offtopic-discussion

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/signalis-gif-6087585662321898091

[shell rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/signalis-gif-1295605962700579976

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/signalis-ariane-elster-dance-apnoiac-gif-9807235051634731525

Now I kinda wanna draw signalis art

[shell rapids]

i need to start drawing again so i can make signalis art

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/by-the-nine-im-tweaking-by-the-nine-im-tweaking-signalis-signalis-game-gif-14031434859351507230

[shell rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/signalis-elster-gif-10550136340738154151

[modest isle]

Why you gotta throw me under the bus
Now @neat basalt is gonna kill me 💀

[sullen merlin]

Because im rejecting the label of atrhopods being scary

im revolting

[modest isle]

Lower life forms

[sullen merlin]

85+% of all animals

[modest isle]

Too small they are not gigantic like thier Devonian ancestors

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/yikes-gif-21831957

[placid osprey]

just finished the first episode of Moon Knight, was peak

[shell rapids]

worm

[placid osprey]

would you still love me if I was a worm

[shell rapids]

wyrm

[pallid palm]

Look at these neat screenshots

[keen bane]

hello where do i report someone potentially hacking ?

[heavy temple]

DM me

[umbral raven]

thx for save my life lil bro...

[digital sleet]

@pulsar crown https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1078702148470177823/1296483571527192668/IMG_1068.mov?ex=67146e2a&is=67131caa&hm=e9a5b66039d5c0f3e207f1ef53aff7463136fbf640bb74bb21f86128a71113a6&

[pulsar crown]

did you know that they're already modding the new game and the first thing they did was make Goku's Super Saiyan 3 model bald

[digital sleet]

I saw

[pulsar crown]

in the new game you can also play as CJ and Big Smoke from GTA

[distant nymph]

oh that looks cool o:
Does that actually work well in-game ?

[lavish hemlock]

Yo has anyone seen chaos theory s2 ep8, actual good jirassic horror

[hearty aspen]

i live

[hearty aspen]

yes

[shell rapids]

The worm itself is a little laggy/jittery but otherwise works fine

[tame python]

@spice gyro “if you get an all white leaf the plant will suffer” hmmm

looks like we gonna be struggling off the get go LOL

guess we'll see how it goes

[spice gyro]

Uh oh

Well, at least it doesn’t look fully clean white

Looks like it has a green cast

[tame python]

yeah I'm new to this so not sure, guess we'll know in a few days?

it still has 2 other leaves so should be fine but every time there's a full white one I think it sets the plant back a bit? and the leaf will die before making a new leaf

gonna fertilize a little extra

[versed tinsel]

Heeey guys, looking for a new PC and i just need to know if it can run the isle... The specs on the one im looking at is:
Processor: i5-2500 4c/4t
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
RAM: 12GB

I am looking at another one too, but it seems older... Anyways, the specs on that one is:
Processor: Intel Core 15-6600, 3.50GHz
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce gtx 970
RAM: 16GB
^^^ The guy selling this PC says that the PC has been having problems running newer games

(I've only written what the people selling the PCs have typed in the ads)

[spice gyro]

Likely a good idea. Some foliar feeding might not be a bad idea either

[limber grove]

Neither of those would be able to run the game well, if at all. Those parts are really old (~10 years)

[versed tinsel]

Yeah I'm aware that they are old ^^; My PC rn is like 11 years old and barely can run Legacy, it manages to somehow tho. It cant run Evrima tho, which I what I want a pc to be able to do ^^; If you dont mind me being a pain in the ass; Could you give me some tips on what specs to look for in a pc that would be able to run Evrima? It can be literally the bare minimum for it to be able to run Evrima at the lowest settings

[limber grove]

My old 1050ti could run it at about 15-25 fps lol, I've also got an i5-4460 and 16gb of ram. I recently made a small upgrade to a 1060 with 6gb of vram and have been running the hordetest at about 35 fps

[slender vale]

<@&933486433342222376> howdy, how does somebody who was banned from the server make an appeal? The form I found on here says it can't be submitted unless by moderators.

[versed tinsel]

Ooo okay, nice! Yeah I recently broke up with my boyfriend and I used his PC to play Evrima on, and It ran it at about 100-130fps, but now my PC is too old and bad that I cant even run Evrima (i get the DX12 error) so its a big change😂 🥲 That's why im trying my best to just find a used PC that can run Evrima at literally like, the bare minumum🙃 😂

[heavy temple]

You could have them contact a senior administrator if https://dyno.gg/form/8ceec187 is being funky

[tight plover]

@rustic badger my 2.6 on officials

crafted this skin myself as well

[rustic badger]

Oh wow

That looks really good

[hallow parrot]

Not me only just discovering we have an appeal system

[tight plover]

ty!

[mental acorn]

this is actually badass

[mortal echo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/741011697980014676/1295898440617820160/Yuty_Attack.mp4?ex=6714f038&is=67139eb8&hm=b373afbf9bf5973a5640c2b2a93b87278e3e367aa71916d132fa55228a86de04&

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (430) :
European medicinal leech / (Hirudo medicinalis)

Hirudo medicinalis, or the European medicinal leech, is one of several species of leeches used as medicinal leeches.

Other species of Hirudo sometimes also used as medicinal leeches include H. orientalis, H. troctina, and H. verbana. The Asian medicinal leech includes Hirudinaria manillensis, and the North American medicinal leech is Macrobdella decora.

Medicinal leech populations were reduced significantly in many countries during the 19th century due to the high demand in medical contexts, and remain endangered in many countries today.[3]

Morphology
The general morphology of medicinal leeches follows that of most other leeches. Fully mature adults can be up to 20 centimeters in length, and are green, brown, or greenish-brown with a darker tone on the dorsal side and a lighter ventral side. The dorsal side also has a thin red stripe. These organisms have two suckers, one at each end, called the anterior and posterior suckers. The posterior is used mainly for leverage, whereas the anterior sucker, consisting of the jaw and teeth, is where the feeding takes place. Medicinal leeches have three jaws (tripartite) that resemble saws, on which are approximately 100 sharp edges used to incise the host. The incision leaves a mark that is an inverted Y inside of a circle. After piercing the skin, they suck out blood while injecting blood thinners similar to Anophelins; anticoagulants (hirudin).[4] Large adults can consume up to ten times their body weight in a single meal, with 5–15 mL being the average volume taken.[5] These leeches can live for up to a year between feedings.[6]

Medicinal leeches are hermaphrodites that reproduce by sexual mating, laying eggs in clutches of up to 50 near (but not under) water, and in shaded, humid places. A study done in Poland found that medicinal leeches sometimes breed inside the nests of large aquatic birds, noting that conservation efforts directed at bird habitats may also indirectly help preserve dwindling leech populations.[7]

Range and ecology

Typical habitat with a large population, Germany
Their range extends over almost the whole of Europe and into Asia as far as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The preferred habitat for this species is muddy freshwater pools and ditches with plentiful weed growth in temperate climates.

Over-exploitation by leech collectors in the 19th century has left only scattered populations,[3] and reduction in natural habitat through drainage has also contributed to their decline. Another factor includes the replacement of horses - medicinal leeches' preferred host species - by motor vehicles and mechanical farming equipment, and the provision of artificial water supplies for cattle. As a result, this species is now considered near threatened by the IUCN, and European medicinal leeches are legally protected through nearly all of their natural range. They are particularly sparsely distributed in France and Belgium, and in the UK there may be as few as 20 remaining isolated populations (all widely scattered). The largest, located at Lydd, England, is estimated to contain several thousand individuals; 12 of these areas have been designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest. There are small, transplanted populations in several countries outside their natural range, including the USA. The species is protected under Appendix II of CITES meaning international trade (including in parts and derivatives) is regulated by the CITES permitting system.[2]

Medical use
Beneficial secretions
Medicinal leeches have been found to secrete saliva containing about 60 different proteins.[8] These achieve a wide variety of goals useful to the leech as it feeds, helping to keep the blood in liquid form and increasing blood flow in the affected area. Several of these secreted proteins serve as anticoagulants (such as hirudin), platelet aggregation inhibitors (most notably apyrase, collagenase, and calin), vasodilators, and proteinase inhibitors.[9] It is also thought that the saliva contains an anesthetic,[10] as leech bites are generally not painful.

Treating mastitis of a cattle with leech
Historically

A caricature of a physician prescribing leeches for a weak, bedbound woman
The first recorded use of leech therapy was 3,500 years ago in Ancient Egypt.[11] The next recorded uses of leeches in medicine come in the last few centuries BCE, by the Greek physician Nicander in Colophon[5] and in the ancient Sanskrit text Sushruta Samhita.[12] Leech therapy is mentioned a few hundred years later in Shennong Bencaojing, a 3rd-century CE book of traditional Chinese medicine.[13]

Medical use of leeches was discussed by Avicenna in The Canon of Medicine (1020s), and by Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi in the 12th century.[citation needed]

These sources indicated leech therapy for a wide variety of ailments, including edema,.[12] "blood stasis",[13] and skin diseases.[14]

Earthenware jar for holding medicinal leeches
In medieval and early modern European medicine, the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis and its congeners H. verbana, H. troctina, and H. orientalis) was used to remove blood from a patient as part of a process to balance the humors that, according to Galen, must be kept in balance for the human body to function properly. (The four humors of ancient medical philosophy were blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile.) Any sickness that caused the subject's skin to become red (e.g. fever and inflammation), so the theory went, must have arisen from too much blood in the body. Similarly, any person whose behavior was strident and sanguine was thought to be suffering from an excess of blood. Leeches, by removing blood, were thought to help with these kinds of conditions — a wide range which included illnesses like polio and laryngitis.[5] Leeches were often gathered by leech collectors and were eventually farmed in large numbers. A unique 19th-century "Leech House" survives in Bedale, North Yorkshire on the bank of the Bedale Beck, used to store medicinal leeches until the early 20th century.

Manchester Royal Infirmary used 50,000 leeches a year in 1831. The price of leeches varied between one penny and threepence halfpenny each. In 1832 leeches accounted for 4.4% of the total hospital expenditure. The hospital maintained an aquarium for leeches until the 1930s.[15] The use of leeches began to become less widespread towards the end of the 19th century.[5]

Current
Medicinal leech therapy (also referred to as Hirudotherapy or Hirudin therapy) made an international comeback in the 1970s in microsurgery,[16][17][18] used to stimulate circulation in tissues threatened by postoperative venous congestion,[16][19] particularly in finger reattachment and reconstructive surgery of the ear, nose, lip, and eyelid.[17][20] Other clinical applications of medicinal leech therapy include varicose veins, muscle cramps, thrombophlebitis, and osteoarthritis, among many varied conditions.[21] The therapeutic effect is not from the small amount of blood taken in the meal, but from the continued and steady bleeding from the wound left after the leech has detached, as well as the anesthetizing, anti-inflammatory, and vasodilating properties of the secreted leech saliva.[5] The most common complication from leech treatment is prolonged bleeding, which can easily be treated, but more serious allergic reactions and bacterial infections may also occur.[5] Leech therapy was classified by the US Food and Drug Administration as a medical device in 2004.[22]

Because of the minuscule amounts of hirudin present in leeches, it is impractical to harvest the substance for widespread medical use. Hirudin (and related substances) are synthesized using recombinant techniques. Devices called "mechanical leeches" that dispense heparin and perform the same function as medicinal leeches have been developed, but they are not yet commercially available.[23][24][25][26]

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

[wintry marlin]

Slug

Leech

[sullen merlin]

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

@full patrol
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

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

[rustic badger]

[distant nymph]

D:

[azure oar]

The first time I ever heard of medicinal leeches was when reading a song of ice and fire. Didn‘t know that there where extra species that are used for that purpose

[modest isle]

Put salt 🧂 on him

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/wind-breaker-punch-wind-breaker-wind-breaker-punch-gif-10062910064995647214

[modest isle]

🧂🐌

There no leeches emojis so i put snail instead

[rustic badger]

https://tenor.com/view/sonic-the-hedgehog-punching-gif-15941375700795923388

[modest isle]

I stand by my words theses things are parasitic lower life forms

[azure oar]

I like them

they have cool paterns

[modest isle]

Put them on your skin then

[azure oar]

get me one

[modest isle]

[azure oar]

I‘d glady purify my blood

get the microplastic out

[sullen merlin]

Well ur tigers havent been used for medicinal purposes did they (no chinese fake meds dont count)

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/i-smite-you-gif-26518458

[modest isle]

That’s animal cruelty
If they were used for medical purposes (for tigers = animal abuse )

While its not animal abuse for the European medical leech

[ionic pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/primalcarnage-path-of-titans-pathoftitans-pachy-dinosaur-gif-9155318109312228052

[modest isle]

@sullen merlin there I finished editing

[sullen merlin]

Brother needed 10 minutes to finish his comback

[modest isle]

😨

[modest isle]

4 minutes actually 🤓

[rustic badger]

https://x.com/BEARLUXE/status/1847926155611160824

LUXE（ルーク） (@BEARLUXE) on X

【ファンアート】
炎尾竜 ケマトリス

#MonsterHunter
#MHWilds

Twitter · Oct 20, 2024, 9:01 AM

[uneven wraith]

@crimson marlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGxCmkPjCNk

I haven't watched it, but it looks cool

[crimson marlin]

Wow! Markiplier as a actor is cool

[dreamy marsh]

rumple is a diver????

