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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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You bored, or feeling artsy but don’t have any inspiration…? *updated!*

ladyevel

Do you need to distract yourself? Or are you simply bored? Here are some great websites to make the time pass.

Still haven’t found something that would float your boat? Try these:

Maybe none of these peeked your interest-maybe you’ve been wanting to create an o.c, but never really knew how to start-or you just enjoy making O.C’s….

This masterlist is to help you in making your own OCs….it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose! (´ヮ`)!

How to Write Better OCs:

Character Development:

Need an Appearance idea?

Diversity

Mary Sue/Gary Stu

Villains

Relationships

ARCHETYPES

NAMES

APPEARANCE

DETAILS

Need Item names?

Other stuffs!

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This is a great list! I saw it and couldn’t help but re-blog. Hopefully it helps any of you that are experiencing writers block

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GUYS I DESIGNED A PLANET IT’S SO FRIGGIN COOL

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Reblogging for the oc&character creation stuff!

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Dude this is a gold mine.

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We’re in the middle of a global crisis where nearly the entirely population is confined. Damn right we’re going to create.

stevviefox

Good stuff!

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bogleech

Another thing about the importance of parasites and other “pesky” organisms is that they are a non-stop irritation to almost all other animals on the planet…..and the impact of that cannot possibly be overstated. It affects EVERYTHING those animals do. It even affects what they look like and how they’re shaped.

The clouds of biting midges breeding in a marsh are going to affect how long an animal stops to graze on wetland greenery and how much of that greenery it takes.

Explosions of mosquitoes that follow a wet season are what drive larger herd animals to seek drier prairies and meadows, allowing a completely different set of animals and plants to surge.

Population booms of ticks and lice drive animals to practice mud-wallowing, social grooming, population splits and even mass migrations.

Flies are the entire reason zebras have stripes.

These are just a couple of examples, but basically the whole face of our planet looks the way it does because some of the tiniest animals are constantly pissing off the largest.

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hey yall I didn’t want to have to do work for my online classes so i made a uquiz instead. answer some questions and i’ll tell u what aspect of your personality annoys me the most

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So far, people who get the same answer rb and tag this in VERY SIMILAR WAYS. Which is so cool!!! You know what really kills me though? People who get “you don’t like being held accountable” NEVER reblog it. BUT YOU GUYS ARE THE MOST POPULAR RESULT. I KNOW YOU’RE THERE. which tells me that you don’t like being held accountable SO MUCH that you will boycott a whole ass uquiz bc of it. And that, my friends, that is beautiful.

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flagitiousbunny

WHAT ARE BIRDS

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Hello yes! A Science Birb, here to explain the science!

Birb have VERY LARGE EYE in skull. Very good for seeing! But not space for muscle, birb cannot move eye. For mammal to make steady image, keep focus on single thing, always moving eye! Tiny movements, sometimes not even know. But birb cannot make tiny movements! So, birb must move whole head. And that is why the birb can keep steady the head when the body is amovering!

Thank you for listening to a science

rissawesome

I’m crying

That was the greatest scientific explanation I have ever read

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Gyroscopic stabilisation engaged

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@encyclopika

encyclopika

Yup! This is also why pidgeons bob their heads when they walk and birds are always swiveling their heads!

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Originally posted by rivetdove

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Yes, your fireworks are harming wildlife

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Trigger warning for graphic descriptions of injured and dead wildlife.

When a fireworks display occurs near a wild bird roost, the birds simultaneously explode into the night skies in utter panic, which can lead to huge numbers of deaths, usually because these birds either smash their skulls or break their necks as the result of flying into trees, fences, billboards, houses and other solid objects that they cannot see in the gloom and ensuing chaos.

Many of the startled birds who take flight fly at much higher altitudes and for much longer durations than they’re used to to escape the noise, which is energetically costly and physiologically stressful.

Small birds and bats can be knocked from the air and killed by the sonic shock. In 2010, 40 dead sparrows were discovered dead under a roost in a nature reserve after a local fireworks display. The manager of the reserve witnessed a tawny owl fluttering and convulsing on the ground after a particularly loud explosion. It died shortly after.

