#or some kind of marsupial

[zekreet]

The cancer started this January, spreading to my brain over the months, damaging it further and further until I lost my ability to think independently like a functioning member of society. My entire being demands that I, at the very least, think about these parasites. It is in my nature that they are brought up every five seconds. I've begun hallucinating them everywhere I go. The meds aren't working.

turned them into furries.... or rather baldies ....

[sevenseasaurus]

so do the rest of you guys just simplify your dreams when explaining them to people or do I just remember a significantly weirder degree of depth than the average bear

[scrytime]

I present you with two ancient greek words– one which sounds like 'nein' and has the n sound of no/non from english and the romance languages, and one which sounds like a funny pronunciation of the word 'ok'– and ask you to guess which one means yes and which one means no.

Go on. Guess. :)

[inkedmyths]

Actually that makes for a really funny poll idea

[lomemarsupial]

why's the grace all slimey?

[project-catgirlpillar]

Tons of people telling me that dachshunds are indeed hunds and i Just wan't to say that No they're Not. You're wrong. They aren't dogs though tbf i have No Idea what they actually are

The Term dachshund is so weird from a German Perspective Like you do realize this is neither a Dachs Nor a Hund right?

[gl1tchr]

What animal do you think each of the Riddles are?

Most seem to think rat, fox, etc and I see it.. but the one I see them all being is a Raccoon. Think about it.. mask, hands, the ability to be sneaky and do crimes. But I’d love to see your take! I do see that one bald edward (you posted a photo of kissing his bald head, I don’t know what his universe is called apologies) being a vulture of some kind.

here's some Visions I was granted I think you'll enjoy

Zero Year is definitely giving Raccoon the most to me (aside from the TMNT Riddler that's - literally a raccoon). Mischievous, sneaky, and a little round even. And, since his mask it black, it looks the Most like a raccoon's eyes :]

Arkham Knight Opossum. DON'T call him a rodent, it'll lead to a half-hour rant about how he's a MARSUPIAL, not a rodent. "Actually, there's an 'O' at the beginning-". Gets irate when he has to explain opossum are actually extremely clean and don't carry rabies.

22 Weasel <33 While Ed does give powerful rat aura, it felt mildly evil to turn him into an animal he clearly has some level of fear of/hate for fgkds so I've made him a weasel. Mousy brown, weirdly vertical, and big wet eyes that Look at you.

BTAS kitty. I feel like you could to an entire version of this with different cat breeds, but BTAS gives me classic ginger tabby. A mischievous little tomcat who loves to chase his Batman.

2004 Greyhound. insane 2004 Riddler cameo but I was gifted this from a seraphim. He has real long features n just an overall pitiful demeanor. Plus hit little choker looks like the thick collars they have to special make for greyhounds because of their dumb bicycle heads

Sale Riddler Mouse. I rlly feel like this just makes sense, he's such an unserious little guy. Literally picked on like a cartoon mouse by Batman the entire time. He's not a rat!!! he is a Fancy Mouse <3

fox Carrey Riddler. I'll be real. HAven't watched Batman Forever. Jim Carrey frightens and perturbs me. But just based on the images of him barring his teeth at me like he's gonna bite, he Feels like a fox. Quit GRINNING at me like that.

One Bad Day <333 my beloathed <3333 I agree with you, vulture fits him so well. can't wait for Batman to snap his dumb neck

[ranticore]

I gave up on editing and did this instead check it out. I had a rough time with the zeta because they kept getting too anthro dog-ish and I wanted them to read as primates. The one pictured there is a crew member on a whaling vessel (chef and lookout).

Image description and transcript of text below the cut:

[Figure 1 description: Front and side views of a zeta's face with the skull and external anatomy overlaid and separate. The skull is similar to a baboon's with massive broad fangs and a huge saggital crest on top for muscle attachment. Figure 2 description: a bar of colours ranging from dark brown, to reddish, to pale cream, to violet, to blue, to dark blue. Beneath it are several blue markings resembling a stylised 'A' or an arrow. Figure 3 description: a pair of zeta standing together. They are blue, brown, and cream in colour and wearing fancy black collars with dark tassels, and knuckle-guards to protect their feet. They have stocky muscular bodies and ape-like heads. One is propped up on their elbows over the back of the other, looking in a different direction.]

