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@decemberthenemesis

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[vintagewildlife]

European lynx By: Russ Kinne From: Man and Wildlife 1970

[gunnrblze]

Obsessed that one of Keegan’s listed enemies on the heroes fandom wiki is just tiger sharks😭

Half the battle during Into the Deep was just this mf💀

Bro said “I’ll let it slide this one time🙄”

[sitting-on-me-bum]

African Lion

By Russ Burden of Parker, Colorado, USA

African Wildlife Photography Awards

[miracle-girll]

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Book: Wildfire | Chapter 3

[frnwhcom]

Russ Mittermeier: A Titan of Conservation and Primatology

Russell Alan Mittermeier, commonly known as Russ Mittermeier, has been a pivotal figure in global conservation efforts, particularly in the fields of biodiversity and primatology. His extensive career has not only contributed significantly to the scientific community but also to conservation policies worldwide. Early Life and Education Russ Mittermeier was born in New York City in 1949. He…

[deangirlsstuff67]

Loving A Nomad

Russell Shaw x Reader

Summary: It slipped out by mistake but you don't regret it.

Warnings: fluff, p in v, language

Authors Note: I love Jensen and his family. The is purely fiction and for entertainment purposes only.

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One day with his brother and you dumbass of a boyfriend is already behind bars.

Colter called Rene to bail them out and Russell had called you to meet up with her so he could see you. It had been three weeks since you last saw him. He has been busy searching for his old army buddy.

Can’t fault him for that.

Two pairs of heels can be heard marching down the police station hallway as we near the holding cells. There sits the brothers with matching fake innocent grins plastered on their face.

Rene starts talking to them about how she managed to get the charges dropped. Adding that Russell owes her for paying his charges with fish and wildlife. She looks at me when she brings up the donkey incident.

Shaking my head, I don’t even try to explain that fucking day. Russell has his normal charming, flirty response which earns him a death glare from me.

“Oh calm down sweetie, you know you’re my girl.”

"You're lucky there are bars between us right now Shaw."

Russell lets out a throaty chuckle as he grabs your hand through the bars. Rene has an officer coming with keys to let them out. His brother smirks at Russ, "not for long there won't be."

The confidence slips from Russell's face as he realizes he's being released at that moment. You never could stay mad at this giant man child you are dating but that doesn't mean you don't make him work for your forgiveness every single time.

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Russell is good at a lot of things.

His job.

Being a nomad.

Loving and caring for you.

Making you laugh when all you want to do is cry.

But what he's best at is making it up to you when he royal screws up. Over and over again he will have you underneath him screaming his name until you tell him he's forgiven. Then and only then will he chase his own release.

Tonight is no different.

After having a late lunch with Colter and Rene, you and Russ head back to his hotel room where he instantly begins to make it up to you. Saying I forgive you is right on the tip of your tongue, however those aren't the words that pour out of your kiss bruised lips.

Instead you yell out I Love You as he rips another orgasm from your body.

Russell and you freeze. He's still buried deep inside your well used hole, staring down at your fucked out body.

It's been two years since you started dating. It's not like you've never thought about it or even felt it towards this green eyed devil. You knew you loved him 3 months into your relationship.

Russell comes with a lot of baggaged and a fucked up past. He doesn't allow many into his heart and you weren't willing to risk losing him. Figured waiting for him to say it first was probably the best idea.

You didn't want to scare him away. Given what he has lived through you knew that was a high possible.

You also didn't want to come off as clingy or desperate. Sounds silly but he's a man who is use to his independence and being alone.

Even though it's been 2 years for the both of you, he still enjoys working alone and still keeps so much close to the vest. Including what his job includes.

You couldn't stop the verbal outburst as he was bringing you pleasure tonight. It was the truth. You felt it deep within your soul. He was and will always be the one and only for you.

His cock twitches inside your velvet walls as you both stare at each other waiting to see how he's going to respond. It felt like hours before he makes a move. Thrusting his dick hard into your pussy earning him a moan from you.