[modest isle]

What happened to EyeSeeYou I haven’t seen him in months ?

[barren bear]

yeah

i've pinged him a few times for stuff

nothing

i do wonder what happened

hope he is ok

[modest isle]

Yeah hope he is ok 👍🏼

[willow knot]

Oof. I hope my man's ok

[sullen merlin]

No one piece eps for 6 months got him badly

[unreal pier]

look

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/one-pice-gif-26834018

[granite hearth]

Switchaxe in MHW is kinda meh imo

[formal wharf]

Im on fatalis No.70... Road to 100 before Wilds is out.

[granite hearth]

But charge blade is fun af

[rustic badger]

Noice

I mained IG

[analog smelt]

Yeah I enjoyed it for the first few hours.

[rustic badger]

then played alot of Hammer and GS on the side

Rajang with Crit draw GS was really fun

[granite hearth]

I've beaten Fatalis like twice
But it's annoying to kill it when everyone in the team don't know how to avoid the big fire breaths and die every time

[analog smelt]

I also used the funny big sword a decent bit.

[smoky mauve]

The only thing ive seen that i dont like about mh is that the screen is completely filled with like 50 layers of UI all of the time, not a huge fan of that. Otherwise it looks neat

[granite hearth]

But I do tink fatalis is easier than Alatreon
It's less bullshit-ty

[formal wharf]

Any LS and DB's enjoyers here?

[rustic badger]

Raging Brachy was my Fav Fight overall

[analog smelt]

It's pretty bad yeah.
The main hub area is also a bit of a headache to work with.

[soft lily]

I enjoy all melee weapons

[formal wharf]

Depends.

[granite hearth]

I play almost every weapon, except hammer, gunlance, bowgun and hunting horn

[rustic badger]

Yeha they heard that pretty well for iceborne

talked about it in teh dev diary vids

[granite hearth]

Astera is horrible to navigate
Seliana is much better

[formal wharf]

Alatreon certainly is a pain in the butt when it comes to his elemental threshold. However , with the right set of gear , one person in a party can reach that limit , all others go full raw dmg.

[analog smelt]

I haven't actually beaten the game, but honestly I just didn't really enjoy it all that much so it's unlikely I'll revisit it to completion.

[rustic badger]

I do like Astera though, just the vibes

[granite hearth]

My issue is that MHW was promised as a much more MMO-oriented game than the previous games in the series, but in the end it's not that different

[granite hearth]

That's assuming everyone in the team knows how to play

[rustic badger]

I mean the Kulve and Safi seiges were kinda MMOy

[soft lily]

Blight immunity and a full ice/fire set is all you need for alatreon ||and also to be good||

[formal wharf]

Honestly , if they do not cart , you are good.

[granite hearth]

Honestly at some point I've started just going with my "invicible healer" build whenever I was playing with randoms so they could dish out some damage before they die pitifully

[formal wharf]

This.

[granite hearth]

My go-to strategy was either going healer and watching the others do the hard work or IG and spam-mount it

[soft lily]

People only struggled with Ala because they refused to actually build against him imo, but it doesn’t help that the dragon damage modifiers for him aren’t as good as you’d expect

[formal wharf]

Damn... now I want to do some mhw.

[soft lily]

For when he gets into his dragon mode I mean!

[rustic badger]

I wanna play too.... prob won't for atleast a year

[formal wharf]

BuT I NeEd DaMaGE , NoT ElEMenT DamAGe , We CaN Do IT!

[granite hearth]

I'm not sure I can play the game again without reinstalling
Or at all
I installed a mod that made it crash

[soft lily]

I went full ice IB and demolished him, after trying dragon damage a bunch and failing

[formal wharf]

Same...

[granite hearth]

I wanted to try out the mod that lets you go on hunt with tamed monsters
It worked surprisingly fine (but as expected it absolutely destroys the game's balance)
But then the game decided to stop working

[analog smelt]

Alright gamers since I'm going through my backlog rn

Should I start Bloodborne or FF7 Remake today.

[formal wharf]

Doesn't want to start at all.

[soft lily]

He’s a very high octane fight that needs you to be on your A-game and I love it for that

[formal wharf]

BB

[granite hearth]

Also, who else finds Safi'Jiiva boringly easy ?

[formal wharf]

He is annoying to say the least.

[analog smelt]

[granite hearth]

MR Kulve is fun because she actually poses a threat if you're not paying attention
But Safi kinda does pitiful damage

[rustic badger]

Its Moveset is just so meh

[granite hearth]

Up until 3rd stage at least
Then the fight gets interesting

[soft lily]

Mr kulve is so fun

[formal wharf]

https://tenor.com/view/ree-reee-reeee-reee-gif-safi-gif-26053393

[rustic badger]

MR Kulve was a Joy

[granite hearth]

Too bad you have to fight it like 4 times before you can reach the 3rd stage (then go back to the boring looping part of the fight because you killed it)

[rustic badger]

one of my fav fights along with Raging Brachy

[granite hearth]

Oh I once had a team with whom I killed Safi in the first run
It was crazy

[soft lily]

Be prepared for wilds endgame to be mid until the MR expansion

[formal wharf]

I enjoy Fatty and AT Velk a lot more then Safi

[rustic badger]

https://tenor.com/view/raging-raging-brachydios-brachydios-monster-hunter-monster-hunter-world-gif-21315287

[granite hearth]

AT Velkhana is one of the few monsters I haven't managed to kill solo (which includes the raid monsters obviously)

[granite hearth]

Most epic non-elder dragon fight

[soft lily]

I like safi with friends, but it is hard to make super big monsters fun
Event xeno rocked tho

[formal wharf]

Actually , I think I only beaten her once solo? She is haaaard to beat...

Especially with her fast moveset.

[rustic badger]

AT Nergi was the hardest for me

in HR

only beat em once

and almost had a heart attack when he died, cuz I though I died

[smoky mauve]

Which mh game would yall recommend, or just wait for wilds and jump in there

[formal wharf]

So , what's everyone's MR/HR?

World , definitelly.

[granite hearth]

I don't remember precisely
I think I'm around 300 HR and like 120/150 MR ? Probably ?

[soft lily]

World is always on sale, try it first

[rustic badger]

Don't remember sicne its been a long while since I played and prob won't be able to for a while(PS4 isn't availible)

[granite hearth]

You can get world for like 10$ on Instant Gaming

[rustic badger]

Yeah World prob

[granite hearth]

What I find to be a bit disappointing in World's meta is that the very-endgame sets outclass everything else by a huge margin

[formal wharf]

I think I'm around 500~ ... then I see my friends (speedrunners) all being 999 -_-

[smoky mauve]

So try world to see if i like it, got it thanks

[granite hearth]

And by very-endgame sets I mean alatreon and Fatalis, and KT and Safi weapons
There's almost no reason to go with anything else unless you're going for a very specific build

[soft lily]

Aye once the game’s content run is over just get the endgame stuff

[rustic badger]

Yeah, I recommend you take a look at all the weapons either through the official vids, arekkz weapon guide series or just ingame

[granite hearth]

Which makes the entire crafting system redundant

[formal wharf]

It's good you try it because Wilds will be 90% the same as World was.

[soft lily]

ESP since it’s so easy to get in world/IB

As soon as you finish the story yiu get spoonfed all the update quests for the cool top end gear

[granite hearth]

I don't mind endgame sets being entirely above the rest, but if that's the case, at least make a good amount of equivalent sets with different abilities so everyone doesn't just go for the same stuff

[granite hearth]

Yeah
Kinda annoying

[formal wharf]

This is what I want from them to do in Wilds...

[rustic badger]

If You do get Iceborne in the package, DON'T USE THE DEFENDER ARMOUR

[soft lily]

I don’t mind it cause sunbreak is the opposite and the grind to get gear in that is RRROUGH

[formal wharf]

I literally have 3 sets to play. Fatty set , FC set and Elem. Set for Alatreon.

[granite hearth]

My brother did it and he ended up being disgusted with the game because everything was mind-numbingly easy

[rustic badger]

Yeah that just ruins world

[soft lily]

Mhmm

[rustic badger]

Also... Bagel

[soft lily]

Bazel is cool

[granite hearth]

And that's the issue
I've spent entire days carefully building myself super-varied and specific sets
And then I unlocked endgame stuff and realized all of my sets needed to be at least 50% endgame stuff to work

[rustic badger]

https://tenor.com/view/monster-hunter-world-bazelgeuse-bazel-monster-hunter-crash-gif-633371113836952440

[granite hearth]

Fun fact : I didn't realize Bazel was actually hard until I tried killing it without using insect glaive

[formal wharf]

Mhm

[rustic badger]

BUG Brother

[granite hearth]

It has zero attack that can hit in the air (apart from its charge, which has an ominously high hitbox) so insect glaive completely neuters its ability to fight

[rustic badger]

I stopped using the Full Speed Bugs in Iceborne and teh slow ones with good power were SO FUN

I even used the one with lowest speed and it was usable

[soft lily]

Using IG dragon dive to chase/hit things in the air

[rustic badger]

Really hope Wilds has a bunch of Bug + Stick Moves

[granite hearth]

I've got things like, 1 set for my Iai-stun-based loingsword with thunder element, 1 set for infinite dodge dual blades, 1 set for absurd fire damage charge blade, and so on... and then there's the Fatalis set which does all

[soft lily]

I will always love bug stick because jumping is fun

[rustic badger]

Jumping is fun indeed, though Air comabt wasn't that fun tbh

[granite hearth]

Also they're adding so many new moves in Wilds
It sounds... uh... wild

[smoky mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-meme-cat-staring-cat-stare-stop-staring-at-me-please-gif-9315292369693569596

[rustic badger]

Loving all the new Monsters

[smoky mauve]

My 2 favorite games of all time both have wild in their name so maybe mh wilds becomes #3

[rustic badger]

also Kut Ku.... They said each Kut Ku in a group would be different so maybe one will only do ranged attacks while another charges

[granite hearth]

