herpsandbirds:

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Mehuin Green Frog aka Barrio’s Frog (Insuetophrynus acarpicus), family Rhinodermatidae, found in only a few localities near Valdivia, Chile

ENDANGERED.

  • Endangered due to deforestation.

photograph by Timothy Paine

digital-pawprints:

"I am a blend", above a single abstract cat with uneven colours at the edgesALT
"Usually, I'm one individual. The entirety of me blends into the singular viewpoint and sense of self that is, well, me." The same cat is next to a table that reads: State: blended Homogeneity: 98% Pronouns: she/it/theyALT
" Technically, though, I'm an entire subsystem blending together to function as one. That blending isn't always consistent." A diagram shows the singular cat splitting out into orange, purple, and green components. The previous table is also separated out, listing each component's pronouns as they/she, it/she, and she/they respectively.ALT
"Sometimes we're semi-distinct internally, but act as one externally, like a chorus speaking in unison." This is spoken by all 3 components in an overlapping speech bubble.ALT
"It can get... a little messy in here sometimes." The overlapped singular cat is glitching out, showing more colour separation at the edges. There are multiple lunch-related internal monologues overlapping and conflicting, becoming almost illegible in places, while an abstract black cat sits off to the side and remarks "I refused to get involved in all of this".ALT
(White text) Ultimately though, I love what I am. And when "I" becomes (multicolour text) "we", we love each other too. (white) Maybe I'll fully fuse someday. (multicolour) Maybe we'll split entirely. (white) But for now, I'm happy. (multicolour) We're so lucky to have people in our life that understand, and accept us (white) in every form I exist in. At the bottom is the overlapping cat with a similarly styled heart.ALT

It can be a bit difficult at times to explain how our weird little soupy subsystem exists and functions within our overall system, so to provide a bit of a visual aid, we made a quick… comic? Infographic? Whatever this is!