist?

Will you be able to survive this?

Hand gripping the steering wheel hard, you quickly dialed the most recent number in your contact list. She answered after only two rings.

“Y/N! Are you still alive? How’d it go?”

“Hi Joohee, not great. I’m completely and totally fucked.”

Joohee chuckled on the other end of the line, “Want to come over?”

“Yes,” you breathed, “I was hoping you’d offer.”

“I’ll get the booze.”

“Min Yoongi? Now that’s ironic,” Joohee chuckled, seemingly at your expense. You shot a glare her way which she shrugged in response to.

“How long have you been crushing on him? This is, like, practically fate. Maybe this’ll be a good thing.”

You scoffed in response, “A good thing? Joohee, be serious. The last thing I want to do is get with my long-time infatuation, not crush, by forcing him to be my husband.” You took another swig of wine. It was a cheap pink Moscato, perfect for nights like these with Joohee. 

Joohee shoved a pillow in your direction in an effort to gain more room on the couch you had stuffed yourselves onto. The trash reality dating show you had on in the background was showing a rather dramatic fight but you paid it no attention, “It’s just…I haven’t talked to him in the last, what, five years? He probably doesn’t even remember me. And you’ve heard the rumors, I don’t think he’ll be exactly thrilled at giving up his playboy lifestyle just because he has to marry me.”

“What if he doesn’t give that up?”

You stared at Joohee in slight surprise, “What do you mean?”

“Like, what if he says that he doesn’t want to stop hooking up with other people? What will you do?”

Your brows furrowed as you considered the question, “I don’t know, I guess. I mean, I can’t really stop him. I guess I’d just have to live with it.”

Joohee hummed in response before continuing on, “Well, this is happening whether you like it or not. Just try to make it amicable at the least. Maybe it’ll work out, you never know. Just look at Jin oppa.”

Kim Seokjin, Joohee’s older brother and a friend of Min Yoongi’s, was arranged by Joohee’s parents to marry Song Yeonhee, and the two had seemingly fallen in love after a rocky start to their nuptials. You had seen them recently at Yeonhee’s baby shower and she had been glowing, looking unbelievably happy. You recalled the loving gaze that Seokjin had sent her during the party and the pang of envy you felt, knowing that you would likely never get to experience that. 

“Yeah, well,” you responded, “He’s an outlier. Most of these types of marriages don’t work out. I have a feeling I’m going to be a part of that group.”

“You’re too negative, you haven’t even met him for dinner yet. Maybe he’ll surprise you. You just have to give him the chance.”

You mulled over Joohee’s words and nodded, “Yeah, maybe you’re right. I guess I’ll see how Friday goes.”

You weren’t technically late. 

While you still had about 5 minutes before the dinner officially started, you weren’t early, and that was unacceptable by your mother’s standards. A mini emergency at your job had left you scrambling to leave on time, only noticing the late hour when one of your coworkers asked if they should order take-out for the team. After profusely apologizing to your team, they encouraged you to go, practically shooing you out the door, claiming they could handle the situation for now. 

Which left you barely on time to park in the lot outside the ridiculously fancy Japanese restaurant your mother’s assistant, Yujin, had sent to your email earlier that week. You quickly stepped out, smoothing out your dress that you had kept in the backseat of your car and had hastily changed into in the parking lot of your office. Tugging down the hem, you took a moment to look at your reflection in your car window and attempt to look more presentable. Your hair was slightly frizzy but nicely combed back, and you had extremely minimal makeup on from only remembering last minute this morning, and your eyes looked tired. 

You felt tired.

Shaking off your nerves, you headed inside the restaurant giving your family name to the hostess who took you back to a private room where your mother and father were waiting. Your father spared you only a cursory glance before returning his gaze to his phone and your mother looked you up and down before uttering a curt, “Hm.” You held in an eye roll and quickly sat next to them, trying to calm your heart rate for the sure-to-be exhilarating dinner ahead. At six on the dot, you spotted the same hostess leading the Min family towards your table. Your mother stood, welcoming them and urging them to sit down. You stood as well, a little less welcoming, a lot more obligated. 

Mrs. Min looked like the epitome of a rich older woman with dark black hair combed back and glittering jewels lining her ears and neck, complementing the midnight blue gown she had on. Mr. Min was dressed quite similarly to your father, in a simple suit, the only difference being his starkly greying hair providing quite the contrast to his dark blazer. Close behind them was the person you were the most anxious about meeting, Min Yoongi. His pitch-black hair complemented his slightly tanned skin nicely and his feline eyes remained straightforward and untelling. He was dressed in a simple black suit as well with an expensive-looking watch adoring his wrist. His mouth was closed tightly and he did not smile at your mother when she greeted him, not at your father when they sat down across from your family, and certainly not at you.