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Terrestrial Zeta of Siren: Overview

Zeta are large quadrupedal mammals primarily found in the Eastern continent, the only area of significant continuous land. They are specialists at hunting and killing the local wildlife, most of which have strong chitinous shells and can be thought of as similar to millipedes or isopods. Zeta maxillary canines (1c) are the largest on Siren, laterally flattened and lacking sharp points, instead used to crush and split open the shells of their main prey, and they have huge saggital crests to support their jaw muscles. Zeta were formerly aquatic and still retain tail flukes and dense bones from that evolutionary era (3). They have a plantigrade, knuckle-walking locomotion and lack tongues. Zeta are marsupial and unisex.

Fig. 2 shows the coat colour variation. It is divided into red phase and blue phase shades. While most individuals have both phases, some are solely red or solely blue. Zeta are the only people on Siren who have naturally occurring blue pigments in their skin and hair, and blue eyes. The settlers who genetically engineered zeta also programmed in the logo of their megacorporation, which was a stylised blue letter 'A', which would appear like a tattoo from birth on the skin of zeta, formed of their own pigments. Over subsequent milennia, the logo has become indistinct and abstract, and the blue pigment is no longer limited to this particular marking, but found all over.

Kattakati

During the development of zeta, the genetic engineers wanted to produce a creature which would never have solidarity with a member of its own kind. They tampered with the brains of their creations, thinking that they had produced a creature with no sense of community, empathy, solidarity, or sympathy. In the intervening years zeta have developed a novel way to regain those traits, for their own survival. Early aquatic and terrestrial zeta developed a form of eusociality, viewing members of their pack as themselves, as limbs of one being, and over time this developed into the Dry Bowl practice of Kattakati pairing. This consists of a pair of zeta who have entered a binding agreement to consider one another a single being (3). Legally, socially, and culturally, a kattakati is one person. It has a single name and will not allow others to distinguish between its component bodies in any meaningful way, as they are supposed to be taken as a complete whole, together. It is frowned upon to consider the pair anything other than one guy. The two halves of a kattakati do not necessarily agree on all things, but this is not a contradiction; a person often thinks contradicting thoughts, and feels contradicting things. The nature of the bond is not platonic, romantic, or sexual, and a kattakati might make friends and date other people (you can't date just one half - you need to date the whole guy).

[whatcoloristhatcat]

Stray cat I caught the other day with kibble. He had a very long face, kind of weird. Didn't meow either. Must be some interesting genetics with this one 🤔

I BRAKE FOR NORTH AMERICA’S ONLY NATIVE MARSUPIAL

[beccawise7]

Tuesday Tidbits:

~One minute of passionate kissing burns 6.4 calories. (Pucker up😘).

~A tiny, male marsupial in Australia, has sex for up to 12 hours straight. The exhausted males drop dead shortly after. (I'm all for being an overachiever, but this seems counterproductive). 😬😜

~70% of people surveyed said they lied on their resumes. 37% of those people admitted to lying at work frequently. 👀🤥

~Exercise improves brain performance & helps you sleep better. 🧠🏋️ #fact

~A female orgasm can burn between 60-100 calories, where male orgasms only burn 3-5. (Raise your hand, ladies, if you want to drop some calories). 🙋😂

~Men & women who perform oral sex on their partners are healthier & happier than those who don't. (I've been saying this for years). 🤣🤷

~It costs nothing to be kind. ✌️💜🖤✌️

Have a fabulous Tuesday & don't forget to laugh a little!

