#northern sea nettle

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Медуза компасная.

Chrysaora melanaster (лат.) — вид дискомедуз из рода Chrysaora семейства Pelagiidae, водится в водах Японского и Охотского морей и у тихоокеанских берегов Курил. В англоязычных странах также известна под названиями северная морская крапива (англ. northern sea nettle) и коричневая медуза (англ. brown jellyfish), раньше ещё одним английским названием вида было название японская морская крапива (англ. Japanese sea nettle), теперь оно используется только по отношению к виду Chrysaora pacifica.

Компасная медуза обладательница длиннющих щупалец, которые вырастают до 4,5 метров и их максимальное количество составляет 24 штуки.Максимальный диаметр зонтика достигает 630 мм. Обитает на глубинах до 100 м, где питается веслоногими ракообразными, аппендикуляриями, мелкими лучепёрыми рыбами, крупным зоопланктоном и другими медузами . Это одиночная, свободноплавающая медуза.

Compass jellyfish.

Chrysaora melanaster (lat.) is a species of disc jellyfish from the genus Chrysaora of the family Pelagiidae, found in the waters of the Sea of ​​Japan and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and off the Pacific coast of the Kuril Islands. In English-speaking countries, it is also known as the northern sea nettle and brown jellyfish. Previously, another English name for the species was the Japanese sea nettle, now it is used only in relation to the species Chrysaora pacifica.

The compass jellyfish has very long tentacles that grow up to 4.5 meters and their maximum number is 24 pieces. The maximum diameter of the umbrella reaches 630 mm. It lives at depths of up to 100 m, where it feeds on copepods, appendicularians, small ray-finned fish, large zooplankton and other jellyfish. It is a solitary, free-swimming jellyfish.

Источник:://ujnosahalinsk.bezformata.com/listnews/gigantskaya-kompasnaya-meduza-popala/111745785/, /rtraveler.ru/photo/1381489/, /www.vityaz-gamov.ru/info/photo/morskie_zhivotnye/a_shpatak_-kompasnaya_meduza1/,/ru.pinterest.com/pin/533184043360978310, //ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysaora_melanaster.

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Jellyfish identification reddit my beloved (<- and JellyfishWarehouse my beloved)

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Common Symbols and Motifs in Heraldry, clothing and art part 2/?

Part one: Elves of Aman World Building Masterlist

I’m going to do the Sindar on this post though I might do the Falathrim separately and the Nandor and Avari on the later ones then go to humans! So I might increase the number of these more.

I will also probably add to this list just as I have the other one

Sindar of Doriath

Nightingales Generally ascribed meanings: the Queen Melian, song, love and devotion, bonding, joy

Bracken fern and fiddleheads fern Generally ascribed meanings: geometry and order

Beech Leaves: Generally ascribed meanings: Abundance, generosity, resourcefulness

Holly leaves Generally Ascribed Meanings: honor, defense, resilience

Oak leaves Generally ascribed meanings: Friendship, loyalty

Niphradel and snowdrops Generally ascribed meanings: purity, youth, innocence, cycles

Elanor Generally ascribed meanings: light, growth, curiosity

Bluebells Generally ascribed meanings: spring, fleet footedness

Elm leaves Generally ascribed meanings: the king, service, steadfastness

Sindar of Mithrim

Nettles, stem, leaves and flowers Generally ascribed meanings: nettles are used in the northern Sindar culture in a variety of ways including fiber for fabric, eating, and medicinal teas. Their appearing in heraldry, art and symbolism is usually believed to mean resilience, the change of winters to spring, and the earths resources

Clouds Generally ascribed meanings: the heavens, tranquility

Outline of mountains Generally ascribed meanings: history, family, honesty

Wolf's Bane Generally ascribed meanings: Lore, knowledge

Blue bellflower: Generally ascribed meanings: color, joy, exploration

Trout Generally ascribed meanings: home, water

Lake birds (herons, swans) Generally ascribed meanings: grace, flight, legacy

Lake birds (ducks, loons, teals) Generally ascribed meanings: cycles of life and predation, respect for land

Fir tree Generally ascribed meanings: shadow and light, truth

Sunflowers Generally ascribed meanings: joy, sun, day

Sindar of Nevrast (non Falathrim) Aquatic birds one (ducks/shelducks/grebe/teals/eider/sea ducks) Generally Ascribed meanings: stability, peace, family

Aquatic birds two (cranes/egrets/herons) Generally ascribed meanings: grace, skill, aptitude, seeking

Aquatic birds three (loons, crakes, rails, etc) Generally ascribed meanings: song, mystery, change

Ripples on a lake Generally ascribed meanings: the world, the ages, time

The clifflines of Nevrast: Generally ascribed meanings: strength, wisdom

Marsh grasses: Generally ascribed meanings: roots, abundance

Sea Lavender Generally ascribed meanings: the lands and sea, gentleness

Sunflower or daisy

Generally ascribed meanings: resilience, loyalty

General among the Sindar of Beleriand:

hummingbirds generally ascribed meanings: pollination, flora and fauna, wonder

butterflies and dragonflies generally ascribed meanings: change and transformation, fragility and beauty

willow trees generally ascribed meanings: peace, connection to Ulmo, mystery, prophecy

Obviously this isn't a complete list as many, many species of flora and fauna have their own meanings! Please feel free to ask about any or ask any world building questions! I hope this is ok!

