offtopic-discussion

[rigid sand]

WILDS I CANNOT WAIT

Rey Dau looks like an amazing monster

[full patrol]

I am in a constant state of anxiety and procrastination. My list of tasks never ends. If the end appears near it is only because there are more tasks on the horizon that I have forgotten. The only free time I have is when I choose to put off a task in favor of something actually fun. This increases the anxiety in the back of my mind which I shove into a box until it grows to a point I can no longer ignore because it is physically affecting my quality of life. There is no relaxing. Only fleeting moments of nothingness when I inevitably fall unconsious from exhaustion after my intrusive thoughts harass me for hours after I lay down to sleep.

[hallow parrot]

oh noes

you ok?

[full patrol]

Oh I was just making a copypasta lol

All things considered I'm fine. Can't wait to be done with school finally in the home stretch

[void zinc]

Less caffeine, stand in the sun a bit, less blue light.

Or so the liar doctor of mine says.

[lime copper]

You say a copypasta but...

[full patrol]

Just because it's technically true doesn't mean I'm suffering because of it

Only thing I'm suffering from right now is hoping I don't have to get surgery to fix my herniated disk

[stoic vale]

Crab

[spice gyro]

yo nice catch

[strong marten]

I love fishing and throwing back it's so fun

Personally though I'm not a fish eater they don't taste great unless prepared very well to me

[pastel vigil]

https://play.typeracer.com?rt=2000as2yuy @analog smelt pull up

[analog smelt]

okey

[woeful ice]

[analog smelt]

Oh cool

[pastel vigil]

did u like that

[analog smelt]

Wait I didn't get to screenshot

rip

[pastel vigil]

63 wpm was ur final

[analog smelt]

Bet

[woeful ice]

You like it?

[analog smelt]

I wasn't expecting to lose so much time correcting typos
Don't even really realize when I do it.

Interesting

something to improve

[pastel vigil]

yeah exaclty, you feel so much faster in discord because you dont have a thing that literally limits you to type after a typo

but thats what i mean is the wpm may feel slower than ur actual typing speed because it gives u sophisticated words, punctuation, etc

[analog smelt]

Well I type pretty much the same way, where I type out a sentence, but half that time is spend backspacing and correcting typos.

[pastel vigil]

although u type with punctuation anyways

[analog smelt]

Yeah I just use punctuation where my brain says to.
Don't really think about it too much.

[woeful ice]

I wonder what my speed is.

[digital sleet]

3 alligators per bald eagle

[pastel vigil]

I used to use punctuation too, actually. Now I don't really do it anymore and it looks weird when I do it.

[woeful ice]

But I shut down my puter and climbed up in my loft.

[pastel vigil]

imagine

[woeful ice]

I believe I'm slow.

[analog smelt]

When I learned how to type I learned punctuation as a cornerstone to everything, so it just kinda feels unnatural to not punctuate my messages.

[pastel vigil]

When u get bacck on ur pc, try the typeracer test

[pastel vigil]

the only time i use it is when im trying to be formal to someone i dont know regarding a serious matter

other than that i just type like this

gets the job done quicker

[woeful ice]

If I wake up.

[pastel vigil]

💀

[analog smelt]

typing like this and not capitalizing or punctuating between sections just feels wrong

[woeful ice]

Yes.

[pastel vigil]

thats cursed 💀

[analog smelt]

ur so right

[pastel vigil]

Okay I'm gonna have to ask you to stop.

[woeful ice]

Hacker must stop?

[pastel vigil]

yes

[analog smelt]

what ever could you mean

i am typing normally

[pastel vigil]

how likely is update today

[woeful ice]

I don't always understand things well.

Yesterday it was like 99.99%?

[analog smelt]

Okay but fr tho I basically broke my brain typing that, I had to resist the urge to just use a comma or break between those two lines.

[analog smelt]

99.75% fr this time

[woeful ice]

What's this estimate based off of?

[pastel vigil]

Vibes.

[digital sleet]

calculations

[analog smelt]

Calculations.

[digital sleet]

predicted

[analog smelt]

Dammit

[pastel vigil]

yay

[woeful ice]

Owl you're so smart.

[digital sleet]

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/isle/images/2/29/The_isle_pteranodon_new_2020.jpeg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/2000?cb=20200825030749

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.w3MlbfVZu9191PTJR-2rWAHaLx?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

peteranodon

[woeful ice]

The Peteranodon.

[digital sleet]

PREDICTED

ONCE MORE

[woeful ice]

You are wise.

[minor blade]

Dondi decided to finally nerf the Carnotaurus by reducing its weight from 1800 to 1300 and its speed from 55.5 to 49...
Does anyone really think the Carnotaurus is playing so well that it needs to be nerfed?

[rustic badger]

The speed is low due to a scaling issue, it'll probably get faster according to dondi

and yeah the weight nerf was so they can buff charge and have it not destroy Cerato and stuff. Mainly focus on dilo-omni sized things or smaller.

[minor blade]

So, for the Carnotaurus to be able to kill bots, because the chances of encountering a lone omnivore on a vast map are extremely low. Encounters with 5-6-10 omnivores will likely end in the Carnotaurus's death, as the changes mean that 3 omnivores will pin the Carnotaurus to the ground, and speed won't matter—you'll just die.

[cedar crescent]

Carno is faster than Omni so it can just run away if there are too many

[minor blade]

Good luck escaping from a Omni with weighing 1300. Keep in mind that according to the new mechanics, two adult Omniraptors will pin the Carnotaurus to the ground, meaning you won’t be able to run, or even walk for that matter.

[cedar crescent]

you're still faster

[minor blade]

Also, weight affects the amount of blood you have, meaning less weight equals faster die.

[cedar crescent]

you're still faster

[minor blade]

Yes, fast enough to die.

[cedar crescent]

fast enough to outrun an omniraptor

[minor blade]

What don't you understand about the fact that when two Raptors pounce on you, you won't be able to run? How will speed help you if you can't use it?

[cedar crescent]

you just shouldnt get ambushed, you're a plains hunter so you should be residing in the plains or in the forest line of a plains, you're also faster and taller than an omniraptor so you should have generally better sight than them. if you cant see two omnis ambushing you, you're gonna get punished

[minor blade]

Good logic, turning the currently largest predator in the game into a pathetic invalid that can't even fend off two Omnics...
B - balance.
By the same logic, you could remove the ability for herbivores to attack. After all, herbivores are food for predators, and food should either die or run away

[cedar crescent]

turning the largest predator into what it should be, that being a small game hunter

grappling is generally still overtuned and it should be nerfed imo, but that has nothing to do with carno getting its niche back

[minor blade]

Carnotaurus won’t be in its niche, as the small game hunters are Dilo and Herrerasaurus. Carnotaurus occupies a niche slightly better than Ceratosaurus, but after the changes, it will be weaker than Ceratosaurus. (There’s no need to mention that it’s still faster; with its maneuverability, it would be better if it ran slower but handled better.)

‘Small game hunter’ is essentially an excuse for predators that the developers have nerfed to the point of being useless. Scientific data shows that Carnotaurus weighed between 1,300 and 2,200 kilograms and was not a small game hunter; it was capable of killing creatures roughly its own size.

[cedar crescent]

the developers did say that carno's niche is a small game hunter so yeah its gonna be in its niche

the game isnt gonna be 100% accurate to irl because its a game

[minor blade]

Developers are making a game for players.
Or do you mean that if Dondi decides tomorrow to make the weight Stego 1 ton, then so be it?

[cedar crescent]

if the devs decide that stego should be 1 ton then itll probably be one ton unless its unbalanced because balance > realism

[minor blade]

As I mentioned earlier, by that logic, we could remove the ability for herb types to attack, herbivores > food > food should run away or die.

[cedar crescent]

thats not really balanced because the herbivores that should be fighting back arent and so theyre just dying therefore making the playable unviable and people wont be playing it

so then youd have to balance that

so youd give them their attacks back

[minor blade]

Have you seen many lions dying from gazelles?
Maybe you've seen gazelles attacking lions?
Our grass behaves more aggressively than predators, knowing that playing on the stage/diablo, most predators are not a threat to you.

[cedar crescent]

i havent seen gazelles attacking lions no, though ive seen bison attacking lions so if they were removed of their ability to attack it would be unbalanced as they dont have the speed to run away

so then they just die

and therefore people dont wanna play that creature because they have no defense

[minor blade]

That is: when a herbiwor cannot defend itself, it is not balanced, and players will not play a creature that cannot defend itself. Conversely, when a Carnotaurus cannot kill prey of a similar size or larger and is forced to flee from a pair of Omni, that is balance. L - logic.
You do realize that even fewer people will play as the Carnotaurus after the nerf, right? It will become about as popular as the Herrerasaurus. Even now, fewer people play as Carnotaurus compared to Omni or Cera.

[cedar crescent]

carno doesnt have to defend itself against creatures of similar size it can just run, it specializes in hunting smaller prey and so itll be viable in that sense, if the carno couldnt run from a pair of omnis and couldnt defend itself that would be unbalanced. however that isnt the case and it is faster than both. bison, being slower than lions, would need to have some sort of defense against them otherwise it would be fodder

[minor blade]

What's the point of playing as a predator when you have to run away from 70% of the players you encounter and hunt bots and small prey? (Any predator can kill small prey; this doesn’t make the Carnotaurus special in terms of gameplay.)

[cedar crescent]

it does yeah if it cant specifically hunt larger predators and punch up like omni does

additionally it makes carno even more unique if it has something to help it hunt small game more efficiently than other predators

and personally i would have more fun with small game hunter carno than big scary teeth carno that hunts tenontos and diablos

[minor blade]

Bisons gather in huge herds for protection from predators; a separated bison becomes prey for lions. In our case, a separated stegosaurus/diablo can easily kill 2-3 carnos or 5-6 omni.

[cedar crescent]

idk what else to tell you, small game hunter carno is balanced because it can run away from things it cant fight against and it supposedly will be able to hunt smaller things more efficiently than other predators, i personally wanted it to specialize in hunting game around the size of dilo and omni and nothing more than 1 ton but oh well

[cedar crescent]

yeah cuz carnos arent meant to be hunting a stegosaurus or a diablo

5-6 omnis can pin a stegosaurus and a diablo with its new grappling mechanic

so they can still hunt that lone herbivore

if you have a cheetah try to kill a bison, they will die because they dont have the weapons

[minor blade]

As far as I'm concerned, it's a dumb idea, just like the fact that the developers added large herbivores without natural predators to the game. Based on my experience playing as Stego, while the omni are trying to kill me, I'll manage to kill about 70% of them, and that's if they can even kill me at all, since I could just stand in the water or glitch into the mountain/tree textures.

[cedar crescent]

and thats just an issue of the roster not being fully expanded atm and will eventually be fixed with the additions of new and larger carnivores

but what may seem to be a dumb idea to you may be more fun for other people

[minor blade]

Let's not forget that Stega has a huge amount of HP and a new mutation that prevents dying from bleeding while you rest.

[cedar crescent]

i mean, thats something outside of combat where if it was in the middle of combat it would be punished for resting

but stego will need its huge amount of hp otherwise it would need to be balanced to escape larger carnivores via making it faster, otherwise itll just die at the sight of a large carnivore

[minor blade]

To me, Carno 'small prey hunter' is like say a T. rex a 'scavenger' and limiting its speed to 15 km/h so it couldn't catch anyone and just walked around looking for corpses.

[cedar crescent]

at least with carno small game hunter it can still hunt creatures and have fun, scavenger t rex just isnt engaging so

but i can see what you mean

[minor blade]

I'm against such changes because they make gameplay less interesting. Spending 2.5 hours on a Carno just to kill small fry and bots... if I want to play as a 'hunter of small game' I'll pick Gererra or Utah/Dilo. When I choose a Carno, I expect to get a predator capable of consistently killing at least Tenno.