That's why I love Capcom
They're one of the biggest studios in the world, and every once in a while, they go like "hey, what if we completely changed our recipe that has been working fine for 20 years and trying something new like we're some indie studios ?"
And BOOM they release a goddamn tower-defense game
And it rocks

[soft lily]

The bug shoots out during yiur combos now

[granite hearth]

Oh yeah they're adding large monster groups
That's gonna be crazy too

[rustic badger]

Ye I saw that, Bug Pistol or Bug Gun

[soft lily]

Or bug SPIN

New GL looks sick too

[rustic badger]

GL blast is HUGE

[soft lily]

Hope they changed up the stake to be easier to hit with

[granite hearth]

Every weapon looks sick in wilds tbh
But again, that's kinda the point of a trailer

Not sure about the homing arrows tho
I feel it's kinda missing the point of a ranged weapon

[soft lily]

All the added mobility

[granite hearth]

Also uh
I won't say Monster Hunter was realistic until now, but guided arrows feel really sci-fi

[rustic badger]

Its something you have to build up I think

[granite hearth]

Yeah you need to shoot a tracker arrow first, and then the other arrows follow it

[rustic badger]

Prob gonna explain it with "Ancient Civ" similar to ChargeBlade I guess

[soft lily]

Or bugs

[granite hearth]

True
Technically, MH is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi universe

I'm pretty sure it's mentioned somewhere that the ancient civ went to space

[rustic badger]

Technically, MH is a post-sci-fi-apocalyptic Fantasy universe

[granite hearth]

Nah, there's no magic in MH

somehow

[rustic badger]

fantasy does not require magic, and many of stuff elders do could be called "magic"

[granite hearth]

To think initially MH was supposed to take place in the Ancient World, in which you'd be a mercenary hunting down mythical creatures... it's gona such a long way since then

[soft lily]

I’d say it’s fantasy yeah

[rustic badger]

Wyverians feel pretty fantasy

iirc a bunch of teh OG devs were Biology students

[granite hearth]

It's like... science-fantasy I'd say ? That strange setting where you can't tell if something is super advanced tech, some weird natural occurence or straight-up magic

[soft lily]

I hope we never get too many details on what the world was like before the big bad thing happened

[granite hearth]

yeah

(the big bad thing being literally ONE fatalis btw)

[rustic badger]

Wilds seems to focusing somewhat on old things, but I doubt they'll go too far

[rustic badger]

I doubt fatty was teh reason for all teh ancient civ falls

[granite hearth]

It was

[soft lily]

Wilds brining back that MH Dos emphasis on the ecology of the world

[rustic badger]

Scarade was just one kingdom

[rustic badger]

SEASONS kinda

[granite hearth]

A white Fatalis grew so angry with humankind it gathered an army of Elder Dragons to kill everyone

[rustic badger]

That was Frontiers or like Conceptual Stuff iirc

never officially stuff for main series

[granite hearth]

I'm not sure
It's info I gathered from a french MH lore channel

[rustic badger]

MH Lore is weird

since alot is from Old JP only books

[soft lily]

Can’t wait to get this funky monkey

[rustic badger]

I kinda only read BannedLagi's threads on Twitter, but a bunch of those are ded too cuz Elon

[granite hearth]

please no
It's a nightmare

[rustic badger]

I hope we don't, both it and Jho can take a break

[granite hearth]

I wanna see Lagiacrus in Wilds

[rustic badger]

I don't hate it, would just prefer somethin else

[soft lily]

I mean the figure not the monster ingame lol

[rustic badger]

Oh LOL

[soft lily]

I’d like to see gammoth return, aswell as some super big monsters like Lao Shan lung and jhen mohran

[granite hearth]

Oh geez I didn't see the time
I have to go

[granite hearth]

Jhen Morhan ♥️
What about Dalamadur ?

[soft lily]

https://tenor.com/view/gammoth-tigrex-monster-hunter-battle-gif-27414784

[rustic badger]

Gammoth, Akantor, Ukanlos, Dorambaros

[soft lily]

Ohh maybe for the MR expansion

[rustic badger]

Wonder what the BIG BIG monster for wilds will be

[soft lily]

We’ll just have to wait and see

[granite hearth]

Greater Jaggi

[shell rapids]

Dalamadur^

[digital sleet]

jormungandr

[shell rapids]

Frend

[heavy temple]

Yessir

[hallow parrot]

the view from my window is kewl

[spice gyro]

Sending 372 full grown ceras

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/guerra-war-ready-to-fight-gear-up-arnold-schwarzenegger-gif-13809686

[heavy temple]

@broken flicker

[broken flicker]

Yeah that's sick af

[heavy temple]

I’m working on helping my friend build a dragon deck to counter my three eldrazi decks

[broken flicker]

Commander or modern?

[heavy temple]

Commander

[broken flicker]

Hell yeah

What dragon commander are you guys going with?

[heavy temple]

I’ve got three difficulties of eldrazi deck, plus one tyranid deck and the lotr elf precon

[broken flicker]

I was thinking about rebuilding my tyranid deck lol

I have waaaayyyy to many decks lol

[heavy temple]

I think we’re going to go with this one

[broken flicker]

Yeah definitely recommended miirym it and ur dragon are the best dragon commanders imo

[heavy temple]

That would make the total of my average pod:
Eldazi player (battlecruiser and token decks available)
Sliver player
Phyrexian poison counters
Dragon token/battlecruiser

There is no fun, only suffering

[broken flicker]

Lmfao the funny thing is I have all of these deck styles 🤣 😂

[heavy temple]

The dragon dude currently runs a dinosaur precon

[broken flicker]

The pantlaza precon is solid but definitely needs upgrades. I just swapped my dinosaur deck from pantlaza to gishath because it was too fast for most of my pod

[heavy temple]

I judge you for all of that, I’ve played against my own decks before, it’s a struggle if the game gets past turn 6

Blue players can go eat a dirty sock, counterspells suck

[broken flicker]

I too am also a filthy control player lmfao 🤣 😂 I don't blame you for judging me it is the correct thing to do I am definitely the problem. Games are lucky to even make it to turn 6 in my pods

We all play some really strong decks but I acknowledge that I am the villain

[heavy temple]

I’ve handicapped my decks a but because I’d rather have fun than win

[broken flicker]

I mostly build budget-ish decks but because I build for synergy I tend to do way to much

[heavy temple]

My battlecruiser deck has 10 commanders that the other player picks at random, so the one deck has to fit 10 commanders (Aeons torn is on the table)

So they blindly choose how they struggle

[broken flicker]

Lmfao maby I should do something like that might help the rest of them actually get some wins

[heavy temple]

I like the silliness of them wondering what they’ll get as they draw from the cards in my hand

[broken flicker]

Command roulette sounds dope, I've kinda been doing a similar thing but it's just them randomly selecting the last deck I play for the night

[heavy temple]

It’s great, because no matter what they pick, they’re unhappy, it gives them false hope

[broken flicker]

I've been playing commander for roughly 13 or 14 years and it feels difficult to build a low power deck that might be the way to go

[heavy temple]

Just toss things of similar theme together without caring too much for synergy

Forsaken monument is a godsend

[broken flicker]

I've considered letting the group build the decklist for me lol

[heavy temple]

Go for it

[broken flicker]

Easily one of the best cards for Colorless ever made

[heavy temple]

Coax from the blind eterneties is a fun one in my 5 color deck

[broken flicker]

I threw together 2 decks this last weekend to take to game night tomorrow and I'm really excited to see how they do

[broken flicker]

I have cut coax from my list so many times maby I should try it out

[heavy temple]

I usually end up sacrificing the decks I let new players use so that they have their own decks, the first decks of all the guys in my playgroup were originally mine

Totally worth it

I’ve corrupted so many people to become nerds

[broken flicker]

That's super cool I haven't played with anyone new enough to mtg to do that with since I moved out here besides my girlfriend and she just plays whatever she wants out of my backpack

I'm working on a rin and seri deck for her but some of the cards are pretty hard to get ahold of or expensive

[heavy temple]

I just stick to my eldrazi until new ones come out

I try not to create arms races in my playgroup, I spent too much last time

[broken flicker]

That's why I don't play my Sliver Overlord deck, I have decks of almost every theme but either it's how I end up playing the deck or just the decks I win more than I definitely should and my pod gets annoyed if I throw a game I have to actually play or I'm " being patronizing "

[heavy temple]

Yeah, definitely need to match the rest if the group

[broken flicker]

Like I have a $35 deck that has a win rate of like 75%

[heavy temple]

Damn

[broken flicker]

It's literally just a pile of blue white tap down stuff but the deck runs crazy smooth and just shuts down people

[heavy temple]

I hate it

[broken flicker]

Doesn't even run any counterspells lmfao 🤣 😂

[heavy temple]

I hate it

I heard blue and white

[broken flicker]

Hylda of the Icy Crown lol

[heavy temple]

https://tenor.com/view/nope-gif-23756243

[broken flicker]

Lmfao if you think that is bad I have a deck built around these 2 that is just straight up control, counters, kill spells, stax

[heavy temple]

Do you hate your friends?

[broken flicker]

I had built this because of one guy that used to be in the pod always complaining about anything that happened to him

[heavy temple]

Ouch

[broken flicker]

He had a toxril deck that ran an absolute ton of expensive cards that would need to be interacted with and when it would ( I tend to be the only one who runs interaction in the pod so most of the time it was me who would deal with it) and when his stuff would get dealt with he would whine and have an attitude like a petulant child

[heavy temple]

So this was a punishment deck?

[broken flicker]

Not exactly it was a deck ment to always have interaction so I could deal with any threat. It ended up being the deck I would play when he wanted to complain since none of the several conversations I tried to have with him worked so I was fed up with it

Eventually just got tired of it and stopped having game nights with him

[heavy temple]

Last time I played, this random kid walked up and asked if he could play a game with us while he waited for his friends to get there
He didn’t see what deck I was playing and was confused when my friend asked him if he had any diety to pray to

Void winnower is one of my favorite cards to use coax from the blind eterneties on

[broken flicker]

I had something similar a couple weeks ago lol 😆 kid walked up and I was about to play my voja deck never seen anyone pack their stuff up and leave in complete silence so fast when the game ended turn 5

[heavy temple]

Oof

[broken flicker]

I'm hoping that the changes I made to my dinosaur deck is enough to keep it fun for my opponents

[heavy temple]

I still need to make a deck with that indominous rex I got

[broken flicker]

I want to build indominus I have a list online but haven't gotten around to picking up any of the cards

The next deck I'm going to build is one of the 2 decks for my girl either rin and seri or Rafine

[heavy temple]

Nice

[brave gust]

Would anyone be interested in reading a dinosaur book series/ (in the making webcomic) that I've been working on? The first book is already out and available to read for free

Would love some feedback on it

[final iron]

When is the herra hyprodrocine strain dropping 🙏🙏

[barren bear]

Lol

[proven burrow]

anyone know why when i first launch isle evrima i get screen tear but if i realunch it will fix

[placid osprey]

that first card is literally just Marvel's Vulture

[broken flicker]

Essentially lol but maby we get a Vulture card in the Spiderman set next year. I want a symbiote deck personally

[placid osprey]

I LOVE SYMBIOTES GRAHHHHH

[broken flicker]

Me as well, Venom has been my favorite Marvel character forever

[placid osprey]

nice

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (431) :
Red-veined darter / (Sympetrum fonscolombii)

The red-veined darter or nomad[2] (Sympetrum fonscolombii) is a dragonfly of the genus Sympetrum.[3]

Taxonomy
There is genetic and behavioural evidence that S. fonscolombii is not closely related to the other members of the genus Sympetrum and it will at some time in the future be removed from this genus.[citation needed]

Etymology
Sympetrum fonscolombii was named under the protonym Libellula fonscolombii by the Belgian entomologist Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, in 1840, in honor of the French entomologist Étienne of Fonscolombe (hence the species name).[4] Its name is sometimes spelt fonscolombei instead of fonscolombii but Askew (2004) gives the latter as the correct spelling.

