offtopic-discussion

[dense field]

I'm scared

[distant nymph]

You should be xD

So so bad

[dense field]

Ah right
GS makes sense cause you can't really stay still

[distant nymph]

Raging Brachy was a walk in the park in comparision, for me at least xD

But I had problems with remembering Rajangs move set in general

[dense field]

Raging Beachy got me a bit mad with its last phase

[distant nymph]

It's great though xD

I really like that fight

|| https://media.tenor.com/wNEBosJXAk8AAAPo/mhw-mhwi.mp4 ||

[dense field]

I wasn't prepared the first time

No Fireproof mantle

With a friggin Fire element weapon

[distant nymph]

Aw xD

[dense field]

Because I was expecting it to explode not burn!

[distant nymph]

Understandable, yeah xD

[dense field]

But real talk
The most hated of the roster for me is Alatreon

I've heard people hating it
I don't know their reasoning but it just got annoying for me

[distant nymph]

hmm >.< True, yeah

The being forced to use Elemental weapons is awful ):

[dense field]

The fact that you have to deal some predetermined damage value is just not good gameplay

And when you don't, you get a one shot

[distant nymph]

predetermined elemental damage

[dense field]

Yeah

[distant nymph]

cries in GS

[distant nymph]

I didn't even have a single elemental GS build before that fight

[dense field]

I discovered Kjarr's weapons with that fight

Lmao I didn't know they dealt that much elemental

I put a pause on Alatreon until I get that health regen augmentation

Imma combine it with Safi's set

[distant nymph]

I've been using the Frostfang Barioth Ice GS
It deals okay-much raw + tons of elemental

[dense field]

And we'll see who's the elder one

[dense field]

I was also using Ice element
But then it becomes hard to deal damage once it gets into ice without teammates

[distant nymph]

yeah ):

[dense field]

So I swapped to Water

Since I was annoyed by the entire thing, I started to look at Alatreon with hate

[distant nymph]

That's understandable ):

[dense field]

And I noticed how it just copies Velkhana's animations

BRO
GET ORIGINAL

[distant nymph]

I have mixed feelinds towards him
I'm partially biased towards him because he was the big final boss of my childhood game Monster Hunter 3 : Tri

[dense field]

Even it's stance is just Velkhana

Hindlegs being longer than forelegs

[distant nymph]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVEbv9-Lqag

[distant nymph]

yeah ):

[dense field]

Oh I didn't know it existed before

[distant nymph]

It was introduced in Tri!

[dense field]

Thought it was Iceborne exclusive lol

[distant nymph]

I'm happy they're bringing some old monsters back 😊

[dense field]

I hope wilds have more

[distant nymph]

Yeah!

I'm really really excited for Wilds xD

[dense field]

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT AND SURVIVE A YEAR

[distant nymph]

[dense field]

2025 so far away

[distant nymph]

yeah ):

[dense field]

I'll log off for now Rabbit
It's almost 4am lmao
It was good talking to ye
I hope we get to play

Take care and buh bye

👋

[distant nymph]

Sleep well 😊

[dense field]

You too

PS: I'm still scared to play Great sword

[clever vault]

Is there like a general art channel somewhere-

[limber grove]

Here's fine for non-dino stuff!

[rough hollow]

Hello

[clever vault]

Thanks lunary :)

[lethal scaffold]

crying at this rn why do they look like that

[limber grove]

chicken nuggets

[lethal scaffold]

crunch crunch

[rough hollow]

Fr fr

[clever vault]

Rain frogs are adorable

[lethal scaffold]

i love them so much

[rough hollow]

What y’all doin

[modest isle]

Old Vs New Primordial tyrants Utah mod

[drowsy egret]

thats so good

[modest isle]

@wintry marlin
Your favorite dinosaur

[wintry marlin]

I am happy

[unreal pier]

perfect role for begeta what do you think

[lilac venture]

When you thought your geck was done laying her eggs months ago but surprises you with a single fertile egg 🥹 @zinc idol @rigid sand

[spice gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/dj-khaled-another-one-gif-26093316

[severe niche]

Are you gonna eat it?

[lilac venture]

[rigid sand]

Perfect for tiny scrambled eggs

[lilac venture]

stay away from the baby

[lethal scaffold]

what species is the little stinker

[hallow parrot]

Im gonna do it....

[spice gyro]

Good luck

[lilac venture]

Crested gecko

[spice gyro]

$2700?

[lethal scaffold]

omg <33 what morph?

[lilac venture]

Dalmatian

[lethal scaffold]

love that one, hope it goes well

[spice gyro]

I might get a green anole in a few months

[lilac venture]

Me too one of my favs I hope so too

Do itttt get the anole

4 months til I see the baby

[lethal scaffold]

do it, ive got one next to me rn

[spice gyro]

It’s just the cost

[spice gyro]

With getting a decent enclosure

[lethal scaffold]

yeah, lizards are cheap but the enclosure is ehh

[spice gyro]

Exactly

[lethal scaffold]

i have a long 10 gal, since thats what i could find/afford even though a 20gal tall is best

[spice gyro]

Yeah I would want a 20 gal, seemed around $400 for all the stuff I would need

[lethal scaffold]

jeez

[spice gyro]

But I was looking at some quite nice lighting options

[severe niche]

dont get red bulbs please 💀

[lethal scaffold]

i spent about $130 USD on goober here

[severe niche]

a good 50w halogen bulb and uvb tube and youll be good to go

[spice gyro]

I was looking at a exo terra all in one bulb

[severe niche]

I've spent about a grand on my bearded dragon...

[lethal scaffold]

ive got a UVA/heat bulb and a UVB separate

[severe niche]

i would be careful of those

[spice gyro]

How so?

[severe niche]

yeah thats the way to go

[lethal scaffold]

what a spoiled little guy

[severe niche]

i used to have plants in the tank but she completely demolished them, so its kind of barren lmao

[lethal scaffold]

oh man lol, ive thought about getting an eastern collard lizard at some point, kinda similar to a beardie

[digital sleet]

the DESERT beast

[spice gyro]

For a green anole, would a tall or cube tank be best?

[lethal scaffold]

probably tall, i rarely see my little guy on the ground or moving horizontally

[spice gyro]

Ah good to know

I’ve seen some sources say they’re like partly arboreal

[lethal scaffold]

also one thing to keep in mind is that they love to hang from the top if you have a mesh roof, so dont let it burn itself

[spice gyro]

But watching them for years they don’t seem to like the ground

[spice gyro]

So hanging a bulb would be best?

As opposed to putting it just on the mesh

[severe niche]

Eating dinner

She messed up the leaf litter I set up though

[severe niche]

They are mostly arboreal, they rarely spend time on the ground, so a tall tank would work best

[spice gyro]

Good to know

Would you recommend any specific cost effective lights for it?

[severe niche]

is the tank a mesh top? If so I'd recommend the light bulb combos with the dome fixture they have from Zoo Med. You can ship it from petco I believe and amazon may have it too. I'd recommend getting a timer too if you havent thought about it, definitely helps with setting up there day/night cycle.

[spice gyro]

The tank I’m looking at does have a mesh top, yes

Although would a zoo med lighting system be compatible with an exo terra tank?

[severe niche]

You could just put the dome fixture on top of the mesh, most people with mesh tops do it like that. Just know that you dont want it too hot. So for that size a 50w heat bulb, and a 5.0 UVB bulb will be sufficient. I'm not sure if petco or amazon sell those kind of bundles, so I'll just link the individual items.

[lethal scaffold]

ok so goober actually just escaped so uh

how the hell do you find a lizard

[severe niche]

put out some mealworms I guess? or something smelly that they would like

or look for spots they would like to hide in

[lethal scaffold]

mans only eats flightless fruit flies, hes kinda stupid

[severe niche]

lmao

[severe niche]

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/zoo-med-reptisun-50-mini-compact-fluorescent-lamp
https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/zoo-med-repti-basking-spot-lamps
https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/flukers-mini-sun-dome-reptile-lamp-2315102
For the dome you would get two. There is a combo one, but last time I checked it was out of stock. If this is too pricey, I can look on amazon.