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (377) :
Golden snub-nosed monkey / (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

The golden snub-nosed monkey[3] (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is an Old World monkey in the subfamily Colobinae.[3] It is endemic to a small area in temperate, mountainous forests of central and Southwest China.[4] They inhabit these mountainous forests of Southwestern China at elevations of 1,500–3,400 m (4,900–11,200 ft) above sea level.[5] The Chinese name is Sichuan golden hair monkey (四川金丝猴). It is also widely referred to as the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey.[5][6][7] Of the three species of snub-nosed monkeys in China, the golden snub-nosed monkey is the most widely distributed throughout China.[5]

Snow occurs frequently within its range, and it can withstand colder average temperatures better than any other non-human primate.[8] Its diet varies markedly with the seasons, but it is primarily a herbivore with lichens being its main food source. It is diurnal and largely arboreal, spending some 97% of its time in the canopy. There are three subspecies. Population estimates range from 8,000 to 15,000 and it is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

The distribution of the golden snub-nosed monkey is limited to temperate forests on mountains in four provinces in China: Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Hubei.[1] This monkey is found at elevations of 1,500-3,400 m. Within this area, vegetation varies with altitude from deciduous, broadleaf forests at low elevations to mixed coniferous, broadleaf forests above 2,200 m and coniferous forests above 2,600 m.[6] Average annual temperature is 6.4 °C (43.5 °F) with a minimum of −8.3 °C (17.1 °F) in January and a maximum of 21.7 °C (71.1 °F) in July.[5]

Home range size varies seasonally. The change in home range size and location is dependent upon the availability and distribution of food. The total area covered by seasonal home ranges is surprisingly large for a species. One of the largest home ranges found covered 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi).[6]

The golden snub-nosed monkey is found in groups ranging in size from 5-10 individuals to bands of about 600.[6] The social organization of this species can be quite complex. The one-male-units (OMUs) are the basic social unit within groups of golden snub-nosed monkeys with many of the OMUs forming a bigger group. These multi-tier societies consist of several OMUs that include one adult male plus a number of adult females and their offspring. Some observers have even come to conclude that these large foraging groups are multi-male and multi-female societies.[5]

The male may stay solitary, often remaining away from the rest of the group members as they rest. Adult females tend to socialize more with one another than with other males or juveniles. Group members remain close to one another, interactions between different OMUs often result in confrontations.[5] Females of the golden snub-nosed monkey are usually observed to form several close associations with other females. However, in conflicts against other units in the surrounding site, both males and females support each other, while also protecting their young (usually observed at a distance by putting the young in the center of the pack).[5] Unusually for a harem-forming species, infanticide by males is averted. Female snub-nose monkeys will deliberately have "affairs" with all resident males in the surrounding area behind the harem-master's back, which in turn creates paternity confusion and means newly established alpha males will not risk killing what could be their own offspring. In turn females will have more reproductive success and less infant losses.[12]

Protecting the young is a group effort. Mothers often have helpers assisting them with the care of their young.[13] When faced with danger from a predator such as the northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), the young are placed at the center of the group while the stronger adult males go to the scene of the alarm. The rest of the day, the members of the group remain closer to one another with the young protected at the center.[14]

There is little information available on the sleeping cluster patterns of the Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys. However, in a detailed observation of the free-ranging band in the Qinling Mountains in central China, results have suggested that winter night activity of Rhinopithecus roxellana is a compromise between antipredator and thermoregulatory strategies and an adaptation to ecological conditions of their temperate habitat.[15] Keeping warm is critical for survival in freezing temperatures, but their thick coats can provide this warmth as well as sleeping in these clusters. Monkeys often sleep in the lower stratum of the tree canopy, avoiding the upper canopy where it is cold and windy. They form larger sleeping clusters at night than in the daytime. The most common types of night-sleeping clusters were adult females and their young, followed by adult females with other adult females.[15] Adult males are usually observed sleeping by themselves or on the lookout for predators or dangers.

There are several hypotheses to explain the formation of sleeping clusters, the most important one being a thermoregulatory process. The thermoregulatory hypothesis suggests that a primary function of sleeping in clusters is the conservation of heat during cold temperatures.[15] Along with thermoregulation, safety from predators is an important principle underlying the formation of sleeping clusters in primates. This antipredation hypothesis suggest that increased cohesion and large sleeping congregations might facilitate predator detection and enhance group defense.[15]

The golden snub-nosed monkey eats (from greatest to least amount) lichens, young leaves, fruits or seeds, buds, mature leaves, herbs, bark, and flowers. This diet varies from season to season, showing a correlation once again between food availability and home range. This diet also shows a complicated seasonal variation. The monthly diet of monkeys at Shennongjia Nature Reserve varies from primarily lichen eater between November and April, to a mixture of folivore and lichen eater from May to July, and to a mixture of frugivore (or seed eater) and lichen eater or primarily lichen eater between August and October.[18] For this seasonal variation, the amount of lichens consumed appears to decrease in the summer with the greater availability of fruit or seeds. The monkeys' preferred lichen species seem to grow on Cerasus discadenia, Salix wallichiana, and Malus halliana. Lichens are found in great profusion on dead trees.[7] Monkeys at Qingmuchuan Nature Reserve have not been observed feeding on lichen; during the winter they feed mostly on leaves, bark, and buds, and during the summer they feed mostly on the fruit of the giant dogwood.[19]

This primate prefers to forage in larger trees of a tree species, and spends most of the time using primary forest and young forest, rarely uses shrub forest and does not use grassland.[18] Even though they primarily forage in the trees and sometimes on the ground, they have several predators, including both mammals, such as dhole (Cuon alpinus), wolf (Canis lupus), Asiatic golden cat (Catopuma temmincki), and leopard (Panthera pardus), and birds, like golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis).[18]

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

@wintry marlin
@cedar crescent rd
@distant nymph
@spice gyro
@rustic badger

[azure oar]

https://tenor.com/view/seal-seals-you-have-alerted-the-horse-you-have-alerted-the-seal-you-have-alerted-gif-6054433860451279286

[rustic badger]

[wintry marlin]

Monkey

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/golden-monkey-snacks-gif-21114889

[distant nymph]

Monkey!

[azure oar]

Very photogenic monke

[sullen merlin]

I was kinda surprised there werent any good pics of them chillin in the snow

[azure oar]

https://tenor.com/view/seal-seals-you-have-alerted-the-horse-you-have-alerted-the-seal-you-have-alerted-gif-14515002308755240888

[sullen merlin]

Also bro thinks hes a vampire

Although he looks more like one than the squid from yesterday

[solar cairn]

Any of u guys know whats dondis twitch?

[knotty wadi]

realizing that you're the Cara that Killed TylerKola in the first 60 seconds of his latest video is crazy lol

[olive lark]

https://tenor.com/view/hammy-rotten-funny-aman-hamster-gif-27168635

needed to post this somewhere

[sullen merlin]

its just dondi

[sullen warren]

This is kinda offtopic, kinda not lol, does anyone installed an old the isle depot like 2016-2017 version of the game? And how it works, cause i found some, but the game just seems to not support them or maybe they do not install correctly.

[barren bear]

https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-downgrade-steam-games/

App ID: 376210
Depot ID: 376212

find the manifest ID on steamdb

[sullen warren]

Thanks man. ❤️

[barren bear]

no worries

[slow hazel]

Scam

[barren bear]

no..

[modest isle]

Proof ?

[barren bear]

me

[distant nymph]

[slow hazel]

I love

[distant nymph]

I wish we knew the Artist, so it could be an official emote ):

[modest isle]

[tight plover]

https://tenor.com/view/chappell-roan-anomalocaris-lesbian-gif-13918567619857766888

[neat basalt]

1. why is cinderella blue, her dress is silver

2: why is ARIEL's dress blue???? why not the perfectly fine PINK DRESS SHE WEARS IN THE MOVIE?? or the END SPARKLE DRESS?

3. WHY IS AURORA IN PINK??? THE DRESS IS BLUE FOR A MAJORITY OF THE MOVIE

aurora cant be blue because cinderella is blue, but cinderella is in the wrong color so JUST MAKE CINDERELLA SILVER AND MAKE AURORA BLUE

disney princess as a brand is so WEIRD

and then anna and elsa arent technically disney princesses because in every marketing/sales campaign they've always been advertised as frozen instead of within the disney princess brand

[void thicket]

Because it changed once, and never reverted, apparently..?

[neat basalt]

its so WEIRD

i think they used the excuse "it looks like a wedding dress too much!"

but like her ress is definitely silver

[void thicket]

Blu-Ray "Restoration"

The point of the dress was that is was practically magic, made of glass.

(Like the iconic slippers)

[tight plover]

Blue Ray

@neat basalt @void thicket

[void thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/look-you-see-there-you-go-youre-welcome-my-point-gif-14559946

[tight plover]

please clap

[neat basalt]

they changed the color in the blueray to match the marketing and im like 90% convinced

bluray came out in 2012, well after cinderella got forced into her blue dress sometime in or before the 1990's (as theres official disney toys from then with her in the blue dress)

theyre trying to mandela effect us like fruit of the loom

[void thicket]

Oh for sure. They can't go selling blue-dressed Cinderella figures alongside unvaulted silver-dressed DVDs in the Disney World shops, now could they?

[neat basalt]

matching the new and improved cinderella to the decades old marketing of cinderella isnt much of a stretch

there is ONE scene in the original where the dress does look blue however

but its in the SHADOWNDSIHBUFGNGHN G

[void thicket]

Arguably the most iconic scene.

Aside from the steps.

Though;
Walt was alive for the change of the color, was he not?

[neat basalt]

i always found the bibbity bobbity boo to be more memerable

[void thicket]

Getting real Sleeping Beauty "Blue" vs "Silver" (Red) vibes here. Lol.

[neat basalt]

not sure, he died in 64 iirc

give this dress to ariel

or hell, her MOTHER DRESS

where the HELL did this swamp green come from

https://tenor.com/view/dog-angry-rabid-gif-20257620

[void thicket]

[neat basalt]

i guess her tail? maybe?

[void thicket]

Her scales, most likely.

[neat basalt]

this makes me wonder, when the hell was she gold

[void thicket]

Oh, I remember that when I was young.

@neat basalt Dinsey related content, which is very interesting ;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsdrbzaBPAg

[hazy gate]

jasmine best princess

[full patrol]

• I hate the new Cinderella design, why did they need to change her entire face and hair
• Ariel's green dress is from a toy back in like 2010 and general redesign to give her a more "princess" dress
• Aurora gets pink because "there's already a princess in a blue dress"
• Pocahontas got outfit redesign for one of the sequels that's "fancier" so now she wears that instead of classic
• Mulan wasn't fancy enough either thus new dress also
• Snow White also redesign to become more sparkly
• Jasmine gets flowy additions because base outfit isn't "princess" enough
• Rapunzel, Merida, Elsa and Anna are up next just give it a few more years

[void thicket]

How like princesses to lose their whole identity...

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (378) :
Orchid mantis / (Hymenopus coronatus)

Hymenopus coronatus is a mantis from the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It is known by various common names, including walking flower mantis, orchid-blossom mantis and (pink) orchid mantis. It is one of several species known as flower mantis, a reference to their unique physical form and behaviour, which often involves moving with a “swaying” motion, as if being “blown” in the breeze. Several species have evolved to mimic orchid flowers as a hunting and camouflaging strategy, “hiding” themselves in plain view and preying upon pollinating insects that visit the blooms. They are known to grab their prey with blinding speed.

[void thicket]

Tell me again how evolution isn't real.

[sullen merlin]

This species mimics parts of the orchid flower. The four walking legs resemble flower petals,[1] and the toothed front pair is used as in other mantises for grasping prey.

H. coronatus shows some of the most pronounced size sexual dimorphism of any species of mantis; males can be less than half the size of females.[2] The female predatory selection is the likely driving force behind the development of the extreme sexual size dimorphism. Prior to development of its camouflage, the female mantis implements ambush predation to allow it to hunt larger pollinating insects.[3] An example of this ambush predation is the orchid mantis's ability to ambush foraging butterflies, a fairly large prey, which it captures using its pair of toothed arms and powerful bite.[4] As the female mantis continues to develop, much of its dramatic increase in size can be attributed to predatory selection and ambush predation.

First-stage nymphs mimic bugs of the family Reduviidae, which have a powerful bite and are foul-tasting.[5]

The mantis can change its colour between pink and brown, according to the colour of the background.[6]

H. coronatus is found in the rain forests of Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, as well as Singapore. It is also found in the Western Ghats of India.