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hello hello tags, admin salma here! big reputation, big reputation; jaehaerys targaryen has a big reputation. here at dance of dragons, queen daenaerys targaryen just lost her throne of the crownlands and the stormlands to her cousin, the green prince jaehaerys. meaning technically, the greens won the dance of dragons. considering jaehaerys has been planning this for years, his conquering has made ripples across the rest of westeros.

other than that, here are the current plots per region:

the westerlands: king tyland lannister's reformation and breaking away from the faith of oldtown, denouncing the high septon has resulted in bloodshed on the steps of the starry itself.

the reach: recently emerging from a civil war between the tyrell brothers, king cedric tyrell is working to maintain naval dominance at sea whilst also dealing with a high septon in oldtown keen on making enemies. internally, they also are handling tensions with the summer isles and lys.

the riverlands: following the betrayal of the eldest tully sister, king casimir tully finds himself at the end of lyseni wrath. what move will the riverlands take now?

the north: skagos, house bolton and house umber have united together to stand against king owen stark's 'southern' mentality, resulting in a bloody northern war that feels like nothing will be the same after the cries of war quieten.

the vale: after the discovery of nettles and sheepstealer in the mountains of the moon, will it be under the rule of cruel queen ravella that the threat of the mountain clans is over forever?

dorne: maintaining their close association with the free cities across the narrow sea, dorne has a new ruling prince: mors martell, who has a different vision for dorne than his father. and now, they have dragons on their borders to deal with.

thank you to our amazing plot mods for coming up with a plot based on the third crusade which seems to be impacting all the followers of the faith of the seven in westeros. we love using history and folklore as inspiration for plots here at dod.

our lore page breaks down key events of each region over the last two years. check out the navigation page to make it easier. and finally, our recent and most scandalous addition, the society page.

dance of dragons rp is set three years, in 143AC, after the end of our AU version of the dance of dragons, which lasted ten years in our verse. all the kingdoms have become independent, with two main exceptions: the stormlands bow to a targaryen king in kings landing, and the iron islands were buried under the revenge of the westerlands and the reach for thousands of years of sacking. rules can be found here, as can the application form. upon entry to the group, each new member  is assigned a member of the admin team to help them settle and ask any questions to!

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Ship OCs! Original Ships! Tell us more!

yess my OSs!! everyone should have some, it's good for the soul! anyway, here are short bits about each of them:

HMS Orca is a stealth ship. She is small by frigate standards, fast and remarkably well-manoeuvrable. She was designed by an unknown gentleman, who died before he could see her sent to construction - but luckily his friend, a lieutenant, noticed the state-of-the-art design and made sure the project was completed. She is almost entirely black - originally with white stripes along the broadsides - and her figurehead is a grotesque leviathan-looking whale, all part of the original design. This rather morbid look combined with her purpose as an intelligence/stealth vessel are why she is considered to cause bad luck for those who might see her from shore. Among her crews, however, she has had a good reputation as an easy ship to work and steer and one which usually sees little violent action. Being as useful as she is, she changes hands often, but the man who knows her best is still the one who first gathered her design off of his late friend's desk - the lieutenant in question became captain on her deck.

HMS Nettle, "Netty," or "Stinging Weed," as she's lovingly referred to by her crew, is a ship in chronic disrepair. Nigh-on seven different architects were involved in her conception and none of them particularly considered it a labour of love. She was commissioned by a trading company of two wealthy Londoners, however one of them died, leaving behind a mountain of gambling debts. His partner sold the half-finished ship to the admiralty for pennies, in whose hands she was hastily put together and thrown into action well before she was ready. Despite a dismal beginning, this brave leaking tub of a boat refuses to die, limping from one unlikely victory to another. No one wants to be saddled with her too long, but the men who know her remember her fondly - for one thing, she has very spacious lower decks. She has a yellow stripe along her broadside and a figurehead of a unicorn, which lost half its horn in an unhappy collision. Is she cursed? Is she blessed? Something in between? Who knows!

HMS Emperor Hadrian is a beast. Not that the admiralty would agree - for a first-rate frigate, 99 is a pitiful number of guns, so upon her first inspection, four savvy crewmen snuck a 6-pounder aboard to make her endowment a nice, round 100. She was designed by a Kentish nobleman who fancied himself a salt-of-the-earth shipwright on his days off. Thankfully, somewhere in the process an actual shipwright stepped in. Hadrian is painted dark blue with a big yellow stripe and her figurehead is the emperor himself, with a exceptionally chiseled brown beard that some drunk youths attempted to 'shave' once. Despite her size, she sits quite high in the water, which would make her fast and thus very handy - unfortunately, she has major problems with stability, so any dynamic action is always marred by the threat of listing. She has a long history. Hadrian was once captured as a Spanish prize, before her crew managed to take back control in a violent mutiny. The victorious tars carved their initials into her foremast, preserved through several repaints and repairs.

It's not entirely clear what King, The King's Challenger is supposed to be challenger of. Similarly undecided is whether the challenge is meant to be issued on the king's behalf or to the king himself. As her name suggests, she changed loyalties a lot. Built by the Dutch, she was bought by a Spanish merchant, then boarded and stolen by pirates off St. Lucia. When docked on New Providence, she was commandeered under the cover of night by a Welsh privateer without a single shot being fired. She has stayed under his command ever since, attacking easy prizes and ransoming letters all over the Irish Sea and Northern Atlantic. Her privateer captain has a dismal reputation among the navy, but both he and his beloved Challenger are welcome characters in alehouse gossip. Those who know the ship also marvel a little at her success, given her tiny size. She is an experienced, predictable and a very well-balanced ship, with a chequerboard pattern of white and red along her miniature broadside and an effigy of St. Catherine as her figurehead.

