#the subspecies

[menelaiad]

the infamous 'last sighting of a barbary lion in the wild' photo taken by marcelin flandrin (1925) haunts me to my core. there's something so achingly poetic about it.

[spaded-square]

The whole wurmple evolution line is now complete!! ^O^

[voidedjuice]

Cute little miss crow

[wilkpreriowy]

Nikita, an arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), and Ayasha, a Eurasian wolf (C. l. lupus)- residents of Lüneburg Heath Wildlife Park in Hanstedt, Germany.

Photos [1, 2] © landkeks-stock

[isbergillustration]

I only stopped for a minute in the sun, but now I've grown roots and my veins have become wires.

[amphibianaday]

day 1421

[gorgynei]

new werewolf enid design because my brain latched onto the idea of her having a mexican grey wolf inspired coat

[geckked]

Very cool idea by @n0rtist to design Ability Forms! I love Kingdra :)

[classichorrorblog]

10 Overlooked 1990s Horror Movies To Consider For October/Halloween

[signfromeywa]

Tawsyul ([Taw= Sky] + [Syulang= flower])

Ikran subspecies! (Day and night view)

Let me show you a preview of my own subspecies: the Tawsyul! I will do a lot more detailed views on my website later! But for now, I am excited to show you this preview!

I hope you like them 💜 and pls don't be hard with me, it was my first time to design something animal 🫣 I tried my best!

The Tawsyul swarm is living close together with one of my 3 own Na'vi tribes! Their Colony is basically part of the village from the Zeynuma 😊

More informations:

Here is some information about their physics:

They have wider wings than normal Ikrans.

They are more maneuverable and can fly longer amounts of time

They are a bit slower than the movie Ikran

They have a colorful collar they only turn them up when they are mad or in attack mode xD

Their base colors are muddy and dull and their collar, tail and inner part of the kuru is bright and colorful!

The nerve cords are always protected with the end of the kuru, which wrap the nerve cords like a bud

They have something in the head kinda looking like ears.

More info about their characters:

They only bond with one Na'vi in their lifetime!

THEY choose the Na'vi and it's always a peaceful and trusting moment.

They are showing their end of the Kuru open to the Na'vi they want to bond with. The kuru only opens when the Tawsyul is ready to bond.

They are really peaceful around the Zeynuma clan. They are like lovingly goofballs with the Na'vi trust. Playfully and therefore hard to train xD

But! They are really territorial against strangers of any kind! You need to build a friendship with them if you want one of them to choose you for a lifetime bond!

The Zeynuma children grow up with the Tawsyul so when they are old enough the mostly already befriended one of them for a lifetime bond 😊

The end piece of the Kuru is also the reason why the Na'vi called them Sky flower!

Last fun fact:

The Zeynuma love to call them "Tawsyultsyìp" (little sky flower) coz they are loving them so much :D the Tawsyul are their family, part of the clan/ tribe and also their pets :D

[eeltime]

I remember loving the trend of making pokemon variants from a few years ago, and decided I want to do some of my faves in between bigger projects. Starting off with Espeon! Be sure to full view pls

Psychic cat-dog breeds. I think Somnambulist and Wizard are my favorite ♥

[markscherz]

Hello, I was wondering what criteria you personally use to decide if something is a species or a subspecies?

I quite like Kevin de Queiroz's recent take on the matter, so I will refer you to him. There has been quite a bit of subsequent discussion, some of which I agree with, some of which I think is a bit moronic.

TL;DR: They should be treated as a difference of degree, not of kind, and can conveniently be used to capture the grey zone that we know characterises the incipient stages of speciation.

[scrawnytreedemon]

some picked-mins i doodled, alone in a server vc :}

[grailknightmonty]

just because you're soft doesn't mean you aren't a force.

honey and wildfire are both the color gold.

[blackbackedjackal]

Would love to hear about the differences between the skull shapes, general locations, and colour palettes of all the coyote subspecies! Only if you would like to of course, as I understand there are a lot.

If there weren't so many I'd do them all but here's two of my favorite subspecies c:

Mearns' coyote (C. l. mearnsi) is a small subspecies located in the southwest (predominantly AZ) and often have this beautiful dark coloration.

The Northeastern coyote (C. l. thamnos) is a much larger subspecies on average and their skulls have a very unique shape compared to the other subspecies. They're located around the Great Lakes. The average color is the one shown below, but they often come in a red or blonde coloration.

These subspecies are often confused as hybrids due to their unique skull shapes. Mearns' on the left, the Plains coyote ("average" coyote) in the middle, and Northeastern on the right.

Mearns' are smaller with a more defined stop than the Plains coyote, while the Northeasterns are larger with more "wolf-like" features like wider zygomatics and larger mandibles.

[voldkat]

slugfish : a rain world headcanon post

slugfish , also colloquially known as sea scugs , are a branch of slugcat that adapted to live in warm watery environments . they're usually found within an iterator's bounding walls , in areas like abandoned plumbing systems , lakes and ponds , and any other place with a notable amount of water .

terminology

slugfish are also sometimes called axolotls , though this is a nickname more frequently used with salamanders , so it may cause some confusion

slugfish children are called slugfries or sluglings . people have shortened slugfries to "fries" , and sluglings to "slings" , like how people shorten slugpups to "pups" or "slups" .

slugcats and slugfish can have offspring together ! those are called puplings ( shortened to "plings" ) and grow into catfish

coloring

slugfish tend to be greenish or blueish , but some other colors may appear by pure chance ( like rivulet's pink frills and fins )

some slugfish may also be so dark that they appear black , but they're never jet black . just a really dark shade of some other color

newborn fries are dark all over , but gain a light underside as they grow ( countershading !! yay !! )

misc facts

their tails have fins to help them with swimming

they have increased lung capacity , but they can't breathe water

the frills on their heads are not gills ! they're there for temperature regulation , since the area around an iterator tends to be warmer

their eyes are specialized to be able to see underwater a little clearer

they're almost always wet and / or slimy because of their environments

they have less fur than slugcats

cross-slug interactions

slugfish and slugcats retain enough shared culture to communicate with each other , despite their different habitats

the two can also have meaningful bonds with each other , like friendships , family relationships , and even romantic bonding

the two are genetically compatible enough to have offspring together ( puplings / catfish ) , but they are quite rare