Your hands nervously played with each other in your lap as you took your seat again. You listened quietly as the mothers exchanged pleasantries and the fathers gruffly greeted each other. You were trying to avoid looking at Yoongi as much as possible.

“So, Y/N,” Mrs. Min started, making you startle to attention, “How old are you now?”

“Twenty-nine, ma’am.”

“Ah, so only a bit younger than Yoongi. That’s good then. How is your work?”

You felt your father stiffen next to you and prayed your discomfort didn’t show on your face, “Good. I’m in the middle of producing a new project with my team.”

“How lovely. Although I’m sure you’ll be leaving that soon after the wedding. You won’t need to work then after all,” Mrs. Min smiled at you. It was hard to read her so you couldn’t tell if she was being genuine or not, though if you had to guess, it was likely the latter. Your job was a point of contention with your family. Choosing to work in a video game production company did not go over well, and if your older brother, Kyungsoo, hadn’t been in line to inherit Seo Industries, you would’ve never been able to keep it. 

You smiled awkwardly in response to Mrs. Min and returned your gaze to the empty plate in front of you. 

As the conversation dragged on, you couldn’t help but steal a glance or two at Yoongi, who was periodically checking his phone and looking permanently bored of the conversation. Not that you could blame him. The dull talk of social circle gossip and work was beginning to get grating, and even the introduction of fancy entrees wasn’t enough to stop your stomach from feeling queasy. 

Yoongi had yet to say one word to you. To be fair, you hadn’t said anything to him either, but he had barely looked in your direction since he entered the private dining room. How exactly were you supposed to start a conversation with that? 

Soon after the desserts came out and were finished, with you politely refusing, feeling like you were going to throw up any second, Mrs. Min suddenly pushed her chair back and stood. She looked down at you and Yoongi and announced, “Well. I think we can leave them to talk on their own for a bit. Why don’t you join us for a drink at our home, Eujin-ssi?”

At the sound of her name, your mother stood, nodding, “Yes, that sounds lovely. Let’s let them get to know each other a bit more.” With that, the parents swiftly gathered their belongings and left, before you could even protest, leaving you staring open-mouthed at the exit. 

Slowly, you turned to face Yoongi and were startled, seeing his eyes already boring into yours. 

“Let’s get one thing straight,” Yoongi stated, his deep and stable voice wrapping around you for the first time that night, “This marriage means nothing to me. It shouldn’t to you either. I’ll do my thing and you do yours. Most importantly, stay out of my life except when necessary. Just because my parents are forcing my hand doesn’t mean I have to adhere to every little thing. Nothing will be changing except for our living situation and a ring on our fingers.”

A little stunned, you could only stutter a passive agreement and watch as he rose and left without sparing you another glance. 

Letting out a deep breath, you closed your eyes, trying to understand what had just transpired. Your heart raced as you quickly stacked up the dishes to be a bit easier for the busboy and quickly made your way to your car. Sitting down in the driver’s seat, you vaguely registered Min Yoongi’s cold demeanor towards you.

It seems he didn’t remember you after all.

The dress you had on was itchy, but you knew if you complained, you would only end up with a sharp stinging on your cheek and tear-filled eyes. You had escaped the boring party with grown-ups and were sitting outside on a stone bench in the garden, trying to remedy your hurt feelings at the hands of the mean, older boy, Hyunsoo. 

He had confidently poked fun at your appearance, saying the dress was a bit too small on you and that your parents should’ve sprung for a size that could fit an elephant instead. He continued on, saying your parents must’ve forgotten to vaccinate you for measles considering all the red spots on your face that were actually acne. Being a tender twelve years of age and going through the worst bits of puberty, his words hit you hard and you quickly ran from the scene into the garden. 

Unable to contain your tears, they slipped down your face in large droplets and soaked into the front of your dress. 

“Hey, you.”

Startled, you looked up to see a boy a couple of years older than you standing in front of you, black hair shining in the light from the garden lamps. His sharp eyes trailed down your tear-stained face. You quickly turned away in shame, not wanting to undergo any more embarrassment tonight. 

“Hey, snot-face.”

You shot him a glare but softened when you saw his hand extended, holding a handkerchief, his face turned slightly away, “Use this. You look ugly while you’re crying.”

You gingerly took the cloth from his hands and blew your nose, noticing him wince out of the corner of your eye. 

“Thank you,” you managed and he only rolled his eyes in response. 

“Yeah, whatever. I think Joohee’s looking for you,” he grumbled before turning on his heel and stalking off back towards the party. 