[lethal scaffold]

the major problem is that i have two cats

2nd problem is that they camoflauge

[spice gyro]

Well sounds like you should collect the cats first

[lethal scaffold]

got em out of my room

[spice gyro]

Thanks! I don’t really mind if it’s out of stock, as I won’t be getting anything for several months, but this seems very cost efficient compared to what I had previously selected

[severe niche]

Glad to help!

[spice gyro]

I had a long tailed lizard in the past, but it died after some months, and I knew very little about keeping it

So I’m kinda going through this from the start

[severe niche]

It's alright, even when I first got my beardie, I thought I knew everything I needed to learn, but really I was just getting started. Good thing about anoles is that they are not fragile and are very adaptable.

[spice gyro]

Yeah lol

At least I know how to open their mouth

So if it isn’t eating but needs to I can do that

[severe niche]

The card trick

[spice gyro]

I just slide my finger along one side of their mouths and they open

Used to make them eat crane flies as a kid

[severe niche]

the mosquito imposters

[spice gyro]

Yeah lol

Although I have seen some massive mosquitoes

Saw one once that was almost an inch long

[severe niche]

💀 nah

[spice gyro]

It was also weirdly patterned

Had blue and orange on it

But it was absolutely a mosquito

[severe niche]

huh interesting, there are so many bugs that ive given up on trying to identify what they are. However If i can, I'll use google image search and it usually identifies them pretty well

[spice gyro]

Yeah

Or at least gives a decent start

[lethal scaffold]

i got the stupid lizard

[spice gyro]

nice

[lethal scaffold]

they are excellent hiders btw :(

[delicate gazelle]

I found the most amazing thing at the thrift store today, and hes huge! I plan on fixing him up with some epoxy in the seams ( like on his neck) and adding some extra bumps and scoots, and then painting him with acrylics so he looks a tad more "real"! Such an amazing find!

[unreal pier]

what?

[dense field]

chicken soup

[wintry marlin]

Mmm

[distant nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/soup-gif-25221808

[spare garden]

anyone know this models name?

[spare garden]

nvm found him

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/eating-devour-munch-soup-cat-gif-16045369

[lilac venture]

When you are the safe haven for the neighborchood cats @heavy temple @rigid sand @zinc idol

[heavy temple]

Amazingly well behaved lol

[rigid sand]

They all deserve forehead kisses

[lilac venture]

Haha yeah they’re used to me tho since they know I won’t hurt them they don’t just take off anymore

[lilac venture]

not wise they’re outdoor cats lol never know what you may catch they are very cute tho

[rigid sand]

Risk it, what is life without risk

[zinc idol]

Crazy cat lady syndrome begins

[rigid sand]

I pet and kiss every neighborhood cat I can and i am a happier man for it

[severe niche]

no duh, you contracted happinitis from them

[lilac venture]

they’re not even my cats

[lilac venture]

No wayyyy

[rigid sand]

Yeah how do you think it starts?

[lilac venture]

[rigid sand]

https://tenor.com/view/djkhaled-another-one-anotherone-gif-4905376

[lilac venture]

If you were in my PE class you’d woulda been the kid in dodge ball I yeeted all the dodge balls at

[rigid sand]

Even with my paper skin and glass bones? How rude

[lilac venture]

[zinc idol]

The cats are never technically theirs either

[lilac venture]

I hate you both

[zinc idol]

[hallow parrot]

https://youtu.be/c_Z32DJewV4

Cinematography like this is what I live for

[warm shore]

when you smell colors

[cerulean python]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSBiOGcQauA

not by me

[modest isle]

My honest Reaction : 💀

Spinosaurus skull

[twin valley]

hey whats that popular game that is like taming pokemon like creatures? i forgot what its called i wanna look it up but nothings showing up

[twin valley]

hold up the bottom jaw splits... hypo spino exists?

[digital sleet]

warhammer 40,000: darktide

[severe niche]

💀

[severe niche]

Palworld

[twin valley]

ty

[severe niche]

👍

[gray adder]

Palworld online is full of cheaters though

I get wiped 10/20 times a day lol

[twin valley]

damn

[rose drum]

Ayo, anyone know where can i download autumn map for legacy?

[modest isle]

No

[slow hazel]

https://youtube.com/shorts/L3AcyOYrnNk?si=NdgCDdLPKGG0OCBb

@rough hollow @gray adder

@distant nymph

this is my char currently

unfortunately I don't have good decos

i want blast up to 4 and artilerry to 3

also crit eye and weakness would be good too

[distant nymph]

Crit boost is amazing too!
But that already looks really good o: that's a lot of good skills 😊
Deco grind is painful xD

I barely used Agitator in the base-game, but in iceborne it feels like the Monsters are more in Enraged-mode then normal

[slow hazel]

Ye, idk if its just placebo but i feel like they just raging left n right

💀

[distant nymph]

It really feels like that xD

I recently saw this chart about deco farming o:

[sullen merlin]

Anyone in here with experience on bioactive vivariums?

[full patrol]

I have a bioactive terrarium for my pet isopods and have planted fishtanks. So had to do alot of research about vivariums and such in general. I think @ocean bay has bioactive setups for her crested geckos

[sullen merlin]

I was looking for someone who could help me with the materialas i should use for a nice substrate that can hold humidity well. Someone i saw had a mix of playsand, peat moss and organic topsoil but the brand of topsoil most ppl use is rather bad imo. Ive seen a lot of bad reviews on it, cuz it had like fertilizers and glass etc in the bags sometimes. Most of the brands are american too and i cant get them in europe i think. Maybe eco earth could work as an alternative for the organic topsoil?

[full patrol]

I don't recommend eco earth. It's ok to mix in but not good to replace the soil. Have you tried looking at organic soils? Those usually are better quality and alot of those brands don't have added chemical fertilizers

[sullen merlin]

Ye i heard a lot of similar opinions about eco earth, but also a lot of ppl that say its fine so idk. I will avoid it regardless tho. And yes i have looked in to organic soils but i don really find what i need. Even if i search for this i get results of soils with fertilizers etc in them. Also the fact that i live in europe decreases the brands that are available. Most companies dont ship it to here for some reason.

Well that was a long time ago last time i checked for the shipping maybe its changed now

Someone in another discord said he used this

[ocean bay]

Ye I have bioactive cresties tanks. I use a brand of organic top soil called Timberline, it's a red and white bag that you can ea-- yes that one

Not sure if they can send it to Europe though

[sullen merlin]

And u ve never found fertilzer remains or stuff like that in it?

[full patrol]

I'll need to find that one snake discovery video where they set up a big bioactive in their zoo. I think for their green tree pythons (?)

[ocean bay]

Nope

Ive used it for years

It's got mulches in it too so that the isopods can also snack on those a bit

[sullen merlin]

When i google it i either cant find it or the one site it mentions cant be opened

[ocean bay]

Looks like this

Oh, or discord can mess up my image

Lemme see if I can find an alternative

You can also use Reptisoil as well

[sullen merlin]

Arent those the tiny black balls

oh no nevermind

[ocean bay]

No it's soil

[sullen merlin]

If i used reptisoil would i wanna mix that with playsand and peat moss still or just the reptisoil. Cuz on the bag it says its already mixed with moss and sand

[ocean bay]

If you want to you can mix more in but the soil is bioactive ready, just up to you

[sullen merlin]

I guess it depends on how itll hold burrows if i add stuff or not

[spice gyro]

with that timberline stuff, would you mix in sand and moss?

[ocean bay]

I've put charcoal in my soil before to help aeration

[sullen merlin]

If i could use that then yes

[ocean bay]

You can yeah

My bearded dragons tank has that soil with sand mixed in

[spice gyro]

im looking at potentally getting a green anole and wanted a bioactive setup, was wondering some stuff on the soil side

[ocean bay]

Are you in the US?

[spice gyro]

like would i need to put a drainage layer underneath the soil?

