#these are my thoughts on Animals

[plaguedocboi]

So basically to me, every animal can be categorized as Squishy or Crunchy. The Squishy is where my primary interest lies. The Crunchy is fascinating and wonderful but they don’t necessarily tickle my cuteness receptors in the same way. A lot of phyla are pretty self-explanatory; Cnidaria are Squishy. Flatworms are Squishy. Annelids are Squishy. Arthropods are Crunchy. Nematodes are Crunchy because they have a thick cuticle. However velvet worms are Squishy because they’re chuby. Some phyla are bit more complicated. Mollusks for instance. Gastropods and cephalopods are Squishy but bivalves are Crunchy. Echinoderms too; sea cucumbers are Squishy. Urchins are Crunchy. Sea stars depends on the species: the fat ones are Squishy but the thinner bonier ones are Crunchy. Vertebrates are tricky as well because fish and amphibians are Squishy. Reptiles it depends, geckos for instance are Squishy but turtles are Crunchy. Birds and mammals are in their own third category of Warm which I find a bit unsettling. The two exceptions are housecats because with the aloofness and the sunbathing and the general floppiness they’re sort of like lizards and then cetaceans because they have Fish Vibes. Porifera are something I should be able to grow in my garden and I’m bitter that I can’t so I won’t be commenting further on them.

[noodles-and-tea]

Our hextech dream….

[canisalbus]

✦ Fashionably late ✦

[druid-for-hire]

[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

[dr-rato]

THE FEELS Inspired by this scene in the Journal, which has not left my mind since i first read it:

Specifically, this part!

[mcpirita]

Semi-motivational quotes from Hayao Miyazaki

[timethehobo]

His cute expression when Rook first started flirting tho…

[emzurl]

Stolitz cuddles 🥹

[lylahammar]

the way that this page in particular was adapted just OOZES studio trigger tbh. like I know everyone likes to joke about studio trigger being the horny studio, but the quick jerky animation direction is what truly makes their work recognizable to me. I can practically see Lio Fotia bleeding through the pixels in that 5 frame animation of Falin peeking through her fingers

[zombie-bait]

Larian modding animation + Legends of Avantris Chuckles animation held hands to bring him to life folks

[doodle-empress66]

Horikoshi was insane for this callback

[tawnysoup]

The one eyed Siffrin Wink™

[crabussy]

hi gang. reminder that we are some of the best sweaters in the animal kingdom (second only to equines) allowing us to stay cool and keep moving in hot weather. we have 10 times the density of sweat glands compared to other great apes.

we are ALSO insanely good at smelling rain (specifically geosmin, found in the soil and activated by rain) with the ability to smell 10 parts per trillion. this is speculated to have helped our ancestors survive!

we ALSO have absolutely batshit diets compared to most other animals. caffeine and chocolate are completely toxic to most animals but we can eat it without even feeling sick. even avocados are severely toxic to many animals to the point where it can be fatal to eat, but humans love it!!!

we are ALSO the best endurance runners ON EARTH out of ANY other species. we beat horses in endurance running. you know, the animals that gradually evolved away most of their toes in order to be the best runners?? yeahhh.

and to top it all off. our lifespan is unusually long for our species' weight/mass. typically, the bigger a species is, the longer its average lifespan (e.g. weasels live for 1-2 years, whales can live over 200) but we're very small for how long our average lifespan is. big cats like tigers live around 14-15 years, brown bears 25 years, yet here we are expected to live around 75-85 years. that is NUTS.

humans as a species are so extremely cool. it's not just our intellect that makes us amazing. we may not be the fastest or the strongest in the animal kingdom but we're super cool in many other ways. next time you sweat you can go wow!!! humans are so cool I'm able to keep moving because of my absolutely insane number of sweat glands! thank you evolution!

[canisalbus]

Stress management Machete doodles.

[rottmntrulesall]

Thinking about how this implies that izuku talks about katsuki when he’s with her

[egophiliac]

WAIT when did he get FANGS