Distribution
Sympetrum fonscolombii is a widespread and common species in much of central and southern Europe including most Mediterranean islands, North Africa, the Middle East, Mongolia, south-western Asia, including the Indian Subcontinent,[5] the Indian Ocean Islands and Sri Lanka.[1] In Europe it is resident in the south of its range but in some years it migrates northward. From the 1990s onwards has increasingly been found in northwest Europe, including Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Britain and Ireland. It is the only Libellulidae to be found in the Azores and it is also found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.[1]

Habitat
It breeds in a wide range of habitats including marshes, lakes, ponds, permanent and seasonal rivers.[6][7] It is able to recolonize dry areas after a rainfall.[1]

Identification
Sympetrum fonscolombii can reach a body length of 38–40 millimetres (1.5–1.6 in).[8] This species is similar to other Sympetrum species but a good view with binoculars should give a positive identification, especially with a male.

Males have a red abdomen,[8] redder than many other Sympetrum species. The frons and the thorax are red-brown. The eyes are brown above and blue/grey below.[8] The wings have red veins and the wing bases of the hind-wings are yellow.[8] The pterostigma is pale yellow with a border of black veins.[8][6]

Female are similar but the abdomen is ochre yellow,[8] not red, with two black lines along each side.[8] The wings have yellow veins at the costa, leading edge and base, not red veins as found in the males.[8] The legs of both sexes are mostly black with some yellow.[6]

Immature males are like females but often with more red and a single line along each side of the abdomen.

Male S. fonscolombii can be mistaken for Crocothemis erythraea as both are very red dragonflies with yellow bases to the wings, red veins and pale pterostigma. However C. erythraea has no black on the legs, a broader body and no black on the head. Also C. erythraea females do not oviposit in tandem. The gestalt image of these two species is different and with some experience are easy to tell apart.

Biology and behaviour
Sympetrum fonscolombii can be seen on the wing throughout the year around the Mediterranean and in the south of its range, however, its main flight period is May to October[8] and it is scarce during the winter months. It is a territorial species with the males often sitting on an exposed perch.

After copulation the pair stay in tandem for egg laying and pairs can be seen over open water with the female dipping her abdomen into the water depositing eggs. Pairs are known to fly over the sea in tandem dipping into the salt water where the eggs soon perish. The eggs and larvae develop within a few months and S. fonscolombii unlike most other European dragonflies has more than one generation a year. Some larvae overwinter.

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

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

@full patrol
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

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

[modest isle]

Dragonfly Supremacy 👍🏼 the perfect predator bug

that kills the other lower life form bugs like flies 🪰

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/flying-at-dusk-free-tailed-bats-on-location-flying-in-sunset-bats-cauldron-gif-21369224

[distant nymph]

Pretty 😊

[sullen merlin]

i couldnt find a fly swarm gif, so heres bats

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/looks-at-you-looks-at-you-with-my-compound-eyes-looking-bug-insect-gif-16810423482317269521

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/bat-bat-crawling-cute-cute-bat-gif-8347001878539113915

🦇 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇

[distant nymph]

The dark spots are just "illusions", right ? o:
It just looks like that because of the way the light falls on it, which is also why it appears to look at you ?

Was it something like that >.< I honestly forgot

[modest isle]

Yes those are not the pupils
They already have like 1,000,000 pupils

[hallow parrot]

I nearly killed a dragonfly accidentally pretty recently, I was trying to waft it out of the kitchen when I hit it too hard, fell down, thought it died until I took it outside before it woke up and flew away

[sullen merlin]

U mean the "pupils"?

[distant nymph]

aw ): glad it was okay at least!

[sullen merlin]

Thats just edited in that gif, it never looks like that IRL

It looks at most like that i think

U can see it a bit

[distant nymph]

This is what I meant o:
Is it the same for Dragonflies ?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LKqKq2KsfUc

[sullen merlin]

Ah ye might be, on most dragonflies its not that noticeable as in praying mantises imo

[distant nymph]

Interesting o:

[sullen merlin]

Except for the ones where the eyes arent touching eachother, if that makes sense

[modest isle]

Yep 👍🏼 She meant like similar to the praying mantis the black spot its an optical illusion
Those are not pupils they already have 1,000,000 of them
Similar to the eyes of other bugs

[sullen merlin]

Most dargonfly eyes are like this

Some have eyes like this

[distant nymph]

It's really fascinating o:

[sullen merlin]

I think those are usually damselflys, but idk if theres a major taxonomical difference. I think its just like geese and ducks for example

Too lazy to look it up

[rustic badger]

[placid osprey]

me looking at someone with my stupid bug eyes:

[silent cargo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/806329509409980487/1298101263983972412/caption.gif

[placid osprey]

I just did CSS for the first time yesterday here's how it looks now

[full patrol]

Noice!

[placid osprey]

thanks

[distant nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/snake-gif-18857988

[spice gyro]

Plan of the Week (3):
Pawpaw

Asimina triloba, the American papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern United States and southern Ontario, Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit.[3][4][5] Asimina is the only temperate genus in the tropical and subtropical flowering plant family Annonaceae, and Asimina triloba has the most northern range of all.[6] Well-known tropical fruits of different genera in family Annonaceae include the custard-apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, ylang-ylang, and soursop.

A. triloba is a large shrub or small tree growing to a height of 35 ft (11 m), rarely as tall as 45 ft (14 m), with trunks 8–12 in (20–30 cm) or more in diameter. The large leaves of pawpaw trees are clustered symmetrically at the ends of the branches, giving a distinctive imbricated appearance to the tree's foliage.[13][24]
The leaves of the species are simple, alternate and spirally arranged, entire, deciduous, obovate-lanceolate, 10–12 in (25–30 cm) long, 4–5 in (10–13 cm) broad, and wedge-shaped at the base, with an acute apex and an entire margin, with the midrib and primary veins prominent. The petioles are short and stout, with a prominent adaxial groove. Stipules are lacking. The expanding leaves are conduplicate, green, covered with rusty tomentum beneath, and hairy above; when fully grown they are smooth, dark green above, and paler beneath. When bruised, the leaves have a disagreeable odor similar to a green bell pepper. In autumn, the leaves are a rusty yellow, allowing pawpaw groves to be spotted from a long distance.[3][13][24]
Pawpaw flowers are perfect and protogynous,[25] about 1–2 in (3–5 cm) across, rich red-purple or maroon when mature, with three sepals and six petals. They are borne singly on stout, hairy, axillary peduncles. The flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as or slightly before the new leaves appear, and have a faint fetid or yeasty smell.[3][13][24][26]
The fruit of the pawpaw is a large, yellowish-green to brown berry, 2–6 in (5–15 cm) long and 1–3 in (3–8 cm) broad, weighing from 0.7–18 oz (20–510 g), containing several brown or black seeds 1⁄2–1 in (15–25 mm) in diameter embedded in the soft, edible fruit pulp. The conspicuous fruits begin developing after the plants flower; they are initially green, maturing by September or October to green, yellowish green, or brown. When mature, the heavy fruits bend the weak branches down.

Native range

We should have this guy in the isle as a diet plant

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/tree-green-nature-gif-23265260

[spice gyro]

Tree

I keep going like every other week with these lol

[modest isle]

Suggestion for Next week :
Lantana camara (common lantana)

[spice gyro]

I’ll do that at some point soon 👍

[modest isle]

[winter marten]

i am working in my internet cultural knowledge and read the 2011 jeff the killer.

i had no idea it was like... not good? well, it was good, but it was good because it was so bad.

really loved when he said, "my name jeff" and then proceeded to jeff everywhere.

really the highlight of the story.

the 12 yearolds having guns was willlld tho

[rustic badger]

[hallow parrot]

Back at it again with another real or AI

[winter marten]

I want to say real... but also is that the cats tail or does part of the background have the cats fur texture on it?

[nimble grail]

I think it’s ai. The cat’s eye proportions are weird and YEAH that thing in the background is really weird. It’s either an unrealistically long tail or a strange object

[modest isle]

Ai
That tail is not actually connected
The eyes not the same size

[void zinc]

AI. Tail is detatched and on backwards, filename, and aspect ratio.

[hallow parrot]

Was really only waiting for your response after that first time

[modest isle]

👍🏼

[hallow parrot]

Wow, you took every technical approach lol

[hallow parrot]

all i need to do now is convince you that a real image is an ai image

[modest isle]

[hallow parrot]

lol

[rustic badger]

[spice gyro]

Real or ai

[grand carbon]

Guys I’ll start posting vids of isle @grand carbon on YouTube pls check out

[rustic badger]

plant

[spice gyro]

[full patrol]

Guys I found a picture of a real life beipi it's totally no ai I swear

[modest isle]

[lime copper]

@keen quest Please check your DMs!

[hallow parrot]

kewl art i made ig :>

[honest dune]

Very cool!

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/cool-eric-cartman-gif-3013337251708911771

[modest isle]

[modest isle]

Fungas weevil
AOTD Suggestion choose any species you like of the fungas weevil family

Why the long face

[unreal pier]

Is this from which game?

[modest isle]

Skyven :
A Roblox game where you play as birds on a randomly generated floating islands

[unreal pier]

thats a bery cool thing I need play now thanx

[silent cargo]

you did counter strike source for the first time

ar ar ar ar

[placid osprey]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/855527844670865438/1266956234540585015/MEG20CHOMP20AHAH.gif

[rustic badger]

MONHUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

https://youtu.be/ahy0AO8WwRc?si=opS7_qrOfh7rgg-T

NEW BRUTE WYVERN!!!!!!!

[wintry marlin]

The showcase was amazing

A god damn octopus monster

[placid osprey]

why is he so blubbery, actually it might me muscle since it's called brute

[rigid sand]

What is this

It's great

[rustic badger]

Rompopolo

????????

[wintry marlin]

It’s so cool

[rustic badger]

NEW FANGED BEAST

[wintry marlin]

It’s so peak

[rustic badger]

Ajarakan

[wintry marlin]

Open beta too

[rustic badger]

reminds me of Shara

[rustic badger]

Noice

[wintry marlin]

We are so back

[placid osprey]

when the monsters are hunted.

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/rey-dau-monster-hunter-monster-hunter-wilds-desert-capcom-gif-8123662983787774681

[rustic badger]

Ok so this is teh Apex of The Oilwell Basin(new Locale)

[wintry marlin]

Yea

The black flame

Or whatever the actual monster name ends up being that’s just the title after all

[rustic badger]

Narkakos Relative maybe??

[rigid sand]

Capcom making monster hunter look fantastic as usual

[rigid sand]

I actually loved that thing, I wish we'd get something similar back

PLEASE CAPCOM ADD GOG AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

An oil based area for an oil based elder dragon. Like its all right there, I need it.

[rustic badger]

Gog would actually work pretty well here....

though it'd need a more open area for flight

maybe there's one higher up

[rigid sand]

Considering most of the areas are huge and open now, it could work

[placid osprey]

add a theater that plays Joker 2 and you are good to go.