In Arkansas in 2010, some 5,000 red-winged blackbirds, European starlings, common grackles and brown-headed cowbirds suffered blunt-force trauma after colliding with cars, trees and buildings, an ornithologist from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission would tell National Geographic.

In 2008, federal officials showed that seabirds in the northern California town of Gualala abandoned their nests after a fireworks show, leaving their eggs vulnerable to predators.

Each year in Austin, Texas, the Congress Bridge bats can be seen fleeing the fireworks display en masse on weather radar, and emergences from their roost diminish noticeably in the days following the Fourth.

In 2018, the Galapagos banned the sale and use of pyrotechnics. According to the BBC, conservationists said that fireworks caused elevated heart rates, trembling and anxiety in many animals. 

The threat to wildlife doesn’t stop at startling lights and sounds; fireworks also have the potential of starting wildfires, directly affecting wildlife and destroying essential habitat. Litter from firecrackers, bottle rockets and other explosives can be choking hazards for wildlife and may be toxic if ingested.

So what do you do if you want to watch fireworks responsibly? Experts say municipalities are more likely to be aware of these dangers than private consumers. Their best advice is to stick to the shows put on by professionals and local governments, which tend to follow guidelines put forth by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, among others, about animal safety.

The National Audubon Society offers similar guidelines: “Commercial fireworks are concentrated in one location, rather than in several locations at once, which is what often happens in neighborhoods. This allows birds to take off and land again in a ‘safer’ location rather than continuing to flee noises coming at them from all directions.”

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encyclopika

Animal Crossing Fish - Explained MASTERPOST

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So, here’s the Master list of ALL of the fish explained posts, with links, common and scientific names, and the “extra” topics we covered, if any. The AC Fish Explained Series went on from April 6th, 2020 to March 2021! The series continued into the Museum Tour in June 2021

If you liked the fish/science posts, please let me know! It makes me so happy to hear that people learned stuff from these! Without further adieu, here they are:

#1 Barreleye ~*~ (Macropinna microstoma) ~*~ Science in Video Games
#2 Sea Bass ~*~ Japanese Sea Bass (Lateolabrax japonicus) ~*~ 
     & Black Bass ~*~ Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) ~*~ Problems With Common Names
#3 Sturgeon ~*~ Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) ~*~ Fish Migration
#4 Football Fish ~*~ (Himantolophus spp.)~*~ Deep Sea Sex Life
#5 Goldfish // Popeye Goldfish // Ranchu Goldfish ~*~ (Carassius auratus) ~*~ Goldfish Deserve Better

#6 Sea Butterfly ~*~ Common Clione (Clione limacina) ~*~ Problems with Common Names 2: Electric Boogaloo
#7 Coelacanth ~*~ West Indian Ocean Coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis) ~*~ Lazarus Species & Evolution of Tetrapods 
#8 Crawfish ~*~ Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) ~*~ Invasive Species
#9 Acanthostega ~*~ (Acanthostega gunnari) ~*~ Stem-Tetrapods
#10 Killifish ~*~ Japanese Rice Fish (Oryzias latipes) ~*~ Endemism

#11 Oarfish ~*~ Giant Oarfish (Regalecus glesne) ~*~ Myths and Legends
#12 Loach ~*~ Japanese Striped Loach (Cobitis biwae) ~*~ Barbels & Mouth Position in Fish
#13 Clownfish ~*~ Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) ~*~ Sequential Hermaphroditism 
#14 Surgeonfish ~*~ Regal Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) ~*~ The IUCN, Pet Trade
#15 Koi ~*~ Amur Carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) subspecies   ~*~ Aquaculture

#16 Manila Clam ~*~ Japanese littleneck clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) ~*~ Mollusks
#17 Barred Knifejaw ~*~ Barred Knifejaw (Oplegnathus fasciatus) ~*~ Broadcast Spawning & Larvae Dispersal 
#18 Stringfish ~*~ Sakhalin Taimen (Parahucho perryi) ~*~ Anadromy & Osmolarity
#19 Freshwater Goby ~*~ Dark Sleeper (Odontobutis obscura) ~*~ Motile Chromatophores
#20 Ammonite ~*~ Ammonoidea spp. ~*~ Index Fossils

