offtopic-discussion

[barren bear]

They still are pretty expensive

[hallow parrot]

comparatively speaking

[barren bear]

Tbf though
Those more expensive ones still suck as you almost always need to be connected to a PC

[hallow parrot]

oh, well thats good for me then since i use oculus

[barren bear]

But yeah
Don't want your face blowing up with the oculus

[hallow parrot]

thank youu

probably saved my life tho fr 😭

[barren bear]

Lol

[modest isle]

You are a hero 👍🏼

[barren bear]

https://tenor.com/view/fish-react-fish-react-him-thanos-gif-26859685

[wintry marlin]

Man

This game is gonna be great, it’s just the beta and already one of my favorite games-

Can’t wait to play it on pc tomorrow, will be a lot easier since I’m used to the controls there

Rey dau is so damn cool in game

Top tier monster

[barren bear]

hi

[modest isle]

Hi

Sorry for the late reply i was driving my 2022 Toyota Camry so i couldn’t use my phone

[barren bear]

why...

why not a 2021 toyota camry!

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/aintnoway-gif-26881270

[barren bear]

sorry

[modest isle]

[barren bear]

we recently upgraded our toyota tarago

to a japanese important toyota velfire
it really is BEAUTIFUL

[modest isle]

thats a nice luxury minivan
Congrats

[barren bear]

https://tenor.com/view/doctor-who-tenth-doctor-david-tennant-point-u-no-u-gif-24987731

got it cheap
'second hand' from japanese owners is like saying BRAND NEW lol

it even smelled new
despite it being quite a few years old

[solid bough]

wer da ai @ im dying over here

[rigid sand]

The game looks amazing, I'm also hella excited to get to play. I'm as interested to hunt the monsters as I am finding the cute little endemic life around the map.

I just hope that we can abduct them like world for house customization reasons

[sullen merlin]

I only lost my nitro benefits now but i get this message lol

Wait im still pink

[full patrol]

https://youtu.be/X-1qBbir3zA?si=-jK3lUYdOW0s-Rk2

[hidden raptor]

I doubt they take away the benefits just because you didn't keep nitro, pretty sure it's just because you boosted that one time

[full patrol]

Pink role is automatic once the boost goes away pink goes away we don't manually give/take boosters role

[rustic badger]

https://tenor.com/view/and-and-god-and-god-taketh-away-kaibaleo-vivethemodder-gif-15093236649171076156

[sullen merlin]

Noo

Still pink tho

[narrow dock]

if i have 5 mutal freinds with someone should i dm them or nah (we play the same games)

[nocturne basalt]

@undone kelp check dms please

[young gale]

Man I need one of those algae scraper blade things to clean the glass on the inside of my fishtank

[full patrol]

A razor blade works too but careful not to cut yourself

If it's just the start of spot algae and not mineral buildup, you can also use a new rinsed scrubby pad for dishes or a plastic card like a giftcard

We have a magnet scraper and it's awesome. Just make sure you get a good brand one with a decent magnet. Way better than the scraper wand things

[molten portal]

Harleqquins rasboras! and a cory of some type nice

[young gale]

espei rasboras

and juli corydoras

[spice gyro]

My fungus gnat control

Also found a half inch long one downstairs

Bold jumping spider for anyone wondering

[placid osprey]

what is his name

[spice gyro]

Not sure, I’ll have to think on it for a while

[placid osprey]

maybe something plant related

since you like plants

[spice gyro]

Perhaps

[full patrol]

Literally how I got rid of the fungus gnats that were in my isopod terrarium
Grabbed a jumping spider and put him in with them. I then had a pet jumping spider freeroaming in my room but he set up his house in the terrarium and I often found him patrolling the rocks and plants for gnats

[wintry marlin]

The picture taking has begun

[slow hazel]

Pc?

[distant nymph]

Soon PC beta! 😊
It starts <t:1730430000:R> and ends on the <t:1730689140:F> <t:1730689140:R> !

[barren bear]

1

[soft lily]

It’s so stupidly good

[distant nymph]

I'm really excited for it 😊

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (438) :
Death's-head hawkmoth / (Acherontia lachesis)

The name death's-head hawkmoth refers to any of three moth species of the genus Acherontia (Acherontia atropos, Acherontia styx and Acherontia lachesis). The former species is found throughout Africa and in Europe, the latter two are Asian; most uses of the common name refer to the African species. These moths are easily distinguishable by the vaguely human skull-shaped pattern of markings on the thorax. They are large nocturnal moths with brown and yellow or orange coloring, and all three species are fairly similar in size, coloration and life cycle.