[rigid sand]

🤨

[rustic badger]

Love the Mosquito one

[rigid sand]

I love brute wyverns, I'm glad they're getting more and more love

[rustic badger]

Wheb i first saw the black flame i thought it was a snake, kinda sad it isn't but also more excited since its possibly completely new family or maybe a narkakos relative

[rigid sand]

I miss najarala so I feel you. It seems they've gotten a lot better at snake like movements with balahara, so please please please najarala 🙏 🙏 I beg I PLEAD

[rustic badger]

naja is way longer than leviathans like bala

but yeah, hope naja or a new snake wyvern plz capcom

[rustic badger]

Took me a while to realize that this thing is holding 2 Ajarakan at once...

[rigid sand]

The poor bullied monkey 😭

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/izzy-gif-26084332

• 2x for goblino and wheely

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (432) :
Ghost ant / (Tapinoma melanocephalum)

Tapinoma melanocephalum is a species of ant that goes by the common name ghost ant. They are recognised by their dark head and pale or translucent legs and gaster (abdomen). This colouring makes this tiny ant seem even smaller.[1]

The ghost ant is small, with average lengths ranging between 1.3 to 2.0 millimetres (0.051 to 0.079 in) in workers.[2] The antennae composes of 12 segments that thickens towards the tip.[3] The antennal scapes exceeds the occipital border. The head and thorax is a dark brown colour while the gaster, legs and antennae are a milky white colour.[3][2] Due to its small size and light colour, the ghost ant is difficult to see.[4] Ghost ants are monomorphic and the thorax is spineless.[3] The gaster is hairless, and has a back opening that is similar to a slit-like opening.[4] The abdominal pedicel is formed from a single segment that is usually unable to be seen due to the gaster, and the species do not contain a stinger.[3] During development, this species undergoes three larval instars, which are all naked and fusiform, with reduced mouthparts.[5]

The queens are similar in appearance to a worker, but the alitrunk (mesosoma) is enlarged. The queen measures 2.5 millimetres (0.098 in) in length, making them the largest member of the colony. The male's head and dorsum is dark in colour, while the gaster is light. It may contain several dark marks. They are usually 2.0 millimetres (0.079 in) in length.[2]

Distribution and habitat
Due to how widespread the ghost ant is, the exact native range is not exactly known.[6] However, the species is assumed to originate from the African or Oriental regions, seeing it is a tropical species.[7] This has been proven considering the ghost ant cannot adapt to colder climates and are only confined to greenhouses and buildings that provide considerable conditions that allows the species to thrive, although a colony of ghost ants was discovered in an apartment block in Canada.[8] One report has even stated the presence of ghost ants in isolated regions, with a colony being found in the Galapagos Islands.[9] The ant is found in 154 geographical areas.[10]

The species is a common pest in the United States, particularly in the states of Hawaii and Florida, although the species is expanding further north, even reaching Texas by the mid 1990s.[11] They are commonly found in the southern parts of Florida, and is considered a key pest, along with several other invasive ant species.[12] The earliest record of the ghost ant in the United States was in 1887, where the species was found in Hawaii.[13] It was then recorded in Washington, D.C. in 1894.[14] After these two records, the ghost ant would later be found in Maine, New York, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington.[10][15] Ghost ants can be found in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[16]

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

[modest isle]

Ghost Ant

[wintry marlin]

Ant

[sullen merlin]

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

@full patrol
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

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

[rustic badger]

[modest isle]

Superior bugs 💪🏼

[sullen merlin]

I couldnt find a fungus werevil with a wiki page longer than 5 sentences

lol

[modest isle]

Its ok 👍🏼

[sullen merlin]

But starting today i will only post animals that fit the spooky theme up untill the day of halloween, hence "ghost" ant

[modest isle]

Here is the least documented species we have ever done

#offtopic-discussion message

[sullen merlin]

@lofty blade

That was his first down lmao on 2 gens left

[cedar crescent]

Based DbD player

[lofty blade]

Aw ;o;
I kinda feel bad lmao

[cedar crescent]

Don't feel bad it's a killer...

[lofty blade]

But-

[sullen merlin]

He was chasing me, missed 4 times and just dropped chase

[modest isle]

[cedar crescent]

His mental was shattered

[sullen merlin]

This happened like 3 times this game so in the end he refused to chase me unless i was at his favorite gen

[cedar crescent]

You were juicing him

Poor guy

[sullen merlin]

Ye, also i forgot that i had a frickin vid on second monitor lmao, south park clips xD

[cedar crescent]

I do the same thing 😭

But I made it a habit to pause the video before going into a match

[crimson marlin]

Ant

[sullen merlin]

For me dbd is more of a casual game so i usually let it play, but then i forget u can hear it in clips lol

[lofty blade]

I was wonderin'

[cedar crescent]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1238279286788456589/1292581758214209596/Dead_by_Daylight_10-06-2024_16-14-22-135.mp4?ex=671a02d2&is=6718b152&hm=24249b487d4d9577b07ea651ef17275b1f3397b172d6239ef56578c042dd80c3&

I holed a dog

[sullen merlin]

lmaoo

Apperently on some maps dracula can just fly over the window while lunging off the hill.

Ultimate hole tech

[cedar crescent]

I rarely see Dracula played tbh which is a little weird

[sullen merlin]

Hmm i see him occasionally, not that often but more then nurse or something. I mostly see nemo, wesker and xenomorph

And legion

Idk why since half these killers aint that good, or fun to play with

[ashen relic]

no way since when did these 2 have fanon names

besides "the big one" which i never really liked that much

apparently they named them after the puppeteers and i actually like that

same with roberta which i prefer over rexy

[placid osprey]

Kim is a banger name I'm ngl

[smoky mauve]

They named the female dinosaur randy?

[ashen relic]

randi could work as an alternative tbh

[digital sleet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1051982032881852517/1298918290856476682/image.png?ex=671b4f6d&is=6719fded&hm=7d41cdfb82104c2a81c038b8717d74369171205f408f577a9a4c7e26aa55d0d1&

they really did update the game

[barren bear]

only for support...

[digital sleet]

yeag

[unreal pier]

is terrifier mobie for kids or not for kids?

[void zinc]

Definitely no kids

[placid osprey]

a rhamphorhynchus is almost like... a screaming star. A Starscream of sorts.

[placid osprey]

I’m going to see Venom: The Last Dance tonight. Wearing a Venom shirt I bought a couple weeks ago just for this occasion.

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (433) :
Blood shrimp / (Lysmata debelius)

Lysmata debelius is a species of cleaner shrimp indigenous to the Indo-Pacific. It is popular in the aquarium trade, where it is known as the fire shrimp, blood shrimp or scarlet cleaner shrimp.

Taxonomy
Lysmata debelius was first described by A. J. Bruce in 1983, based on type material from Polillo Island in the Philippines.[1] The specific epithet commemorates Helmut Debelius,[1] who had collected the specimens and sent them to a zoologist for identification.[2] A divergent population from Ari Atoll in the Maldives was later described as a separate species, L. splendida, by Rudolf Burukovsky.[3][4]

Description
Lysmata debelius grows up to 3 centimetres (1.2 in) long, with males and functional hermaphrodites appearing similar.[2] It has a red body, with conspicuous white antennae and white tips to the third to fifth pereiopods.[3] There are white dots on the cephalothorax and legs; white dots on the abdomen distinguish L. splendida from L. debelius.[3]

Ecology
Lysmata debelius is one of a group of species in the genus Lysmata that has the role of a cleaner shrimp in reef ecosystems, alongside L. amboinensis, L. grabhami and L. splendida.[5] It is a popular aquarium pet.[2]

Lysmata debelius is a hermaphrodite and therefore any two individuals may mate. The hatching of eggs, moulting, and copulation cycle is identical to that of L. wurdemanni, yielding weekly batches of zoeae from each pair.[6]

[lime copper]

@onyx vine Can you check DMs please

[sullen merlin]

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

[rustic badger]

[sullen merlin]

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

[wintry marlin]

Shrimp

[rustic badger]

Shrimple

[sullen merlin]

@full patrol
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/shrimp-as-that-clash-royale-hee-hee-hee-haw-gif-25054781

[modest isle]

Blood shrimp 🦐

[sullen merlin]

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

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/simply-the-best-i-love-you-besties-bff-bffs-gif-12779548999771299096

[hallow parrot]

does it taste like blood

[wintry marlin]

Hmm

[sullen merlin]

Try it

[spice gyro]

Plant of the Week (4): Cunninghamia

Cunninghamia is a genus of one[2] or two living species of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae.[3] They are native to China, northern Vietnam and Laos, and perhaps also Cambodia.[2] They may reach 50 m (160 ft) in height.[2] In vernacular use, it is most often known as Cunninghamia, but is also sometimes called "China-fir" (though it is not a fir). The genus name Cunninghamia honours Dr. James Cunningham, a British doctor who introduced this species into cultivation in 1702 and botanist Allan Cunningham.

[distant nymph]

🦐

[spice gyro]

The general shape of the tree is conical with tiered,[5] horizontal branches that are often somewhat pendulous toward the tips. Cunninghamia bears softly spined, leathery, stiff, green to blue-green needle-like leaves that spiral around the stem with an upward arch; they are 2–7cm long and 3–5mm broad at the base, and bear two white or greenish white stomatal bands underneath and sometimes also above. The foliage may turn bronze-tinted in very cold winter weather.
The cones are small and inconspicuous at pollination in late winter, the pollen cones in clusters of 10–30 together, the female cones singly or 2–3 together.[6]
The seed cones mature in 7–8 months to 2.5–4.5cm long, ovoid to globose, with spirally arranged scales; each scale bears 3–5 seeds. They are often proliferous (with a vegetative shoot growing on beyond the tip of the cone) on cultivated trees; this is rare in wild trees, and may be a cultivar selected for easy vegetative propagation for use in forestry plantations.
As the tree grows its trunk tends to sucker around the base, particularly following damage to the stem or roots, and it then may grow in a multi-trunked form. Brown bark of mature trees peels off in strips to reveal reddish-brown inner bark. Older specimens often look ragged, as the old needles may cling to stems for up to 5 years.
Although it resembles conifer species found in much colder climates, the tree is highly tolerant of heat and can be found growing down to sea level in regions such as Hong Kong.

Goodness my internet is so bad rn

Gonna keep it at that cause of it

@uneven wraith

I did the thing

[sullen merlin]

Tweee

[uneven wraith]

Nice! My #3 or 4 favorite tree

[lofty blade]

Mushrooms are neat c:
But they are not plants.
But something else.

[rustic badger]

pretty fun guys

[sullen merlin]

Well erm akshually... Fungi are closer to being animals than plants cuz they are both part of the group called "ophistokonta" 🤓👆

Anyways... THE LEGION IS COMMING TO GET YOU

https://tenor.com/view/dead-by-daylight-dbd-the-legion-legion-dbd-legion-dead-by-light-deadbydaylight-gif-12919152858294545661

[cedar crescent]

@orchid mulch look it's your main

Stinky

[placid osprey]

Just left the movie, I’m crying

[rigid sand]

it'll include 2 quests (it seems) and the character creator.

[orchid mulch]

woooooooooooo

[unreal pier]

What?!

[sullen merlin]

this is so real

[sullen merlin]

Eww, stinky legion. Even lore wise bro is a nobody

Bro got carried by the entity fr fr

[quaint scaffold]

This may not be interesting to many people but I do think it’s important to appreciate what our domesticated animals has done to us. Without them and humanity wouldn’t have gone this far

[iron pumice]

yea they are pretty cool and useful

[quaint scaffold]

Mention one of our animals and I’ll be showing gratitude to it

[iron pumice]

what?

[quaint scaffold]

Okay, perhaps I wasn’t clear. Let’s say cats. They’ve been protecting our food supply from critter like rodents and smaller birds when we began harvesting

[iron pumice]

i hate rodents

[quaint scaffold]

All rodents or any specific one?