[spice gyro]

yep

[sullen merlin]

Whats the misting situation on them?

[spice gyro]

misting daily

[ocean bay]

Yeah I'd recommend doing so, so you don't have stagnant water in the dirt

[sullen merlin]

I would do a drainage ye

[spice gyro]

would just like some gravel work?

[ocean bay]

You don't NEED to get like.. the hydroballs people use for drainage. Just get some river pebbles from the aquarium section and use that, works the same

[spice gyro]

ah good to know

[ocean bay]

It'll just be heavier so be careful

As for mesh, I just do two layers

[spice gyro]

I was thinking about using some eco earth mixed with the top soil, would I need to add sand to that as well

[ocean bay]

I'd add a lil sand yeah

Use play sand though

[sullen merlin]

What brand of play sand do you use?

[spice gyro]

alright good to know

[ocean bay]

Lemme go find it

[full patrol]

You'd want the bigger gravel or crushed lava rock. Using like fishtank gravel is too small of gravel size

Crushed lava rock is good because it has alot of surface area for beneficial bacteria

[sullen merlin]

ah yes ive seen this, think it doesnt ship to europe sadly

[ocean bay]

D:

Dang it

[sullen merlin]

And its not available on amazon rip

[ocean bay]

It is rather cheap though, I'm sure you can go to your local hardware store and ask them if they have play sand

[sullen merlin]

life hates me i think

[ocean bay]

I feel that

[sullen merlin]

FInding some reptile related stuff in europe is such a pain its unbelievable

[ocean bay]

Yeah I've heard it can be 😦

Hopefully that changes soon

[sullen merlin]

For enclosures ur only options are zoomed, exoterra or custom basicly

[ocean bay]

Oof

We got a bunch of new brands over here recently

[sullen merlin]

so for bioactive stuff u would need like a taller rim between the door and the floor, a lot of these dont have that so u almost have to go for a custom one

[ocean bay]

I have a 10 gal I kinda used for a baby crestie to make it's home bioactive, I took a piece of acrylic that fit in between the glass and siliconed it in

Didn't look super pretty but it held all the dirt and was functional

[sullen merlin]

I recently got lucky, my friends dad bred dart frogs and had a lot of custom enclosures, i could buy them for really cheap with the misters and everything for really cheap

Like i bought a terrarium from exoterra for like 800 bucks with the lighting included, but for 200 buck i got 4 custom terrariums that were basicly the same size

from the dudes dad i know

[spice gyro]

for gravel, what would be the best size? like pea gravel is common and cheap, was wondering if i could use that

[full patrol]

You definitely want a higher lip in the front if you have a front open enclosure. 4-6inches is usually what people recommend for most reptiles

[sullen merlin]

Yes thats good i think, arent clay balls cheaper tho?

[spice gyro]

nope, a large bag of gravel is like $5

clay balls are around 10 at least

[spice gyro]

Anyone got some tips for buying/researching isopods?

[full patrol]

Serpa design and snake discovery have some good videos about isopods on youtube

[spice gyro]

Alright, I’ll take a look at those

[full patrol]

Probably not pea gravel, that's the smaller gravel commonly used in fishtanks. I really recommend crushed lava rock or clay balls/cylinders for bioactives

[young mist]

@winter merlin can i explain it to u

[lethal scaffold]

why did wendys have a discord

also for bioactive thingymajigs this coco fiber seems to do pretty well and holds humidity great

[full patrol]

coco fiber is fine mixed in but you don't want it to be the main part of your substrate if you're going for bioactive. Real dirt is always the best kind of dirt

[lethal scaffold]

green anole color variety

[lethal scaffold]

this lizard will do the stupidest thing and them make eye contact with me bc we both know he wouldnt survive in the wild

[digital sleet]

goals

i aspire to be as brainless

[lethal scaffold]

no i literally have a picture let me find it

that light spot behind his eye is his ear, you can see the light shining from the other side

fr nothing between his ears its just empty

[digital sleet]

lmfao

thats what i want as a herrera and megalania player

cling to tree

nothing in my brain

[lethal scaffold]

yes ofc

tree time

[digital sleet]

as a herrera i sometimes just cling to like trees and whatnot and just stay there for a long period of time

[lethal scaffold]

goober is literally a mix between a megalania and herrera

i do that for 2 mins because i starve immediately

[digital sleet]

weak

[lethal scaffold]

fr

[idle pewter]

@tacit talon um. Hey? X) idk what happened but it says u left?

[digital sleet]

@pulsar crown accept the invite you actual redback spider

[pulsar crown]

what invite!

[digital sleet]

beetle.net friend request NOW

[pulsar crown]

done :)

[digital sleet]

✅

[twin valley]

excuse me did anybody know this bird exists

im in love

ITS SO CUTE

nvm hes angry...

nvm bro in love

[modest isle]

A Bird with whiskers

[modest isle]

First Animal species of the day (263) :
Bearded seal

The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), also called the square flipper seal, is a medium-sized pinniped that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean.[3] It gets its generic name from two Greek words (eri and gnathos) that refer to its heavy jaw. The other part of its Linnaean name means bearded and refers to its most characteristic feature, the conspicuous and very abundant whiskers. When dry, these whiskers curl very elegantly,[3] giving the bearded seal a "raffish" look
Range :

Distinguishing features of this earless seal include square fore flippers and thick bristles on its muzzle. Adults are greyish-brown in colour, darker on the back; rarely with a few faint spots on the back or dark spots on the sides. Occasionally the face and neck are reddish brown. Bearded seal pups are born with a greyish-brown natal fur with scattered patches of white on the back and head. The bearded seal is unique in the subfamily Phocinae in having two pairs of teats, a feature it shares with monk seals.

Bearded seals reach about 2.1 to 2.7 m (6.9 to 8.9 ft) in nose-to-tail length and from 200 to 430 kg (441 to 948 lb) in weight.[5] The female seal is larger than the male,

Bearded seals, along with ringed seals, are a major food source for polar bears.[6] They are also an important food source for the Inuit of the Arctic coast. The Inuit language name for the seal is ugjuk[7][8] (plural: ugjuit) or oogrook or oogruk. The Inuit preferred the ringed seal for food and light; the meat would be eaten and the blubber burnt in the kudlik (stone lamp). The skin of the bearded seal is tougher than regular seal and was used to make shoes, whips, dog sled Bearded seals are extant in Arctic and subarctic regions. In the Pacific region, they extend from the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic, south into the Bering Sea[11] where they span from Bristol Bay on the Alaskan coast to the Sea of Okhotsk on the Russian coast,[12] up to but not including the northern coast of Japan.[12] In the Arctic Ocean, they are found along the northern coasts of Russia, Norway, Canada, and Alaska,[12] including the Norwegian Archipelago of Svalbard[13] and Canadian Arctic Archipelago.[14] In the Atlantic, Bearded seals are found along the northern coast of Iceland, the east and west coasts of Greenland and the Canadian mainland as far south as Labrador

The sounds of the bearded seal usually consist of a long oscillating trill lasting for a minute or more followed by a short, deep moan. This "song" is often repeated frequently.[24] The number of call types within a population can vary geographically, with four types found in Svalbard and eleven in the Western Canadian Arctic. The most frequent sounds are trills, moans, and sweeps. A sweep can be compared to a short trill.[25]

Bearded seals produce distinct trills from late March to late June, with a decline in rhythmicity in late May and June. This timeline coincides with their breeding and pupping season, which is from April to May. The repetitive and transmittable nature of bearded seal trills leads researchers to believe that they are utilized for communication, likely during courtship and breeding.[26] Males use these sounds to establish mating territories and communicate their fitness,[25] but it is likely that females produce these sounds as well.