~beccawise7 💜🖤

[irradiatedsnakes]

dialtown furry world

yellow-footed rock wallaby oliver (he feels like a mammal to me, but something unconventional- hence, marsupial. the charismatic, energetic vibe of a macropod suits him, but not the implied violence of a full-on kangaroo, so i eventually settled on a wallaby, with the species in particular for visual reasons.)

great black-backed gull randy (while i originally considered something that swans prey upon, probably some kind of small fish, fig @/tigsbitties instead suggested something that is a predator of swans. which is much funnier. gulls also fit in with the sort of "trashy" vibe, slotting in neatly alongside pigeons, raccoons, and opossums.)

band-eyed brown horsefly karen (vibes-wise, much like oliver, she just really strikes me as some sort of insect. horsefly is a bit of an obvious joke, but i do like fly in particular, as a very mundane sort of animal, subdued in appearance, with hidden depth (at least, i think so. ever looked at robber flies? cool as fuck). which, i suppose, could be said about lots of bugs, but flies in particular i think are really underrated. as before, species chosen for design reasons.)

furry world gingi is visually identical to regular world gingi.

[mwolf0epsilon]

Railway Mimics AU - Info Post

Yet another one of my silly AUs where the engines are beasts, but this time instead of being experimented on, they've always been some strange species of marsupial-monotremes that supposedly evolved to mimic locomotives (and other vehicles/utility machines).

How do they do this, you may ask?

Why, by consuming the whole thing and assimilating its attributes of course!

AU Info under the cut ---

Summary: During the peak of the industrial revolution the world was plagued by a rather peculiar infestation. Creatures once considered to be a kind of highly troublesome fae, had begun to consume and assimilate newly arisen technology. Giving way to behemoth beasts that mimicked the things they'd consumed (primarily vehicles and steam locomotives) and that threatened both the safety and livelihoods of the local human populations. As the years came and went, however, this once-loathed infestation soon transformed itself into something quite unexpected, indeed: A mutualistic relationship between railway men and highly intelligent beast.

---General Info---

What are the mimics? - No one is entirely sure. In ancient times they were considered to be a kind of minor but troublesome fae that acted under a queen (kind of like bees or ants), but zoologists have dismissed this notion entirely and have been studying them for years. All anyone's managed to figure out is that they're some kind of missing link between marsupials and monotremes with a highly (and very unusual) specialized diet.

Were engines always alive in this world? - No, in this AU the engines (and other vehicles and heavy machinery) were not originally alive. They were just completely normal inanimate objects. This is what made the mimics such an issue in the beginning, since they were actively invading workshops and factories and eating what was essentially months/years of hard work. Not only that, but before anyone discovered that they could tame the mimics, a fully grown steam locomotive mimic could cause all kinds of chaos after gaining the attributes and size of such a powerful machine.

Are the mimics friendly? - Yes and no. A fully tamed/domesticated mimic is your friend because it has realized the benefit of having a mutually beneficial relationship with a human (protection from the elements, free food and healthcare, and less of a chance of being shot at by a frightened person that wants them off their property, and many more perks at the cost of some fairly easy labour that they don't mind doing at all). A wild mimic on the other hand will not hesitate to kill you if it feels threatened by your presence or thinks you're encroaching on it's territory (which is understandable, this is a highly intelligent beast after all, but still a beast). And this isn't even taking into account what happens when a tame mimic ends up going feral...

What do mimics eat? - It depends on the type of mimic, since their diets change depending on what kind of machine they assimilate! Steam locomotive mimics, for example, are omnivores (which comes in handy because they're not overly picky of what they eat, with some exceptions such as personal preference). Diesel locomotive mimics, on the other hand, are obligatory herbivores (which is one of the reasons why the Railway Industry began to push for the acquisition of Diesel Mimics). That said, there is one thing all mimics ultimately need to function properly, and that's their specific fuels. No one is sure why.

Are the mimics magical? - Despite what zoologists would rather believe, the original myths behind the mimics are true to some extent, and they are in fact a kind of minor fae... Whether or not that means fae are just very odd animals, or that the mimics are just pretending to be mindless beasts, is up for debate. But it's hard to deny the fact they seem intelligent enough to understand how a railway service works.