Description
The African death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) is the largest moth in the British Isles (though not in Africa), with a wingspan of 13 cm (5 in); it is a powerful flier, having sometimes been found on ships far from land. The forewings are a mottled dark brown and pale brown, and the hind wings are orangey-buff with two narrow dark bands parallel with the hind margin. The abdomen is a similar orangey-brown, with a broad, dark dorsal stripe. The most notable feature is a patch of short yellowish hairs on the thorax that gives the impression of depicting a human skull. It is a striking insect, but is seldom seen because it flies late in the night.[1]

A 2020 study describes how, when viewed upside-down, Acherontia atropos creates an illusion of a head with eyes: the mark on its thorax likened to a human skull is the "nose", with the skull's eye-sockets resembling nostrils. Spots on its forewings can be seen as eyes, and various other markings and features can be interpreted as ears, muzzle and lips. This illusion is also present in Agrius convolvuli (convolvulus hawk-moth) and five other species, with the study author suggesting that the function of the illusion of an eyed head is "almost certainly to deter, distract or otherwise deceive predators".[2]

The caterpillar of the African death's-head hawkmoth is also sturdy and somewhat variable in colour, being some shade of buff, green or brown, with seven diagonal blue lines. At the rear is a curved, thorn-like horn. It can attain a length of 5 to 6 in (13 to 15 cm). The other two species of death's-head hawkmoth similarly have three larval color forms: typically, green, brown and yellow. The pupa is stout and reddish-brown, and is formed 8 to 10 in (20 to 25 cm) under the ground in a chamber the size of a large hen's egg.[1

Development
Eggs are laid singly under old leaves of a host plant and are green or greyish-blue. In the greater death's-head hawkmoth the host plant is usually the potato, but may also be tomato, woody nightshade, jasmine or common buckthorn. None of the three species is restricted to a single family of host plant, but hosts are typically in the families Solanaceae, Verbenaceae, Oleaceae, Bignoniaceae and others. The larvae are stout, reaching 120–130 mm, with a prominent tail horn. Larvae do not move much, and will click their mandibles or even bite if threatened. When mature, they burrow underground and excavate a chamber where they pupate.

Behaviour
These moths have several unusual features. All three species have the ability to emit a loud chirp if irritated. The sound is produced by inhaling and expelling air, which vibrates the epipharynx like an accordion, often accompanied by flashing of the brightly colored abdomen in a further attempt to deter predators. The chirp of the death's head hawkmoth takes approximately one-fifth of a second. A study by National Geographic found that the epipharynx was originally built to suck up honey, but later evolved to produce sound.[3]

Adults of all three species are commonly observed raiding beehives of different species of honey bee; A. atropos only invades colonies of the well-known western honey bee, Apis mellifera, and feeds on both nectar and honey. They can move about in hives without being disturbed because they mimic the scent of the bees and are not recognised as intruders.[4] If their disguise is discovered, the moth's thick waxy cuticle helps to protect it against stings.

Leaves of the potato plant contain calystegines, a group of polyhydroxy alkaloids, which are toxic. The larva of A. atropos feeding on potato foliage accumulates these alkaloids.[5]

In popular culture
The species names atropos, lachesis and styx are all from Greek myth and related to death. The first refers to the member of the three Moirai who cuts the threads of life of all beings; the second to the Moira who allots the correct amount of life to a being; and the last refers to the river of the dead. In addition the genus name Acherontia is derived from Acheron, a river of Greek myth that was said to be a branch of the river Styx.

According to John Jarvis Bisset in his 1875 work Sport and War in South Africa, "The death's-head moth, as found in South Africa, is about the size and length of a man's finger, and it has a most perfect death's-head-and-marrowbones painted by Nature with all her beauty on its back. The legend both amongst the Dutch and the natives of the Cape of Good Hope, is, that this moth has a sting, and that a puncture from it causes instant death. This moth is generally found in beehives, particularly when they are in the ground or in decayed trees."