Confused, your eyes followed after him, not knowing how he knew that Joohee would be looking for you. You unfolded the handkerchief and noticed an elegant embroidering of three letters in black near the bottom, MYG. 

Oh, you realized, Min Yoongi. Joohee’s older brother was friends with him but you had never seen him before. Joohee had described him as kind of rude and quite closed off, but you disagreed. He certainly didn’t seem that bad.

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[nohiketoosmall]

A Brief Summary of the Anaconda News

This post is about "Disentangling the Anacondas: Revealing a New Green Species and Rethinking Yellows"

Please note this post is not an analysis of the veracity of this paper, it is simply a summary of the findings.

This research team performed genetic testing on known species within the Anaconda genus (Eunectes). They are suggesting two things in their paper:

Two recognized species of yellow anacondas, E. beniensis and E. deschauenseei, are not significantly genetically distinct from E. notaeus. Note that E. notaeus has a slightly different pattern/morphology while the other two are more similar and differentiated mostly by location. They propose grouping these all three as one species.

The Green Anaconda, the heaviest species of snake, with a range all across the continent, may actually be two species. They found significant genetic differences between Northern and Southern Green Anacondas and are proposing they be made into separate species.

Graphical Abstract, sourced from linked paper, showing revised taxonomy. The Northern Green Anaconda's proposed scientific named is E. akayima. Akayima means "The Great Snake" in the indigenous language of the region.

The paper points out that there are conservation implications behind redefining these species. If the Northern Green Anaconda is accepted as a separate species, habitat loss may impact it more severely than the Southern, who has a wider range. For the the opposite reason, scientists may feel reluctant to group three previously defined species into one, as it could make it more difficult to protect the subcategories.

Read more: Nat Geo article on the findings, Bryan Fry Live Science article

Oh yeah, and one of the scientists who published the article posted this video of an Anaconda that's estimated to be 8 meters long and 200kg. Here's a still:

big dog

[protectoursharks]

There are three morphologies of dorsal fins: nearly divided, continuous, and clearly divided.

Ichthyology Notes 1/?

[geckoodles]

In my travels across the Wasteland, the Deathclaws that prowl the Mojave sands display substantial morphological differences compared to their Commonweath cousins. These animals are notably more narrow in body. Limbs as well as claws are longer and their skin, while pebbled and not armoured, seems to be thicker - perhaps for thermoregulation or water retention, like the dewlaps on their throats? (Uncertain; to be updated as more information is gathered). Note: Be cautious of mounds that randomly appear in areas that did not have them before while working on observations. The reptiles seem to utilize their hands to escape the heat of the day by digging out burrows in the sand...

[new-dinosaurs]

Allosaurus anax Danison et al., 2024 (new species)

(Type postorbital [bone behind the eye] of Allosaurus anax, from Danison et al., 2024)

Meaning of name: anax = king [in Greek]

Age: Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian–Tithonian), between 145–153 million years ago

Where found: Morrison Formation, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

How much is known: A right postorbital (bone in the skull, behind the eye), two vertebrae, and some hindlimb bones. It is unknown whether any of these bones belonged to the same individuals.

Notes: A. anax is based on fossils formerly considered specimens of Saurophaganax, which was thought to be a large theropod closely related to Allosaurus. A new study finds that specimens previously assigned to Saurophaganax actually include a mix of sauropod and theropod bones. However, the authors were not able to definitively classify the type specimen of Saurophaganax (a partial vertebra) as belonging to either a sauropod or a theropod. As a result, they argue that the type specimen lacks distinguishing features that would allow additional specimens to be identified as belonging to the same genus, rendering Saurophaganax a dubious name that should not be applied to other specimens.

Furthermore, the authors found that many of the features that supposedly differentiated Saurophaganax from Allosaurus came from the sauropod specimens once included in the genus Saurophaganax. When only the definitive theropod bones are considered among the former Saurophaganax material, the authors deem it most likely that these fossils represent specimens of Allosaurus. Nonetheless, some of the theropod bones exhibit minor differences from previously recognized species of Allosaurus, such as by being larger (belonging to animals estimated to have weighed over 3.5 tons) and lacking a rough texture on the postorbital. The authors thus classify these fossils as a new species of Allosaurus, A. anax.

Reference: Danison, A.D., M.J. Wedel, D.E. Barta, H.N. Woodward, H.M. Flora, A.H. Lee, and E. Snively. 2024. Chimerism in specimens referred to Saurophaganax maximus reveals a new species of Allosaurus (Dinosauria, Theropoda). Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 12: 81–114. doi: 10.18435/vamp29404