Mimic Compaction Abilities - Mimics are capable of shrinking down to smaller more compact sizes, and then expanding to their original size when the situation calls for it (such as dealing with extreme temperatures). Zoologists believe this is something similar (albeit more advanced) to the shrew's ability to lose between 30% and 50% of their body weight, but most people just write it off as magic. Gold Dust Inc. has figured out that a very specific kind of recipe of feed can force the process, and since then it's become a staple of Railway management. It's much easier to care for a smaller critter than a behemoth after all!

Gold Dust Inc. Feed™ - A special kind of feed for mimics that's used to either shrink them, or make them grow back to proper size. It seems to be completely nullified by carbonation in drinks, however, so there's posters all over the Railway Stations advising for both workers and passengers to avoid leaving their soda cans/bottles unattended.

Feral Mimics - A feral mimic is a mimic that has seemingly been abandoned and returned to the wild. They are highly aggressive and have re-adapted to surviving in wilderness, so they grow larger than their mimicry's basis, return to their original coloration/configurations, and grow noticeably shaggier fur and tusks. These mimics are considered extremely dangerous and there's a Hunter's Guild Association branch specifically commissioned to dispose of them, since they have no real fear of encroaching on human spaces.

---Extra Info/Fun Facts---

Steam Locomotive Mimic Personalized Locomotion

"Upgrading" A Mimic's Shape

The Mystery behind "Feralization"

Mimic Intellect

The Uncomfortable Reality of Mimic Railway Shows & More

The Mimic Language

Logistics Matter

---Fics/Dialogue Posts---

One Night At The Sheds

---Art---

Edward, BoCo & the Twin Terrors

Henry & Crew

Percy & James and Special Jobs

Gordon & Thomas and Cause and Consequence

Gordon's Comeuppance

One Angry Cranestacean...

Adeline and Dorothy (Gift for Rogue)

Edward, BoCo & the Twin Terrors

Henry & Crew

Percy & James and Special Jobs

Gordon & Thomas and Cause and Consequence

Gordon's Comeuppance

One Angry Cranestacean...

Edward Would Like Some Chips Please!

Gordon Pays Scot Out

A Merry Mimic Christmas

---OC Art---

Adeline and Dorothy (Gift for Rogue)

Cavan, Abraham, Junebug and Edmundo

No Thoughts, Head Empty

1/2 of Edmundo chasing Cândida

---Fanart---

Victor and Hiro

Victor and Hiro (Again)

Hiro the Really Useful Boy!

Mimic Yoltzin!

[gynandromorph]

evelyn's mother had her birth photos for jessie in her garage apparently and i feel like someone else had to take the picture there and i guess it could be adam but he's not even a marsupial and i feel like the size compared to a quarter thing is like a tradition among marsupials so someone always brings a quarter and i guess maybe they just HAPPENED to have a random dirty ass quarter handy or he brought it this time because this is evelyn's second child but i think she'd just want her mother there after giving birth because her mother has in fact given birth before, i don't think she'd want adam's mom to be there or something lmfao. either way, her mother clearly had the photos so she was trusted with them in some capacity. i want to guess that evelyn had a weird relationship with her mother where she's kind of high strung and anxious because her mother is high strung and focused on rules because she catastrophizes and thinks someone will literally die if they break the rules, so her mother could feel both suffocating and overbearing but also very comforting with concise (rule-based) opinions and doting on someone she thinks is hurt. she doesn't seem too devastated going through her mother's paperwork so i think her father probably died much earlier, i imagine he was more focused on Appearances and Being Normal, which happened to usually synchronize with her mother's desire to follow rules and play it safe, but they probably had more conflict than adam's family. evelyn probably lives close to her mom to help+ her when she's living alone and older. she would also feel a lot more comfortable leaving her child with someone she knows is preoccupied with danger for a few hours than adam's parents, probably -- i can't imagine his parents as anything but unbearably nice and loving people who constantly give gifts and love hearing about their kids'/grandkids' lives... you know if she's at adam's mom's place she's having candy for dinner. there's no question. if jessie wanted to climb a 100 foot tree and have someone catch her when she jumps from the top neither of them would be able to say no. also, i think they are really unused to fluffiness so they just go crazy when they see how puffy jessie and emily are as kids. i imagine they see their grandmother on the maternal side at least once per week for a few hours but jessie probably interacts with her paternal grandparents more often because she wants to call them on the phone all the time since they freak out at literally any accomplishment and seem so invested in if she ate her vegetables or beat this really hard level on a video game without ACTUALLY being invested enough to make her do anything she doesn't want to do. that's my tentative guess--