#21 Blue Marlin ~*~ Atlantic (Makaira nigricans) and/or Indo-Pacific (Makaira mazara) Blue Marlin ~*~ Apex Predators, Billfish Taxonomy
#22 Giant Trevally ~*~ Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis) ~*~ Opportunistic Animals
#23 Tuna ~*~ Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus spp) ~*~ Overfishing & Environmentally Sound Seafood
#24 Mahi-Mahi ~*~ Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) ~*~ Meso-predators
#25 Opthalmosaurus ~*~ (Ophthalmosaurus icenicus) ~*~ Convergent Evolution

#26 Tadpole & Frog ~*~ Japanese Tree Frog (Dryophytes japonicus) ~*~ Metamorphosis
#27 Plesiosaur ~*~ (Futabasaurus suzukii) ~*~ Hydrodynamics of Long Necks
#28 Archelon ~*~ (Archelon ischyros) ~*~ Eggs VS Live Birth
#29 Snapping Turtle ~*~ Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) ~*~ Omnivores
#30 Zebra Turkeyfish ~*~ Luna Lionfish (Pterois lunulata)  ~*~ Venom, Invasive Lionfish

#31 Dace ~*~ Big-Scaled Redfin (Tribolodon hakonensis) ~*~ Acidic Water Tolerance
#32 Carp ~*~  Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) ~*~ 100 Most Invasive Species List
#33 Bitterling ~*~ Rosy Bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) or Japanese Rosy Bitterling (Rhodeus smithii) or hybrid ~*~ Nomenclature
#34 Crucian Carp ~*~ Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius) ~*~ Low Oxygen Adaptations
#35 Cherry Salmon ~*~ Cherry/Masu Salmon (Oncorhynchus masou) ~*~ Semelparity VS Iteroparity

#36 Anchovy ~*~ Japanese Anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) ~*~ Gills
#37 Seahorse ~*~ Korean Sea Horse (Hippocampus haema) ~*~ Seahorses
#38 Ribbon Eel ~*~ Ribbon Eel, (Rhinomuraena quaesita) ~*~ Sequential Hermaphroditism (Again)
#39 Suckerfish ~*~ Common Remora (Remora remora) ~*~ Mutual Relationships
#40 Neon Tetra ~*~ Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) ~*~ Neon Tetra in the Pet Trade

#41 Piranha ~*~ Red-bellied Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) ~*~ Bite Force
#42 Arapaima ~*~ Arapaima/Pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) ~*~ Air-Breathing (Physostomes)
#43 Pufferfish ~*~ Long-spine Porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus) ~*~ Family Toxin
#44 Ocean Sunfish ~*~ Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) ~*~ Sunbathing fish
#45 Spotted Garden Eel ~*~ Spotted Garden Eel (Heteroconger hassi) ~*~ Burrowing

#46 Horseshoe Crab ~*~ Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) ~*~ Horseshoe Crabs Are Amazing
#47 Moon Jellyfish ~*~ Moon Jellfyfish (Aurelia aurita) ~*~
       & Sea Anemone ~*~ Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) ~*~ Cnidarians 
#48 Butterflyfish ~*~ Oriental Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes) ~*~ Monogamy
#49 Great White Shark ~*~ Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) ~*~ Functional Endothermy & Shark Attack
#50 Whale Shark ~*~ Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) ~*~ Filter-feeding

#51 Hammerhead Shark ~*~ Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) ~*~ Evolution of the Hammerhead/Cephalofoil
#52 Saw Shark ~*~ Japanese Saw Shark (Pristiophorus japonicus) ~*~ Saw Shark VS Sawfish
#53 Shark Tooth Whorl ~*~ Helicoprion spp. ~*~ Chimeras
#54 Dorado ~*~ Dorado (Salminus brasiliensis) ~*~ Protecting Species for Profit
#55 Guppy ~*~ Guppy  (Poecilia reticulata) ~*~ Sexual Dimorphism

#56 Angelfish ~*~ Freshwater Angel (Pterophyllum scalare)  ~*~ Parental Care
#57 Vampire Squid ~*~ Vampire Squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) ~*~ Oxygen Minimum Zone
#58 Giant Isopod ~*~ (Bathynomus giganteus) ~*~ Deep-Sea Gigantism
#59 Tilapia ~*~ Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) ~*~ Aquaculture Issues
#60 Pascal ~*~ Asian Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris lutris) ~*~ Mom’s Fave Foods & Pascal the Philosopher