Hugh Cott referenced an early-20th-century account by Nelson Annandale of Hymenopus coronatus, in which he details how the mantis hunts on the flowers of the "Straits rhododendron" (Melastoma polyanthum). The nymph has, what Cott calls, "special alluring coloration", where the animal itself acts as a "decoy". The insect is pink-and-white (like many orchid blooms), possessing flattened limbs which feature "that semi-opalescent, semi-crystalline appearance that is caused in flower-petals by a purely structural arrangement of liquid globules or empty cells". The mantis climbs up-and-down the twigs of the plant until it finds a cluster of flowers. It holds-on to these with the claws of its two rearmost pairs of legs. It then sways from side-to-side, mimicking the wind; soon, various small flies and insects will land on and around the flowers, attracted by nectar as well as the small, black spot on the end of the mantis's abdomen, which resembles a fly. When a larger Dipteran fly—as big as a house fly—was observed landing nearby, the mantis at once seized and ate it.[7][8]

Mimicry has been widely discussed since the 1861 description by Henry Walter Bates.[9] While the orchid mantis is successful at catching its prey through its color mimicry alone, recent research shows that orchid mantises attract an greater number of natural pollinators when compared to actual flowers,[9] labelling these mantises as 'aggressive mimics'[9] with their ability to turn pollinators into prey. In a concurrent study, the spectral reflection of orchid mantises was measured using a spectrometer to determine how their colour may be perceived by other animals. Adult and juvenile orchid mantises primarily reflected UV-absorbing white and, based on visual modeling, their colour is indistinguishable from actual flowers (from the perspectives of the pollinating insects).[10]

The female of the species is, reported by Costa (quoting Shelford's 1903 account), to show parental care by guarding her eggs. Costa asks rhetorically "Why has so little [research] been done on parental care in mantids, such an unexpected and intriguing aspect of their behavior?"[11][12]

The camouflage of the orchid mantis probably deceives potential predators, as well as serving as aggressive mimicry of the orchid to help catch insect prey.[13][14]

The orchid mantis is a carnivorous insectivore, mainly catching other insects. In the laboratory setting, it prefers lepidopteran prey.[15] Its diet in nature is much the same as orchid mantises kept in captivity, and consists of small insects like crickets, flies, fruit flies, beetles, and smaller stinging insects such as bees or miniature wasps. They may also prey upon caterpillars and other insect larvae. Some are cannibalistic, eating their own kind when one strays too close.[16]

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

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

[rustic badger]

[wintry marlin]

Mantis

[sullen merlin]

This one is a baby, bro has some deadpool camo

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/mantis-excavator-gif-19223649

[sullen merlin]

Mantis boss fight videos are hilarious

[distant nymph]

That's a really pretty one 😊
They're always cool to see

[fluid holly]

Little guy thinks he's playing Shadow of the Collossus

[sullen merlin]

Or "not" to see... get it... cuz they camouflaged

I had to do it

[distant nymph]

aw xD

[azure oar]

They are so cool I know them from a videogame!

[sullen merlin]

What game?

[azure oar]

Grounded

[sullen merlin]

Theyre in there?

Didnt know that

[azure oar]

|| boss ||

[sullen merlin]

I see

[azure oar]

||a special one that I dont even think is mandatory, pretty well hidden||

[sullen merlin]

Thats cool they chose that one for it

[azure oar]

I only found out because of a playthrough I watched

[sullen merlin]

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxsB3Vv03ASnLfx9EMqhCIkwcA9VMJNLz3?si=OXo4Pau6Fneuo5gQ

Lmaoo idk why but this killed me

[lofty blade]

Y O
Knight's gettin' some good changes in DBD soon I tell ya hwhat! They listened :3

[sullen merlin]

I just started playing again since a long time and the knight dude was so annoying

How does one get rid of the minion

[inner bronze]

grab the flag!

[lofty blade]

When you hear the battle horn, that means the flag is available to grab. Either go grab it to get rid of them and get a buff, or just unhook someone

[sullen merlin]

Which flag lmao

[lofty blade]

Don't even need to fully unhook them, just touch em and the guard hunting you vanishes

[sullen merlin]

Ive never seen a flag

[lofty blade]

When a guard detects you and floats towards you, they place down the flag and it slowly manifests

[sullen merlin]

i did see like a totem and there was like an AOE blue hue around me when i was near it

[lofty blade]

That's a Boon totem made by a survivor

[sullen merlin]

I feel like such a noobie now its been so long lol

When i looked at the killers, like there were atleast 10 new ones i didnt see back in my days

[lofty blade]

[sullen merlin]

Last killer i remember being added was the blight

[void zinc]

If Revengance taught me anything its that the excavator is about to get suplexed when the chorus kicks in.

[lofty blade]

Egh....I dislike going against Blight.

He's got that Totino's Pizza Roll "it's still too hot" mouth

[sullen merlin]

I also played against the chick from the ring, whh does the video tape thing do when u interact with the tv

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/mantis-praying-gif-26514138

Thats Him now

[sullen merlin]

Its all fun and games untill the mantis gets a hold of ur finger and starts eating u alive

[lofty blade]

If I recall correctly, you take a tape from a TV and shut it off (meaning she cannot teleport to it for a while). When you take it, you get a popup showing you another TV to take the tape to. If you do this, you lose some Condemned (the bars around your portrait).

There may be more I'm forgetting but that's the gist.

[sullen merlin]

What does the condemned thing do tho

[modest isle]

And then I slap my hand into the wall crushing his poor soul in the process

[sullen merlin]

The mantis is clearly the main character in the situation. Its pretty much kratos at this point

[lofty blade]

You gain it by either taking a tape or if Sadako appears through a TV when you're close to a powered TV (it doesn't have to be the one she came out of, just one that's turned on). If you get hooked, any Condemned you have gets locked (up to 3 I think?)

If you reach full Condemned, she can kill you at any time.

Might be best to double check the wiki though....been a hot minute since I played her

[sullen merlin]

alr

[lofty blade]

Also reaching maximum Condemned lets her know where you are briefly heehee

[sullen merlin]

The new vampire guy looks really cool too

[lofty blade]

Very much yeah

[modest isle]

Easy i will just let his wife finish him for me
Female mantis like to eat their husbands heads

[sullen merlin]

Its not really new powers but the effects are awesome

[lofty blade]

The voice actor is awesome as well

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/brain-iq-smart-gif-25368965

[modest isle]

[lofty blade]

[lofty blade]

My biggest DBD wish that p r o l l y won't come true but hey you never know....
let The Unknown friggn' crawl. Please I beg. Even if it's just it's crouch function and nothing more, I WILL main it if it can crawl at will. Lemme scare people!

not like you teased it doing nothing but crawling hrmmrmrmrmrm

[sullen merlin]

The mori is so creepy, but tbh i dont see that as an impossibilty since characters like chucky and the twins exist

[lofty blade]

🤞

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/r6s-gif-23999022

[young gale]

Rainbow six siege

[lofty blade]

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxDUgdJJSgEXjU5Ov0slM3rB3VbvrmJnnJ?si=rYww-KdfS2oewNUh Ceratosaurus:

[silent cargo]

The Isle but real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRuifqYYNyE

[unreal pier]

what

[cedar crescent]

I'm tempted to get BMW but idk

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/bmw-german-car-car-m4-gif-4506606566934085825

BMW >> Mercedes Benz

[cedar crescent]

I completely forgor BMW is also a car

[modest isle]

What is the other BMW

Oh you mean the new monkey game

[cedar crescent]

Monke

Yeah

[proper escarp]

Such a cutie

[sullen merlin]

Wait it looks kinda weird hold up

[proper escarp]

Love hummingbirds

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (379) :
Antillean crested hummingbird / (Orthorhyncus cristatus)

The Antillean crested hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. Found across Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, north-east Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles, while it has also been recorded as a vagrant in Florida, USA.[3]

As the name implies, Antillean crested hummingbird is one of the few hummingbirds with a crest. It demonstrates the general sexual dimorphism for hummingbirds where the male is bright and colorful whilst the female is more tannish and dull.[12] Males have a short straight black bill; head with green crest, tipped metallic green to bright blue-green, upperparts dull metallic bronze-green; underparts sooty black; tail black, rounded. The female bill is similar to male’s but its head is without a crest; the forehead, crown and upperparts are metallic bronzy-green; underparts light grey; tail blackish, rounded, four outer rectrices broadly tipped whitish grey.

The subspecies can be distinguished by the colour of their crests: exilis is wholly green or slightly tinged blue on tip; ornatus has the terminal portion abruptly blue; cristatus is golden to emerald, violet terminally; emigrans is similar to the nominate but more bluish violet, throat paler grey; the degree of paleness in underparts of female varies with race.[3]

Calls include short "tsip" or "tzip" notes and a longer series of “tslee-tslee-tslee-tslee”.[3]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, semiarid forest and heavily degraded former forest such as open vegetation, parks, plantations, forest borders from sea-level to high mountains. Commonest below 500 m.[3][13] It lives a sedentary lifestyle, with possible dispersal to higher altitudes in Jul/Aug. Subspecies exilis is rare straggler to the United States.[3][14]

This species holds the first record of any avian species that became prey to an amblypygid, otherwise known as a tailless whipscorpion; it is unclear though whether or not the amblypygid caught the bird as the animal was already observed deceased.[15] The Antillean crested hummingbird had also been observed attacking the nest of a saddled anoles (Anolis stratulus).[16] The antillean crested hummingbird and many other trochilid hummingbirds display agonistic behavior towards not only other species of hummingbirds but also other noncompetitor bird species, reptiles and insects, which can have for effect to locally reduce biotic diversity and associated ecosystem services.[17]

Its diet consists of arthropods and nectar as flowering shrubs (Lantana, Euphorbia), vines and from lower parts of hedges and large flowering trees such as the capparis tree;[19] others include Hibiscus, Bauhinia, Tabebuia, Delonix. Antillean Crested Hummingbird feed from near the ground and up to the canopy of tall trees but appear to prefer flowering plants of the understory.[19] Small arthropods may be collected from plant surfaces or hawked for in air.[3]

The Antillean crested hummingbird breeds all year round, but mainly from March–June. Its nest is cup-shaped, built on thin branches of shrub or vine 1–3 m above ground, often shaded by leaves. The nest interior is lined with soft plant fibre and the outside decorated with pieces of dead leaves, lichens, moss or bark. Clutch size is of two white eggs, size 11·6 mm × 8–8·2 mm;[18] incubation is 17–19 days done by the female who will also persistently attack intruders;[19] chicks are a darkish grey with two dorsal rows of down;[20] fledging period is about 19–21 days; young remain with female for 3–4 weeks; single brood. They first begin to breed in their second year.

Food and feeding

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

@bright light
@cedar crescent
@distant nymph
@spice gyro
@rustic badger

[rustic badger]

[distant nymph]

Bird!

[rustic badger]

birb

[modest isle]

Birb

[sullen merlin]

Hummin birb

[distant nymph]

I want to poke it xD

[modest isle]

Hummer birb

https://tenor.com/view/forza-horizon-5-gmc-hummer-ev-pickup-off-road-driving-truck-gif-16111296902562205984

[hallow parrot]

why was i thinking of exactly that

a hummer lol

[sullen merlin]

Noooo, it gonna die

[distant nymph]

no D:

Gentle poke!

[modest isle]

[distant nymph]

Hummer

[hallow parrot]

i dont get the joke 😶
soz

[distant nymph]

Hummer is german for Lobster xD

[umbral raven]

https://youtube.com/shorts/aNt27hGvYqo?si=EksA3CzOsOR2yxmV
i'm scared what happen if gun's become to evirma

[raven ember]

Smol and cute. Like @distant nymph

[azure oar]

The best looking hummingbird that exists

[modest isle]

But the life of all hummingbirds species is stressful they burn alot of energy flapping their wings at 200 times per second

And need to eat nectar every 10 minutes in order to survive

[sullen merlin]

U know how german and dutch have a lot of similar words? This is NOT one of them lmao

[modest isle]

My lazy ass would starve to death as a hummingbird

[sullen merlin]

So true, id be in torpor for the rest of my life

They can do that so im good

[modest isle]

What if there were no flowering plants nearby would the hummingbirds just accept their fate and starve to death since they wasted too much energy on their wings

Its still fascinating that they are not extinct

[sullen merlin]

They can survive it by going into torpor tho

[modest isle]

True

[sullen merlin]

Also being mostly tropic birds, they dont really need to spend much energy on temperature regulation etc either

[modest isle]

https://youtu.be/mGUt4EdudBM?si=kpbA0JZB3mEAab5z

[open nimbus]

Since we are all dinosaur nerds. I feel like this is what we all need. https://youtu.be/fHrp3TBrLag?feature=shared

[rugged barn]

the face hugger animatronic from Alien Romulus

[sullen glacier]

Caught a wels catfish that had one of its mustaches mutated into 2 and I wanna share cause cool

[tight plover]

thats crazy how its webbed too

probably just a byproduct of how the skin forms

[sullen glacier]

Yeah I wrote a vet med student if they can use it for studying or anything since it’s not common to see this

[wintry marlin]

forgot to @ me

[distant nymph]

aw xD
What is lobster in dutch ? o:

[modern crater]

kreeft

[distant nymph]

oh fair xD

[modest isle]

He accidentally pinged ForgottenProdigy
You might say he truly “Forgot your name”

[wintry marlin]

damn

[barren bear]

wow

[wintry marlin]

i see

well i'll go back to praying monster hunter wilds releases early 2025

[sullen merlin]

Ah damn, nah but the spces in his name are annoying and evrytime u have to backspace it, sometimes just when i click the right name it shuffles to a different person. Normally i notice it but apparently not this time

[sullen merlin]

Kreeft

[modest isle]

Yep thats why resorted into copying and pasting the pings from the animal before it

[sullen merlin]

Sorry brotha

[sullen merlin]

I do that, but a name with spaces or a # cant be pinged instantly that way

[sullen warren]

Have anyone played like a mod or depot from 2016 or 2017 version of the game? I miss the original utahraptor model.. Is there a way? Depots are not really working as the game autoupdates to the newest version.