[maniculum]

Bestiaryposting Result: Olkorwae

Long entry this time, and one that I think a number of people know because I've seen people talk about it on Tumblr before. Nonetheless, let's see what we've got.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, you can find an explanation here: https://maniculum.tumblr.com/bestiaryposting.

To see the entry our artists are working from, click here:

And to see next week's so you can potentially join in, click here:

Anyway, art below the cut.

@silverhart-makes-art (link to post here) suggests that the whole "shapeless lumps of flesh" thing might be fitting for a marsupial, so we've got that, but bulky & shaggy to fit the given description. I like the distinctive claws and the little tongue on the baby there.

@pomrania (link to post here) has drawn this very strange beast based, apparently, on a tarot spread for inspiration. (The extra legs are apparently modified ribs.) I don't know what to add about this, but it's a very weird creature (positive).

@cheapsweets (link to post here) has also gone with the "big shaggy marsupial" indication, which honestly does really fit the description. Here we see one helping its babies take form and one doing some digging. I think these are quality Shaggy Beasts of no specific recognizable type; I like them. For more information on their design, see the linked post. (Also thank you for providing alt text.)

@wendievergreen (link to post here) also went with some marsupial inspiration, so it seems like we have a lot of people on the same wavelength. (It does make sense.) For some details on that, and close-ups on the art, check out the linked post. Also, you know what I really like about this particular piece? The fact that it incorporates a maniculum. Plus this is a very cute animal. (And thank you for including alt text.)

@strixcattus (link to post here) has joined Team Marsupial for this one. Very cute critter, probably shouldn't get too close to those claws though. As always, worth reading the naturalist writeup in the linked post.

@coolest-capybara (link to post here) has gone with a really interesting interpretation that I genuinely love. If the parent is literally shaping the child, like a lump of clay, obviously they're all going to look kind of different, like someone playing around with making different clay figures. So here we see a bunch that are clearly the same species, but different proportions & interpretations of the same body plan. Brilliant.

All right, to the Aberdeen Bestiary:

Yep, that's a bear all right. Love the detail on the fur.

I feel like this one probably had a lot of tells -- I know I've seen people talk about the whole "bears lick their shapeless babies into form" thing here on Tumblr, and we've got hibernation and honey also.

Not a lot to add here -- see you next week!

[zoomertheweimarwolf]

You know there has been something that has stuck out to me since I’ve watched the new Ninjago season, and it’s this line from Wyldfyre:

A nursing pouch? What do you mean a nursing pouch? What does this mean for other dragons? Im going to go full on analysis mode on this, so get comfortable and enjoy my over analyzing of a Lego show.

To start off let’s talk about those wonderful pouches, creatures that have nursing pouches are defined as marsupials. Mammals that have short gestation periods and small birth size, so they end up having pouches or skin folds to protect offspring.

All of this means that the Matriarch and probably the other dragons of her kind are indeed mammals, which makes sense due to them being able to stay unaffected by the cold temperatures of the mountains. Normal reptiles would have suffered in the climate. And I may be over analyzing right now but we atleast have some more context for FSM, which I will get to in a minute.

We have seen dragon eggs before so we know they are not all mammals, and if you are wondering where it was in a YouTube short taking place between DR season 1 and 2. Where it was revealed to be ice dragon eggs.