Bearded seals give birth in the spring. In the Canadian Arctic, seal pupping occurs in May.[9] In Svalbard, bearded seals reach sexual maturity at 5 or 6 years of age.[18] Further south, in Alaska, most pups are born in late April.[clarification needed] Pups are born on small drifting ice floes in shallow waters, usually weighing around 30–40 kg (66–88 lb). They enter the water only hours after they are born, and quickly become proficient divers. Mothers care for the pups for 18–24 days, during which time the pups grow at an average rate of 3.3 kg (7.3 lb) per day. During this time, pups consume an average of 8 L (1.8 imp gal; 2.1 US gal) of milk a day. By the time they are weaned, the pups have grown to about 100 kg (220 lb).

@shell rapids
@dreamy geode
@frosty geyser
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@wintry marlin
@cedar crescent
@distant nymph
@rustic badger

@sullen merlin
@naive aspen
@severe niche
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

Seal list ✅

[azure oar]

best seal

[wintry marlin]

Seal!!!

[sullen merlin]

[hallow parrot]

what a moustache

[modest isle]

The Wikipedia editors removed the Caribbean monk seal from the list just because its extinct so i added it back

[azure oar]

I have that image on a poster in my room

[sullen merlin]

why does it look like an obese beaver rat

[modest isle]

Lol

Mustache seal

[sullen merlin]

Bro got the same stache

[modest isle]

Oh it is indeed the same lol

[azure oar]

since I have this poster i love bearded seals

[azure oar]

He looks like a 19th century general

[modest isle]

Fr 💀

[modest isle]

First **

[azure oar]

literally the same

[modest isle]

Wait let me find another one

[azure oar]

[distant nymph]

Seal o:

[modest isle]

Tomorrow is a croc 🐊

[distant nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/doggy-lizard-reptile-crocodile-cute-funny-gif-26297879

[drowsy egret]

grandpa seal

[drowsy egret]

they forgot that wikipedia also has many extinct animals if not all of em in it

[modest isle]

Wikipedia editors always do that when an animal just went extinct like bruh they need to chill ‼️

And they put “Lived in ” instead of “Lives in” indicating that they know the animal went extinct

[drowsy egret]

i hate that the average person can edit wikipedia

making it even more unreliable

at least let some paleo guy or scientist edit it

not just some random person in the internet which just heard of it

[full patrol]

That's why I just go to the sources listed at the bottom instead

[drowsy egret]

@modest isle @wintry marlin
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/360034151547666432/1203616607117508608/2024-02-04_02-21-10.mp4?ex=65d1be51&is=65bf4951&hm=01565e3bbf3a9eb9815a44d0832429cf30960123c04500b15bfd2bf8d3b0f7ec&

[modest isle]

Utah !!

[wintry marlin]

Amazing

[distant radish]

something random and offtopicc....
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M8mbq-5mUzM?feature=share

[sullen merlin]

@modest isle Whats the bird called again thats basicly like a mix between a blue jay and a crow?

Do u know it, i cant find it cuz i forgot the name

nvm its magpie jay i remembered

[modest isle]

You mean magpie

[modest isle]

Oh 👍🏼

[sullen merlin]

such nice birbs

[sullen merlin]

I like the blackthoroated more tho, but these look really nice too

[modest isle]

@sullen merlin actually this the first time i heard about this so called magpie - jay

I thought you meant magpie

[sullen merlin]

Oh no lol.

[modest isle]

Thanks for making me learn about new animals

[sullen merlin]

👍

[azure oar]

literally a magpie-jay
perfect naming

[sullen merlin]

I knew it was something like that, i was typing crow-jay, raven-jay... lol

[azure oar]

Taxonomist beeing the laziest people on earth

[modest isle]

Fr 💀

[sullen merlin]

Ye, chinese pangolin is literally Manis pentadactyla--> Hand 5 fingers

[modest isle]

Wait i got a meme for that

[sullen merlin]

wow man insane name u just invented for an animal, its certainly the only animal with 5 finger

And then there are the cases like mountain chicken

which should be illegal imo

[azure oar]

chicken that live on mountains?

[sullen merlin]

its a type of frog

[azure oar]

que?

[sullen merlin]

ye

[azure oar]

I swear thag is so god damn stupid

[sullen merlin]

this is a mountain chicken

[azure oar]

Fun fact, this is an echidna

[sullen merlin]

Its neither a chicken nor does it live on mountains

[sullen merlin]

[modest isle]

@azure oar
@sullen merlin
3 species with with similar names

[azure oar]

the thing what everyone knows as echidna is tachyglossus

[modest isle]

LMAO !!!!!!!!!

[sullen merlin]

Its a wizard

No way...💀

theres a beetle named COlon rectum

[azure oar]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organisms_named_after_the_Star_Wars_series

this is a real wikipedia article

[azure oar]

I mean, yes

[modest isle]

Lets eat it

[sullen merlin]

There is a whole clade of archaea named the asgardarchaeota and the species in it are just different norse gods like thor and heimdallr

[azure oar]

(spoilered because mite under microscope) this one is very fitzingly named after vader

[sullen merlin]

Cuz they were found at the castle of loki, which is like a deepsea thermal hotspot thing

[azure oar]

Taxonomists are nerds

[modest isle]

Damn what was the person doing before he decided to name that fish 💀

[sullen merlin]

I guess the dudes been dry for a while

Bro they really hate weevils, some weevil names are so dumb

Agra vation is another of the same group as Agra cadabra

LOL theres a bird called Vini Vidivici

[modest isle]

There is also :

White-bellied go-away-bird

[sullen merlin]

Ye, but i mean its call sounds like its saying go away

so thats fair i guess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsO7XL2W7K0

Bro evolved to kindly ask predators to leave

[modest isle]

[sullen merlin]

What a polite fella

[humble musk]

Where do i request to get unstuck lol

[limber grove]

Check the pinned messages in the official server channels to see how to request assistance

[rough hollow]

I'm buying a Switch, what's the best option OLED + 1 game or V1 + 3 games for the same price? I would be using the console only to play on TV on family gatherings, probably never gonna use the hand held option

help

[dull galleon]

No idea, Bilbo 👍

Hope this helped

[rough hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-monkey-in-jail-jail-prison-arrested-gif-18240230861216091302

[naive aspen]

Imagine walking home with grocery’s and some guy darts you in the back of the head from the 3rd floor with this thing

[shell rapids]

teardown is fun

i burned kong, put a hole in his heel and shoulder, and then peeled what fur was left off

[prime crow]

animal curelty 🤨 ban

[barren bear]

wah oh ^

[naive aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-what-wut-crazy-gif-15043161

[real harness]

drew the coil head from Lethal company :)

@honest dune

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/lethal-company-damn-damn-that-company-is-lethal-coil-head-bunker-spider-gif-127747420818394489

[neat basalt]

normal version, OLED is pretty much exlusively for handheld

[barren bear]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPPlL_IhgTY
I NEED THIS NOW (I can wait more, I have been waiting for years now)

[digital sleet]

do you play as the striders

[barren bear]

you can

[digital sleet]

guuuuuu

[barren bear]

the movement is procedural as well

[digital sleet]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/855527844670865438/1202615312726364210/ezgif-2-18d8768ee5.gif

[barren bear]

so it looks very fluid

[digital sleet]

wait it starts off like half life 2 episode 2 lmfao

[barren bear]

lol

[naive aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/lethal-company-lethal-company-1000-quota-stare-coil-gif-16837494597167123816

[honest dune]

Live these fellas their tiny little footstep sounds are so goofy

[honest dune]

Oh I’ve been keeping up with this game it looks insane!

Have yet to watch that video tho

[modest isle]

First Animal species of the day (264) :
African dwarf crocodile

The dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), also known as the African dwarf crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile (a name more often used for the Asian mugger crocodile) or bony crocodile,[5] is an African crocodile that is also the smallest extant (living) species of crocodile.
Range

Dwarf crocodiles attain a medium adult length of 1.5 m (4.9 ft), though the maximum recorded length for this species is 1.9 m (6.2 ft). Adult specimens typically weigh between 18 and 32 kg (40 and 71 lb), with the largest females weighing up to 40 kg (88 lb) and the largest males weighing 80 kg (180 lb).[6][7] This makes it the smallest living crocodile species, although the Cuvier's dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus), a member of the family Alligatoridae, is smaller at up to about 1.7 m (5.6 ft).[7][8] If the Congo dwarf crocodile (O. osborni) is recognized as a valid species, it would be both the smallest crocodile and the smallest crocodilian since it does not surpass 1.2 m (3.9 ft).[9] Adults are all dark above and on their sides, while the underside is yellowish with black patches.[10] Some individuals living in the caves of Abanda, Gabon, displayed orange patches, apparently due to alkaline bat guano that erodes the skin of the crocodile.[11] Juveniles have a lighter brown banding on body and tails and yellow patterns on the head.