[jenelle-annalee]

Books Read in 2022

1. A Court of Silver Flames- Sarah J. Maas

2. Told After Supper- Jerome K. Jerome

3. The Crazy Ladies of Pearl Street- Trevanian

4. To Kill a Kingdom- Alexandra Christo

5. The Father Christmas Letter- J.R.R. Tolkien

6. The Book of Doing and Being- Barnett Bain

7. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August- Claire North

8. Northern Lights (Golden Compass)- Philip Pullman

9. The Subtle Knife- Phillip Pullman

10. The Amber Spyglass-Phillip Pullman

11. The Skincare Bible- Anjali Mahto

12. The Popular Culture Reader- John L. Nachbar Wright Jack, & Deborah Weiser

13. Another Roadside Attraction- Tom Robbins

14. Angels and Demons- Dan Brown

15. The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown

16. The Vintage Tea Cup Club- Vanessa Greene

17. A Woman of Independent Means- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

18. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart- Holly Ringland

19. Humankind: A Hopeful History- Rutger Bergman

20. Goddess- Kelly Gardi

21. Wild Animals I Have Known- Ernest Thompson Seton

22. Femme Fatale: Cinema’s Most Unforgettable Lethal Ladies- Dominique Manon and James Ursini

23. Crazy for the Storm- Norman Ollestad

24. The Power of Body Language: How to Succeed in Every Business and Social Encounter- Tonya Reiman

25. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Joan Aiken

26. Coffee, Tea, or Me? - "Trudy Baker" aka Donald Bain

27. Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman- Sam Wasson

28. Audrey: Her Story- Alexander Walker

29. The Complete Films of Audrey Hepburn - Jerry Vermiyle

30. Audrey Hepburn: An Elegant Spirit, a Son Remembers- Sean Hepburn Ferrer

31. Gigi- Collette

32. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes- Anita Loos

33. Chalice- Robin McKinley

34. Dragon's Bane - Patricia Wrede

35. The Golem and the Jinni- Helene Wecker

36. The Prince and the Dressmaker- Jen Wang

37. The Path Made Clear- Oprah Winfrey

38. Lumberjanes- Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Gus Allen, and ND Stevenson

39. The Hidden Palace - Helene Wecker

40. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World- Penelope Bagieu

41. Strange Practice- Vivian Shaw

42. Dreadful Company- Vivian Shaw

43. All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories Of Queer Teens Throughout The Ages- edited by Saundra Mitchell

44. The Library at Mount Char- Scott Hawkins

45. Grave Importance- Vivian Shaw

46. Verity- Colleen Hoover

47. Bravely- Maggie Stiefvater

48. 1602- Neil Gaiman

49. She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs- Sarah Smarsh

50. Gallant- V.E. Schwab

51. Lore Olympus Vol. 1- Rachel Smythe

52. I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting- Rebecca Harrington

53. Lore Olympus Vol. 2- Rachel Smythe

54. Moon Cakes- Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu

55. The Tea Dragon Society- Katie O'Neill

56. The Tea Dragon Festival- Katie O'Neill

57. Travels with Foxfire: Stories of People, Passions, and Practices from Southern Appalachia- Foxfire Fund Inc.

58. My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

59. Seance Tea Party- Reimenga Yee

60. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics- Dolly Parton and Robert K. Oermann

61. Lightfall: The Girl and the Galdurian

62. Tidesong- Wendy Xu

63. Name of the Wind- Patrick Rothfuss

64. The Girl from the Sea- Molly Knox Ostertag

65. Lightfall: The Shadow of the Bird

66. Neon Gods- Katee Robert

67. The Lighthouse Witches- C. J. Cooke

68. Six Crimson Cranes- Elizabeth Lim

69. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life- Anne Bogel

70. The Secret History- Donna Tartt

71. The Near Witch- V. E. Schwab

72. The Good Demon- Jimmy Cajole

73. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury

74. Nettle & Bone- T. Kingfisher

75. Dracula- Bram Stoker

76. My Best Friend's Exorcism- Grady Hendrix

77. Batman: The Ultimate Evil- Andrew Vachss

78. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments- Aimee Nezhukumatathil

79. Odd and the Frost Giants- Neil Gaiman

80. How to Hygge: The Nordic Secrets to a Happy Life- Signe Johansen

[aboutbirds]

14

nights exist, nightshade exists the dark side, the cloak of namelessness exists

the northern limits of consciousness exist, there where what is dreamed opens and closes its northerly crown in nastic turnings

without day and night being definitely placed, without nadir, zenith straight below or above and without

the naos, the innermost space of the cell revealing whether the seed in an inner sky gathers the limits of consciousness into a point a flowering point where like a bit of sunshine ice ages exist, ice ages exist

where like a bit of fire the insects' wingless Nike exists, neither victory nor defeat, just the solace of nothing; the solace of names, that nothing has a name, namelessness has a name

that names exist, names like narwhal nettle, names like carnation, tawny owl and nightjar, names like nightingale, new moon evening primrose, naiads, and the other kind of name in which a word when named is scent like the narwhal's name for Arctic seas, the nettles' names for fever, like carnations'

names for light reflected into factory-white nights, like the tawny owl's, the nightjar's names for feathers, the nightingale's names for being an Old World warbler hidden in moist thickets like the new moon's names for Earth and Sun the evening primrose family's names for kinship like the naiads' names for being pondweed whispering the naiads' names in wind

Inger Christensen, from alphabet, tr. Susanna Nied

[weywardwisdom]

I am under the Seven stars. I am under the sky-boat afloat in the Milky Way. I am under the glowing hearth-fires of elders. I am under shining pebbles in the stream of time and timelessness. I am under the great snake who can poison or heal. I am under the sun making love with the day. I am under the moon’s life-giving womb.

I am moss-covered calcrete and sandy river silts. I am lichen, algae, fungi, puffball. I am mole-cricket, inch ant, worm-lizard, stumpy lizard, skink. I am coiled brown snake and tiger snake. I am maniacal cackle frog and common froglet. I am echidna. I am wallaby.