"You know pretty girl, I never thought I would say this but," another hard thrust is delivered before he says, "I fucking love you too." He leans down as he captures your lips in a loving kiss as he releases deep inside you. Warmth filling you as he pours all his love into that kiss.

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Two months later Russell has found himself in another sticky situation with Colter by his side. These brothers are going to be the death of you.

Yet again you and Rene come to the rescue and find them in a holding cell fighting over whos fault it was this time.

You walk up to the bars, looking into the goofy smile of your fiance with a disapproving look plastured all over your face.

"You're adorable when your angry baby."

"Oh God, seriously Russell?"

Laughing he says, "aren't you glad you love me pretty girl?"

Shaking your head the officer opens the holding cell as you walk away. Russell jogging to catch up with you, arm lazily laid on your shoulders as he guides you towards the exist.

"So what's for supper tonight?"

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[typhlonectes]

It’s time to break up with balloons

When not properly disposed of, balloons can harm sanctuary wildlife. Deflated balloons have been found along beaches, floating miles offshore, and even occupying the deepest depths of our ocean. Once in the marine environment, marine life can mistake balloons for food, and if ingested, can lead to loss of nutrition or cause suffocation, starvation, and death. String or ribbon is often attached to balloons and can cause entanglement and injury. Mylar balloons are often covered in metallic paint which chip off into small particles into the ocean.

(Photo: Russ Lewis. Image description: two deflated plastic mylar balloons on a beach.)

[fanficrocks]

Wild (and not so wild) animals in Endeavour and the Morseverse

In Endeavour, we get

The pelican that's an albatross around Bright's neck in S6 (Apollo)

Jeremiah the parrot in S4 (Lazaretto)

The tortoise at some point in S6 (if I remember correctly)

The tiger in S3 (Prey)

Fred's canaries in S7 (Oracle)

But the original Inspector Morse seems very light on the pet and/or wild animals.

And in Lewis, we have the one instance where Lewis ends up (at least temporarily) adopting a victim's cat. Interestingly, that is an episode written by Russel Lewis.

Is there a connection between Russ and the wildlife?

See what happens when there is no new content to distract?

[molabuddy]

i'm having Thoughts so. collection of headcanons about the different home planets in pikmin:

Hocotate - Everybody's favourite :] a small planet that's hot and arid all around, and a little bit boring in the flora and fauna department. Notable for brutal summers and so-so winters, an environment really only suited to growing its famous and unfathomably delicious vegetables.

Vegetable cultivation and shipping is its main industry, but it's also a notable manufactuer of sub-par, barely up to code BUT dirt cheap spacegear :]

(extra hc: while pikpik carrots (as well as hocotate onions, garlic and other veggies) can be cultivated on other planets, no matter how closely those other planets can simulate a hocotate climate, the resulting carrots are noticably different and less tasty. Botanists can't figure out why!)

Koppai - kind of an outsider planet in terms of its culture as well as its literal distance from its neighbours. On the outside, it looks very advanced, with sprawling modern cities, but as we know Koppai has been struggling with a food shortage for a while :(

Notable for leading advancements in space technology, as well as inventing the kopad - a model of tablet which quickly became the base for space travel squad tablets built and used all across the galaxy.

(under the cut = some pikmin 4 planets - minor spoilers abound?)

Giya - Home Planet of Shepherd, Russ and Colin, as well as the Rescue Corps HQ. a Big planet, definitely in terms of population and industry, possibly even in terms of literal size.

Its a major hub of space travel facilities and technology, as well as a big hub for planetary immigration! Lots of people from other planets move there, so its got a very diverse population. It also has a large variety of climates as well as flora and fauna (Giya is generally a very "earth-like" planet I think)

Ohri - Home Planet of Dingo and Yonny (though both probably live on Giya most of the time.) A planet famous for its extreme climates both hot and cold, and the abundent and occasionally deadly wildlife in every nook of the planet barring the most developed cities

Ohrians(?) are very passionate about the natural habitats on the planet, and many places have remained protected and undisturbed, but it means that off-planet tourists and Ohri locals alike are just one wrong turn away from danger.