[fleet cave]

Catfish freak me out.

I've gotten barbed by one. Not fun

[sullen glacier]

Blue channel or wels catfish?

[unreal pier]

what?!

[fleet cave]

Channel cat

[sullen glacier]

Yeah here in Europe we have the Wels Catfish. Do Channel cats like sting or something? Wdym you got barbed?

[fleet cave]

They have 'barbs' in their dorsal and pectoral fins. Let me find a pic

They're literally barbed

It's why you hold them a certain way Bec a lot of times you need to have them removed at the hospital if they're deep enough

[sullen glacier]

Ah I see, Wels Catfish don't have these. They're probably evolved to fend off predators trying to eat them

[fleet cave]

Yeah these guys hurt a lot

[void zinc]

Some catfish are "venomous" with their barbs too! How fun.

[fleet cave]

They aren't fun that's for sure. Some taste good but otherwise just a trash fish

[full patrol]

Corydoras are poky but super cute catfish

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (380) :
Venus' flower basket / (Euplectella aspergillum)

The Venus' flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum) is a glass sponge in the phylum Porifera. It is a marine sponge found in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean, usually at depths below 500 m (1,600 ft). Like other sponges, they feed by filtering sea water to capture plankton and marine snow.[1] Similar to other glass sponges, they build their skeletons out of silica, which forms a unique lattice structure of spicules. The sponges are usually between 10 cm (3.9 in) and 30 cm (12 in) tall, and their bodies act as refuge for their mutualist shrimp partners. This body structure is of great interest in materials science as the optical[2] and mechanical[3] properties are in some ways superior to man-made materials. Little is known regarding their reproduction habits, however fluid dynamics of their body structure likely influence reproduction and it is hypothesized that they may be hermaphroditic.[4]

Venus' flower baskets are found in the western Pacific Ocean nearby the Philippine Islands. Other species of this genus occur throughout oceans around the world, including near Japan and in the Indian Ocean.[4]

This sponge's habitat is on the rocky areas of the benthic seafloor, where it lives and grows connected to hard substrate for its entire life. It can be found from 100 m to 1000 m (330 ft to 3300 ft) below the ocean's surface, and is most common at depths greater than 500 m.[4] More specifically, they tend to anchor in soft sediments due to the nature of their spicules.

Connecting habitat to morphology, this sponge can often be found inhabiting loose, muddy sediments, causing them to develop a structure that would aid them in staying rooted to the sea floor.[5]

The sponges are often found to house glass sponge shrimp, usually a breeding pair, who are typically unable to exit the sponge's lattice due to their size. Consequently, they live in and around these sponges, where the shrimp perform a mutualistic relationship with the sponge until they die. The shrimp live and mate in the shelter that the sponge provides, and in return they also clean the inside of the sponge. This may have influenced the adoption of the sponge as a symbol of undying love in Japan, where the skeletons of these sponges are presented as wedding gifts.[12][13][6][14]

While there is not much known about the ecology of these sponges, more research has been done on its class, Hexactinellid sponges. Hexactinellids in the Pacific ocean form reefs on the sea floor many of which are extinct now, but thrived in the Jurassic period. The role they play ecologically can be connected to their feeding on plankton in the deep sea, which produces carbon within their environments.[15] Besides this, they can house many animals that reside on the seafloor, including the shrimps mentioned in previous sections.

The body is tubular, curved and basket-like and made up of triaxon spicules. The body is perforated by numerous apertures, which are not true ostia but simply parietal gaps. Syconoid type of canal system is present, where ostia communicate with incurrent canals, which communicates with radial canals through prosopyles which, in turn, open into the spongocoel and to the outside through the osculum.

The body structure of these animals is a thin-walled, cylindrical, vase-shaped tube with a large central atrium. The body is composed entirely of silica in the form of 6-pointed siliceous spicules, which is why they are commonly known as glass sponges. The spicules are composed of three perpendicular rays, giving them six points. Spicules are microscopic, pin-like structures within the sponge's tissues that provide structural support for the sponge. It is the combination of spicule forms within a sponge's tissues that helps identify the species. In the case of glass sponges, the spicules "weave" together to form a very fine mesh, which gives the sponge's body a rigidity not found in other sponge species and allows glass sponges to survive at great depths in the water column.

It is speculated that the sponge harnesses bioluminescence to attract plankton.[6] Its lattice shape also allows it to house animals like shrimp while remaining rooted in the ground.

Their peculiar skeletal motifs have been found to have important fluid-dynamic effects on both reducing the drag experienced by the sponge and in promoting coherent swirling motions inside the body cavity, arguably to promote selective filter feeding and sexual reproduction.[7] In a study performed by Italian researcher, a three-dimensional model of Venus' Flower Basket was utilized to simulate the flow of water molecules in and out of its lattice. The researchers found that, while reducing the sponge's drag, it also created minute vortices inside the sponge which facilitated the mixing of its sperm and eggs; additionally, making feeding more efficient for the shrimp living inside of its lattice.[7]

E. aspergillum differs in having anchorate basalia with six teeth, and diactins.[8]

The skeleton of these sponges also contain silica nanoparticles among other biomaterials.[5]

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

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

[azure oar]

https://tenor.com/view/seal-seals-you-have-alerted-the-horse-you-have-alerted-the-seal-you-have-alerted-gif-6054433860451279286

[sullen merlin]

Glass sponge

[azure oar]

7/10 can‘t even comprehend what that is

[hallow parrot]

you know how peoplea are tempted to smoke normal every day food
i wanna smoke that

[sullen merlin]

Doubt ur gonna have a good time eating pure silicate spikes

lmao

[azure oar]

silica sounds jummy

[hallow parrot]

welp

[spice gyro]

Yum

[azure oar]

I would eat

[distant nymph]

I don't think those look tasty D:

[spice gyro]

I love it when nature weaponizes those DO NOT EAT packets

[sullen merlin]

Fun fact sometimes fish get stuck inside them and die from starvation

[azure oar]

It kinda looks like one of those carnivorous plants that insects fall into

[heavy temple]

Aren’t there species of shrimp who live most of their life cycle inside those things?

[sullen merlin]

Ye its a symbiotic relationship

[sullen glacier]

My dream is to catch one of these

[modest isle]

WTS !!!!!
WHAT THE SIGMA !!!!

[sullen merlin]

Has something gone wrong again

[modest isle]

What has gone wrong ?

[raven ember]

I unfortunately will have to unsubscribe from the daily animals posts I'm gonna be away from discord and stuff for a couple years as I'm going into a program

[distant nymph]

D:

[sullen merlin]

Noo . I understand ill remmeber not to ping u anymore from now on

[distant nymph]

):

[modest isle]

Yep zoom told me before when i used to post
He will go Around September

[sullen merlin]

I thought u said wts cuz i messed something up again lmao. I kinda have ptsd now

[raven ember]

Yeah it's not that the ping will disturb me I just won't be there to acknowledge it anymore. So it's better to remove me ya know

[sullen merlin]

Ye i understand, good luck man

[raven ember]

Thank you

[modest isle]

Good luck friend we will miss you

[raven ember]

You can keep pinging me till September 3rd

I had one more animal request too

If we haven't done it yet

[modest isle]

What it is ?

[raven ember]

The Horned Chameleon

[modest isle]

Yep we haven’t done those before
Your wish has been accepted ✅

@sullen merlin

[sullen merlin]

I was gonna do 2 animals today, should i do the chameleon today or tomorrow?

[modest isle]

If you are not busy you can do 2 as long as you are comfortable with that
And dont push yourself too hard and get burnout like the times when i used to do 3/4 species a day

That was a bit stressful to me 💀

[raven ember]

^

[sullen merlin]

Nah ill only do more than 1 when i feel like it. Ill probably do multiple animals on special holidays or when i feel like it

[rustic badger]

[sullen merlin]

Just to be sure, u were talking about the jacksons chameleon right? or the strange horned chameleon?

[modest isle]

Yep i think thats it the Jackson chameleon
The chameleon species that think its a Triceratops

Modern day Triceratops

[sullen merlin]

Bro coped so hard that trike wanst released yet that it decided to become trike itslef

[modest isle]

[sullen merlin]

Second Animal species of the day (381) :
Jackson's chameleon / (Trioceros jacksonii)

Jackson's chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii), also known commonly as Jackson's horned chameleon, the three-horned chameleon, and the Kikuyu three-horned chameleon, is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is native to East Africa, and introduced to Hawaii, Florida, and California.[1][3][4][5][6] There are three recognized subspecies.

The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominate subspecies.[3]

T. j. jacksonii (Boulenger, 1896) – Jackson's chameleon
T. j. merumontanus (Rand, 1958) – dwarf Jackson's chameleon
T. j. xantholophus (Eason, Ferguson & Hebrard, 1988) – yellow-crested Jackson's chameleon
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other thanTrioceros.

Jackson's chameleon is native to woodlands and forests at altitudes of 1,600 to 2,440 m (5,250 to 8,010 ft) in south-central Kenya and northern Tanzania.[4][11] In these areas, the rainfall is seasonal but exceeds 127 cm (50 in) per year. Day temperatures are typically 16–27 °C (61–81 °F), and night temperatures are typically 4–18 °C (39–64 °F).[11] In Tanzania, it is known only from Mount Meru in the Arusha Region, which is the home of the relatively small endemic subspecies T. j. merumontanus.[4] Jackson's chameleon is more widespread in Kenya, where it is even found in wooded areas of some Nairobi suburbs.[4]

The subspecies T. j. xantholophus (native to the Mount Kenya region) was introduced to Hawaii in 1972 and has since established populations on all main islands and has become an invasive species there.[12][13][14][15] This subspecies has also been introduced to Florida.[5] In Hawaii, it is found mainly at altitudes of 100 to 1,000 m (330 to 3,280 ft) in wet, shady places.[5] Historically this population was the primary source of Jackson's chameleons for the exotic pet trade in the United States, but exports from Hawaii are now illegal.[5] This has been done to prevent opportunists from willfully establishing further feral animal populations to capture and sell them.[15]

Feeding habits
Jackson's chameleon lives primarily on a diet of small insects. It also preys on centipedes, isopods, millipedes, spiders, lizards, small birds, and snails in their native habitat.[13]

There is a threat of devastating impact by introduced invasive Jackson's chameleons to native ecosystems in Hawaii.[13] They were found with mainly insects in their stomachs: planthoppers Oliarus, grasshoppers Banza, casebearing caterpillars Hyposmocoma, beetles Oodemas, dragonflies Pantala[13] and others.[15] Holland et al. (2010)[13] proved that they also prey on snails in Hawaii.[13] Their prey includes land snails Achatinella, Auriculella, Lamellidea, Philonesia,[13] Oxychilus alliarius.[15] They are swallowing whole snails (including shells).[13] Jackson's chameleons introduced to Hawaii are a substantial threat to native biodiversity of invertebrates[15] and a serious threat especially to endemic species, such as critically endangered O'ahu tree snails (genus Achatinella).[13][14]

^baby

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

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

[rustic badger]

[azure oar]

Shameless triceratops copy

[rustic badger]

lizard

[distant nymph]

They're cool, yeah 😊

[sullen merlin]

Bro even copied the sparring mechanic

[modest isle]

Even the scientific name is Trioceros
Meaing 3 horns same with Triceratops

https://tenor.com/view/kaperoo-triceratops-the-isle-evrima-gif-5238022075260602795

[sullen merlin]

Animal scientis are lazy ig

Or high

its either one of those when they name animals

[azure oar]

Why does it kinda look like a normal cameleon with 3 horns glued to it‘s face I found it so funny

[modest isle]

Stupid ahh scientists when you tell them to name species

[azure oar]

especially here where you don‘t really see the transition between flesh and horn

[modest isle]

Tiger shark is only good name here 👍🏼

[sullen merlin]

Atleast its not as bad as mountain chicken

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-reaction-information-my-reaction-to-that-information-my-honest-reaction-to-that-information-gif-613275461876515673

[azure oar]

Look at this authentic nothosaurus reconstruction I just found

[modest isle]

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

[modest isle]

If Nothasaurus were still alive today they would get eaten by Leopard seal like what they do to penguins

[azure oar]

wait, nothosaurus was that small?