The skull-like pattern and its fanciful associations with the supernatural and evil have fostered superstitious fears of Acherontia species, particularly Acherontia atropos, perhaps because it is the most widely known. The moths' sharp, mouse-like squeaking intensify the effect. Nor is this a new attitude: during the mid-19th century, entomologist Edward Newman, having earlier mentioned the mark on the thorax wrote: "However, let the cause of the noise be what it may, the effect is to produce the most superstitious feelings among the uneducated, by whom it is always regarded with feelings of awe and terror."[6]

According to legend, the species (atropos) was first seen in Britain at the time of the execution of King Charles I,[7] but it is more likely to have simply become more common by that time, having arrived with the first transportation of potatoes some decades earlier. Though rarer, it is still occasionally sighted in the country.[8]

Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Sphinx describes a close encounter with a death's-head sphinx moth, describing it as "the genus Sphinx, of the family Crepuscularia of the order Lepidoptera."[9]

These moths have often been featured in art, such as by German artist Sulamith Wülfing and English artist William Holman Hunt in his 1851 painting The Hireling Shepherd.

Films such as Un Chien Andalou (1929, by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí) and the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs (and in Chapter 33 of the source novel, whereas in Chapter 14 a different moth species is used, the black witch moth[10]) feature the moth. The death's-head moth also featured in the 1968 horror film The Blood Beast Terror starring Peter Cushing. The species Acherontia atropos is mentioned, though the costume of the human-moth hybrid creature is not an accurate representation of the moth.[11] The moth plays a central role in the 2015 Taiwanese horror film The Tag-Along.[12]

In 2018 survival horror game, Remothered: Tormented Fathers by Italian artist Chris Darril, they represent both the transformation and the human psyche. They also work as a parasite which interfere with people's memories, old repressed events, and feelings of guilt.[13][14]

@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

[distant nymph]

That's an Edgy name o:
Though it fits, I guess xD

[sullen merlin]

Zoologist have come up with worse names so i guess we cant complain lol

(looking at you mountain chicken)

[modest isle]

Hawk tuah moth

i once killed a moth that looked exactly like this one (i had to put it out of its misery )
Since i saw my cats slapping it with their claws and torturing it and biting it

It was already way too weak it couldn’t fly

[fleet cave]

Squeaky lil things

[crimson marlin]

Neat insect

[wintry marlin]

Nope

[wintry marlin]

Moth

My last clip from the ps5 exclusive beta before I switch over to the pc beta when it comes out later

[modest isle]

I saw it

[sullen merlin]

i forgot to add the main picture lol

[modest isle]

[sullen merlin]

Second Animal species of the day (439) :
Halloween moon crab / (Gecarcinus quadratus)

Gecarcinus quadratus, known as the red land crab,[1] whitespot crab,[1] Halloween crab,[2] moon crab, Halloween moon crab, mouthless crab,[2] or harlequin land crab,[2] is a colourful land crab from the family Gecarcinidae.

Distribution
Gecarcinus quadratus is found in mangroves, sand dunes, and rainforests along the Pacific coast from Mexico south to Panama.[3][4] Previously it has also been reported from the Pacific coast of northwestern South America,[3] but in 2014 this population was recognized as a separate species, G. nobili.[4]

The taxonomy in relation to the Atlantic G. lateralis is disputed, with many considering G. quadratus and G. lateralis to be conspecific.[4][5]

Description

Gecarcinus quadratus in Panama
The carapace of G. quadratus may reach a length of 5 cm (2.0 in). It has a pair of largely purple claws, red-orange legs, and an almost entirely black carapace with a pair of yellow, orange, purple or reddish spots behind the eyes, and an additional pair of whitish spots on the central-lower carapace.[2][4]

Behaviour
This nocturnal crab digs burrows—sometimes as long as 1.5 m (4.9 ft)[5]—in the coastal rainforests of Mexico and Central America, and is common along the coasts of Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua. It lives in the forest for at least some of its adult life, but needs to return to the ocean to breed.[2] It is largely herbivorous and consumes leaf litter and seedlings.[5]

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

[wintry marlin]

Crab

[sullen merlin]

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

[hallow parrot]

crab

[sullen merlin]

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

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

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/crab-rave-dancing-dancing-crab-gif-16543314

[wintry marlin]

[hallow parrot]

yum

[azure oar]

Krabbe

[wintry marlin]

Real

Also

Seal

Uh

Hzd remaster is out

[crimson marlin]

...crab

[sullen merlin]

@modest isle does it for u?

[modest isle]

Yeah it always does that since its a relatively new message it will appear once its older than 5 minutes

[sullen merlin]

first time experiencing this tbh

[azure oar]

I saw, wont buy the game now tho, not enough money and time.