#61 Arowana ~*~ Asian Arowana (Scleropages formosus) ~*~ Species Definition
#62 Sea Pineapple ~*~ Sea Pineapple (Halocynthia roretzi) ~*~ Chordate Zoology
#63 Gigas Giant Clam ~*~ Tridacna gigas ~*~ Clam Myths
#64 Horse Mackerel ~*~ Japanese Jack Mackerel (Trachurus japonicus) ~*~ Fisheries
#65 Mantis Shrimp ~*~ Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) ~*~ Eyes

#66 Moray Eel ~*~ Kidako Moray Eel (Gymnothorax kidako) ~*~ Pharyngeal Jaws
#67 Pale Chub ~*~Pale Chub (Zacco platypus) ~*~ Mate Choice
#68 Hermit Crab ~*~ Passionfruit Hermit (Coenobita cavipes) ~*~ Vacancy Chain for Hermits
#69 Squid ~*~ Bigfin Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) ~*~ Morphology
#70 Ray ~*~ Red Stingray (Dasyatis akajei) ~*~ Batoids

#71 Napoleonfish ~*~ Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) ~*~ IUU Fishing
#72 Scallop ~*~ Ezo Giant Scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) ~*~ Swimming, Seeing Bivalves
#73 Octopus ~*~ California Two-Spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) ~*~ Intelligence
#74 Soft-shell Turtle ~*~ Chinese Soft-shell Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) ~*~ Evolution of Turtle Shells
#75 Pondskater ~*~ Aquarius paludum ~*~ Surface Tension

#76 Myllokunmingia ~*~ Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa ~*~  Cambrian Explosion
#77 Gazami Crab ~*~ Gazami Crab (Portunus trituberculatus) ~*~ Swimming Crabs
#78 Acorn Barnacle ~*~ Balanus trigonus ~*~ Crustacean Diversity
#79 Bluegill ~*~ Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)  ~*~ Fish Tails
#80 Tiger Prawn ~*~ Giant Tiger Prawn ( Penaeus monodon) ~*~ Crustacean Lifecycle & Nauplius

#81 Sea Grapes ~*~ Sea Grapes (Caulerpa lentillifera) ~*~ Algae
#82 Giant Snakehead ~*~ Northern Snakehead (Channa argus) ~*~ Invasive Snakeheads
#83 Spinosaurus ~*~ Spinosaurus aegyptiacus ~*~ Swimming Dinosaurs
#84 Umbrella Octopus ~*~ Flapjack Octopus (Opisthoteuthis californiana) ~*~ Oceanic Layers
#85 Sea Slug ~*~ Hypselodoris festiva ~*~ Nudibranchs

#86 Salmon ~*~ Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) ~*~ The Changing Salmon
#87 Char ~*~ White-Spotted Char (Salvelinus leucomaenis) ~*~ Problem with Dams
#88 Golden Trout ~*~ California Golden Trout  (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita) ~*~ Rainbow Trout Subspecies
#89 King Salmon ~*~  Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) ~*~ Site Fidelity
#90 Pearl Oyster ~*~ Akoya Pearl Oyster (Pinctada imbricata fucata) ~*~ Pearl Formation

#91 Chambered Nautilus ~*~ Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) ~*~ Vertical Migration
#92 Gar ~*~Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) ~*~ Holostei Fish
#93 Flatworm ~*~ Pseudoceros bimarginatus ~*~ About Flatworms
#94 Diving Beetle ~*~ Cybister chinensis ~*~ How Insects Breathe
#95 Giant Water Bug ~*~ Lethocerus deyrollei ~*~ Bite of the Toe Biter

#96 Sea Urchin ~*~ Purple Sea Urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) ~*~ Biological Symmetry 
#97 Yellow Perch ~*~ Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) ~*~ Cannibalism
#98 Oyster ~*~ Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) ~*~ Oyster Reefs
#99 Catfish ~*~ Amur Catfish (Silurus asotus) ~*~ Catfish are Ridiculous
#100 Dunkleosteus ~*~ Dunkleosteus terrelli ~*~ Placoderms