[modest isle]

I think

[azure oar]

apparently there was great size variation between species

[modest isle]

This is the biggest species :

[wheat birch]

Native plants from my yard

Pawpaw, Blue mistflower, black chokeberry, starry tickseed

[wintry marlin]

Chameleon

[fleet cave]

That's terrifying

[bronze pollen]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/355354448983490561/1276942523943747654/IMG_3803.png?ex=66cb5ce6&is=66ca0b66&hm=7dafe6c1d77fa426b0fffba5ee5f729fce99466900e45e2bc95405c7b5fdfc23&

[raven ember]

YAY!

[lofty blade]

I'm not sure what's better, the Xeno pouring the drink or the fact it's the Entity needing one.

[fleet pelican]

uh..

[hallow parrot]

this is real

[full patrol]

Didn't you hear they found the entrance to the center of the earth and forgot to lock the door behind them

[spice gyro]

Me when volcano

[plain hazel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1213261937505337354/1276718303481696282/1.mp4?ex=66cbdd93&is=66ca8c13&hm=c69ade8040a34d9d678ae6c6306d0f002d0865d34534312cfecf857c0b75d526&

[spiral ruin]

can cerato bone break now?

[sullen merlin]

Wut? I would hope it doenst

[spiral ruin]

died to a cera as a dibble cus i couldnt run away or use any special attacks and the first bite he did sounded like bone crush sound effect

[sullen merlin]

If u cant run or use attacks than u were out of stam

[spiral ruin]

i were at ful stam

[sullen merlin]

Maybe u fell down a hill or something

but cera doesnt have bone break

[spiral ruin]

i would show but my recording softwere wasnt on

[modest isle]

@sullen merlin this one is actually #381
Since the sponge species is 380 while the chameleon you forgot to change its number

[sullen merlin]

Done

[modest isle]

👍🏼

[sullen merlin]

I was telling myself, "dont u dare forget to change "first, to "second"". In the end i forgot to change the counter

[modest isle]

Good thing i checked or else the species of today and many after it might be wrongly numbered

[sullen merlin]

Indeed

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (382) :
Beadlet anemone / (Actinia equina)

The beadlet anemone (Actinia equina) is a common sea anemone found on rocky shores around all coasts of Western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of Africa as far south as South Africa and Australia.

Actinia equina can be found both in exposed and sheltered situations. It is highly adapted to the intertidal zone as it can tolerate both high temperatures and desiccation. The anemone may also be found in regions of variable salinity such as estuaries.

Beadlet anemones can live in solitary or in aggregations. Solitary beadlet anemones are found to be larger-sized than those that form clustered aggregation. Furthermore, larger sea anemones were found submerged in low tide, where they have greater access to food resources and are less subjected to harsh environmental exposures. The size of beadlet anemones may be connected to their physiological adaptation in regards to limited food resources and withstanding environmental conditions.[1]

Underwater, it displays up to 192 tentacles, arranged in six circles. Out of water, the tentacles retract and the anemone resembles a blob of red, brown, green or orange jelly, up to about 5 centimetres (2.0 in) across. It has bright blue beads (known as acrorhagi) located just beneath the tentacles, organised as an external ring containing stinging cells located at the top of the column that it uses to fight over territory. The acrorhagi contains the cnidocysts which themselves contain the nematocysts. There is some evidence that the various colour forms may in fact be different species.

Actinia equina is similar in form to the Waratah anemone (Actinia tenebrosa) of Australia and New Zealand. It is also similar in form to the strawberry anemone (Actinia fragacea) but is a uniform colour and is typically rather smaller.

Actinia equina is viviparous, with up to one hundred embryos developing inside the body cavity before being ejected into the open water as juveniles.[2] A particularly famous example was that of "Granny" which was found on Scotland's east coast by John Dalyell in 1828 and produced several hundred offspring until it died in 1887.[3]

^The blue spots are the acrorhagi, for defensive purposes

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

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

[wintry marlin]

Anemone

[sullen merlin]

We've never done a sea anemone

[distant nymph]

anemone !

[distant nymph]

Are you suuure ? xD

I'm just messing with you xD

[wintry marlin]

I’m pretty sure we haven’t as well

[sullen merlin]

Ye

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/finding-nemo-nemo-wake-up-clown-fish-gif-16960510

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/coralreef-corals-under-water-ocean-gif-5452703

[modest isle]

This is inside 👆🏼

[sullen merlin]

I was kinda surprised there wasnt a lot of info on them in the wikipedia since they are such a common and widespread species

I also killed one accidentily when gathering them for an experiment

Rip A.equina specimen 1

[spice gyro]

Next animal should be California beach flea, cause I saw one today

[wintry marlin]

Flea

[distant nymph]

):

[rustic badger]

[raven ember]

Nice

[lofty blade]

Cows are neat.

[safe knoll]

https://tenor.com/view/kaperoo-evrima-the-isle-diabloceratops-troodon-gif-4321231041878727498

[round shell]

https://tenor.com/view/theisle-utah-runni-gif-22957656

[strong marten]

Tenontoraptor

[round shell]

lol

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/the-allosaurus-allosaurus-allo-gif-10431620217326212028

[smoky mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/the-allosaurus-allosaurus-allo-keep-moving-forward-until-it-destroys-its-enemies-gif-25069866

[unreal pier]

i dont understant what it means

[sullen glacier]

Risky off-topic post ngl

[raven ember]

hmmm i see

it appears kevin is a serial killer

hopefully not of the jeffrey dahmer kind

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (383) :
Californian beach flee / (Megalorchestia californiana)

Megalorchestia californiana is a species of sand-hopper in the family Talitridae. It was first described in 1851 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt and is the type species of the genus Megalorchestia.[1] It is commonly known as the long-horned beach hopper.[2]

M. californiana is native to the west coast of North America where its range extends from Vancouver Island in British Columbia to Laguna Beach, California. It is found on slightly sloping sandy beaches and retreats far up the beach, in contrast to the short-horned beach hopper (Megalorchestia corniculata) which is found on steeply sloping sandy shores and does not occur so high up the beach.[2]

M. californiana tends to hide in a shallow burrow or under heaps of dead seaweed during the day, emerging at night or in dull weather to feed on decaying seaweed or organic debris left behind by beach-goers. Just before dawn the beach hoppers retreat under the sand and can sometimes be seen fighting each other for possession of an existing burrow in preference to digging a new one.[2]

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

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

[wintry marlin]

Flea

[sullen merlin]

This was a requested species, but since there wasnt a lot of info on it etc ill do another animal later today

[spice gyro]

The flea!

[modest isle]

Cute

[modest isle]

I think the “California beach flea” (383) is the shortest one after the “Florida scrub dark firefly” (342)

#offtopic-discussion message

Like the 2 species with the least information

[sullen merlin]

Second Animal species of the day (384) :
Forest kingfisher / (Todiramphus macleayii)

The forest kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), also known as Macleay's or the blue kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae, also known as tree kingfishers. It is a predominantly blue and white bird. It is found in Indonesia, New Guinea and coastal eastern and Northern Australia. Like many other kingfishers, it hunts invertebrates, small frogs, and lizards.

The forest kingfisher measures 21.5–25.5 cm (8.5–10.0 in) in length and the male weighs 32–43 g (1.1–1.5 oz) while the female weighs 29–44 g (1.0–1.6 oz).[5] It has blue wings, head and tail with white breast, abdomen and nape. It has a white patch in front of the eyes and a black band stretching from the bill, through the eyes to the ear coverts. A white patch is visible on the wings in flight. The female is distinguished by a blue rather than white nape.[6] The iris is dark brown and the legs and feet dark grey. Immature birds are duller with a blackish crown. The call is a shrill t-reek, repeated regularly, most often in the early morning.[7]

The forest kingfisher is native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Australia, where it is found on or near the Australian coastline from Port Stephens in New South Wales northwards to Cape York and westwards across the Top End. It is a summer visitor in the southern parts of its range in New South Wales and southern Queensland; elsewhere it is resident all year round.[7][8]

As its name suggests, it inhabits subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest and Melaleuca swampland.[7]

Feeding
The forest kingfisher hunts invertebrates, such as bugs, beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, dragonflies, cicadas, ants, adult and larval butterflies, and worms, as well as small fish, frogs and tadpoles, lizards, and snakes.[5] The forest kingfisher watches from a high perch, dives to the ground or water to seize its prey (sally-pouncing), then returns directly to the perch.[5] It often kills prey by hitting it against a branch after seizing it.[9]

Breeding
Breeding season is August to February in Australia with often two broods raised.[10] The nest is a short burrow into a round chamber within an arboreal termite nest, around 4–12 m (13–39 ft) above the ground.[5] Three to six (usually 4 or 5) white shiny eggs are laid, measuring 25 mm × 22 mm (0.98 in × 0.87 in).[8] Both parents (and possibly any helpers present) incubate the eggs for 18 to 21 days.[5] The fledging period is 27 to 31 days and fledglings are fed for around a month before they leave the nest.[5]

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

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

[wintry marlin]

Bird

[distant nymph]

Pretty bird 😊

[sullen merlin]

Its so weird how the main picture is good quality and big, and the others arent

[distant nymph]

Where did you get the pictures ? o:
Wikipedia ?

[sullen merlin]

Just google, all of them

[distant nymph]

Do you click on them and immediatly press "copy" ?

[sullen merlin]

Ive done multiple methods

[distant nymph]

hm o:

[sullen merlin]

THe first thing i did didnt work the second time either lmao

💀

I did the same thing twice

[distant nymph]

Weird o:

I'd recommand just "Open picture in new tab"

and than it Should always be large

[sullen merlin]

Ah wait a minute i see what i did wrong consistently

From now on it will not happen again

[distant nymph]

Don't worry 😊

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/feeding-kingfisher-robert-e-fuller-time-to-eat-giving-food-gif-27186761

[sullen merlin]

i almost did common kingfisher

[distant nymph]

Baby birds are so ugly xD

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/baby-chick-massage-gif-24855617

[distant nymph]

Besides some

[sullen merlin]

Chickens and ducks are the exceptions

And like turkeys etc

[distant nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/sleepy-tired-sleep-nap-duck-gif-3552801

[sullen merlin]

The ones that dont need nest care are cute

[modest isle]

Yeah they are born with full feathers and not blind when they are newborn

[vague ingot]

alr i got a quick question, can i use the isle legacy rex roars for a personal project?

[marsh orbit]

what state can i get a normal unrestricted drivers license without parental consent at 17 in USA 🥺

[inland pollen]

anyone tried Beasts of Bermuda yet?

[soft lily]

I think everyone here has

[inland pollen]

how is it?

[lone star]

Depends on how you like playing

It’s less realistic in many ways, sometimes it’s balancing is worse in some ways, better in others

Overall it’s more fun with friends than alone, especially since like the Isle, almost nobody is playing alone

It’s rather easy to grow if you know what you’re doing, and growth is practically infinite (though technically not) with all your stats increasing as you get older, yet your hunger drain is the cost

[tacit cradle]

Why is my game showing this error? When am I going to join a server? #moderation

[charred vessel]

idk but do you wanna play dress to impress with me?

[full patrol]

Connection timed out

Means it took too long to connect or you lost connection with the server so you got disconnected

[tacit cradle]

but it doesn't go on any server... I closed the game, opened it... uninstalled it... but I can't play @full patrol

I bought the game today to play.. until now I haven't been able to play it on any server

This message appears every time when I log into any server

[full patrol]

[tacit cradle]

@surreal nacelle hi

could you help me? to resolve this error

[tacit cradle]

.