I am drooping sheoak, small sheoak, sticky hop-bush, and southern cypress pine. I am paperbark, bottlebrush, mallee gum, red gum and melaleuca. I am dryland teatree, white flowering teatree and spiny hakea. I am fig, almond, apple, lemon, lemon myrtle, pomegranate and plum. I am golden wattle, coastal wattle , small coastal dune wattle and northern wattle.

I am piyentak, nganangi, manguni, manthari, thalgi, kunduwi, yalkari, and bilbili.

I am flax-lily, pigface, stinging nettle, muntries, thistle, sweet apple-berry, weaving rushes and knobby club-rush.

I am ruby saltbush, climbing saltbush, coast bitter-bush, small-leaf bluebush, coast daisy bush and twiggy dais-bush. I am sticky New Holland daisy, yellow daisy and yellow star. I am boobialla, bower spinach, correa, climbing lignum, and rhagodia. I am Austral storksbill and Austral trefoil. I am wallaby grass, spear grass, veldt grass and buffalo grass.

I am oxalis, ox tongue, pigs ears and pussy ears. I am easter lily, and Xmas box. I am sea lavender, english lavender and french lavender. I am freesia, nerine, nasturtium, pelargonium, geranium, tree aeonium and sedum. I am highland rose, pink rose and rosemary. I am jonquil, jade plant and spider plant. I am amaranth and plantain. I am cemetery iris, medic, marsh-mallow and red hot poker aloe. I am cactus.

I am thorn-bill, stubble quail, silver eye and magpie. I am fairy wren, willy wagtail and grey fantail. I am mudlark, brown songlark, singing honey-eater and New Holland honey eater. I am feral pigeon, crested pigeon and bronzewing. I am wattle bird and blackbird. I am noisy miner and peaceful dove. I am black shouldered kite and brown falcon. I am marsh harrier and barn owl. I am welcome swallow, sparrow and crow.

I am tarantula spider and orb spider. I am red-back spider and black spider. I am slater and beetle. I am midge and mosquito. I am march fly, house fly and blow fly. I am butterfly and moth. I am blue striped bee, and honey bee.

I am living beings, standing since the beginning of time. I am invasive species that bylaws tell me to kill. I am repair species from the Ngarrindjeri nursery. I am species spread by seed. I am a politics of pollen.

I am a guest of the cycle of life, death and rebirth, living on Ngarrindjeri lands. I am bound to return under the earth.

[naturecpw]

More Littoral Relaxocean: • 20 Minutes of Bio…

We filmed this video a few weeks ago along Cannery Row, just off the back deck of the Aquarium! These jellies are Pacific sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens—the same ones you may have seen on our Jelly Cam! ( • Live Jelly Cam - … )

Sea nettles are very seasonal here in Monterey Bay, usually showing up in mid to late summer, and sometimes in massive numbers that turn the water very spicy.

Sea nettles are plankton, meaning that they drift with ocean currents. “Plankton” isn’t a size thing, it’s a lifestyle. If you’ve got friends drifting through life with no real direction, then you know a plankter or two. Sea nettles are also planktivores, meaning they eat drifting critters, like tiny shrimps and larval fishes and other jellies.

Lots of animals are planktivores, and many animals eat sea nettles, from sunfish to sea turtles and even the blue rockfish in this video at 1:20—with one even thinking about enjoying a jelly donut for a second there!

Sea nettles are a type of jellyfish known as a scyphozoan, or “bell animal.” The top part here is the bell, housing the famous jelly of the jellyfish. Scientists call this the mesoglea, or “middle jelly”, because it's sandwiched between two layers of skin, the orange epidermis (outside skin) and the clearer gastrodermis, or stomach-skin. The frilly folds of gastrodermis behind those red stinging tentacles are the jelly’s mouth arms—essentially long lips that slurp up plankton soup as the jelly swims. (Heads up that jellies don't actually have "skin" like us, as they only have tissues and not organs.)

Watching jellies swim is simply mesmerizing—and there’s a lot going on with each ring of a jelly’s bell. Muscles contract against the mesoglea, accelerating the pulse to the thin edges of the bell like a whip, creating water currents that pull food toward the jelly’s mouth arms! A swimming jelly isn’t really trying to go anywhere, so much as it’s vacuuming up planktonic pieces of pie with every blobby scull—like if a lava lamp joined forces with a roomba.

There were some huuuuge sea nettles that day—the one at 2:03 had a bell almost two feet across! These open ocean beasts often show some wear and tear on their bells, battle scars from their long voyage through the inner space of planet ocean.

At the end of the video you'll find a northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, hanging out in the giant kelp, watching current events go by… Solid plan if you’re feeling crabby.

On the way back to the Aquarium, little blubber bud came by to say hey—harbor seals are like curious cats in the kelp forest, sea lions are much more the “ocean doggos” you’ve heard about on the Internet. Ah yes, and then a few senorita cleaner wrasses came by to see if we needed any help tidying up the end of this video—thanks for the kelp!

We hope you enjoyed this dive in the Monterey Bay! Give us a like if you enjoyed this video and subscribe if you want to see more from us here. Thanks everyone, hope to sea you again soon here at the digital Monterey Bay Aquarium.

A few minutes of pelagic magic with wild sea nettle jellyfish, filmed just off the back deck of the Aquarium, for your littoral relaxocean needs!

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Soleirolia soleirolii is a flowering plant in the nettle family. It has a number of common names, including baby's tears, angel's tears, peace in the home, bits and pieces, bread and cheese, Corsican creeper, Corsican curse, friendship plant, mind-your-own-business, pollyanna vine, Paddy's wig, and mother of thousands.

Order:Rosales

Family:Urticaceae

Genus:Soleirolia

This species is native to the northern (European) side of the Mediterranean Sea, in and around Italy, the Adriatic and Aegean regions and offshore islands; it has also been observed in the Azores and Corsica.