(extra hc: the reigon Yonny grew up in is notable for its poisonous creatures. he discovered his love of medicine while being taught how to make remedies and antidotes by his mother)

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this Smithsonian story:

Several hundred starving, sick or injured brown pelicans have turned up on beaches throughout California over the past few weeks, with wildlife officials still unable to pinpoint the cause of what they are calling a “crisis.”

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and other non-governmental partners, have been working to collect and rehabilitate the birds, many of which are anemic, dehydrated and underweight.

“They’re in really poor physical shape. They’re starving, and they haven’t gotten enough nutrition,” Russ Curtis, a spokesperson for the nonprofit organization International Bird Rescue, which is helping in the rescue efforts, tells KQED’s Annelise Finney.

“When there’s not the fishing stock that they can find, they take chances around fishing piers and fishing boats and places where there are people with fishing tackle,” Curtis says, explaining that some pelicans have been hurt by fishing hooks and lines they encounter near the shore.

As of this week, the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center (WWCC) in Huntington Beach and Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network have admitted more than 100 pelicans each, while International Bird Rescue has taken 260 pelicans into its two California facilities—one in Los Angeles County, and one in the San Francisco Bay Area, reports Cheri Carlson of the Ventura County Star.

Other birds have been found dead on beaches. Necropsies have revealed starvation as their cause of death, which has puzzled scientists. Populations of fish that pelican forage, by all accounts, remain abundant off the Pacific coast.

We also know that there’s supposedly plenty of anchovies and their food out there in the ocean, so we don’t really know why they are not able to forage yet,” Debbie McGuire, executive director of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center, tells Eugene Garcia of theAssociated Press.

Brown pelicans are known to spend their non-breeding months throughout the entirety of the state’s coastline, and the sick birds have been found in a variety of locations. In northern California, most birds have been rescued around Monterey and Santa Cruz, while those in southern California have been found by officials in a variety of traditional and non-traditional habitats. Two dozen pelicans were found on Newport Beach and dozens more were picked up around Huntington Beach—but sick birds have also been identified in a lake at SoFi stadium, the home of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams, and at a Malibu fire station, the Guardian’sDani Anguiano reports.In rescue efforts, the first step is to support the birds with warmth. “The great news is the vast majority are recovering if we can get them through those first couple of critical hours of hypothermia,” Elizabeth Wood, the WWCC’s veterinarian and medical director, says in a video posted to Facebook.

[russeliarat]

Pretty nature pictures I took for my wildlife unit (with the exception of the swans, Till took it when feeding them at the local park but I think it's so pretty I wanted to show it off again). Combination of me, my dads, Legend, and Till.

Russ

[bangkaching]

I read 52 books this year. I also met my vague goal of "more nonfiction". I read a truly absurd amount of fanfiction (I sadly did not keep track- yes, most of it was transformers). Here are the top 10 reads of 2024:

1. Meet me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange. While this wasn't the best written book, I keep thinking about it months later. The Mall™️ was and is such a unique city space. Reading about malls got me thinking of the city in ways I've never had before. It also exposed so much pettiness in the architecture design world. I'm planning to read more about cities and urbanism this year.

2. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer. Was recommended to me as simply "a damn good book", and that review holds true. It's a damn good book.

3. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jannette McCurdy. I missed the iCarly train, but I'll be very interested to see what Jannette McCurdy does in the future. I listened to the audiobook of this.

4. Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor. Nice novella, and I think I liked it so much due to when in my book year I read it (in between some more boring nonfiction and 2 dropped fantasy books).

5. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. This book objectively sucks. But I had so much fun reading it. The thing that makes this book fun is the potential it has to be good (it's not good). Don't read the second book.

6. Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson. Beatrice Sparks is the author behind Go Ask Alice, and this takes a look at who she was as a person (read: a pos). The only gripe I have about this book is the lack of citations (which the author makes a note about in the beginning) but taking this book with a grain of salt (about taking an author's books with a grain of salt), it's a good read.