[lone star]

Are you still experiencing the issue? I believe when you first sent that issue, the servers were restarting still

[tacit cradle]

Yeah

I still have this problem

[vague ingot]

no and im probably not going to, just not my style of game

[rigid sand]

@tame galleon the mods are likely gonna delete your message (no text chats in #skins ) so before they do, enjoy those several green and brown carno skins

[tired hinge]

guess what movie I just watched

[heavy temple]

Alien Romulus

[tired hinge]

N O, you can guess from the nails

[full patrol]

deadpool wolverine

[tired hinge]

https://tenor.com/view/pointing-that-is-correct-thats-right-good-job-way-to-go-gif-18723702

[heavy temple]

Alien Romulus

[void zinc]

Alien Romulus

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (385) :
Queen angelfish / (Holacanthus ciliaris)

The queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris), also known as the blue angelfish, golden angelfish, or yellow angelfish, is a species of marine angelfish found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It is a benthic (ocean floor) warm-water species that lives in coral reefs. It is recognized by its blue and yellow coloration and a distinctive spot or "crown" on its forehead. This crown distinguishes it from the closely related and similar-looking Bermuda blue angelfish (Holacanthus bermudensis), with which it overlaps in range and can interbreed.

Adult queen angelfish are selective feeders and primarily eat sponges. Their social structure consists of harems which include one male and up to four females. They live within a territory where the females forage separately and are tended to by the male. Breeding in the species occurs near a full moon. The transparent eggs float in the water until they hatch. Juveniles of the species have different coloration than adults and act as cleaner fish.

The queen angelfish is popular in the aquarium trade and has been a particularly common exported species from Brazil. In 2010, the queen angelfish was assessed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as the wild population appeared to be stable.

The queen angelfish has a broad, flattened, oval-shaped body with triangular tail fin, a reduced, dulled snout and a small mouth containing bristle-like teeth.[13][6] The dorsal fin contains 14 spines and 19–21 soft rays, and the anal fin has 3 spines and 20–21 soft rays.[2] The dorsal and anal fins both dangle behind the body.[6] This species attains a maximum total length of 45 cm (18 in) and weight of 1,600 g (56 oz).[2][6] Males may be larger than females.[14][15]

The species is covered in yellow-tipped blue-green scales, with a bright yellow tail, pectoral and pelvic fins. Both the dorsal and anal fins have orange-yellow end points, while the pectoral fins have blue patches at the base.[14] On the forehead is an eye-like spot or "crown" that is cobalt blue with an electric blue outer ring and dotted with electric blue spots.[2][6][14] This crown is the main feature distinguishing the species from the Bermuda blue angelfish. Juveniles are dark blue with bright blue vertical stripes and a yellow pectoral area. They resemble juvenile blue angelfish and are distinguished by more curved vertical stripes.[6] Growing juveniles develop transitional patterns as they reach their adult coloration.[14]

Seven other color morphs have been recorded off the coast of the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil. The most commonly recorded is a mostly gold or bright orange morph. Other morphs may be bright blue with some yellow, black or white coloration or even all white.[16] Another color morph was recorded off Dry Tortugas, Florida, in 2009. This fish was mostly cobalt blue with white and yellow-orange colored areas.[17]

There are records of at least two wild queen angelfish at St. Peter and St. Paul with a "pughead" skeletal deformity, a squashed upper jaw and a lower jaw that sticks out. Such deformities mostly occur in captive

^juvenile

Queen angelfish are found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Western Atlantic Ocean around the coasts and islands of the Americas. They occur from Florida along the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea down to Brazil. Their range extends as far east as Bermuda and the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago.[1][6] Queen angelfish are benthic or bottom-dwelling and occur from shallow waters close to shore down to 70 m (230 ft). They live in coral reefs, preferring soft corals, and swim either alone or in pairs.[6]

Queen angelfish eat sponges, tunicates, jellyfish, corals, plankton, and algae. Juveniles act as cleaner fish and establish and remove ectoparasites from bigger fish.[6] Off St. Thomas Island and Salvador, Bahia, 90% of the diet of adults is sponges. Off the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, more than 30 prey species may be consumed, 68% being sponges, 25% being algae, and 5% being bryozoans. Queen angelfish appear to be selective feeders as the proportion of prey in their diet does not correlate with their abundance. On the species level, the angelfish of the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago target the less common sponges Geodia neptuni, Erylus latens, Clathria calla, and Asteropus niger.[19]

Male queen angelfish have large territories with a harem of two to four females.[15] Little is known about the sexual development of the species, though they are presumed to be protogynous hermaphrodites. The largest harem female may transform into a male if the territorial male disappears.[11] Around midday, the females forage individually in different locations. The male tends to each of them, rushing at, circling, and feeding next to them.[15] Spawning in this species occurs year-round.[20] It is observed sometime around a full moon.[15]

Courtship involves the male showing his side to the female and flicking his pectoral fins at her or "soaring" above them. At the beginning of spawning, the female swims towards the surface with the male swimming under her with his snout pressing against her vent.[15] They then deposit their eggs and semen into the water. The female discharges between 25 and 75 thousand eggs a day.[6] After spawning, the pair split and head to back to the ocean floor.[11]

The transparent eggs are pelagic and remain suspended in the water for 15–20 hours. The hatched larvae have a large yolk sac with no functional eyes, gut or fins, but two days later, the yolk is absorbed, and the larvae have more of a resemblance to fish. These larvae are plankton-eaters and grow quickly. Between the ages of three and four weeks old, when they have reached a length of 15 to 20 mm (0.6 to 0.8 in), they descend to the floor as juveniles. Juvenile angelfish live alone and in territories encompassing finger sponges and coral, where they establish cleaning stations for other fish.[

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

[wintry marlin]

Fish

[sullen merlin]

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

[distant nymph]

oh neat, I forgot what it was called but I would have known it from the picture o:

[cedar crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/car-garn47-garn-47-garn-car-garn47-gif-17918098241540694989

[modest isle]

[sullen merlin]

I was kinda surprised that queen angelfish and emperor angelfish werent done already

[modest isle]

I think you forgot some people 💀

[sullen merlin]

No?

[modest isle]

Kenns and
hiddenswagbear

[sullen merlin]

They never where in the pings

[modest isle]

They were

[modest isle]

#offtopic-discussion message

We forgot these guy

Criniti too

[sullen merlin]

@silent cargo
@crimson marlin
@restive charm
@neat basalt
@full patrol

[modest isle]

[sullen merlin]

I dont know how i looked over that tbh

[restive charm]

https://tenor.com/view/iceage-possum-peaceout-gif-2272177960667492692

[sullen merlin]

I think that when i took reference the first time from other animal of the day posts that i looked at an older one where these ppl werent tagged

Or i might have dementia or something and just staright up forgot the first time, making it a domino effect

[modest isle]

Yep they are a recent addition like they joined the AOTD around May 2024

At the 1 year anniversary of the AOTD

[sullen merlin]

Exams finished today, so now my brain can recover. I will not make mistakes again (hopefully)

[modest isle]

Its ok 👍🏼 if you feel busy with exam i can take the role for you so you don’t get distracted

[distant nymph]

Exams are evil ):

[sullen merlin]

Nah its ok im done now, but good to know for next time

[modest isle]

True my friend 😩

[sullen merlin]

They are

[distant nymph]

[sullen merlin]

Especially over the summer

[distant nymph]

I have one on Friday ):
And had a few the last week

[sullen merlin]

Good luck! U can do itttt

[distant nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/helpurseif-bunny-cute-bunny-rabbit-tired-gif-10900473004968199607

[sullen merlin]

@modest isle Did i still miss one for the pings ? Dont think so but apparently im not to be trusted with exam brains lmao

[winged rain]

Anyone play helldivers if you do dm me!

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/nope-gif-19597869

[raven ember]

Eepy

[neat basalt]

this is the first animal ping i've gotten in like a month

#judging

[sullen merlin]

Ye apperently my fried brain forgot a whole ping block

[sullen merlin]

Sorry , from now on i wont forget. We did:
Queen angelfish
Forest kingfisher
Californian beach flee
Beadlet anemone
Jacksons chameleon
Venus's flower basket
Antillean crested hummingbird
Orchid mantis
Golden snub-nosed monkey
Vampire squid
Emperor newt
Giant tube worm
Hermann's tortoise
Coconut crab

[void zinc]

Do Coconut Crabs again but edit the picture so they're all wearing sombreros.

[modest isle]

Yeah I retired from posting about the animals facts for now and gave it to Cave Goblino he forgot to ping you

[young gale]

Hi

[crimson marlin]

Fish 🐠

[hallow parrot]

unprofessional smh

anymore mishaps and i‘ll be up a knocking

[crimson marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/gorilla-apple-what-is-that-gif-24090022

[sly barn]

Bro, is there any way to change your nation in legacy? Because i wan't more servers with rules but all of them that i'm getting are either chinese or russian. I'm european.

[modest isle]

[sullen merlin]

Is that right ?

[cedar crescent]

The Chinese ones are spoofed, they all lead to the same server and have a fake player number, your best bet is to scroll through and find a real server or to search for a specific legacy server

[modest isle]

Tomorrow AOTD will be returning to the horde server

People asking me to post again i will do 2 species daily 💀

[sullen merlin]

Oh ye i forgot about that

[modest isle]

Btw the main reasons i retired is sometimes i would post a total of like 10 species a day

2 in the islecord
8 in the horde

It drove me insane

https://tenor.com/view/mental-cat-ive-gone-completely-mental-gif-20846828

[sullen merlin]

I see

[modest isle]

I had to do 8 species in the horde to keep up with the islecord

[sullen merlin]

It sounds kinda annoying to not being able to do the same ones as in here

cuz horde test runs behind

How long do you think itll take for horde test to be caught up with islecord animal of the day?

[modest isle]

Yeah they are still at species #137

#offtopic-discussion message

[modest isle]

5-4 months if i did 2 species daily
until they reach the #400 species mark which is the “fishing cat”

[modest isle]

But thank you for your help 👍🏼 because i realizing that the AOTD too hard of a work for just one person to bare

Even in the future we might need a third or fourth AOTD posters :
@modest isle
@sullen merlin
@distant nymph
@wintry marlin

[sullen merlin]

If u want me to take over the aotd in the horde server once in a while just say so 👍

[modest isle]

Yep i will have to tell apexpuffin to add you into the “animal man role” if you want to post in the AOTD in the horde
If you are ok with that 👍🏼

[sullen merlin]

Ye ofc

[tired hinge]

anyone play tactical breach wizards yet? I just bought it and am so hyped to begin

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (386) :
Oriental fire-bellied toad / (Bombina orientalis)

The Oriental fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis) is a small semiaquatic frog species found in northeastern Asia, where they primarily dwell in slow-moving bodies of water and temperate forests. Quite common throughout much of their range, these frogs have mild toxins that can be excreted through their skin, with their vibrant underbellies serving as a warning of this. While not a true toad, their green and black skin is covered in small tubercles, giving them a toadlike appearance. Their sounds, mainly produced by males during the mating season, are very unlike those of other frogs. While their population is in decline, their numbers are still high overall, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) rating them as a least-concern species. They are commonly kept as pets in land and water vivaria, as a relatively easy-to-care for species. They are also frequently used in scientific research, with their behavior, vocalizations, and learning skills all moderately studied.