Used in habitats for diminutive reptiles, amphibians, and some invertebrates. It prefers shade and consistent to heavy moisture.

This species, the only member of the monotypic genus, Soleirolia, was named after the French army engineer and plant collector Henri-Augustin Soleirol by his fellow French naturalist Esprit Requien. Soleirol, an amateur botanist, originally collected the plant in Corsica.

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North-West Region

The entire region of the North-West of the country has oats and rutapagas as the staple foods for the entire region, from it's northern limit to it's southern limit.

Penbre and Aulbec complete their diets with animal products of various kinds (pork, mutton, pigeon, crab, freshwater shellfish, dairy, fish, geese and duck). It has a textile production of wool, and produces much ceramics. It's most typical vegetables are peas, radishes, shallots, cress, nettle and cattails, while fruits are rowan, cranberries, hazel, cedar nuts and virburnum and birdcherries, with a little bit of strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blueberries and currents whenever possible. Penbre has the best access to trade with the wider world, making them the biggest cafeine consummers in the country, both per person and per capital.

The Nothern limit province of Layne consummes more meat and dairy due to it's harsh climate, namely beef, but also fish, geese and sea-ducks. It's the southern limit of reindeer and goat. However, the favored proteins are fish and sea-foods of various kinds. Cheese and butter made out of cow, sheep, goat or reindeer are quite the popular options. They even domesticated some species of auk. Sea-gulls, crows, grouse and swans are hunted whenever possible, as well as a wide variety of costal birds. Crabs are a delicacy. There, a special type of "brassica" capable of withstanding it's cooler temperatures. It is small and dense, rich in vitamin C, as well as plenty of cranberries, lingonberries, cloudberries and rowan, and some connifers as well. They do have more of a leather production than textiles, but they are independant in terms of wool production. Despite it's harsh climate, it is able to house two cities mostly thanks to fungiculture and trade, one being the second largest after the capital. These cities do have some form of fungiculture that allow them to exist. It's local cuisine is quite hearty and often combines dairy with sea food.

Yaune and Lennes provinces are very swampy and rich in lakes. They seldom eat large animals nor dairy, but instead mussles, bivalves, pondshells and more. These foods are consummed mostly during lent. They produce quite the bit of hempt and linen, enough to export. Dewberries, meleze and cranberries are the main sources of vitamin C. The main source of fat are goose and duck. Cattails and water cress are the main vegetables, although radishes and leeks could be added to the diet. The climate is too cold for rice. It's cuisine is quite unique as foods are either fermented, lean foods are stewed or steamed while fatty foods are reserved for winter and are dutch-oven baked.

The province of Avalbre is the only apple-producing region (enough to export), and it's hills allow for a variaty of growing seasons like in Penbre. It has a very similar diet, with radishes, shallots, cress and peas as the main vegetables, only it adds leaks, onions, scallions, apples and currents to their diet. It is 0.37*C of difference with the province of Penbre, which, small as it is, does allow to grow a hearty version of these crops.

[donuts4evry1]

Here are some of the jellies!!!!! There are some great videos too but idk how to send them on tumblr asks lmao, featuring my new plushie baby and some very bad editing myself out of pics lmao

ok sorry about the incredibly late response but it's a slow moment at my workplace AND I HAVE SOME ENERGY TO RESPOND YIPEE!!!

first off- SO MANY MOON JELLIES OMG,,,, THEY ARE RLY SMACKING!!

GOD, i recently just saw Upside-down jellies in person and it is MAGICAL... the way they gently pulsate.... they are so chill I adore them. Incredibly hilarious how they have one of those peek-through domes in the upside down jelly take tho. It's even funnier the way they stick onto the glass haahaha (Upside down jellyfish have a suction-like grip on the tops of their bells so it's very fun to watch them press up against smooth surfaces...)

And,,, I appreciate the Japanese Sea Nettle appearance... they are looking very round 🥺

I also. Love the sea nettle tanks it's so cool how they like, span the height of the entire room and it's like,, you're enveloped in jellyfish. It's really great. If only they weren't so crowded all the time ;-;

What I'm more impressed with, though, is the husbandry of this aquarium. I did a quick search on Mackenzie Neale and. She. Is. AMAZING??? She did two friggin dives to the arctic (as of 2017, I believe), and absolutely adores jellyfish?? Her goal was to find a Chrysaora melanaster, or the Northern Pacific Jelly. Goals. I love it. They even display polyps!! SO so so so many little polyps....... adorable. Mad props to Takuji Oyama and Mackenzie Neale for keeping so many wonderful jellies alive. I think they possibly even discovered a new Lion's Mane Jellyfish and raised it in the aquarium?? wehh ;w;

actually. No. I'm incredibly impressed that they even managed to display fucking STALKED JELLYFISH. THEY ARE SO INCREDIBLY RARE LIKE???? HHHH??????? I've been trying to do my own research about them but they are hardly ever studied (mostly because of rarity, but I suppose public interest in them isn't as widespread as benthic jellies are, haha...)

AND ALSO ALSO ALSO HI JELLYFRIEND!! WAHH,,,, What a cute shade of pink ;-;!!

[maytheoddshq]

At noon, parachutes fall from the sky, landing neatly at the feet of every tribute. It is a small strip of parchment, wrapped in ocean salt-brined twine like a tiny package. Tributes unfold the package to reveal a shard of colored sea glass. On the inside is a map and a simple note: The next step of your adventure lies in the dark cave’s depth; find your stone within the hour or meet your certain death.

All tributes have one hour to get to the cave on the shallow end of the northern island. Inset into the walls behind the skeleton are six notches where a full piece of matched sea glass will fit flush. Tributes must find their pair with the matching color, fit the shards together and place it into the wall. 