Osteolaemus has a blunt short snout, as long as it is wide, similar to that of a Cuvier's dwarf caiman, probably a result of occupying a similar ecological niche. The dentition consists of four premaxillary teeth, 12 to 13 on the maxilla, and 14 to 15 on the dentary bone.

African Dwarf crocodiles
range across tropical regions of Sub-Saharan West Africa and Central Africa. Such a distribution greatly overlaps with that of the slender-snouted crocodile, encompassing countries as far west as Senegal, reaching Uganda in the east, and ranging as southerly as Angola.[2][9] The last confirmed record from Uganda was in the 1940s, but whether the species, which is easily overlooked, still survives there is unclear (it was always marginal in this country, only occurring in the far southwest)

Dwarf crocodiles live from lowlands to mid-altitude in streams, small rivers, swamps, pools and mangrove, but generally avoid main sections of large rivers.[9][12] Most of their range is within forested regions, but it may extend into more open regions where the streams or river are well-shaded. Unlike most crocodiles, dwarf crocodiles only rarely bask in the sun.[9] During the night they may move some distance from water on land.[9] Reports exist of dwarf crocodiles in isolated pools in the savannah.[13] Dwarf crocodiles living long-term in caves are known from western Gabon,[14] which stand out as an isolated genetic group.

Dwarf crocodiles are generalist predators and have been recorded feeding on a wide range of small animals such as fish, crabs, frogs, gastropods, insects, lizards, water birds, bats and shrews.[9][14][12] In a study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the primary food item was fish,[9] and in a study in Nigeria the primary food items were gastropods and crabs.[16] In the Congo there is a level of seasonality in its diet, changing from fish in the wet season to crustaceans in the dry season, when fish are less available.[10] Plant material has also been found in the stomach of dwarf crocodiles, but it is suspected that this is ingested by accident.[12] They can survive for relatively long periods without food.[7] During the dry season, dwarf crocodiles often retreat to deep holes

@shell rapids
@dreamy geode
@frosty geyser
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@wintry marlin
@cedar crescent
@distant nymph
@rustic badger

@sullen merlin
@naive aspen
@severe niche
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

[limber grove]

:V

[wintry marlin]

Croc

[hallow parrot]

saw one of those

driving along lake volta

[modest isle]

Nice they are cute guys and very small crocodilian species

[hallow parrot]

schmol

they're definitely big enough to mess you up

[modest isle]

Yeah they can chop your arm off easily

[hallow parrot]

so cute

[sullen merlin]

Cuviers could easily rip of a hand or something so these could too

[modest isle]

I agree
Btw did we do the
Cuvier's dwarf caiman ?

Oh nvm we didn’t yet

[distant nymph]

That's cute 😊

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/petting-aligator-crocodile-gif-25954785

[naive aspen]

Why is it… cute

[hallow parrot]

scaly puppies

[sullen merlin]

crocs are just cute frogs with shark teeth

[gray adder]

https://tenor.com/view/gator-running-alligator-gif-26617988

[tribal wharf]

swamp puppy

[shell rapids]

waltuh

[modest isle]

[severe niche]

walmart waltuh

[severe niche]

seriously cursed

[gray adder]

Lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pNnre9dLvM

[severe niche]

Found this gem. Check out their other stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIIjd72flAM

[restive bridge]

https://youtu.be/KsaGE71Jw2Q?si=DUgpehrkbq_cmGYN

I edited Godzilla Minus One Minus Color so it further feels like a Showa Era film. Pardon the massive watermark, you know how Youtube gets...

[analog smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/napoleon-nothing-we-can-do-nothing-we-can-do-there-is-gif-17017334091191129728

[echo helm]

Anyways cocomelon slop

[analog smelt]

How?
Why?
What Happened here?
What is going on?

[severe niche]

idk

[echo helm]

Laziness

https://tenor.com/view/spideran-meme-into-the-spiderverse-miles-morales-peter-parker-gif-13634079

[severe niche]

I mean look at the Ice Age movie on Disney+ half baked just like this one

[echo helm]

It’s the same situation. High and mighty company makes a movie about a old franchise to milk it

[severe niche]

Hopefully beyond the spiderverse can come this year to redeem animation

[severe niche]

Except for megamind its the second movie and ice age it was the 7th? 8th? idk

[analog smelt]

This is a joke right?

[echo helm]

5th

[severe niche]

Are they a joke, yes?

[echo helm]

Nope. Very boring looking villains who just show up now ig

[mortal echo]

Did I say this looks like a TV show yet?

[severe niche]

not collision course, I'm talking about adventures of buck wild. Collision course animation actually wasnt that bad, but the plot was less than mid

[echo helm]

Yes buck wild cringe with Mr potato head ceratopsian

[severe niche]

LMAO

[analog smelt]

Why is this the plot they are going with.

I wish I never asked about the silly looking megamind on the poster.

I wish I was not inflicted with this knowledge.

[severe niche]

you cant go back now

[echo helm]

https://tenor.com/view/megamind-sad-gif-27438734

[mortal echo]

The poster itself is becoming a meme now, it's THAT bad-

[analog smelt]

I thought that was AI generated.

[severe niche]

Man i wish it was

[flint wren]

I wait for the day when I wake up and realize that the movie is fake

[severe niche]

its hilarious to think that this megamind was ai generated because it literally does look like it was

[analog smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/cuh-gif-22115843

[flint wren]

Remember when people were creative?

I miss that

[echo helm]

Guys, what if the script was ai generated cause no way someone who watched the movie said this was fine

[flint wren]

Was probably written by someone who wasn't getting paid enough to care and approved by a director that wasn't being paid enough to care

[severe niche]

At least we still have some good animation. Spiderverse, Nimona, puss in boots. But its definitely getting worse every year

[severe niche]

This

[flint wren]

I still haven't watched Nimona but I really want to

And good movies are definitely coming out

Most of them aren't from the big companies though

Like del toro Pinocchio was amazing

[distant nymph]

I was about to go sleep and then someone started a Dark Souls lore talk with me

My favourite dark souls story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrUlPNMncz8

[unreal pier]

what do you think

[gray adder]

Glad

There has only ever been one time when I wish a certain movie did not exist

[digital sleet]

is this that time

almost guaranteed to be a terrible movie

[unreal pier]

plz make it as good as jp 1 this time.

[digital sleet]

i wish, truthfully surreal person

i wish

[barren bear]

have they confirmed it being JW4?

[digital sleet]

no idea, i just know its gonna be terrible like always

[barren bear]

hmmm

[digital sleet]

apparently theres a new director?

[barren bear]

i just wish they would do a reboot of JP1
but make it more like the book

[digital sleet]

i dont know though, i heard it on the grapevine

[barren bear]

so no 2nd writer of JP?

[digital sleet]

BestInSlot video says new jurassic world film, i havent watched his video yet

[barren bear]

as I heard it was David Koepp

[digital sleet]

im too busy watching videos about dark moments on tv

[barren bear]

ah, yeah, seems to be David Leitch

[slow hazel]

Let me direct it

[barren bear]

oh, he did John Wike stuff

but also comedy stuff

so there is a chance
it's either a comedy
or an MDK

[slow hazel]

Reboot pls

[dense field]

https://tenor.com/view/oogway-my-time-has-come-gif-8019684

[slow hazel]

💀

[dense field]

bros gonna ruin me

[dense field]

owl burrito

[slow hazel]

May I get a bite

[gray adder]

No

[slow hazel]

Oh

I get a bite or i will kill dodogama

[slow hazel]

Oh

[distant nymph]

D:

[slow hazel]

Sorry!!!