The toad can be found in Korea, northeastern Russia, (where they have become rather rare[12]) and northeastern China, and possibly southern Japan, specifically Tsushima Strait, although the latter is very likely erroneous, as a team of Japanese researchers in the later half of the 20th century was unable to locate any.[13] There is also a somewhat genetically distinct population in Beijing that was introduced from Yantai in Shandong in 1927 by Mr. Liu Cheng-chao. About 200 were released into wetland habitats, where they later bred.[6] There have been multiple reports of escaped specimens in Broward County, Florida, US, mostly in the immediate vicinity of an animal importer's facility.[14] There have been no other reports of such occurrences in the United States, and there are no well-established escaped populations.[15]

They are semiaquatic, generally dwelling in slow-moving streams or ponds. When out of the water, they can often be found in coniferous and broadleaved forests.[11] They can be found at elevations of up to 1,100 metres (3,600 ft).[1] They are very resilient to environmental disturbance, especially compared to other amphibians, and as such can be found living and even breeding in heavily polluted water.[16]

Bombina orientalis are one of the most plentiful amphibians in their native lands, particularly the central part of their range. The toads are diurnal (active during the day), and studies have found that while they can acquire some from their diet, Oriental fire-bellied toads rely partly on sunlight to obtain adequate levels of vitamin D3.[17][18]

Diet
As larvae, Oriental fire-bellied toads consume algae, fungi, detritus, plants and protozoans. As adults, their diet consists of terrestrial invertebrates, including worms, molluscs and insects.[8] Their diet in the wild contributes to their toxicity, and for that reason, wild specimens have more potent toxins.[19] Oriental fire-bellied toads are incapable of extending their tongues to catch prey, but must instead leap at their target.[8]

Breeding takes place around mid-May, when temperatures become warmer. It is at this time that the toads emerge from hibernation.[12][11] Males call to the females with a light sound that is comparable to a musical triangle. They will jump onto the backs of any other fire-bellied toad that happens to pass by, which in some cases will cause them to accidentally attempt to mate with other species of amphibians, fish, plants, or even human fingers. Females lay 40 to 110 eggs in a large cluster near the surface of the water. The tadpoles begin to develop legs in 6–8 weeks, and are fully metamorphosed by August or September.[8]

Unusually for a frog species, the Oriental fire-bellied toad does not have an eardrum or resonator, making their calls by inhaling.[8] The males' light mating calls are similar to those of B. bombina.[12] While vocalizing, males will attempt to space out their calls so as to avoid overlap between different individuals, a behavior also observed in European fire-bellied toads.[20] Females have been found to be quickly attracted to the advertisement call, but not the release call, displaying an ability to differentiate between them. Males typically ignore the advertisement calls, but will approach the source of release calls. In both cases, visual stimuli are also necessary to trigger a reaction.[21] In addition to their lighter sounds, they can also produce a croaking noise.[9]

Predation
Oriental fire-bellied toads can discourage most predators with their poisonous skin, with the bright colors of their undersides warning predators of their toxicity.[11] The toxin is secreted through the skin mostly from the hind legs, and sometimes the belly, in a milky substance when the frog is disturbed or frightened. When producing this substance, the frogs may also lie on their backs to show the color of their bellies, indicating their potential danger, holding up their limbs and arching their heads.[8][15] This does not always work, and in addition to predation by birds and mammals, grass snakes and other water dwelling snakes are known to the consume the toads without any ill effect.[12][8]

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

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

[lone star]

-# TOAD.

[modest isle]

COOL TOAD 🔥

[sullen merlin]

@silent cargo
@crimson marlin
@restive charm
@neat basalt
@full patrol

Pings complete now i think

Theres someone else but they left i think

[distant nymph]

Woah, that is a cool Toad o:

[modest isle]

Cute firey guy
This species of toads reminds me of Swampfire from Ben10
The mix between red and green

[sullen merlin]

Iirc they arent true toads

[azure oar]

0/10 Toad is okay, but I‘m in a bad mood

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/koala-happy-look-stare-gif-20700781

[hybrid snow]

are there any games like the isle about animals or dragons

and are they worth it

[restive charm]

Path of Titans is okay, I wouldn’t play officials but they have some nice semi-realism servers that have mods as well— a lot of people say pot is like legacy but idk how accurate that is

Beasts of Bermuda is an acquired taste, it has cool world events and weather events like floods, fires, and tornadoes, but it’s more arcadey and you have a skill tree and other mechanics that give you buffs and such

Day of Dragons is not good from what I’ve heard, never played it but I don’t see people ever saying good things about it LOL

[hybrid snow]

i mean like modern day animals

[restive charm]

There’s also some upcoming dino games and one dragon game I’ve been following development on, it’s called Wings of Dawn and it looks really cool

Oh

Well there’s animalia but I’m not sure how good it is, it has a low player count last I checked

The Wilds is a single player animal sim where you can play as various animals but again it’s single player and I don’t know much about it either

[neat basalt]

you heard of dragon twin?

[hybrid snow]

i tried bob today, i dont like it but i really like the flying mechanic of the birds. i like it more than the isles

[hybrid snow]

ill check it out

i have day of dragons and i like the flying

[neat basalt]

day of dragons is controversial as hell because of its beginnings

the only person you'll consistently see praising it is anthomnia

day of dragons whole "its a scam game!" situation from years ago ruined any chance it had of becoming big like other survival genre games

[hybrid snow]

the great circle is in development but im itching to play a game like the isle with modern day animals

[hybrid snow]

i def wouldnt praise it, there is a lot to be said about it thats for sure

[hybrid snow]

ooooooohhhhh

[restive charm]

OH YEAAH I’ve seen that it looks cool as all get out

[raven ember]

Silverwing from House of The Dragon

[sullen merlin]

Ive played some of them but all current ones are bad imo. There are some upcomming ones that seem better but they arent released yet

[barren bear]

isn't this Dragontwin?

[neat basalt]

yes

[deep bobcat]

Whos hyped for Sonic 3

Wait wrong server lol

[surreal nacelle]

Bro that's craaaazy

[hallow parrot]

but 3 films 😭

they‘re milking it

[digital sleet]

yeah because it’s a successful movie series

[ashen relic]

2025 is going to be wild my god

literally everything is reserved for that year

[digital sleet]

the community outreach against the first movie resulted in a lot of public interest, which upon correction, resulted in lots of hype for the movie

the second one came out after people enjoyed the first movie

and now the third ones coming out with a really hyped character

as much as I hate to say it, they know what they’re doing

[hallow parrot]

gah

[digital sleet]

long story short,

[olive lark]

rate this line: Are you a bell? Because you've conditioned me to bark and salivate whenever I hear you (Pavlov Rizz)

[twin valley]

Guys i have a very big question as somebody who cant seem to find myself a good laptop, what laptop is better than the Lenovo gaming ideapad? I wanna buy a laptop that can play the isle evrima on full high graphics with around 45 fps or more, dos the specs help me pls fr 😭

[ashen relic]

i just wanted to know what games and movies were coming out my god

[hallow parrot]

uhm no we cannot kk;ijss

[digital sleet]

that’s why you specifically search “game movie trailers 2025”

[twin valley]

I cant get a pc cuz they too expensives

[hallow parrot]

youtube since 2020 has sucked

[olive lark]

if you built your own it wouldnt be too bad, but if you know you're gonna mess something up you can just stick with laptops or prebuilts

[ashen relic]

depends on how much ur willing to pay but id recomend building it or paying someone else a bit extra to build it for you

i went through probably like 5 laptops before building my own desktop

[ashen relic]

yeah it makes me miss 2016 youtube which i didnt even think was possible

[hallow parrot]

anything to go back to 2019

parties back then hit different

for me anyways, been to a couple since and they were poop

could just be me maturing from them

[twin valley]

I have a budget under 1k australian

[ashen relic]

heres a 900 dollar build i found mayhaps

[ashen relic]

ive been watching a lotta old youtube like vanoss and going back on movies i havent watched in years just cuz youtube is so boring now 💀

at least not as entertaining as it used to be

[hallow parrot]

thats just life sadly

[ashen relic]

either all the people i watched retired, i grew out of, or changed content drastically

[hallow parrot]

best advice i was given is to try and make now the times you look back on with high remarks

[ashen relic]

mhm ive actually been looking back at 80s stuff cuz its something ive always been interested in

like rn i have 80s mtv playing on my tv lol

[twin valley]

Is i3 cpu worse than i7?

Aiya the i7 is in lenovo ideapad

[twin valley]

How well do u think this build could run evrima?

[ashen relic]

not sure tbh. im not the best with computers

id say if u want something that can run evrima good just make sure to save up for a top of the line pc since thats what i did

[twin valley]

Well the specs apart from the i3 look rlly good

Like 2x more gigs on the graphics card

[twin valley]

My brothers dingy laptop ideapad gaming can run evrima on medium graphics at 50 frames average and its like $900 like that sh crazy in my opinion

Im trying to buy one for myself so i dont have to keep paying to use his laptop 💀

And i feel like if i build the pc u sent i can just slowly upgrade it more n more until its a high end

Hmm

[full patrol]

PC desktop is definitely better if you want to build it yourself or upgrade individual parts later

Otherwise get a better version of your brother's gaming laptop. Just know gaming laptops tend to perform slightly worse than a desktop with the same specs

@twin valley

[fleet cave]

And are a lot more expensive

[twin valley]

Ok! After lots of research, i have discovered that i can build this pc at $940 with a different (probably even better tbh) psu

I think the one in that one was outdated seeming the post was 3 years ago

[slender terrace]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7kbVvpOGdQ

oldy but a goody

[crimson marlin]

Frog

[barren bear]

@inner bronze
I know you'll likely stop before then

but I hugely recommend (if the DLC is good)
to get the new Roads of Power DLC in Sept 24th

As it brings in unlanded gameplay (first of it's kind)

basically a rags -> riches gameplay

you can conquer England, starting as a wondering irishman!

[unreal pier]

i wish the new jp mobies were this good

[inner bronze]

Sounds great, yeah i probably will pick it up.

[barren bear]

yay

[turbid bridge]

I didnt think the new Alien movie was that good as everyone is making it to be.
Sure it gave me some Alien Isolation vibes for sure etc.
But i feel the movie itself was kinda rushed in a way.

Kinda like as fast as you enter a gas station to buy a drink and then leave kinda rushed.
Not sure if this makes sense😅

Even though the movie was long...still felt rushed

Xenomorph looked very good tho

[drowsy egret]

https://youtu.be/0c7BEG7TXuI?si=iTaq59IYGZSYZpH3

this ones gonna be fun

[drowsy egret]

it wasnt that crazy
had nothing interesting tbh and 1 of the designs was absolutely dookie
but it was a good back to roots film
i hope they finish the covenant story and expand on it using alien : earth series

[hallow parrot]

oh god, whats it gonna be now, humans riding dinosaurs? same old trope of good guys suriving everything and bad guys always dying

since jurassic world, its been nothing but that and the dinosaur designs are becoming worse and worse, designing them with the toys in mind

also, another rabbit hole i just fell down is the countless ai garbage of misleading titles "ooOoo official jurrassic world 4 trailer"
its my first time encountering jurassic park ai stuff and i absolutely hate it, i much prefer the photoshopped clickbait thumbnails of the pre-ai era at least those had effort put into them

these are actually comical

[drowsy egret]

new main guys

rumors of red rex antagonist

takes place in the undestroyed area of nublar apparently

and so on

we would prob see what happens to rexy blue and the other cast but the main guys are different

[hallow parrot]

good, we get people we dont know much about to care much about
maybe this time we'll get an eddie carr scene again

[modest isle]

Rexy should be dead she lived an entire lifespan of Tyrannosaurus rex of 40 years

https://tenor.com/view/t-rex-bite-gif-25572956

[hallow parrot]

Yeah, kill her off

https://tenor.com/view/god-of-war-ragnarok-thor-bout-time-kratos-mjolnir-gif-27131912

[drowsy egret]

not in jurassic park

[modest isle]

[drowsy egret]

they made rexes live longer because replacing them was too expensive

pretty obvious

why wouldnt u

park wise

too expensive to make a new rex

[modest isle]

Thats a good point

[drowsy egret]

and people would be hyped to see a very old rex more

more attention to the paddock

obviously rex would of starved to death if jurassic world still existed

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/spared-no-expense-jurassic-park-gif-24788506

[drowsy egret]

in jurassic world dominion novels it said she was the healthiest ever since jurassic park

malnourished asf

but they fed em right in biosync

[viral badge]

i never thought of the economic implications of feeding a dinosaur

[hallow parrot]

think of a dog and then multiply its costs by about 500

[viral badge]

probably more like 5000 lol

[modest isle]

Monthly payments💸

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/jurassic-park-john-hammond-yahoo-jurassic-park-yahoo-john-hammond-yahoo-gif-21207753

[drowsy egret]

apparently most dinosaurs died

[viral badge]

no wonder the parks always malfunctioned, they had no money!

[drowsy egret]

earth was inhospitable for them

the ones in sanctuaries lived

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1271264728152408149/1278754127362527293/GWKW8DFWAAAkx8W.jpg?ex=66d1f416&is=66d0a296&hm=dcd7f3490e94136cdf74e28020bc2c648e21efbfbd327d15e1e6f8448c48008c&

[idle sinew]

If you have watched the last of us, what would you rate it? And if you've played the game would you recommend it?