A new passageway will open low in the cave wall here that will only admit the pair, and they must move quickly. Iron bars drop behind them once they enter– they have no choice but move forward and descend downward, further into the tunnel. At the end of a long, dark passageway, a simple wooden table and a stone bowl sits. Torchlight flanks the table, and in front of the bowl is another strip of parchment. It reads: If one wishes to proceed 

They must perform a gruesome deed 

A sacrifice of something dear 

Shall be laid on altar here 

A piece of body each as price 

But in return, a reward worth twice

The first pair to add the correct items to the bowl are rewarded: the earth quakes, and the rock face behind the table splits again to reveal a stone staircase up to bright, warm sunshine. Tributes are released directly into the Oasis, and a basket of freshly-picked tropical fruits, nuts, and two small knives await them as reward.

The remaining tributes are not so lucky. They feel the same quake, but they are out of time. The passageway quickly fills with seawater pouring through the new cracks and tributes must backtrack and fight to wrench the iron bars open and slide under. It is possible, but they must be quick and clever. The exiting tributes will notice that the skeleton’s head has tipped backwards and his jaw hangs open in an eternal laugh.

THE PAIRINGS:

ARDEN and HELIOS are paired. They each have half of a square-shaped, pink piece of sea glass.

NETTLE and FLORA are paired. They each have half of a circular, blue piece of sea glass.

MARS and EZRA are paired. They each have half of a triangular, green piece of sea glass.

MERCURIA and BRAMBLE are paired. They each have half of a diamond-shaped, clear piece of sea glass.

CALLISTO and SLATE are paired. They each have half of an oval, yellow piece of sea glass.

[NPCs PHI SHING, DAVEY JONES, & BARLEY GROW are in their own group]

The winning team will be drawn at today’s death draw!

Time to next draw: 16 hours

[unikittybigbrightworldau]

Location "Wiki Pages": Marevi

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Debut: TBA

Location Influences: Atlantica (The Little Mermaid), Subnautica, Into the Deep (The Backyardigans), an underwater city Minecraft map

Ruler(s): Moonlily (queen), Nettle (king), Waterlily (crown princess)

Inhabitants: Waterlily, Shelltop, Spike, Marcella, Cream, Gabbro, Carla, Natalie, Aura, Basseel, Eliza, Cell, Manuel, Chrysa, mermaids, sea animals, sentient sea plants

Sublocations: Castle of Marevi, Vigra, Basacan, Lankep, Menthi, Gorel, Orenas, Promor, Negma Lagoon, Subra Atoll 

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Marevi is one of the locations in the Unikitty: Big Bright World series. It is currently led by Queen Moonlily and King Nettle, although they consider themselves to merely be figureheads. It's a kingdom located on the ocean floor.

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Geography: Marevi is a lush undersea land located out in the open ocean. It plays host to multiple marine geographical features.

Towards the middle of the kingdom is Vigra, a green field of seagrass with large rocks and giant seashells scattered across it. It is where the Castle of Marevi is located. On one side, there is Basacan, a rocky, stony zone with a group of submarine volcanoes. There is also a kelp forest called Lankep, the kelp stalks of which grow along Marevi’s northern parts. In the southwestern side, there is a desert-like seabed called Orenas, where the sand is sparkly and yellow like gold. There is also Gorel, a colorful, populous coral reef that resembles a city. Marevi’s other provinces are Promor, its deepest, widest trench with a population of its own, and Menthi, a region of extensive ocean caves. Hours away from Marevi are Negma Lagoon and Subra Atoll, which are considered part of it.

Architecture: Buildings in Marevi are interiors built within coral, the sides of the cliffs, colossal seashells, or other naturally occurring habitats. This is so they can ensure that no harm is to come to their environment. They don't do construction work with anything except for stone, because stone is not a living thing. For this reason, residences like the Castle of Marevi are built entirely out of stone. Sand isn't a living thing either, so they make glass out of it for windows and skylights. Often, they like to dye the glass. It's very common for Marevians to decorate their homes, work and other places, inside and out.

Clothing: Marevi is generally warm according to Waterlily, so Marevians normally don't need to wear clothes. Many have skin on their bodies that act as clothing, with it being a different color than their faces. Some wear jewelry and hair accessories. Wristbands are also a very popular fashion choice. Marevi's traditional clothes are robes made out of light fabrics, with different sleeve lengths and hem lengths, that are patterned with nature-themed designs. When wearing the robes, Marevians also customarily wear makeup. 

On their wedding day, Marevians’ families dress them in the clothes they’ll be married in. They can wear robes patterned with something in nature they connect with, or whatever they want to wear. They can also have their face decorated with makeup, if they so choose. 

Marevians put their deceased people’s pieces in trenches, so they associate trenches with death. The traditional robes that funeral attendees wear have trench patterns on them. They are not the same robes worn by people from the volcanic biome, as those have sea volcano patterns. The robes can also have patterns of things that the dead person felt connected to.

Currency: Marevi uses shells, which are dome-shaped coins and bills made with plants, as its currency. The name comes from the dome shape of the coins, which resemble the shells of sea turtles and some sea shells.

Defense: There are swordspeople in Marevi whose job it is to keep beasts from destroying things in the kingdom, but they don't slay them. When a monster is destroying something, they either attempt to calm the monster down, or they look as intimidating as they can so they can chase the monster away. There are also strategists, but they come up with ideas to keep the people safe and protect the earth, not plan militaristic battles.

Education: Children in Marevi first attend a general school, where they learn life skills such as taking care of themselves and their living space. It teaches you all the things in life that you'll actually need to know. It also shows you how to be a decent person. After that, they can attend any school that will teach them what they're interested in. There are interest schools for athletics, food, language, visual arts, performing arts, science and more. They can go to one interest school, more than one, or just not go to any. The Marevian school year starts in the middle of spring and ends in the middle of fall.

