best animal names: unnecessarily judgemental edition
Hilariously funny that they let the guy known for wandering off without warning to look at birds was allowed to do this
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wizardshark asked:
Gonna make the numbering system in my fantasy book base 12 and never explain or elaborate
derinthescarletpescatarian answered:
I make most societies in my books base 12 or base 8
Meanwhile the discord is speculating if the people just have 12 fingers now
The discord has forgotten about knuckle counting
Like for the months?
You have two left over, could go up to 14 with knuckle counting.
But 12 has very many factors, very good number.
Dozenal knuckle counting is usually done like this.
You can get to 12 on one hand using your thumb as the pointer to keep track. You can use the other hand as the second digit to count to 144, if you want.
what’s the deal with base 8?
I just think it's neat.
#the bugs with base 8 was so silly
No my bugs are perfect #mybugs
the bugs with base 8 made sense & were fun & interesting #derinsbugs
Justice for my bugs!
Those bugs are features <3
This is what Rasputin would've wanted.
I feel like I'm being seduced like one of those fancy rainforest birds
is it working
Yes
Oilbirds or Guácharos (Steatornis caripensis), family Steatornithidae, order Steatornithiformes, Pacto, Ecuador
- These birds used to be included in the order Caprimulgiformes, along with the nightjars, but were separated into their own order in 2010. (They are closely related to the nightjars.)
- These nocturnal birds usually nest in colonies in caves.
- Oilbirds feed on the fruits of oil palms and laurels.
- They are able to navigate at night using echo-location.
photographs by Edy Goodyear
Only Murders in the Building (2021-present)
Dirty Birds (S05E04)
$20 says the screenwriter snuck this in just to do numbers on tumblr
sidenote, i love this show
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If birds had language as nuanced and complex as people do, urban birds would definitely have arguments about baby strollers. They'd look at people going around with them and think "huh damn, they've got nests that they can just move around. Wouldn't that be so convenient" and then some other one would go "yeah sure but they walk everywhere, how would you make a nest you could fly with?" and then keep arguing.
Someone is pretty sure that since the wheely-pushed portable nests only ever have human hatchlings in them, then surely they carry eggs some other way. Probably in those backpacks. The other birds agree that this is a stupid idea. They all disagree on why it can't be like that, but they all agree that humans don't carry eggs around.
Had they a language as complex as the humans, they would most likely be aware that humans lay not any eggs.
In an ideal situation, there's no place where feral pigeons are in the same place at the same time as somebody giving birth.
ALT
arctic/antarctic
bonus info:
northern species represented are polar bears, greenland sharks, bottlenose whale, narwhal, harbor porpoise, atlantic white-sided dolphin, beluga, atlantic puffin, bearded seal, walrus, sabine's gull, and arctic tern
cosmopolitan species are humpback whales, sperm whales, orcas, and minke whales
southern species are emperor penguins, colossal squids, spectacled porpoise, pygmy right whale, arnoux's beaked whale, cape petrel, sooty albatross, southern elephant seal, chinstrap penguin, adelie penguin, leopard seal, ross seal, and arctic tern again
i wanted to include more marine creatures than just mammals and birds, but i'm less familiar with them so figuring out who could be included was harder and it was also difficult to fit them in. i almost nixed the greenland shark (whose face is sadly hidden) and giant squid so it would be just mammals + birds, but then couldn't figure out who would replace them so they stayed
the circling animals are divided into four categories, basically (iirc) "big whales" "medium/small whales" "porpoises and seals" and "birds." the first three are to scale (as in, the animals are the right size compared to other animals in that category) and the birds are just whatever size i needed them to be
all in all it was a bit of work but i'm still really happy with the result! i always have fun with black-and-white, especially line-only work like this (and i also always say "i should do this more often!" and then don't, lmao)
STOP! before you decide you are irretrievably doomed, try one of the following options:
- transition
- bdsm
- iron supplements
- sleep study
- ADHD medication
- DBT
- vitamin D
- go outside for an hour and observe birds
- eat a snack
- drink water
Maybe do these in reverse order
ALTi'm trying to attract native birds back to the dash
look at that, a California Scrub Jay!
A friendly white-throated sparrow has come to sing you a lovely song!
A black-capped chickadee shares your seed!
huzzah! a gackl hath arrived
wait who's fucking bird is that what the fuck
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