[dense field]

i have succesfully ruined the Ruiner Nergigante

without carting once

[gray adder]

I never got passed Fatalis

When you piss off the fake hackers in Palworld lol..

[full patrol]

I love that I have craftopia which was made by the same devs as palworld. Everyone is surprised you can catch and enslave the humans but it's the same in craftopia

You also force the wildlife to run until they die on hamster wheels to make batteries and power your machines 💀

(And it has single player)

[hazy gate]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tIZePKhg2E8

[full patrol]

Have you heard about the carnivore diet

[modest isle]

First Animal species of the day (265) :
Eel-tailed catfish

The eel-tailed catfish, Tandanus tandanus, is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Plotosidae.[2] This fish is also known as dewfish, freshwater catfish and tandan
Range

This species is a freshwater fish native to the Murray-Darling river system of eastern Australia.[2] The scientific name for eel-tailed catfish comes from a name for the fish in an unidentified Aboriginal Australian language - Tandan - which Major Thomas Livingston Mitchell recorded on his 1832 expedition

Eel-tailed catfish commonly grow to about 50.0 centimetres (19.7 in) and weigh about 1.8 kilograms (4.0 lb).[5] Fish of this species may grow up to about 90.0 cm (35.4 in) and weigh up to 6.0 kg (13.2 lb).[4] Eel-tailed catfish may live up to about 8 years

Eel-tailed catfish have large head with thick and fleshy lips and tubular nostrils.[4] The skin is tough and smooth. Body coloration in adults vary from olive-green to brown, black or purplish on their backs and white on the underside.[4]

A downturned mouth with fleshy lips surrounded by a number of barbels assist them with feeding. They are a solid, almost cylindrical, elongate fish, with the posterior half of their body tapering into a pointed eel-like tail. A continuous fin margin surrounds this tapering posterior half of the body. Their eyes are small.

The eel-tail catfish has 4 pairs of barbels surrounding the mouth, and sharp serrated dorsal- and pectoral-fin spines which are venomous and can cause a very painful wound.

The eel-tailed catfish inhabits slow moving streams, lakes and ponds with fringing vegetation. It swims close to the sand or gravel bottoms. This species is more abundant in lakes than in flowing water.[4] Though they are usually solitary, juveniles may form aggregations.[4] The eel-tailed catfish is found in most freshwater habitats of the Murray-Darling river system except for the upland, sub-alpine and alpine headwaters of southern tributaries. It is also present in speciated but undescribed forms in several east coast systems in northern New South Wales due to natural river capture events

@shell rapids
@dreamy geode
@frosty geyser
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@wintry marlin
@cedar crescent
@distant nymph
@rustic badger

@sullen merlin
@naive aspen
@severe niche
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

[wintry marlin]

Fish

[severe niche]

yummy

[distant nymph]

feesh

[azure oar]

Feesh is food

[vale monolith]

how is everyone doing?

@azure oar Seal?

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/leopard-seal-attack-attacking-camera-bite-biting-gif-22586101

[vale monolith]

yay, seal

[dense field]

me trying not to go insane before i get Attack+ jewel

[rough hollow]

Rate Wip art, not The Isle fanart btw

[slow hazel]

Me trying to not kill myself before I get any decent deco

[dense field]

Events ---> Greatest Jagras

[slow hazel]

Is that good for all rarity decos tho?

[dense field]

Camp1 ---> Wait next to Para looking lads, Aptanoths ---> Observe as Jagras nom one ---> collect them riches after he pukes ---> when he's finally out and back to normal "RETURN FROM QUEST" not abandon to get the materials

[dense field]

its good for up until master rank
if you're on master rank you have other options

[slow hazel]

Yeah I'm MR

[dense field]

then either go with the Lavasioth one under events or my personal fav "The Wrath of Thunder Descends"

you can get like up to 6 in that
2 sealed ones which are the best

[slow hazel]

Just by doing that event?

[dense field]

yes

and you just repeat it

the problem is that you need to hunt a Zinogre

After getting MR100 and completing all the optional quests, you get a rematch with all the elder dragons
except they're tempered

Teostra is the easiest one of the bunch by far and people use that fight to farm decos

[slow hazel]

Bruh

[dense field]

oh my bad

a "Tempered Zinogre"

[slow hazel]

I don even know zinogre

[dense field]

ah then you may not be able to take that quest

you can still go with Lavasioth one
make sure to bring a water element or it'll take longer than it should

dis one under high rank

it is tempered so it should drop something good

you could try to farm its tracks and get a good investigation with 4 blocks of rewards that have at least threat level of 2 but your call

idek if it'll drop MR investigations

[distant nymph]

for deco farming:

[distant nymph]

https://vxtwitter.com/contextdogs/status/1754037097701208475

[slow hazel]

Why is the dog playing with food

[distant nymph]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1145865952437747895/1152643926952509601/reconsider.gif

[slow hazel]

Oh

Lmfao

[slow hazel]

Please tell me u have more pics like this

[distant nymph]

hm o: not too many sadly ):

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/834873788167356531/1105979603304063018/Screenshot_20230511-000112_Instagram.gif

I treally like that one xD

[unreal pier]

hmm i see

[severe niche]

Woah a Glock

[spice stream]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[sullen merlin]

@ocean bay I found a company that specializes in bioactive stuff but mostly focused on plants and not animals per sé. They also sell some sort of sand for in the substrate but its not called "playsand". Could it be harmfull to the animals if i use this instead of the quikrete brand. Cuz i cant order that.

it does look like its a larger grain compared to playsand but i could be wrong

[full patrol]

the only kind you don't want is builder's sand or building grade sand because it's designed to pack down tight. If you're worried about it being dirty/dusty you can always rinse it before placing it

[severe niche]

I’d get play sand. Non toxic. But it is a bit dusty so rinse it out before hand.

[hallow parrot]

Joseph King of Dreams is such an underrated film

https://tenor.com/view/bored-thinking-drinking-joseph-joseph-king-of-dreams-gif-992243717021768132

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-man-tom-holland-yoink-gif-11346283

[sullen merlin]

The only playsand i can seem to get where i am is like those playsands for children thats almost like play doh stuff. Is that it?

[severe niche]

No that stuff, I mean the quikcrete stuff or whatever it’s called. There’s another brand but I forgot the name. I used that and some natural topsoil for my bioactive terrarium

[sullen merlin]

Ye i know but i cant get quikrete i think they dont sell it in europe and on amazon its not available. Someone gave the name of the other brand but cant remeber if im able to order it

[severe niche]

I see

[full patrol]

Children's outdoor play sand is a common used one. Just rinse it so it's not dusty

[spice gyro]

i prefer my aquarium water realistic

(extremely dusty)

[spice gyro]

the king

[lethal scaffold]

he rules over all

[lethal scaffold]

that galveston beach water if yk what i mean

[ocean bay]

Im so sorry I didn't see the ping until now

[marsh plover]

Anorak listenin to some peaceful ahh music

[lethal scaffold]

i think im gonna build an enclosure for mr goobs since this one is kinda sad and i wanna get him a gf

[marsh plover]

Frog

[cunning barn]

party animals won't work

https://tenor.com/view/guaton-computadora-enojado-computer-rage-gif-14480338

[tired locust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kQF0vRoKds not completely sure if i can put this here but uh yeah i spent 3 hours on this

[severe niche]

interesting

[round pier]

This goes hard

[sullen merlin]

Alr, i think ill have no other option but to use that. thx

[dense field]

Behold

My teenage years

It's missing Need For Speed Underground 2 and Assassin's Creed 3 because I couldn't find em

[slow hazel]

Do u need a walking stick grandpa?