#101 Rainbowfish ~*~ Ornate Rainbowfish (Rhadinocentrus ornatus) ~*~ Endemism (Again)
#102 Slate Pencil Urchin ~*~ Red Slate Pencil Urchin  (Heterocentrotus mamillatus) ~*~ Urchin Spines
#103 Saddled Bichir ~*~ Saddled Bichir (Polypterus endlicheri) ~*~ Synapomorphy
#104 Nibble Fish ~*~ Doctor Fish (Garra rufa) ~*~ Ichthyotherapy
#105 Sweetfish ~*~ Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) ~*~ Traditional Cormorant Fishing

#106 Sweet Shrimp ~*~ Amaebi (Pandalus eous) ~*~ Shrimp Taxonomy
#107 Anomalocaris ~*~ Anomalocaris canadensis ~*~ Radiodontids
#108 Venus’ Flower Basket ~*~ Venus’ Flower Basket  (Euplectella aspergillum) ~*~ Sponges
#109 Sea Cucumber ~*~ Japanese Spiky Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) ~*~ Sea Cucumbers
#110 Olive Flounder ~*~ Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) ~*~ Flatfish Lesson 1

#111 Dab ~*~ Alaska Plaice  (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) ~*~ Flatfish Lesson 2
#112 Mitten Crab ~*~  Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) ~*~ What Is a Crab?
#113 Snow Crab ~*~ Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) ~*~ Japanese Names
#114 Dungeness Crab ~*~ Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister) ~*~ Ocean Acidification
#115 Red King Crab ~*~ Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) ~*~ Imposter Crab

#116 Red Snapper ~*~ Northern Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) ~*~ Longevity 
#117 Turban Shell ~*~ Horned Turban Snail (Turbo cornutus) ~*~ Snails
#118 Trilobite ~*~ Cheirurus spp. ~*~ How Fossils Form
#119 Whelk ~*~ Common Whelk (Buccinum undatum) ~*~ Predatory Snails
#120 Sea Star ~*~ Brick Red Sea Star (Anthaster valvulatus) ~*~ All About Sea Stars

#121 Seaweed ~*~ Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) ~*~ More Algae
#122 Sea Pig ~*~ Sea Pig (Scotoplanes globosa) ~*~ Dueterostomes and Protostomes
#123 Pike ~*~ Northern Pike (Esox lucius) ~*~ Aggression
#124 Mussel ~*~ Bay Mussel (Mytilus trossulus) ~*~ Ecosystem Services
#125 Abalone ~*~ Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) ~*~ Biomimicry

#126 Pond Smelt ~*~ Wakasagi (Hypomesus nipponensis) ~*~ Ice Fishing
#127 Spiny Lobster ~*~ Japanese Spiny Lobster (Panulirus japonicus) ~*~ Lobster Imposter
#128 Lobster ~*~ American Lobster (Homarus americanus) ~*~ Immortality
#129 Coconuts ~*~ Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) ~*~ Unorthodox Seed Dispersal
#130 Betta ~*~ Betta/Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) ~*~ Labyrinth Fish

#131 Blowfish ~*~ Fine Patterned Puffer (Takifugu poecilonotus) ~*~ Preparing Toxic Fugu
#132 Gulliver/Gullivarrr ~*~ Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) ~*~ Seabirds
#133 Eusthenopteron ~*~  Eusthenopteron foordi ~*~ You’re a Fish
#134 Octopus Villager ~*~ Octopus spp. ~*~ Anatomy of an Octopus
#135 Spider Crab ~*~ Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) ~*~ Big Animals in the Oceans

#136 Beach Shells ~*~ multiple spp. ~*~ General About Spp.
#137 Penguin Villager ~*~ Sphenisciformes spp. ~*~ Penguins!
#138 Firefly Squid ~*~ Firefly Squid  (Watasenia scintillans) ~*~ Bioluminescence 

~~The Museum Tour - Habitats~~

#1 Open Ocean
#2 Nearshore                    
#3 Coral Reefs
#4 Estuary
#5 Rivers
#6 Lakes and Ponds
#7 Wetlands
#8 Aquarium Hobby Tank
#9 Polar Regions
#10 The Abyss

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