Thanks! 😄

[drowsy egret]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1271264728152408149/1278769142404485120/GWKW2bOaIAAYcom.jpg?ex=66d20211&is=66d0b091&hm=1d7e919d7cf903e67d4b6a2031898d754053b84c7c4b24e730c40ed46949c7ae&

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1271264728152408149/1278769142815784960/GWKW2cmaYAA6CtS.jpg?ex=66d20212&is=66d0b092&hm=09a58ecbf0fb8d280b8674f82c8daadf6e975414f0e436c5ea89832c7aa18755&

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (387) :
Mexican redknee tarantula / (Brachypelma smithi)

Brachypelma smithi is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas) native to Mexico.[3] It has been confused with Brachypelma hamorii; both have been called Mexican redknee tarantulas.[4] Mexican redknee tarantulas are a popular choice as pets among tarantula keepers. Many earlier sources referring to B. smithi either relate to B. hamorii or do not distinguish between the two species. B. smithi is a terrestrial tarantula native to Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Guerrero.[4]

Brachypelma smithi is a large spider. A sample of seven females had a total body length (excluding chelicerae and spinnerets) in the range 52–59 mm (2.0–2.3 in). A sample of eight males were slightly smaller, with a total body length in the range 44–49 mm (1.7–1.9 in). Although males have slightly shorter bodies, they have longer legs. The fourth leg is the longest, measuring 70 mm (2.8 in) in the type male and 66 mm (2.6 in) in a female. The legs and palps are bluish black with three distinctly colored rings: dark reddish orange on the part of the patellae closest to the body with light yellowish pink further away, pale yellowish pink on the lower part of the tibiae, and pinkish white at the end of the metatarsi. Adult males have a yellowish brown carapace; the upper surface of the abdomen is black. Adult females vary more in carapace color and pattern. The carapace may be mainly bluish black with a light brown border, or the dark area may be broken up into a "starburst" pattern or almost reduced to two dark patches in the eye area.[4]

Brachypelma smithi and the very similar B. hamorii are found along the Pacific coast of Mexico on opposite sides of the Balsas River basin as it opens onto the Pacific. B. smithi is found to the south, in the state of Guerrero. The natural habitat of the species is in hilly deciduous tropical forests. It constructs or extends burrows under rocks and tree roots, among dense thickets and deciduous forests.[4]

The burrows were described in 1999 by a source which did not distinguish between Brachypelma hamorii and B. smithi. The deep burrows keep them protected from predators, like the white-nosed coati, and enable them to ambush passing prey, such as large insects, frogs and mice.[6] The females spend the majority of their lives in their burrows. The burrows are typically located in or not far from vegetation and consist of a single entrance with a tunnel leading to one or two chambers. The entrance is just slightly larger than the body size of the spider. The tunnel, usually about three times the tarantula's leg span in length, leads to a chamber which is large enough for the spider to safely molt. Further down the burrow, via a shorter tunnel, a larger chamber is located where the spider rests and eats its prey. When the tarantula needs privacy, e.g. when molting or laying eggs, the entrance is sealed with silk, sometimes supplemented with soil and leaves.[7]

DNA barcoding has been applied to some Mexican species of Brachypelma. In this approach, a portion of about 650 base pairs of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase I (COI) is used, primarily to identify existing species, but also sometimes to support a separation between species. In 2017, Mendoza and Francke showed that although B. smithi and B. hamorii are similar in superficial external appearance, they are clearly distinguished both by some finer aspects of morphology and by their DNA barcodes, although the supposed species B. annitha is nested within B. smithii.[4]

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

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

@silent cargo
@crimson marlin
@restive charm
@neat basalt
@full patrol

[hallow parrot]

risky move posting a fat spider like that

[sullen merlin]

Spiders need some attention too

[distant nymph]

https://imgur.com/4qaeS0Y

[thorny magnet]

Umm I am scared of spiders can you hide the picture

Stop

Omgg

[distant nymph]

It's a bunny D:

[sullen merlin]

Swap to isle discussion

Can i still change the images with the spoiler thing?

[distant nymph]

I don't think so, no ):
You can't add spoiler afterwards

[hallow parrot]

I'll be real, I dont believe you can be scared of an image of a spider
Sure, be scared of them, but an image... my own ignorance will dictate

[sullen merlin]

This is why i think the trypophobia thing is just for attention

[distant nymph]

I mean >.< if you have really bad arachnophobia I can imagine it

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/man-phone-drop-faint-funny-gif-5020714

[thorny magnet]

I'm just kidding, someone I know gets so mad when she sees a spider and freaks out and starts crying

No arachnophobia is a thing dude

[modest isle]

Also thank you the face of the animal is shown at the center 👍🏼

[thorny magnet]

If I see one irl I get scared but not that scared on a screen lol

[hallow parrot]

I'll use a personal fear as an example, I am scared of reflections but I still live with them and use them, I only am comfortable when im certain of my surroundings
if I was with other people I dont trust like a public restroom, I refuse to look in reflections simply because of previous experiences

[thorny magnet]

Oh like a mirror?

[sullen merlin]

Ive never heard of this one

[thorny magnet]

Eisoptrophobia

[hallow parrot]

Its split second stuff, the time it takes for you to turn around and confront something when you could have confronted it and intervened earlier I hate so much

[thorny magnet]

Ah so you got Eisoptrophobia

Interesting

I have Astraphobia lol more then spiders and wasp

It's just a thought of a tornado or a lightning strike kills you 😨🥶

What gets me

I have a cute little jumping spider in my room I call jumpy

[hallow parrot]

Storms are an odd one too, I find them thrilling, as I always get adrenaline with each sound of thunder
but I've never been stuck in a storm to know the full force of its effects

[thorny magnet]

But seeing a massive spider kind of scary watched that movie with big huge spiders

Forgot the name of it

[lone star]

Is there one for leeches

Or more specifically for another, the fear of a snapping turtle being just under you in water you can’t see your feet in as you swim

Snapping turtles otherwise are fine, but in those scenarios? Ahgughghgl

[thorny magnet]

Yeah I can't remember the name of it but I watched it when I was little

[hallow parrot]

theres a phobia for anything if you can string the right word to -phobia

whether or not i'd believe you if you told me is a different question

[thorny magnet]

leech phobia? Turtle phobia?

[sullen merlin]

Snappinturlaphobia

[lone star]

Making new phobia names

[thorny magnet]

What about dinosaur phobia

Lol

[copper nexus]

The Jurassic world YouTube posted the video and in it’s description give some character and plot details

“Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.

Johansson plays skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett, contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world’s three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora’s operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that’s been hidden from the world for decades.”

[crimson marlin]

Spider..

[copper nexus]

New images

[crimson marlin]

Of the new upcoming Jurassic World movie?

[copper nexus]

Yes

[heavy temple]

I think it’s time to let that franchise die

[modest isle]

They end up like fast and furious with more than 9 movies

[young gale]

Mmmm purple

[slow hazel]

It will never die. There is no replacement for it.

[bronze grotto]

chat do i get wingstop or panera bread

[full patrol]

Wingstop is better value

[modest isle]

I made this GIF for you

Edapho getting eaten by a dimetrodon to disprove your argument to be used later

[hallow parrot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/855527844670865438/1196725758832427049/C11DE782-4A2E-47B0-9605-55AD6440299F.gif

[slow hazel]

Wooow

[vast cairn]

https://youtu.be/ZMcxIhfWGGk?si=QQ-sn63pYOejV_KE

New dino single player

[grand grail]

Someone suggest me a dinosaur to make an edit on. I’ve already made an edit on spinosaurus and ankylosaurus

[unreal pier]

only cryptonite can kill rex at this point. she is no less than supremen

[barren bear]

lol

[modest isle]

Allosaurus

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/melting-acid-kryptonite-batman-gif-10573984

[grand grail]

@modest isle Here it is in 4k

[unreal pier]

This kinda reminds me of the isle but better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMcxIhfWGGk

[unique vortex]

that hiding in the grass scene is comical... f stealth in games, its rarely nice enough

[unreal pier]

most likely this game is made by a kid i think

[unique vortex]

In that case it's impressive as hell

[unreal pier]

yes its a good isle altrenatibe indeed.

[grand grail]

Made by yours truly

[unreal pier]

hmm i see

[cedar crescent]

Magyarosaurus

[hollow cosmos]

good afternoon

wait, i live there

indigo snakes are best snake

docile and beautiful

[sullen merlin]

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

@modest isle
@lone star
@hallow parrot
@limber grove

[distant nymph]

Snook! o:

[sullen merlin]

@raven ember
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

[rustic badger]

snek

[sullen merlin]

@silent cargo
@crimson marlin
@restive charm
@neat basalt
@full patrol

[distant nymph]

The post was kind of interrupted D:

[hollow cosmos]

sorry.

[sullen merlin]

They are one of the largest colubrids in the world

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/snake-gif-25925281

[hollow cosmos]

goodbye

[modest isle]

Punishment first

[sullen merlin]

It looks so not satisfying now

[sullen merlin]

Im serisouly debating to redo this aotd cuz it got interupted like 4 times

look at it

[modest isle]

[distant nymph]

Did the person actually leave the discord D:

[sullen merlin]

Aint no way💀

First Animal species of the day (388) :
Eastern indigo snake / (Drymarchon couperi)

The eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) is a species of large, non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. Native to the southeastern United States, it is the longest native snake species in the country.[5]
The eastern indigo snake has uniform blue-black dorsal scales, with some specimens having a reddish-orange to tan color on the throat, cheeks, and chin. This snake received its common name from the glossy iridescent dorsal and ventral scales which can be seen as blackish-purple in bright light. This smooth-scaled snake is considered to be the longest native snake species in the United States.[5] The longest recorded specimen measured 2.8 m (9.2 ft) in total length (including tail). Unlike many snakes, mature male indigo snakes are slightly larger than females. This is thought to be due to intraspecies competition and combat with the males.[7] A typical mature male measures 1.2–2.36 m (3.9–7.7 ft) in total length, with a reported average of 1.58 m (5.2 ft), and weighs 0.72–4.5 kg (1.6–9.9 lb), reportedly averaging 2.2 kg (4.9 lb). Meanwhile, a mature female typically measures around 1.1–2 m (3.6–6.6 ft) in total length, averaging 1.38 m (4.5 ft), and weighs 0.55–2.7 kg (1.2–6.0 lb), averaging 1.5 kg (3.3 lb).[8][9] Specimens over 2.6 m (8.5 ft) can weigh up to 5 kg (11 lb).[10] Although the eastern indigo snake is similar in average body mass, extremely large specimens of the bulky, sympatric venomous eastern diamondback rattlesnake can outweigh it.[11]

The eastern indigo snake inhabits areas from far southwestern South Carolina through Florida, and west to southern Alabama and southeastern Mississippi. Their historic range extended into Louisiana.[12] A related species, the Texas indigo snake (Drymarchon melanurus erebennus), is found in southern Texas and Mexico.[13]

The eastern indigo snake frequents flatwoods, hammocks, dry glades, stream bottoms, cane fields, riparian thickets, and high ground with well-drained, sandy soils.[13] In Georgia, the eastern indigo snake prefers excessively drained, deep sandy soils along major streams, as well as xeric sandridge habitats.[20][21] In the northern parts range is restricted to sandhills and require Gopher Tortoise burrows during colder seasons [22] Xeric slash pine plantations seem to be preferred over undisturbed longleaf pine habitats.[23] Habitat selection varies seasonally. From December to April, eastern indigo snakes prefer sandhill habitats; from May to July the snakes shift from winter dens to summer territories; from August through November they are located more frequently in shady creek bottoms than during other seasons.[24] In a study in Georgia, winter sightings generally occurred on sandhills, in association with gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrows.[25] These burrows can be used as cover from predators, fires, or extreme temperatures that may come through the area.[26]

The eastern indigo snake is most abundant in the sandhill plant communities of Florida and Georgia. These communities are primarily scrub oak-longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) with occasional live oak (Quercus virginiana), laurel oak (Q. laurifolia), Chapman's oak (Q. chapmanii), and myrtle oak (Q. myrtifolia). Other communities include longleaf pine-turkey oak (Q. laevis), slash pine-scrub oak (Pinus elliottii), pine flatwoods, and pine-mesic hardwoods.[20]

[distant nymph]

I think so D:

[full patrol]

man no pings?

[modest isle]

Snake again

[sullen merlin]

Lil bro just drive-by'd the aotd and left the disc

[modest isle]

Since it’s already been done them he deleted it

[full patrol]

ohhhh

[sullen merlin]

I did it earlier but i redid the aotd post cuz someone put 4 messages between the info💀 . I pinged u earlier tho

[modest isle]

Same i feel you man, when i used to the AOTD owlstenein used to interrupt me often

[sullen merlin]

When its 1 post im like alr funny troll ig. 1 message is not that bad. But this person kept doing it like man, READ THE ROOM

[crimson marlin]

Snake

[idle sinew]

Peak. 😆

[delicate gazelle]

This ain't actually off topic but I know they don't want memes in the art channel soo...