[soft lily]

Bad company 2 was grand

[distant nymph]

Reminded me of Zoo Tycoon xD

I loved these

Though maybe not Teenage years xD more child

[full patrol]

Me @ 5 years old playing the crap out of dinosaur digs feeding them the zoo guests

[distant nymph]

Aww xD

[dense field]

https://tenor.com/view/i-aint-old-aint-old-not-old-old-krabs-gif-11724041

[distant nymph]

aw xD

[azure oar]

did someone ghost ping me in here? because this is the only server where I talk enough for someone to do that.

[full patrol]

You can search if people have pinged you

[azure oar]

didnt knew it worked on ghost pings

[modest isle]

First Animal species of the day (266) :
Common fruit fly

Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly (an insect of the order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae. The species is often referred to as the fruit fly or lesser fruit fly, or less commonly the "vinegar fly", "pomace fly",[a][4] or "banana fly".[5] In the wild, D. melanogaster are attracted to rotting fruit and fermenting beverages, and are often found in orchards,
Range

Wild type fruit flies are yellow-brown, with brick-red eyes and transverse black rings across the abdomen. The black portions of the abdomen are the inspiration for the species name (melanogaster = "black-bellied"). The brick-red color of the eyes of the wild type fly are due to two pigments:[14] xanthommatin, which is brown and is derived from tryptophan, and drosopterins, which are red and are derived from guanosine triphosphate.[14] They exhibit sexual dimorphism; females are about 2.5 mm (0.10 in) long; males are slightly smaller with darker backs. Males are easily distinguished from females based on colour differences, with a distinct black patch at the abdomen, less noticeable in recently emerged flies, and the sex combs (a row of dark bristles on the tarsus of the first leg). Furthermore, males have a cluster of spiky hairs (claspers) surrounding the reproducing parts used to attach to the female during mating. Extensive images are found at FlyBase

Drosophila melanogaster can be distinguished from related species by the following combination of features: gena ~1/10 diameter of eye at greatest vertical height; wing hyaline and with costal index 2.4; male protarsus with a single row of ~12 setae forming a sex comb; male epandrial posterior lobe small and nearly triangular; female abdominal tergite 6 with dark band running to its ventral margin; female oviscapt small, pale, without dorsodistal depression and with 12-13 peg-like outer ovisensilla

[warped oxide]

I don’t like it

[modest isle]

As with most insects, aggressive behaviors between male flies commonly occur in the presence of courting a female and when competing for resources. Such behaviors often involve raising wings and legs towards the opponent and attacking with the whole body.[127] Thus, it often causes wing damage, which reduces their fitness by removing their ability to fly and mate

@shell rapids
@dreamy geode
@frosty geyser
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@wintry marlin
@cedar crescent
@distant nymph
@rustic badger

@sullen merlin
@naive aspen
@severe niche
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

[azure oar]

I hate that crap (literally) animal

[sullen merlin]

I will be breeding them soon to feed to dart frogs wanna see them get devoured?

[warped oxide]

Flies are not needed on this planet

[limber grove]

hey i annotated a gene in a relative of those using melanogaster as a point of reference :D

[azure oar]

Sure

[sullen merlin]

they are

[drowsy egret]

i love these

[warped oxide]

Why?

[drowsy egret]

small asf and help make vinegar

[azure oar]

Fruit flies are not

[drowsy egret]

they help the process of making vinegar so

[sullen merlin]

Some are polinators, most act as cleanup crew for organic waste, also just food for other animals...

[azure oar]

I don’t like vinegar

[drowsy egret]

most people do

its used in alot of foods and cultures

[warped oxide]

I guess

[azure oar]

I don’t care about most people

[sullen merlin]

u would definetly see a big chance if all flies suddenly wnet extinct

[drowsy egret]

flies are cool asf

there is literally billions of em

[sullen merlin]

whi is that so amll tf

[drowsy egret]

the size of the PNG ig

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/naruto-gif-22793077

[modest isle]

Mosquitoes and Cockroaches too 🤢🤮
I hope one day we wake up to hear all Cockroach species are extinct

Especially the Flying Cockroaches

[warped oxide]

All of them fly. Usually just males

[sullen merlin]

Why does everyone hate insects so much

Like i dont particularly like them but still

[modest isle]

Phobia

[sullen merlin]

Get over it

conquer the fear

[modest isle]

[azure oar]

Cockroaches are cool

[severe niche]

wood roaches >

[surreal nacelle]

Safi my beloved

[tepid jay]

Gentle

Simple

Sailor

[slow hazel]

hands down the best looking monstah

[drowsy egret]

roaches are cool

cockroaches are devious tho

[hallow parrot]

https://youtu.be/X8vQvH_BApw

In french, english subtitles available

brother is an actual ape

[severe niche]

i wonder why cockroaches are called cockroaches

[drowsy egret]

if apple worms are called apple worms

why are cockroaches called cockroaches

[severe niche]

checks out

cockroaches

[drowsy egret]

[severe niche]

i dont want to get sniped by the bot

[dense field]

Safi is the Dragon that you picture in your head when you think about a Dragon

By overall looks

And anatomy

Kushala Daora comes after that

Or maybe Fatalis

[slow hazel]

Yes. Like it's the perfect Dragon

[dense field]

Ngl I think they nailed both of the Siege missions

They have great replayability

And feel rewarding

[distant nymph]

I don't like doing Safi ):

[dense field]

Booo!

Jk xD
Why?

[soft lily]

Safi is good

[distant nymph]

It's a cool fight, but I don't like doing it multiple times >.<
Probably because it doesn't scale for solo, it's always in Multiplayer difficulty

[hazy gate]

https://youtu.be/5AiS8_YZhjE?t=62

Being a anti-air as japan in war thunder be like

[silk tartan]

Paleontologists giving the most fitting, amazing names to a single toebone that will become a nomen dubium in 5 years:

wait question, whats the difference between a meme and a shitpost? arent they synonymous?

[dense field]

hmm

i personally love joining random lobbies and help people

[slow hazel]

Okay so yesterday I had my first fight with Rajang and Stygian Zino.

[dense field]

when i first played safi i was MR10 or something
now im 115
ill own the guy

[dense field]

rajang

that ape and Stygian Zinogre are like the first reality checks in MR

you straighten your posture

take stuff seriously

and realise its not child's play anymore

[slow hazel]

I killed styg zino after 3 try, That mf is sick when enraged. However once I learned not to be greedy I could finally kill him. I'm going to try rajang again today, I only tried it once but its already giving me stage5 cancer.

[slow hazel]

Yeah, mhw is a childsplay compared to guiding lands

[dense field]

Stygian Zinogre's armor is sick btw

about the overgrown ape
i hate it

[slow hazel]

I mean its one of the coolest looking mf

I literally can't go into axe mode against rajang, only if its down or staggered or whatever

True my build isnt really good yet

[dense field]

yeah thats a given

[slow hazel]

Im about to farm anti raging brachy gear, then going to farm raging brachy

[dense field]

you either go with a mobile weapon against that or be patient and do hit and runs until you stagger em

use wallbangs sparingly and effectively

never stand infront of behind it as you attack it

mothertrucker can jump backwards

[distant nymph]

Rajang's awful xD
The animations and the fight is really cool, but it's soo mean >.<

Furious Rajang's, in my opinion, harder then Alatreon xD

[dense field]

wait until you see Tempered Furious Rajang

[distant nymph]

Worst enemy for me xD

[dense field]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFN1VoYLeNE

[dense field]

acually alatreon's harder in my experience

[distant nymph]

Congrats 😊 Stygian's a cool monster

[slow hazel]

This was the 3rd try last faint

[distant nymph]

I might just be traumatized xD

[dense field]

Alatreon and Tempered Teostra were my worst fights

i literally whiffed Tempered Teostra so bad
bro kept overwhelming me with its running lunge

until i said "thats it" and went no brainer ZSD mode with SA

[dense field]

[slow hazel]

Btw is there any way to check how much try you did on a monster?

Like chech how many times you failed basically?

[distant nymph]

I don't think so ):
Only how often you hunted it

[dense field]

no sadly

[slow hazel]

How often you hunted it succesfully or all hunts?