7. They Promised Me the Gun Wasn't Loaded by James Alan Gardner. I accidentally read the second book first, but I'll be going back for more. (She's from Alberta, and her superhero name and costume is a homage to Wayne Gretzky. You already have me hooked James) This guy doesn't care about the science to superheros. He cares about having fun. I like this version of fun vs Jon Scalzi. Very glad to find another person saying Ontario sucks

8. The Female Man, by Joanna Russ. 70s feminism, with alternate dimensions and five (of maybe the same) women. How are we feminist based on our societies? What does feminism look like? I'm going to have to reread this book in two years and see what I get out of it then.

9. Goldenrod by Maggie Smith. Some of these poems hit me like a sack of bricks. Some of them I cannot relate to, but we're still absolute bangers.

10. Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel. The thing that saves this book's plot is that it's written interview transcript style. I read the second one, but probably won't read the third. Fun presentation at least!

2025 reading goals:

More comics. I'm probably going to reread MTMTE. And Saga.

Get a dent in the backlog of ebooks Tor used to send out. I have. 25 to read.

Read more about urbanism and cities. I really liked learning about "why this worked in city x and not y" while I read about The Mall™️. I've got one on urban wildlife in my holds already.

If you want the full list of books, it's up on my Goodreads.

[lotuspikmin]

Headcanons due to being October/Spooky month: which Pikmin characters believe in ghosts?

Olimar: Totally believes in ghosts, and if he ever winds up dying on the job plans to haunt the daylights out of the company president.

Louie: Doesn't believe in ghosts because if they existed, he'd be super haunted from all the wildlife he's hunted and eaten by now.

Alph: Claims to not believe in ghosts but always leaves little trinkets and packages of fruit snacks around for any helper spirits aboard the Drake.

Brittany: Doesn't believe in ghosts, eats the fruit snacks she keeps finding on the Drake because she doesn't know their significance.

Charlie: Doesn't believe in ghosts, necessarily, but IS superstitious. Gets annoyed when he finds out about Brittany eating the fruit snacks.

Shepherd: Doesn't believe in ghosts, is too busy being scared of monsters - I mean what? Captains aren't scared of anything, ahahah...

Collin: Gets too much weird interference on the comms channel late at night to NOT believe in ghosts.

Russ: Believes in ghosts, but also thinks that most modern methods of ghost hunting are fake sensationalist garbage. Is basically Shane from Buzzfeed Unsolved/Ghost Files yelling at ghosts and demons to come and get him.

Dingo: Claims to not believe in ghosts but is always the first one to freak when the lights cut out unexpectedly. Is basically Ryan from Buzzfeed Unsolved/Ghost Files yelling at Russ to shut up before he gets possessed.

Yonny: Believes in supernatural phenomena that people mistake for ghosts, especially after learning about the Glow pikmin. Uses this to tease Dingo and Collin a lot.

Bernard: Believes in ghosts, but in that superstitious sailor type of way. Has good luck charms and little rituals he does to guarantee safe travels and protections before each flight.

Oatchi: Is a dog. Wonders why no one else seems to notice all the see-through people floating around.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Zebra

Photography By Russ Burden

[pickerelstripe]

[CM] Trees

Alright, breaking into some of the funner expansion packs (in my opinion) - flora and fauna! These are the culmination of several weeks’ worth of looking into Maine ecology and making species lists for ClayClan’s territory. I can’t promise they’re 100% accurate (there’s always exceptions), but I can say that they’re very plausible based off my reading! In this post I’ll be sharing tree information, plus a bonus verb.

Deciduous

White ash (Fraxinus americana) - Shash Shash grows in moist soil and is somewhat shade tolerant. Its acorns and leaf buds are eaten by birds, deer, and rodents. This is a good tree for cats who enjoy climbing, as it grows notably strong branches.

American mountain ash (Sorbus americana) - Fefewlepe Derived from base Clanmew fewl* (to fall), hafefyl* (bird), and lepe* (berry). The fermented fruit of this tree may intoxicate birds in winter! It grows in a variety of soils and is shade tolerant. Fefewepe is an important plant to ClayClan because it's a valued food source for many small birds and mammals.

Bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) - Roqruss Derived from base Clanmew roq* (tooth) and russ* (leaf). Roqruss grows in a variety of soils but is less adaptable than ufuf, quaking aspen; it prefers full sunlight. It has distinctly toothed leaves. Many birds feed on the seeds and buds of roqruss, while its inner bark is eaten by beavers.

Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) - Ufuf Derived from the sound of leaves shaking in the wind. Ufuf grows in moist soil and is shade tolerant. Its leaves tremble in even light breezes. Deer, hares, beavers, and various bird species all feed off this tree.

American beech (Fagus grandifolia) - Nekbossa  Derived from base Clanmew nekboq* (nut) and kossa* (tree). Nekbossa grows in moist, well-drained soil and prefers full sunlight. It produces beechnuts that are  an important food source for chipmunks and squirrels.

Paper birch (Betula papyrifera) - Ooshka Derived from the words shoosh and kossa* (tree). Ooshka grows in moist soil and is somewhat shade tolerant. Ooshka bark peels once the tree is mature - this bark can be used for weaving! It also has a lot of wildlife value; moose, deer, hares, beavers, and numerous birds feed off the tree’s leaves, bark, and seeds. 

Red maple (Acer rubrum) - Reyruss Derived from base Clanmew rey* (red) and russ* (leaf). Reyruss is named for its brilliant fall colors, but it has something red in all seasons - buds in winter, flowers in spring, and leafstalks in summer. It grows in moist soil and prefers full sunlight. Squirrels, deer, and rabbits eat the samaras and leaves.

Striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) - Kossip Derived from base Clanmew sip* (thin stripe) and kossa* (tree). Kossip grows in dry, well-drained soil and is shade tolerant. Its bark is marked with long, thin stripes, hence its name. Squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, and deer feed off this tree; moose may eat its bark in the winter.

Hawthorn (Crataegus) - Wobenak Derived from base Clanmew wobe* (apple) and nak* (thorn) - this is a reference to one of hawthorn’s other common names, thorn-apple. Wobenak grows in well-drained soil and prefers full sunlight. It produces small red berries that feed various birds and mammals throughout the winter.

Larch (Larix laricina) - Rreenyyp Derived from base Clanmew rreen* (golden) and nyyp* (pine needle). Rreenyyp is unique in that it resembles a pine tree but loses its needles seasonally! It grows in moist soil and prefers full sunlight. Squirrels eat its seeds.

Species with the same name as base Clanmew: Red oak (Quercus rubra)- Byoch* Gray willow (Salix bebbiana) - Sawa* Pussywillow (Salix discolor) - Pfufoh*

Coniferous

Pitch pine (Pinus rigida) - Shkikee Shkikee grows in a variety of soils and is somewhat shade tolerant. It produces thick, sticky resin. Small mammals and birds eat its seeds, while deer may feed on young sprouts.

Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) - Kik Kik grows in moist soil and is shade tolerant. This tree produces the largest cones out of any on ClayClan territory! Its seeds are eaten by black bears, rabbits, squirrels, and birds, while beavers, hares, and mice eat its bark.

Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) - Piksh Piksh grows in moist, well-drained soil and is shade tolerant. It develops resinous blisters on its bark and has a distinct spicy smell. Birds, squirrels, and mice eat its seeds, while black bears eat its bark.

Black spruce (Picea mariana) - Krrifuh Derived from base Clanmew krriki* (cone) and palifuh* (purple). Krrifuh grows in moist soil and is shade tolerant. It produces tiny, dark purple cones. Birds, squirrels, mice, and chipmunks eat its seeds, while hares eat its saplings; moose and deer might feed off krrifuh when other food is scarce.

Species with the same name as base Clanmew: Northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) - Shawogi*

Bonus Verb

To peel - Shooshk, shoosh, shoos Derived from the sound of peeling wood. This word is used most often for peeling bark off trees or for skinning an animal. Like most verbs, this could be part of a warrior name - Barkpeeler, anyone?