#myda

[aesfocus]

[elfcollector]

I love you, Cousin. Make us proud out there. — I love you, too, Shianni.

[ayrennaranaaldmeri]

"I'm glad you're here. I couldn't do this alone."

[ocheeva]

[ladyjmontilyet]

rook reveal :)

this is Celeste. her mom is Orlesian but she grew up in Tevinter and became a Shadow Dragon. no spoilers in images but I will still use the tag for people who want to see nothing.

bonus Inquisitor Daela (she got a small segment of her elgar'nan vallaslin re-done over the ten years as a reminder)

[alvsanne]

Does this story have griffons in it?

DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD dev. Bioware (2024) Assan the griffon

[onenicebugperday]

Mydas fly, Diochlistus auripennis, Mydidae

Photographed in Queensland by steve_kerr

[markscherz]

Last week we began the preparation of this young Chelonia mydas, a green sea turtle, that washed up on a Danish beach earlier this year (you can read a bit about the discovery here). It’s the first green sea turtle recorded from Denmark! The specimen is in *beautiful* condition, with just two barnacles attached, but the gut and cloaca seemed practically empty; we wonder if there might be plastic in the gut, but for the sake of the integrity of this extremely rare specimen, we did not dissect further.

Check out these awesome ‘teeth’ on the palate and the beak—the turtle solution to the loss of true teeth.

This kind of thing is a real highlight of the job. Such a privilege and honour to get to work with these special specimens of national and international significance.

[fyanimaldiversity]

Leucistic green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

[haveyouseenthisanimal-irl]

Range: Worldwide tropical and subtropical oceans

[aesfocus]

Loading...

[elfcollector]

DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION (2014) — the winter palace

[ayrennaranaaldmeri]

BONUS:

[colorsoutofearth]

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Photo by Klein & Hubert

[raw-wild]

Corcovado National Park, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is accessible only by boat or aircraft. Early one morning, Alejandro heard there were bull sharks near the beach and set off to look for them. It wasn't long before he heard a very loud noise - splashing and a hammering sound. Out of the sea came a huge crocodile with a large green turtle in its mouth, which was flapping its flippers and opening and closing its eyes. 'With a fast movement, the crocodile held the turtle by its flipper,' says Alejandro, 'and then, with a flick of its jaws, grabbed the still-living reptile by its head. I willed the crocodile to be still for a moment, while I struggled to keep the camera steady.' He managed just one shot before the crocodile headed for the sea and the mouth of the river, clutching its strange prey.

American Crocodile & Green Sea Turtle | Alejandro Prieto

[alvsanne]

Neve Gallus in DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD dev. Bioware (2024)