[iron pumice]

mice, rats

[quaint scaffold]

Yeah they suck but are cute as pets

You cannot hate the Capybara tho. Just saying

[iron pumice]

||I got three cats and on a perticular day I saw a mouse trying to climb onto my budgie's desk where he had his cage. My cat that I took inside of my room started lurking and after a while jumped it. It took a while but she tired it out, and then she killed it, decapitated it, and ate it. All of the mouse that remained were its back feet that I disposed into the toilet.||

[quaint scaffold]

Such stories are common indeed. Cats usually bring their prey home and leaves us with an unsettling carcass on our carpets

[iron pumice]

I might be wrong but i actually dont even know the domestication purpose of parrots or reptiles besides companion. Exept for monitor lizards that are used for hunting small rodents

[quaint scaffold]

I see what you’re saying and I can’t think of much either. I’ve heard stories of farmers in exotic countries that bring cobras around to get rid of harmful critters. I’m not sure tho if they’re true tho

[iron pumice]

with monitor lizards and snakes you can get rid of critters quite fast

[quaint scaffold]

Interesting. I do happen to own a ball python myself but he barely does anything lol

[digital sleet]

bro is THE target audience for marvel slop 🐊🐊🐊😂😂😂👍👍👍🦷🦷🦷

[rigid sand]

It's actually Sony slop this time around, get it right lizard brain!

[placid osprey]

not even an MCU movie, plus the sony venom movies are MY slop

[digital sleet]

don’t car didn’t truck plus it’s still marvel

[placid osprey]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/855527844670865438/1266956234540585015/MEG20CHOMP20AHAH.gif

[heady spoke]

@placid osprey

[placid osprey]

wow Bowser is so cool

I can't believe it's actually Bowser

[heady spoke]

Life-changing video

[placid osprey]

it actually made me not depressed from Venom: The Last Dance thank you it truly is life changing

[heady spoke]

Was it that bad

[placid osprey]

no it was good

it made me cry

and movies don't make me cry

[heady spoke]

Oh snap

I had low expectations

[placid osprey]

if you liked the other 2 at least somewhat and you enjoy Eddie Brock's and Venom's socialization you will at least enjoy it imo, I loved it but I'm no professional movie critic

if Transformers One didn't release this year Venom TLD would've been my favorite easily, although I am seeing The Wild Robot this weekend so I have a feeling these will be my top 3

[heady spoke]

The wild robot will be hard to top imo

I watched it last week

Hard to find flaws in it

[placid osprey]

I've been hearing the same

istg if The Wild Robot somehow makes me cry again I'm gonna lose it

[heady spoke]

But it's good to know that venom was enjoyable, the rotten tomato score worried me

[placid osprey]

all of the Venom Movie's have low rotten tomato scores

[placid osprey]

TF One had a low tomato score

I don't really listen to rotten tomatoes or any movie critics

[heady spoke]

Fr?

[placid osprey]

yes

[heady spoke]

I heard people loved it

I haven't watched it yet bcs of time constraints

[placid osprey]

wait

no it was IGN

IGN gave TF One a 5/10 my bad

the tomato score is good I think

ye it's around 90% on rotten tomatoes, TF One is

[heady spoke]

I see

Well now imma have to see if i can watch em both at some point next week

[placid osprey]

your probably going to have to see TF One first since it's been out for a while

which might make you think less of TLD

makes sense since TF One is amazing

[placid osprey]

@echo helm hey you're playing the game about the guys from fortnite

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (434) :
Atlantic ghost crab / (Ocypode quadrata)

The Atlantic ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata, is a species of ghost crab. It is a common species along the Atlantic coast of the United States, where it is the only species of ghost crab;[2] its range of distribution extends from its northernmost reach on beaches in Westport, Massachusetts, south along the coasts of the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean to the beach of Barra do Chui, in Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil.[3]

Description

An Atlantic ghost crab on a Florida beach.
Adults are grayish or the color of straw, and around 5 cm (2.0 in) wide at maturity.[4] They must return to water periodically to moisten their gills, and when larvae must be released into the sea, but are otherwise terrestrial.[4] Their stalked compound eyes can swivel to give them 360° vision.[2] Young crabs are cryptically colored to blend in with their sandy habitats.[2]

[full patrol]

spooky 👀

[sullen merlin]

Distribution
Atlantic ghost crabs are found from Santa Catarina north to Massachusetts, USA. They have been recorded in Block Island, Rhode Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Delaware beaches, northern Virginia beaches, the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Santa Catarina, Brazil, on Fernando de Noronha, and Bermuda. Its planktonic larvae have been documented in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, although the adults have not been recorded at this location. [4]

[rustic badger]

[sullen merlin]

Ecology

The Atlantic ghost crab lives in burrows in sand above the strandline.[2] Older individuals dig their burrows farther from the sea, some starting as much as 400 m (1,300 ft) inland.[4] Burrows can be up to 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in) deep, and can be closed off with sand during hot periods.[4]

This crab can produce a variety of sounds by striking the ground with the claw, by stridulation with the legs, and an incompletely explained "bubbling sound".[6] Males compete in a heavily ritualised manner which prevents the need for physical contact.[6][further explanation needed]

Ghost crabs are arguably the fastest terrestrial invertebrates, capable of running at more than a meter per second.[7]

O. quadrata is more active at night than in the day, and is an omnivore,[2] eating clams (such as conquina clams and Donax spp.),[8] mole crabs (including Emerita talpoida),[9][8] insects, plant material, detritus, and even other crabs.[6] They also feed on the eggs and hatchlings of sea turtles, such as the loggerhead sea turtle.[9][8]

Sandy beaches, a habitat frequented by ghost crabs, have had a decrease in the abundance of ghost crabs due to human behavior.[10] Ghost crabs are negatively impacted by human and vehicle trampling, which results in direct crushing of crabs, as well as indirect damage such as compression of sediment which reduces habitat suitability, interference with reproductive behaviors, reduction in food supply, and light pollution.[11] Consequently, they may be less common on beaches frequented by people.

[rustic badger]

Speedy Crabs

[sullen merlin]

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

[rustic badger]

[full patrol]

ping interruptus

[wintry marlin]

Crab

[sullen merlin]

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

[rustic badger]

More Ping Interrupts

[sullen merlin]

@full patrol
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

[rustic badger]

Another one

[sullen merlin]

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

WHY IIS WUMPUS GATEKEEPING MY SCREEN

[rustic badger]

GET HIM WUMPUS

[sullen merlin]

Delete this rn

[rustic badger]

THAT SCREEN IS YOURS AND LET NO ONE TELL YOU OTHER WISE

[sullen merlin]

Delete this rn or i will get u in your sleep

Who and how did yall get wumpus to tresspass on my screen

[full patrol]

lol

[distant nymph]

That's a cute one 😊

[hallow parrot]

I can say I've caught a crab before

[hallow parrot]

uh.... the entire world?

[sullen merlin]

The image isnt really good quality but u can see red areas in the carribean. It was the only chart i found

[hallow parrot]

here

idk why its done in squares :V

[sullen merlin]

I once used a website that did similar maps but i forgot the name rip

Whats this one from?

[sullen merlin]

The squares is just cuz the observations are done online or somthing so its just the general area where the observation has been made. Its not as exact

The app 'seek' uses the same method

[hallow parrot]

https://ecuador.inaturalist.org/blog/44764-bridging-museum-characters-and-field-characters-a-case-study-in-ghost-crabs

[sullen merlin]

Ah ye this is what seek uses

[hallow parrot]

shows all the ghost crabs

[sullen merlin]

Birds of the world.org has the best/nicest looking maps imo but its only for birds sadge

They llook like this

[modest isle]

Ghost crab 👻🦀

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/fat-cat-laser-eyes-angry-cat-cyclops-nara-gif-26030753

Dont interrupt my bro

[verbal sun]

yo does anyone know how to fix this?? 😭 🙏🏼

I can still play the game, but the NVIDIA DLSS option on my settings doesn't show up anymore (it used to)

[full patrol]

You can get rid of that message by clearing your steam download cache
The DLSS setting won't show up if your gpu doesn't support it. If it should try updating your drivers

[verbal sun]

I managed to fix the message, I haven't checked if it also added the feature to the game because I used to have the DLSS option before (around 5 months ago, before I stopped playing) I've got a GTX 1060 and also updated my drivers, so I really don't know

[full patrol]

Google says the 1060 doesn't support dlss

[verbal sun]

dang that's weird, I could have sworn I had it before, it's fine tho, thanks for the help

[placid osprey]

the sony venom skin came back after 3 years I won

I beat fortnite

[silent cargo]

lorecord reference

[unreal pier]

What?!

[unreal pier]

What?!
REWLLY

[placid osprey]

im an idiot I forgot the footer said my full legal name oops

let me re send that

[placid osprey]

centered the poster image, added a footer you can't see, and some nav links. When you click on the game names it takes you to their respective websites.

[full patrol]

Ooo nice!!

[placid osprey]

thanks

it took me a while but it was super fun

[full patrol]

Ya it's fun to mess with and figure out how it all works

[placid osprey]

thanks for the encouragement

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (435) :
Devil's coach-horse beetle/ (Ocypus olens)

The devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens) is a species of beetle belonging to the large family of the rove beetles (Staphylinidae).[2] It was originally included in the genus Staphylinus in 1764,[3] and some authors and biologists still use this classification.

Etymology
The Latin species name olens, meaning "smelling", refers to the two white stinking glands on the abdomen.[4] This beetle has been associated with the Devil since the Middle Ages,[1] hence its common name, which has been used at least since 1840.[5] Other names include devil's footman, devil's coachman, and devil's steed. It is sometimes also known as the cock-tail beetle[6] for its habit of raising its abdomen.

One dictionary suggested that the name developed in parallelism with ladybird and its Norse cognates.[7] In Irish, the beetle is called dearga-daol[8] or darbh-daol.[9] The Irish also called it "the coffin cutter."[10] British folklore has it that a beetle has eaten the core of Eve's apple, and that a person who crushes such a beetle is forgiven seven sins.[11]

Distribution and habitat
These very common and widespread beetles are present in most of Europe and in North Africa. They have also been introduced to parts of the United States and Canada, specifically Oregon, Washington, California, and parts of British Columbia.[3] They prefer areas with damp conditions and can be found from April to October in meadows, heath and moorland, woodlands, hedgerows, and parks and gardens. During the day, they commonly stay under logs, stones, or leaf litter.[4][12]

Description
Duration: 1 minute and 40 seconds.1:40
O. olens preying on a moth (Cymbalophora pudica)
It is a long-bodied, black beetle. At about 20–32 mm (13⁄16–1+1⁄4 in),[12][13] it is one of the larger British beetles. Its wing covers (elytra) are short, covering only its thorax, exposing the abdominal segments. The abdominal musculature is powerful and the abdominal segments are covered with sclerotized plates. It is capable of flight, but its wings are rarely used. It is covered with fine, black hairs. It is well known for its habit of raising its long and uncovered abdomen and opening its jaws,[2] rather like a scorpion when threatened.[4] Although it has no sting, it can give a painful bite with its strong, pincer-like jaws. It emits a foul-smelling odour, as a defensive secretion, from a pair of white glands at the end of its abdomen.[2]

^larvae

Biology and diet
It is a predator, hunting mainly by night, feeding on a range of invertebrates, including worms, slugs, spiders, and woodlice, as well as carrion.[4] The prey is caught in the mandibles, which are also used to cut and together with the front legs to manipulate the food into a bolus.[4] The bolus is repeatedly chewed and swallowed, emerging covered with a brown secretion from the foregut, until it is reduced to a liquid that is digested. Skin in the case of earthworms and hard materials from arthropods are left. The larvae are carnivorous with similar eating habits.[4]

