#round little creature

[mrsandals]

I'm having a great time

[bestanimal]

Round 2 - Arthropoda - Symphyla

(Sources - 1, 2, 3, 4)

Symphyla is a class of soil-dwelling arthropods commonly called “Garden Centipedes” or “Pseudocentipedes”, though they are not that closely related to centipedes. They are broken into two families: Scutigerellidae and Scolopendrellidae.

Symphylans live deep in soil, under stones, and in decaying wood, feeding on decaying vegetation, but can also feed on the seeds, roots, and root hairs of plants, and at least one species is predatory. They are very small, generally 2 to 10 millimetres long, and lack pigment. They have no eyes, using a pair of long, segmented antennae to perceive the world around them. Like centipedes, they also have Organs of Tömösváry at the base of their antennae, which may be used to sense vibrations. While most arthropods breathe through spiracles on the sides of their body, symphylans have a pair of spiracles on either side of their head. They have 14 segments, with legs on the first 12, though the first pair is absent or vestigial in some species. The 13th segment is fused to the 12th, and bears a pair of spinnerets. The 14th segment has a pair of long sensory hairs (trichobothria), the anus, and a small telson. Symphylans use their spinnerets to create long threads of silk. They use this mainly in reproduction, but may also spray silk as a defense or even use it to suspend themselves in the air.

Like centipedes and pauropods, symphylans do not copulate. Males deposit spermatophores on small stalks of webbing and leave them for the female. When she finds them, the female picks them up in her mouth and lays her eggs. She attaches her eggs to the sides of crevices or moss, smearing the sperm over them as she does so. The young will hatch with 6-7 pairs of legs, adding additional segments and legs with each moult. They can live up to 4 years, moulting throughout their life, though they do not add on more segments or legs after they reach their adult form.

Propaganda under the cut:

Gif comes from this video. Look at those antennae GOING

Only five species have been found in the fossil record, all in Burmese amber from the Middle Cretaceous. One, Symphylella patrickmuelleri, was trapped releasing threads of silk.

The largest species is Hanseniella magna, which can get up to 12-13 mm (0.5 in) long, which is very impressive for a symphylan, trust me.

[taeminsorbit]

round

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

i just showed my sister (who is not an am fan and only reluctantly tolerates alex turner because she likes the submarine version of piledriver waltz) that clip where alex calls a spider a “bone coloured gentleman”, and her immediate response was to clap her hand over her mouth and whisper “oh no i might love him”

[jazzy-art-time]

Elias Arkdae Jarble AU Ref as of 7/7/2024

Look at that little thing. It's like a potato.

Bonus mini doodle featuring Aubrey, a proud(?) big brother.

[ghostleeeaf]

pikmin

pikmin

[icewindandboringhorror]

sneeping with his legs up over his head for some reason... weird boye

[cactihut]

no i didn’t struggle to draw a cowboy hat for the first time why do you ask

[littleguyshowdown]

[moon-language-0]

a stony fill for the "fairytale" square of my @steverogersbingo card, just in time for MerMay:

I dream some nights of a funny sea by @fohatic

The curious tale of a Merperson who was once believed to have walked amongst the townsfolk and the well-traveled sea captain who became obsessed with him, as told to Peter Parker by his Aunt May.

(originally posted to my primary blog, @fohatic, which is still under "explicit content" appeal and has been hidden from search results for months)

[malwarechips]

chubee !! i love her :)

[terrorbirb]

Do people buy specifically restyled and customized Rainbow High? I'm proud of my space buns on Roxie, and I'm done with her, so I was wondering if I would be able to get $30 (not including shipping) for her or something. I would sell her with everything except the bracelets.

(this is not a "for sale" post although I don't know if those even happen on Tumblr.)

Edit: including Mila for contemplating

[darkscaleswriter]

i love when small mammals become Sphere. little balls of fuzz with their little legs sticking out and tiny little eyes. like this

Photo by JHWilliams/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

[most-creature-vibe-tournament]

Round 1 poll 2

Propaganda:

Michael Afton (FNAF)

Urple

Orin Scrivello, DDS (Little Shop of Horrors)

Orin frequently takes hits of laughing gas that he has access to due to his job as a dentist, so laughing maniacally and at inappropriate times is one of his most defining and memorable traits. He is sometimes associated with hyena imagery by the fandom because of this, and he himself makes the comparison in the song Now (It's Just the Gas) in the line ""Don't be fooled if I should chuckle like hyenas in a zoo, it's just the gas"" (for context he is stuck in his gas mask and slowly asphyxiating while breathing in nitrous oxide in that scene.) I really enjoy the idea of him taking pride in his association with hyenas due to having a complete misunderstanding of how they work and thinking that the males are Tough Macho Guys like he thinks of himself as being, being blissfully ignorant to the fact that male hyenas are completely dominated by the females. And the girl he was abusing before he died, Audrey, thrived and started recovering from what he had done to her after his death, so in a way she cast him into an appropriately subservient role in her past and in his impact on the world in comparison to her, thus fulfilling the prophecy of him being a pathetic male hyena. He also feeds off of the suffering of others/gets off on their pain and fear that he inspires in them, just like a hyena sustaining itself on cast-off rotting carcasses that it partially helped to create by participating in its looked down upon and generally disapproved by human society role in the circle of life. They also try to challenge lions, which are much bigger than them, and I feel that this would be on brand for Orin given how cocky and confident he is. Hyenas survive much better in groups but tend to be seen as opportunistic and individualist scavengers, which ties in with Orin being so much less of a for lack of a better phrasing 'rugged individualist' than he thinks he is (just ignore the rural implications of that phrase), as much of his personal fulfillment is derived from the suffering of others, as well as his very strong bond with his late mother.

[lucalicatteart]

Poll adventure (paventure? lol) Day 4: read the small story tidbit below the poll for more details, OR just vote based on initial impression

(✦ see past poll results + further information HERE (link) ✦)

The winning option of yesterday's poll was that the adventurer should offer the Well Creature some bread and soup ….

"Completely unsure how to even begin to interact with the strange creature from the well, The Adventurer recalls reading in a book once that 'food is a universal language', or uh.. something like that.. thus, some hearty soup and bread would surely bridge any communication barriers... probably. He serves the little cannister of broth cold, straight from his bag just dumped into a wooden bowl, mostly because he's far too nervous to try and start a fire with someone watching.. hopefully they won't mind the food not being warmed..

After gently placing a single bread roll next to the soup, he steps back, gesturing towards the meal with an uncertain smile. The creature pauses, sniffs around, then promptly disappears back into the darkness. Just as The Adventurer begins to sulk over his apparent rejection, something stirs behind him... With a rush of creaking and plopping noises, the creature resurfaces, revealing it's massive serpent-like body as it hoists itself over the crumbled stone of the well's edge with it's many arms. It cracks open it's mighty jaw just far enough for a tiny blue tongue to slither out, then politely slurps at the soup, delicate enough not to spill any.

Stumbling backwards in shock, The Adventurer simply sits there staring the entire time whilst the creature happily (and rather quickly) enjoys their meal... Seemingly appreciative of his kind offerings, another strange slinking arm creeps up from the depths of the well, daintily opening a velvet sack with it's claws and laying out a small assortment of items onto the grass. Still a bit shaken, but also never one to turn down a free gift, The Adventurer senses that the creature intends for him to take any single item of his choosing... but, which one?"

[tea-time-terrier]

Pike my beloved <3