Now begs the question, which dragons are mammals and which ones are reptiles? Truth be told, I have no clue. I’m sure we as a fandom can narrow it down, but for now I just want to focus on one particular dragon. Now it is unconfirmed which dragon got together with the Oni, or even what gender the dragon was, but I am more than sure that whichever dragon it was it came from the mammal side of it. And while this doesn’t clear up much about the story behind the FSM, at least he didn’t hatch from an egg.

[smorgasvoid]

Wyverns Pt. 1: Saurian Wyverns

Saurian Wyverns (Clade Vernosauria) are a clade of winged sauropodomorph dinosaurs (as in they share a common ancestor with sauropods) previously mentioned a few days ago. They are divided into two groups, the bipedal Euvernosauria and the quadrupedal Parasauroptera.

A. Quicksilver wyvern (Argentivernios longipes), a species of Verniid Euvernosaur native to deserts and plains. Despite being smaller than most species in their family, they are faster on land and more adaptable than their relatives. They feed primarily on amphibians, lizards, eggs, carrion and small mammals, though they won't hesitate to hunt down a small ungulate if given the chance. They are capable of flight, albeit limited.

Element: Metal

B. The Cave taurex (Minotauregalis spelaeus) is a species of large Ferocipterygid Parasauropteran. It is named such due to its bull-like horns. It is an apex predator that will hunt mid to large-sized animals such as ungulates, marsupials, ornithischians and other wyvern species. When it does eats smaller animals, it feeds on crocodylomorphs, fowl and primates. Most specimens prefer to avoid human settlements so fatalities are rare. With the exceptions of mothers and hatchlings, taurexes are solitary and territorial.

Element: Dark

C. The desert nagatorn or ghost nagatorn (Nagatornis phantasmicus) is a species of Ophiopterygid Parasauropteran that was thought to be a type of legged serpent until 1820 where it was revealed to be a true saurian wyvern. The desert nagatorn is an adept flier that feeds almost exclusively on desert fruits, contrary to its serpentine appearance. Its droppings contain seeds which are dispersed throughout the desert, making it an important keystone species. It appears that this species mimics a type of cobra found in the same environment.

Element: Spirit

D. The snow bjird (Parvoboreoptera nix) is a small-bodied Batrachodraconid Euvernosaur native to tundras. The males sports two ribbon-like feathery structures (if they count as true feathers), which are used in display. It is a weak flier, preferring to walk on land whilst feeding on insects. When threatened, it hides in a burrow.

Element: Ice

E. The emperor wyvern (Orionopteryx imperator) is a species of large Orionopterygid Euvernosaur that inhabits forests. These large bodied carnivores are a symbol of courage and teamwork in many Chortisian cultures. While they are usually solitary, packs of 2-4 have been observed taking down particularly colossal megafauna.

Element: Fire

Bonus: The Dingrag (Megalacerta seismodeus) is a highly dangerous Megalacertid Parasauropteran that inhabits deserts. It is also the heaviest Saurian Wyvern. The dingrag is believed to be the last member of an ancient lineage of flightless Parasauropterans. It has been given monikers such as "The Desert's Stomach" and "The Ogre That Stalks the Sun".

Element: Metal/Earth/Fire

It's most noticeable feature is its muscular neck/hump, giving it the strength to toss prey around, which usually kills the unfortunate animal when it hits the floor.

The meat from the neck region is said to be the most tough kind out there. It has a strong flavor that can be off-putting to some.

Its skin has semi-mineralized serrated denticle-like scales, most noticeable on its arms, which is a good reason not to rub your skin on it (going near it would result in death anyways).

An angry dingrag will become red and hot to the touch.

The most common cause of death in humans is being pummeled to death by its forelimbs, though being crushed by its weight, tossed around, decapitated, eaten, and blood loss.

While magic lessens its need for calories, it is still a glutton that hunts megafauna and humans. Larger specimens exist, though these are typically rare, they are either very old dingrags that lived a long life or infertile hypertrophic specimens that don't live very long due to heart complications.

The dingrag is behind me, isn't it?

Wait don't leave without me! NONoNoNOnono OH SHI-