Reproduction

O. olens mates in autumn. Females lay their eggs from 2–3 weeks after first mating.[2] They are large (4 mm or 3⁄16 in) and white with a darker band and laid singly in damp conditions under moss, stones, cow manure, or leaf litter.[4] After around 30 days, the eggs split and the larvae emerge, white with a straw-coloured head.[2][4][14] The larva lives largely underground, and feeds on similar prey to the adult and has the same well-developed mandibles.[4] It adopts the same display with open jaws and raised tail when threatened.[2]

The larva goes through three stages of growth (instars), the final stage ranging from 20 to 26 mm in length.[2] Around 150 days old,[4] the larva pupates for about 35 days[2] and emerges as an adult with its final colouring, fully formed except for the wings, which cannot be folded neatly beneath the elytra for several hours. Adults can survive a second winter, some by hibernating in burrows and not emerging until March, while others remain active.[4]

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

[rustic badger]

[sullen merlin]

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

[wintry marlin]

Beetle

[sullen merlin]

@full patrol
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

[modest isle]

Beetle with an Ant looking face

[rustic badger]

Horse

[sullen merlin]

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

Wumpus said hi

[modest isle]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[sullen merlin]

How do you get wumpus on my screen lil brudda

[rustic badger]

Wumpus Loves Me

Also Wumpus that Screen is Yours

[rustic badger]

Put that stupid little goblin in his place

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/the-urban-rescue-ranch-urban-rescue-ranch-kevin-threatening-knife-gif-27333610

[rustic badger]

GET HIM WUMPUS

[rustic badger]

NEW PLANT

[molten portal]

ooooo

what is it lol

[spice gyro]

New anthurium ‘fingers’

[molten portal]

niice i got new fish today

[spice gyro]

It’s got awesome aerial roots

[spice gyro]

Ooh nice

What fish?

[rustic badger]

Does it have Fins?

[rustic badger]

why are you feeding it M&Ms

[spice gyro]

Pop rocks actually

[rustic badger]

I don't think those are good for its health

[molten portal]

oh just a couple new Mollys 2 Honey Gouramis and 12 Pearl Danios

[spice gyro]

Nice

I think danios are so cool

A nice mix of natural and interesting

[spice gyro]

Nice

Driftwood lookin good

[rustic badger]

Oh wow

[molten portal]

terrible picture

i have 4 Kuhli loaches in there as well

[spice gyro]

Oh those guys are cool

Such weird fish

[molten portal]

yes but so fun to watch

[eager robin]

Anybody else read or listened to the ACOTAR series?
I haven't been this engrossed in a book for a long time, I can't put them down.

Also; this made me wheeze.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PaSCvzww0Q

[full patrol]

I watched the video before it's hilarious but haven't read that one
I read Throne of Glass though and it's really good

[eager robin]

That book series is on my list next! Throne of Glass.
I've been wanting to do something other than being a major gym rat, so coming home after the gym; chilling reading a book is pretty nice.

I want to read Fourth Wing too. 🐉

[full patrol]

Same fourth wing also looks really good!

[eager robin]

Crescent City is another too, same author of ACOTAR and Throne of Glass. Sarah J. Maas.

[full patrol]

Ooooooo 👀
I'll have to put that on my list

@steep ember
Chicken pot pie, apple pie, and chicken gnocchi soup

[steep ember]

Omg that looks amazing 🤤

[eager robin]

Is that a 'Sorry Dirty' magnet?

[full patrol]

Lmao yes

[eager robin]

I want one of those changing ones for our dishwasher

[full patrol]

It's $10 on Amazon good quality and water proof
Genuine Fred FLIPSIDE https://a.co/d/2GrZ8zx

[eager robin]

aaaaa, thats better than the one I had saved

[void zinc]

Ew. Reading.

[eager robin]

Hey, you can LiStEN, I love audiobooks

[tacit oasis]

Anyone in the UK that has EE as a service provider and is willing to help me get smth please dm me!!

[pastel sparrow]

i found a bird egg in the grass and its fresh. i did candle it and do float test but ive never raised a bird HELP. from what ive seen its fertile too.

[heavy temple]

Tied for my favorite book series

[rustic badger]

Reading? omg what a bunch of NERDS!!!

(jk I read too sometimes, still haven't started Book 4 of StormLight Archive)

[modest isle]

Gliese 229A Compared to other objects from our Solar System

Gliese 229A :
Too small to be star 🌞 ❌
Too big to be a Planet 🪐❌
Its a Brown dwarf 💥✅

[sullen merlin]

Size-shaming celestial bodys now are we? For shame sleepy

[modest isle]

[modest isle]

He doesn’t belong to the stars
And the planets dont want him too

[rustic badger]

They aren't Mammals, so ofc he hates em

[sullen merlin]

Real

[modest isle]

WHAT 💀

[modest isle]

I love all vertebrae 🦴 animals equally

• Reptiles
• Mammals
• Birds
• Amphibians
• Fish

[rustic badger]

Also, hating on "Brown Dwarfs" ? Racist and Heightist at the same time

[placid osprey]

banned

[sullen merlin]

says that and proceeds to exlude: stuff like tunicates, lampreys and lancelets

[modest isle]

They deserve it for not being stars

[sullen merlin]

Oh wait nvm u said vertabrates not chordates

[modest isle]

FAILED STARS

[rustic badger]

They're playing the Long Game

[modest isle]

Imagine being in a Planet that orbits around a BROWN DWARF instead of a STAR

Wait thats actually kinda scary brown dwarfs are not as bright as stars

Life wouldn’t exist there

[rustic badger]

Also They Don't Blow Up

What if..... they are Immortal

[eager robin]

[unreal pier]

What?!

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (436) :
Pharaoh ant / (Monomorium pharaonis)

The pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis) is a small (2 mm) yellow or light brown, almost transparent ant notorious for being a major indoor nuisance pest, especially in hospitals.[1] A cryptogenic species, it has now been introduced to virtually every area of the world, including Europe, the Americas, Australasia and Southeast Asia. It is a major pest in the United States, Australia, and Europe.[2][3] The ant's common name is possibly derived from the mistaken belief that it was one of the Egyptian (pharaonic) plagues.[4]

This species is polygynous—each colony contains many queens—leading to unique caste interactions and colony dynamics. This also allows the colony to fragment into bud colonies quickly.

Pharaoh ants are a tropical species, but they also thrive in buildings almost anywhere, even in temperate regions provided central heating is present.

Physical characteristics

Pharaoh workers are about 1.5–2.0 millimetres (1⁄16 in) long. They are light yellow to reddish brown in color with a darker abdomen. Pharaoh ant workers have a non-functional stinger used to generate pheromones.[5] The petiole (narrow waist between the thorax and abdomen) has two nodes and the thorax has no spines. Pharaoh ant eyesight is poor and they possess on average 32 ommatidia.[6] The antennal segments end in a distinct club with three progressively longer segments.

Males are about 3 millimetres (1⁄8 in) long, black, winged (but do not fly). Queens are dark red and 3.6–5.0 millimetres (1⁄8–3⁄16 in) long. They initially have wings that are lost soon after mating, but do not fly.[7]

Life cycle
The pharaoh ant queen can lay hundreds of eggs in her lifetime. Most lay 10 to 12 eggs per batch in the early days of egg production and only four to seven eggs per batch later. At 27 °C (80 °F) and 80 percent relative humidity, eggs hatch in five to seven days. The larval period is 18 to 19 days, pre-pupal period three days and pupal period nine days. About four more days are required to produce sexual female and male forms. From egg to sexual maturity, it takes the pharaoh ant about 38 to 45 days, depending on temperature and relative humidity. They breed continuously throughout the year in heated buildings and mating occurs in the nest. Mature colonies contain several queens, winged males, workers, eggs, larvae, pre-pupae and pupae.[3

Caste system
Monomorium pharaonis, similar to other invasive ants, is polygynous, meaning its colonies contain many queens (up to 200). It is hypothesized that polygyny leads to lower levels of nestmate recognition in comparison to monogynous species due to the expected higher levels of genetic diversity. Because these colonies lack nestmate recognition, there is no hostility between neighbouring colonies, which is known as unicoloniality.[24]

Many invasive ants display unicoloniality. The adaptive value of this nonaggression among colonies has to do with avoiding unnecessary injury and allowing proper resource allocation, ensuring success for all the colonies. Low nestmate recognition, caused in part by polygyny, also has a biochemical basis in M. pharaonis. Cuticular hydrocarbons are compounds, often found on antennae, that allow for communication in many social insects. In ant species, these compounds play an especially key role in nestmate recognition. Differences in cuticular hydrocarbons are detected by other ant species, who respond accordingly. However, all pharaoh ant colonies have the same hydrocarbons on their antennae. This leads to ineffective nestmate recognition, and nonaggression between colonies.[24]

Dorsal view of an alate pharaoh ant
Pharaoh ant colonies contain many queens. The ratio of queens to workers is variable and dependent on the size of the colony. An individual colony normally contains 1,000–2,500 workers, but often a high density of nests gives the impression of massive colonies. In a small colony, there will be more queens relative to workers. In addition, individuals will be larger than those in a more populous colony.[25] This ratio is controlled by the workers in the colony. Larvae that will produce workers have characteristic hairs all over them, while larvae that will produce sexual males or females are bare. It is thought that workers can use these distinguishing features to identify larvae. Workers may cannibalize larvae in order to ensure a favorable caste ratio. This decision to cannibalize is largely determined by the present caste ratio. If plenty of fertile queens are present, for example, the workers may eat sexual larvae. The caste ratios are controlled in an attempt to maximize the growth of the colony.[26] For example, in a small colony, the ratio of queens to workers is increased. This in turn increases the potential for reproduction, allowing colony growth. Conversely, in a large colony, the high worker to queen ratio maximizes the foraging capacity of the nest, helping sustain the population size.[25]

^ (queen right, worker left)

Reproduction
Mating for pharaoh ants occurs within the nests with males that are usually not from the colony which ensures genetic diversity. The queen can typically produce eggs in batches of 10 to 12 at once, but can lay up to 400 eggs every time she mates. The eggs that are produced take up to 42 days to mature from an egg to an adult. Each queen within the nest lives between 4 and 12 months.[29]

During copulation, sperm is transferred from male to female inside a spermatophore. There are several theories regarding the adaptive value of using a spermatophore. It contains certain chemicals that may inhibit the female's sex drive. Alternatively, it may physically plug the female's gonophore. In either explanation, the spermatophore prevents the female from reproducing with another male. In essence, the use of a spermatophore is evolutionarily favorable because it increases the probability of the male's genetic code being transferred to subsequent generations by lessening potential competition from other males.[30]

Pharaoh ant copulation, like that of many social insects, is harmful to the female. The penis valve contains sharp teeth, which latch onto a thick, soft cuticular layer in the female. This method of copulation too has an evolutionary basis. The teeth ensure sex lasts long enough for sufficient sperm transfer. Also, the pain caused to the female may, in some ways, lessen her desire to mate again.[30]

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

[rustic badger]

[sullen merlin]

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

[wintry marlin]

Ant

[sullen merlin]

@full patrol
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

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

https://tenor.com/view/wumpus-discord-funny-meme-repost-gif-21342739

@rustic badger

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/pharoah's-curse-pharoah-curse-gif-9768609729181577113

[rustic badger]

wait wumpus is that discord thing?

[rustic badger]

I thought it was yer pet or something

[sullen merlin]

I dont buy it

I see right through ur little schemes glaive

[modest isle]

Glaive is lying

[rustic badger]

so you don't have a cat?

[sullen merlin]

I do

[rustic badger]

and its name is....?