[distant nymph]

only succesful

[slow hazel]

Ah

[dense field]

you can only see how many you hunted/captured in hunter's notes

[slow hazel]

Yea

[dense field]

currently its Team Alatreon 8- Team Me 0

[slow hazel]

So 8 try on alatreon

How is u with safi?

[distant nymph]

You could try doing the "easy" Alatreon first o:
I think it's the "Dawn's something something" Quest

[dense field]

yeh i did that

[distant nymph]

ah, fair!

He's still really mean >.<

[dense field]

Safi is easy as i dont even attempt it solo lmfao

im trying to do Alatreon solo

kinda like a rite of passage

[distant nymph]

Alatreon's mostly learning the moveset good enough to keep damage up for passing the dps check

[dense field]

im just panicking i believe

[distant nymph]

I get that, yeah ):

[dense field]

cause he dont even attack that fast

i mean i beat Odogaron with CB without blocking

and that guy is fast

[slow hazel]

I usually panick cause of the time/damage, but thats why I use hunterpie. I always think I'm in trouble but I can calm my ass down with it

[distant nymph]

I don't know hunterpie o:
But that's fair!

[dense field]

show you the damage i think ?

[slow hazel]

Its a mod, you can literally track everything but I only use it to track time and damage

But you can set it up to show monster health/part health, build ups etc.

[dense field]

yeah sometimes you think you're not doing enough damage until you pinch them once and they roll on the floor

[slow hazel]

Yes

[dense field]

thats how i felt with SA at first

you need to use the axe mode to stagger and combos really put you in place

[slow hazel]

This is the build I'm going for rn, its anti raging brachy. I might do a bit different decos tho

[dense field]

so you have to do hit and runs
you think you wont get anywhere but you actually do

[slow hazel]

Yes. The only issue is that in IB i feel like all the monsters are quick as hell (besides 2 or 3) so I often stuck in sword mode and only use axe when its pinned/trapped or whatever

[dense field]

you only need guard 3 with CB!
charging the shield give you 2 points in guard
making it total of 5

you can have evade window etc instead

[slow hazel]

Oh

Good to know. Also charging my shield is always first so basically its almost 2 guard everytimr

[dense field]

thats basically how it goes
up until you start reading them

after that point you start guarding and counter with an SAED

[dense field]

yeap
actually you can get Power Prolonger as well

goes as "Enhancer"
basically increases the charged time of the items

[slow hazel]

Capacity and prolonger could be a hella combo

[dense field]

so longer shield/axe/sword as charged

[dense field]

couple those with artillery which increase each phial damage up to 30% and you're one deadly son of a gun

[slow hazel]

Is artilerry only for impact phials

Or element too?

[dense field]

all of them iirc

[distant nymph]

That's what I do for some harder fights too, yeah!
With Crit Draw Greatsword

[slow hazel]

I need to ask

[dense field]

lemme check if it does

[slow hazel]

Is crit draw only for the one attack after the draw?

[distant nymph]

Yeah!
It might have some weird interactions with some weapons though

I think the longsword dodge attack also triggers it

Greatsword mount attack also benefits from it, since it's a single attack

[dense field]

there is also a certain gear which belong to someone i wont spoil, that basically power up your weapons as they're sheathed

some poeple combo that up with critical draw

really niche though

[distant nymph]

I use that xD

Greatsword's just a weapon that can use that really easily

depending on weakness point and so I hit with ~1000-1200 on Draw attacks

on a full charge

[slow hazel]

I mean Crit draw is meant for heavy hitters. So I assume GS/Hammer is the best for it

[dense field]

yeah you kinda have to sheathe your weapon with those

as they're heavy to walk around

[slow hazel]

Yeah

Ngl I would pay if there would be a build that helps with speed walking

[distant nymph]

speed walking on greatsword would be weird I think ):
But I get it's probably weird to get used to having to sheath your weapon a lot

[slow hazel]

Thats one of the things I really and truly hate about this game

The constant sheathing of weapon

It really breaks the flow of the game. I know its a mechanic and some stuffs like decos and buffs are built on it but man, its cancer

[dense field]

also i checked

the Artillery only work with Impact Phials

i did 27 damage with the phials after an AED

then with artillery it went up to 34

[slow hazel]

But no change with elements

But I guess in same cases elements are stronger than impact right? Cause if the said monster is weak for the said element, its gotta be stronger than impact

Or make no sense having element cbs at all

[dense field]

yes

SAED phials went from 75 to 96 damage per phial

i prefer elemental because i have couple of elemental CB's

and i use the optimal one against each monster to do max damage

if you havent done Kulve yet, that how i did it

you get Kjarr weapons from Kulve, by chance
and they're the best elemental ones

for the most part

i mean check this out, this ice element CB from Kjarr did 197 damage per phial with an SAED in training area

impact Safi CB with full upgrades went up to 96 with Artillery 3

but impact also have stunning capabilities etc

[slow hazel]

Yeah

Sick af

[dense field]

oh-

Kulve Taroth has ended

Safi's bacc

[slow hazel]

Is that an event?

[distant nymph]

They're Siege quests!
Kulve and Safi switch every 2 weeks

[slow hazel]

Oh

Wait I'm confused

There is no investigation for safi and kulve?

[distant nymph]

No Except I'm being confused right now, what do you mean with investigation ?

[slow hazel]

You know after killing a monstah you can usually get investigations with gold/silver rewards

So basically you can farm it

[distant nymph]

oh that! no, there's nothing like that for them

They work a bit different from normal quests.

[slow hazel]

Ah okay

[dense field]

you farm them by playing the siege

wish you farmed Kulve

but no worries it'll be back in 2 weeks

search for an Online Session, filter it for Safi'Jiiva

join a lobby

all 16 players basically share progression until siege end

that makes 4 parties but usually not everyone play because yeah..

then you get rewards after completing the siege tasks

then you pick 3 of these shinies, or 4
they appear randomly so good luck!

If you slay Safi you get materials for its armor
its really good

[clever bear]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78vMM5hV7UA - I feel as though not enough people know about this up-coming game...

[fallen creek]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1197145116826157147/1205279909153603615/image.png?ex=65d7cb63&is=65c55663&hm=a949fdaf04b317da7f7fd22c1c7c9ebc2028296f0a9dd77e8130c60f2b2d493c&

[dense field]

I made a Safi's Aquashot LBG build

It's silly

Primarily use sticky ammo

Great KO capabilities

Though ammo is yeah

Even with Nargacuga Essence you may need to return to camp once

[hardy shard]

WAIT THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A GAME?

[hallow parrot]

https://youtu.be/Yqrs--2nYnI

Fairy Wrens of Australia, first time I've seen birds groom each other

[sullen merlin]

Average UK desert

[hallow parrot]

Not really

im sorry but how do you have vegetarian beans

[sullen merlin]

lol

[hallow parrot]

hold no, thats now annoyed me

[sullen merlin]

in the UK beans are normally made of meat apparenlty

[hallow parrot]

no lol?

unless they are, but i've ate them my whole life

[sullen merlin]

According to this can it is

The can doesnt lie

[hallow parrot]

oh, some have small amounts of bacon of salt cured pork

[sullen merlin]

Also love how u buy something "vegetarian" but then slap a giant sausage in it

[hallow parrot]

but i would imagine thats in the sauce, not the acual bean

[hallow parrot]

the sausage is a straw as well

i hate it

[sullen merlin]

Well obviously, seems highly unlikely they inject or coat the beans with anything animal matter

[hallow parrot]

oh well

[sullen merlin]

The creme fraiche too

[hallow parrot]

eh

[sullen merlin]

And the fkn disco ball thingies for ice cream

[hallow parrot]

the beans dont even look like beans

its just broth

[sullen merlin]

It look slike cat food

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-meme-face-cat-meme-cat-puke-cat-vomit-cat-coughing-meme-gif-22332765

[sullen merlin]

Baked beans are disgusting anyways imo

[hallow parrot]

nah they're alright

[sullen merlin]

Nothing will help them taste good

[hallow parrot]

i think it would be shameful to say i prefer them on their own