Culture: The demonym for Marevi is Marevian. The name of the kingdom itself is pronounced MAR-eh-vee, while the denonym is pronounced mar-EH-vee-an.

Marevians are normally kind, courteous, friendly, and respectful of all living things in the world. They respect and care for all the living creatures in the sea, treating them like friends and family, and live in harmony with nature. A symbolic plant of Marevi is the white water lily. One managed to float out into the ocean long ago, inspiring the earliest Marevians to care for the world around them. They call it the Persistent Lily.

In Marevi, it’s not common for your name to be based on your species or what you are. It’s more commonplace for people to have surnames, which are what indicate their species. Sea urchins in Marevi are usually named after sharp objects or sharpness.

Earth Day is a very important holiday to Marevians, but it isn't observed the way it is in real life. They celebrate it by spending time with their family and being grateful for what's around them.

Instead of a stork delivering pieces to build children with, the pieces appear out of the earth. 

Touching hands is a common and meaningful gesture to Marevians. It’s their way of saying that they acknowledge your presence, they care about you, and that you share the life of the world with them. It’s also a customary Marevian greeting. 

Marevian New Year is celebrated at the start of spring on their calendar. It would fall between February 28 and March 3, which is when spring comes to Marevi. The people tidy up their homes and throw out things they don’t want anymore to show their growth from the past year. They also enjoy dancing and music from traditional bands.

Earth Day is a very important holiday to Marevians. They call it the Day of the Earth. It happens in the summer, when the ocean is the most fertile. They celebrate it by spending time with the people they love and trust and showing gratitude for the things around them. People also visit Queen Moonlily and King Nettle, who are called the Givers of Life, to thank them for sharing their knowledge of the earth with them.

The significance of the Sea Serpent Festival is the people living in harmony with wildlife. Sea serpents are a prominent animal in Marevi because they are a symbol of good luck and growth. They celebrate by riding the sea serpents and racing them in a similar way to horse racing.

A holiday introduced to Marevi by the cephalopods is the Weather Festival. It is based on the legend that an octopus pulled sunlight and wind down from the sky with his legs so that the ocean could also experience weather. They celebrate the Weather Festival outside in the elements, with dancing and sun pies.

Many Marevians also observe Halloween, which was introduced to them by other lands in very recent years. It’s not a big or significant holiday to them. They just see it as a day to dress up or cosplay.

The people of Marevi don't believe in the idea of wealth (well, except for he-who-shall-not-be-named). Everyone gets paid the same and is treated equally. To them, the king and queen are next-door neighbors who share what they know about how to keep things growing.

Instead of grocery stores or supermarkets, Marevians buy all of their things from outdoor farmer's markets. This is true for everything they buy; people like toymakers and artists sell what they make outside.

Birthdays in Marevi are observed by connecting with nature and your loved ones. They focus on the life and individuality of a person and making their life the best it can possibly be. So, the birthday person does their favorite things, something that went wrong or that they regret, or something new they want to try. They put more emphasis on how long the person has lived life, so no one says how old they’re turning. 

There is a celebration that takes place a week after someone hatches/is born. Their extended family comes to see them in a place close to where they were born. At this celebration, the child recieves their name. What kind of name they’re given varies depending on naming customs, or what part of nature their family has a connection to. Often, the first name is given by their parents, while a middle name can be given by an extended relative. Marevians don’t take their spouse(s)’ surname(s) when marrying, so children can use whichever of their parents’ surnames they want.

Marevi has an entire engagement ritual. The person proposing invites the other(s) and their family(ies) to their family’s home. After the families get to know each other, they gather around. The proposer does the Reach of Harmony. If the other person/people accepts, they reciprocate the gesture, resulting in their hands touching. After that, they touch hands with the other(s)’s family members, who proceed to make a circle around them with things they like or feel connected to, officially marking them as engaged. 

In the days leading up to a wedding in Marevi, and on the day of, the marrying people will eat zesty, tangy foods to show anticipation for the event. They and their families parade down the road with nature-themed decor in tow, meeting at a spot where they will live together. There are no officiants at Marevian weddings; the marrying people do everything themselves. They decorate the scene with each other’s nature decor, putting it all together. They take a moment to touch hands with their relatives, all of them doing it at the same time. The marrying people eat fruits from the biome(s) they’re from and then touch hands with something from the earth between their hands. Afterwards, the newlyweds will spend fun, celebratory nights with each other’s in-laws before going to the place they’ll live in.

Marevians believe that you are a part of the earth and that there’s no afterlife. So, when people die, they return their pieces to the earth so they can become part of it. Nothing is done with the pieces, as the person is going to return to the earth as they were. The family of the dead person will hold on to their pieces until it’s time to carry them to the trench. As with their weddings, there are no officiants at their funerals. Once there, they touch the pieces one last time, thanking earth and the forces of nature for giving life to them. One by one, they’ll let the pieces sink to the bottom of the trench, as well as any prized possessions they might have wanted to go with them. Someone then swims down to put an image of the dead person on the wall of the trench. After the pieces are returned, the attendees touch or sit by whatever they can sense the dead person’s life essence in. The family of the dead person spends an intimate night singing their favorite songs, eating foods that they liked, and doing their favorite activities to remember them.

To Marevians, ghosts are the life essence of a person that is one with the earth. They can take the form of anything in nature. They don’t call them ghosts.

Music is an integral part of Marevi’s culture, as its people see it as a way to bring out the essence of life. Marevian opera is Marevi’s most popular/known performing art. Performers of Marevian opera tell stories about Marevi and its history with singing, music, dramatic makeup and costumes. Students can train to be opera performers in Marevi’s performing arts schools. They like to play their music with orchestras. They also have traditional Marevian music bands, consisting of ocean drums, marimbas, conch horns, harp guitars, and upright string instruments. Other popular performing arts in Marevi include musical theater, spoken word and stand-up comedy. They also have their own dances, such as the Dance of the Waving Coral Fan and the Dance of the Sunbringer. Marevians put much emphasis on supporting local entertainment.