[sullen merlin]

Tommy

[rustic badger]

ok... then uh how was wumpus connected to all this

cuz I've never posted that thing i'm pretty sure

[sullen merlin]

I know it was u glaive, somehow it was all you

[rustic badger]

is it meant to be a pig?

[sullen merlin]

I guess

[rustic badger]

So True, I'm All of Me

[sullen merlin]

Unless its crinti thats spamming wumpus on my screen and is now hiding in the shadows

[azure oar]

I seem to have missed some important Islecord lore events happening

[sullen merlin]

Last 3 aotd posts wumpus kept waving at me on my screen. And im 99% sure it was either crinti or glaive that somehow did it.

[spice gyro]

Did I hear lore

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/855527844670865438/1266957768795885578/The_Isle_Lore.gif

[sullen merlin]

And he throws candy at me

[azure oar]

I hope you find the culprit

[modest isle]

Dilo Dog Vs Ben

[rustic badger]

[modest isle]

These are 2 mutated dilos weren’t very lucky during the incubationof the first dinosaurs created in the island

[sullen merlin]

Why is dilo dog staring at bens butt

[modest isle]

[smoky mauve]

Why not

[modest isle]

Monkey 🐒 dilo

Or Chameleon dilo

[rustic badger]

smol fix

[full patrol]

Ben Chameleon

[rustic badger]

Den

[eager robin]

I just found this designer who makes fantasy dresses and I'm screaming.

https://tenor.com/view/give-me-give-it-to-me-now-gif-6486247

His designer name is up for debate, but he makes amazing dresses.

[modest isle]

Most common celestial objects in the universe:

@rustic badger
@sullen merlin

[rustic badger]

[modest isle]

As i said before brown dwarfes are weirdos

[rustic badger]

Dwarfs gonna race Black holes to see who can live the longest

[modest isle]

Wait i forgot about the scariest celestial object

BLACK HOLES

Well i mean they are not common because i stated above
“Most common celestial objects in the universe:”

[sullen merlin]

I mean a black hole is just a dead star so ig u could say that u did mention them

[void zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/bender-futurama-neat-wow-gif-5744318

[eager robin]

[modest isle]

Thats a good point
Good thing not all stars become a black hole when they die
Most stars when they die they explode into a Supernova 💥

[kind shuttle]

is anyone else who plays primal carnage experiencing one of these
done everything under the sun and the people in the official discord are just ignoring me so im reaching out here

[robust wraith]

I just found this afk juvenile velo
Should i eat it?

[sullen merlin]

How much protein?

[robust wraith]

Too late

I ate it

Gave me full perfect diet

[fallow pine]

Who remembers

[lofty blade]

Rainbows!!!!

[tepid jay]

[placid osprey]

oooo pretty picture

[tame python]

@spice gyro

I wonder if another white one will come from the stem of this one or if it will have some green? guess we will see

[void zinc]

:|

[molten folio]

dibble eggs NA1 anyone want?

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (437) :
Giant phantom jelly / (Stygiomedusa gigantea)

Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, is the only species in the monotypic genus of deep sea jellyfish, Stygiomedusa. It is in the Ulmaridae family.[2] With only around 110 sightings in 110 years, it is a jellyfish that is rarely seen, but believed to be widespread throughout the world, with the exception of the Arctic Ocean.[3][4][5]

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's remotely operated underwater vehicles have only sighted the jelly 27 times in 27 years. A study conducted by the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, focusing on four Stygiomedusa gigantea present in the Gulf of Mexico, revealed information regarding the wider distribution of this species. S. gigantea is thought to be one of the largest invertebrate predators in the ecosystem.[3] It is commonly found in the ocean's midnight zone, and twilight zone usually at depths of 6,665 m (21,867 ft).[5]

Appearance
S. gigantea has an umbrella-shaped bell that can grow up to 1 m (3.3 ft).[6] The bell's pliant tissue allows for the jellyfish to stretch 4 to 5 times its size, presumably to engulf their prey. Their four arms have a "paddle-like" or "kite-like" shape and can grow up to 10 m (33 ft) in length. The arms grow in a "V" shape transversely,[7] with a wider base and tapering towards the ends. They do not have any stinging tentacles and instead use their arms to trap and engulf their prey which consists of plankton and small fish.[5][3] From Browne's analysis of a collected S. gigantea, their jelly appears a red-orange color only when there is visible light.[7] However, since they dwell in the deep ocean, visible light does not penetrate far enough. Thus, the giant jellyfish may appear "invisible" or glow orange very faintly in its surroundings, depending on the depth of the water. Furthermore, their bodies being made of either spongy tissue or jelly allows for the species to withstand the enormous deep ocean pressure of 40,000 kPa (5,800 pounds per square inch). The circular stomach contains canals that travel to the surface of the sub-umbrella. It is inferred that the lower stomach is thick to ensure the species has the strength to carry their long arms. Its four genital openings are also small to avoid weakening the stomach.[7] Since there are no gastric pouches nor radial canals, the jellyfish is determined to be a part of the Ulmaridae family.[citation needed]

Behavior
Known to be one of the largest invertebrate predators in the deep sea, the giant phantom jellyfish's typical prey consists of plankton and small fish. The S. gigantea tends to be more dominant in locations with a low productivity system, which in turn deters other predatory organisms, like fish, to high productivity systems (coastal, upwelling zones). However, the jellyfish remains an important predator for the deep sea, often competing with squids and whales.[8]

Larger S. gigantea have also been observed to be in the immediate vicinity of hydrothermal vents where large proportions of zooplankton are abundant. This is in mesopelagic and bathypelagic depths. The further away from hydrothermal vents, the smaller the medusae are—indicating that zooplankton are an important resource for the species. Due to this, the medusae are well off during early spring to early summer when zooplankton biomass is enhanced.[8]

Evidence has been collected to support the first-ever documented symbiotic relationship for an ophidiiform fish, Thalassobathia pelagica. Scientists have observed that the large umbrella-shaped bell of S. gigantea provides food and shelter for T. pelagica, while the fish aids the giant phantom jelly by removing parasites. The S. gigantea's jelly providing shelter for T. pelagica is essential for the fish, considering the lack of shelter resources at such extreme ocean depths. Studies to further support this symbiotic relationship have shown that the two species reassociate with one another even if separated. It was inferred that T. pelagica is able to find its way back to the giant phantom jelly due to neuromasts that increase the sensitivity of low-frequency water movements—which the bell of the jellyfish emits.[6]

Reproduction
Determining the reproduction of the S. gigantea is difficult considering how rare sightings are. It has been noted that young captured S. gigantea looked like an exact miniature of the adult.[7] However, researchers have analyzed the jellyfish's structure and anatomy enough to understand how it may reproduce. The S. gigantea has four brood chambers that protrude into the stomach in folded narrow ridges and epithelium that covers the gastric side. Its lower periphery has frills along the folds, creating a band about 20 millimetres (0.79 in) high.[9] Above this band, there is a germinal line that forms a shallow groove with different epithelial cells that are more cubical in shape with large, rounded nuclei.[9] Irregular placement of the cells in small pits (small clumps of cells, similar to cyst) along the germinal line produce a multiplication of epithelial cells that create a deep invagination. This is the first stage leading to the reproduction of S. gigantea. The cyst grows with a pointed end on the subumbrella side. As its size increases, it pushes out the brood chamber wall and into the cavity of the chamber. Simultaneously on the opposite end, two outgrowths develop horizontally, making the cyst into a "T" shape.[9] This protrudes more and more as size increases, taking the brood chamber with it. Eventually, a thin membrane forms and the cyst enters the stomach cavity.[citation needed]

Within the cyst, a scyphistoma—a single developing medusa—forms and is now called a chorion. Once the chorion grows into about 2 mm (79 mils) long and 2–3 mm (79–118 mils) in diameter with teat-shaped distal ends (which are basal outgrowths), it begins to be pushed out of the chamber. Within the chorion capsule, differentiation and formation begins. The inner epithelial wall is directly from the parent tissue and is pocketed into its distal tips that will eventually become the S. gigantea's arms. As the "baby" medusa grows, it takes the shape of the capsule.[9]

In order to escape, the well-developed "baby" medusa will detach from the subumbrella wall where it was already slightly protruding. It then exits through the gastric cavity and out the parent's mouth.[9]

The baby medusa soon become free-swimming planules, then polyps or scyphistomae that reproduce asexually through budding or podocysts. These are what become larval medusae that feed on plankton. Eventually, it will grow into the size of an adult. It is inferred that reproduction of S. gigantea is continuous with one parent estimated to produce fifty to one hundred medusa.[9]

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

[reef coral]

Cool squid but what do y'all think of the new Tyler the creator album?

[sullen merlin]

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

@full patrol
@lilac dagger
@drowsy egret
@azure oar

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

[sullen merlin]

Bro just casually calls a jellyfish, 'squid'.

[reef coral]

Satire

[sullen merlin]

Dangerous move buddy

[rustic badger]

[distant nymph]

That's scary o:

[azure oar]

looks like a pokemon

[crimson marlin]

Jellyfish

[wintry marlin]

Jellyfish

[fallow pine]

Huh 😭

[hallow parrot]

fish of jelly

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/jellyfish-jelly-colorful-wow-cool-gif-13032337

[hallow parrot]

i wonder what jellyfish tastes like

and if theres a jellyfish that is edible to humans

[rose crow]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish_as_food

Mmm, yum

[hallow parrot]

oh kewl

[void zinc]

Eat the weak. I've never seen a jellyfish do no pushups.

[hallow parrot]

Maybe so, but can you remain constantly swimming for your entire life though?
No easy feat.

[nimble grail]

I have eaten it before! I was really young so I can’t remember all too well what the flavor was like, but it was kinda squishy and crunchy at the same time

[spice gyro]

Oh wow, it’s cool looking but uh… definitely not doing the plant any photosynthetic favors. Hopefully it turns out well enough though

Also, I got to see a mature dawn redwood today

[molten folio]

more dibble eggs NA1

[elder veldt]

Fr who would of thought PCE would be popping off with fantastic updates in 2024 I am just

At a loss

[barren bear]

heh, didn't think they were still updating PCE since Evolution is being made

[elder veldt]

That’s just what they’re calling the PlayStation version

[barren bear]

I know

but they're doing a complete recode for PS5

i didn't imagine Dinosauriac would be doing both games

[elder veldt]

They’re overhauling the steam version too

phase 1 just came out yesterday

[barren bear]

mostly because all the testing has been done on Evolution

[elder veldt]

Maybe we will get that single player open world game after all

Maybe

[barren bear]

haha.... pcg....

[heavy temple]

This new helldivers rifle is awesome

[molten folio]

more dibble eggs na1

[molten folio]

why na1 keep crashing?

[placid osprey]

this reminds me of the spongebob episode where he eats jellyfish jelly

[rustic badger]

https://vxtwitter.com/iloveuevo/status/1851183171527995694

This looks great, feels like they added more depth to both Ariel and Ground IG and made Kinsect easier to use with teh weapon, instead of being a seperate thing almost

[wintry marlin]

The beta is peak

[full patrol]

Same for dogs, nothing from the allium family it turns their blood acidic

[fleet cave]

Garlic, onions, grapes/raisins, avocados (not dangerous in moderation due to large amounts of fats), cooked bones, yada yada

[molten folio]

yo why tf is it rainin 24/7 again

[hallow parrot]

thats enough vr for today

[barren bear]

Yay

If you have the oculus
Make sure you make sure it never runs out of battery
And take out the charger once it is 100%

They run off crap lithium batteries

[hallow parrot]

to be fair, should be expected from the lowerend vr headsets

[barren bear]

I wouldn't call it lowend