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Trivia:

Marevi used to be called Kamalea in past versions of Big Bright World.

Also, in past versions, the Castle of Marevi was a gigantic seashell.

Marevi is a strong ally to Botania. Their alliance is on par with a pair of lifelong, unbreakable best friends.

Waterlily and Shelltop have visited Botania with their parents on more than one occasion. Marcella’s dad goes there regularly. 

In fact, Going-on-Land Departments were invented for the purpose of Marevians visiting Botania.

Marevi has designed eco-friendly probes, both for looking up into space and checking the weather on the surface. However, they’re mostly used for the latter, and not many Marevians work in astronomy. Marevi has also never sent one of their own into space before. They focus mainly on the life of their planet rather than exploring other ones.

Getting banished from the kingdom and being sent to a max-security prison outside of Botania is the worst punishment you can receive in Marevi.

The Marevi Quintet and their families come from different areas of the kingdom. Waterlily is from the seagrass fields, which is also where the Castle is located. Shelltop hatched in the volcanic stony zone. Spike and Cream are from the coral reef city. Marcella, or “Butterpearl,” is from the golden sand beds. The sea urchin side of Spike’s family comes from the kelp forest.

Marevians get around with public transport, including their underwater monorail system.

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In Other Languages

Arabic: ماريفي / "Marifi"

Spanish: Marevi

German: Marévi

Swedish: Marvi

Italian: Marevi

Swahili: Marevi

Portuguese: Marevi

Korean: 마레비 / "Malebi"

Japanese: マレビ / "Marebi"

Chinese: 马雷维 / "Mǎléiwéi"

Polish: Marevita

Greek: Μαρέβη / "Marévi"

French: Marevie

Russian: Мареви / "Marevi"

Hindi: मरेवी / "Marevi"

Thai: มาเรวี / "Mārewī"

Turkish: Marevita

[dansnaturepictures]

2nd January 2023: Blog 1 of 2-Woolston, Weston Shore, Titchfield Canal and home

We had a packed day today visiting a few places to look for birds, and saw lots more for the first time this year and some crackers. Firstly it was something we did on the bank holiday day at the start of last year too funnily enough, have a look at a building site at Woolston to unsuccessfully look for a Black Redstart that has been there. It was nice to see Starling, Feral Pigeon and a few Pied Wagtails here. I also enjoyed seeing pretty groundsel which the second picture in this photoset shows, spurge and some possible shepherd’s purse or mustard in the way of plants as well as some lovely leaves.

It was then onto nearby Weston Shore to see if we could see a Great Northern Diver there and we managed to, this shiny bird seen out to sea a jewel in the crown of my young year. We ticked Lesser Black-backed Gull here as well and saw a Common Gull on the sea. Also here it was entertaining to see a group of Mute Swans young and old at the car park enjoying the puddles I took the third picture in this photoset of three of the younger ones with grey feathers still, and the usual mob of Carrion Crows one shown in the fourth picture I took today in this photoset and Feral Pigeons were good to see with a feel good moment seeing hoards of pigeons on a feeding tray on someone’s car as well. Here we also saw; some of one of my favourite birds the Brent Goose and another the Little Egret, Cormorant, Oystercatchers nicely, a lovely bright Curlew and Black-headed Gulls. Some in flower gorse was good to see here too and I liked taking in beautiful coastal scenery with the welcome sun today painting the sea golden. I took the fifth picture in this photoset of a view here today. 

The next location was the Titchfield Canal to try and see the Barn Owls and for a seventh year running we saw one and also part of another next to it in the split tree. This is an amazing and stunning bird to see and a key moment of my year what a pleasure to see this favourite bird of mine so soon into the year again. I took the seventh picture in this photoset of them. There were three more year ticks here, a neat Gadwall on the water, excellent views of a charming Kestrel so close by on wires and structures shining in strong light and exhilarating views of it flying I took the ninth picture in this photoset of it and an unexpected pair of Egyptian Geese in flight from by the car park. In a raptor fest here we saw a Buzzard well in a tree including picking up a stick. Other birds seen here were another Common Gull on the water what a start to the year I’ve had for them for a third year running; as well as Black-headed Gull, Wigeon, Canada Goose, Mallard, Coot, Cormorant seen really well again, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit and Great Tit with Robin heard.

Cleavers or possible hedge bedstraw leaves and teasel seed heads shining in the sunlight as well as nettle leaves were nice plant sightings here. The sun was powerfully out whilst here which created fantastic winter sunlight partnered well by soft clouds that I enjoyed seeing well across the locations today. There were beautiful views of the green and blue landscape with a fair bit of water around. I took the sixth, eighth and tenth with the sun at the back of trees pictures in this photoset of views here. We got talking to some lovely people here as we did at Woolston.

At home today I enjoyed a sunny morning with silver moisture on trees outside, grass in a plant pot on the balcony lit stunningly, distant mistletoe the first picture I took today in this photoset shows this, flowers, a lovely spider in the hallway, Woodpigeon kissed by the sun on the roof visible from my room and House Sparrow in the buddleia bush out the front looking good. On the way to Woolston I ticked Mute Swan seen from Cobden Bridge at Riverside Park with Black Swans seen too and on my old school and college field by home we saw our first Rook of the year I saw a few well later in the day from the car too. I enjoyed seeing a lovely moon at home tonight too. 

Part 2 of today’s posts is here: https://dansnaturepictures.tumblr.com/post/705367750898532354/2nd-january-2023-blog-2-of-2-warblington-and