[wintry marlin]

Damn..

If you have the original it should be 10 dollars instead of 40 btw

[azure oar]

Really? then I‘ll buy it!

[wintry marlin]

So fun to play again after 4 ish years

Yea

Idk how it works for pc to get the discount

Maybe enter the game

And buy it from there?

You should look it up

[azure oar]

I‘ll check

[azure oar]

It does look way better graphically

[wintry marlin]

It’s the same graphics as hfw

Kinda crazy

[silent cargo]

WHO PINGED MEEEE

[rustic badger]

ping

[hallow parrot]

whoops my bad

[sullen merlin]

frrrrrrrrrrrrdé

^my cat typed this

u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!op

^this aswell

[orchid furnace]

Why is it when I search Lee Priest a literal troll appears?

[young gale]

erm

[sullen merlin]

Third Animal species of the day (440) :
Common vampire bat / (Desmodus rotundus)

The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. It is one of three extant species of vampire bats, the other two being the hairy-legged and the white-winged vampire bats.

The common vampire bat practices hematophagy, mainly feeding on the blood of livestock. The bat usually approaches its prey at night while they are sleeping. It then uses its razor-sharp teeth to cut open the skin of its hosts and lap up their blood with its long tongue. The species is highly polygynous, and dominant adult males defend groups of females. It is one of the most social of bat species with a number of cooperative behaviors such as social grooming and food sharing. Because it feeds on livestock and is a carrier of rabies, the common vampire bat is considered a pest. Its conservation status is categorized as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) because of "its wide distribution, presumed large population tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category."

[rustic badger]

[sullen merlin]

Physical description

The common vampire bat is short-haired, with silver-gray fur on its undersides, demarcated from the darker fur on its back.[3] It has a deeply grooved lower lip, and a flat, leaf-shaped nose.[3] A well-developed, clawed thumb on each wing is used to climb onto prey and to assist the animal in take-off.[3] The bat averages about 9 cm (3.5 in) long with a wingspan of 18 cm (7 in). It commonly weighs about 25–40 grams (2 oz), but its weight can drastically increase after a single feeding.[12] The braincase is relatively large, but the snout is reduced to accommodate large incisors and canines.[3] It has the fewest teeth among bats. The upper incisors lack enamel, which keeps them razor-sharp.[3] Its dental formula is
1.1.2.0
1.1.3.0
, for a total of 18 teeth.[7]

While most other bats have almost completely lost the ability to maneuver on land, vampire bats are an exception.[13] They can run using a unique, bounding gait in which the forelimbs are used instead of the hindlimbs to propel forward, as the wings are much more powerful than the legs.[13] This ability likely evolved independently within the bat lineage.[13] Three pads under the thumb function like a sole.[3] It is also capable of leaping in various directions, heights, and distances.[14] When making a jump, the bat pushes up with its pectoral limbs. The hindlimbs keep the body over the pectoral limbs which are stabilized by the thumbs.[15]

Common vampire bats have good eyesight. They are able to distinguish different optical patterns and may use vision for long-range orientation.[3] These bats also have well-developed senses of smell and hearing: the cochlea is highly sensitive to low-frequency acoustics, and the nasal passages are relatively large.[3] They emit echolocation signals orally, and thus fly with their mouths open for navigation.[16] They can identify a metal strip 1 centimetre (0.39 in) wide at a distance of 50 centimetres (20 in), which is moderate compared to other bats.[16]

Behavior
Feeding

Common vampire bat feeding on a cow calf (taxidermy specimens).
The common vampire bat feeds primarily on mammalian blood, particularly that of livestock such as cattle and horses.[18] Vampire bats feed on wild prey like the tapir, but seem to prefer domesticated animals, and favor horses over cattle when given the choice.[21] Female animals, particularly those in estrus, are more often targeted than males. This could be because of the hormones.[22]

Vampire bats hunt at night,[18] using echolocation and olfaction to track down prey.[23] They feed in a distance of 5 to 8 km (3.1 to 5.0 mi) from their roosts.[24] When a bat selects a target, it lands on it, or jumps up onto it from the ground,[18][24] usually targeting the rump, flank, or neck of its prey;[18] heat sensors in the nose help it to detect blood vessels near the surface of the skin.[21] It pierces the animal's skin with its teeth, biting away a small flap,[24] and laps up the blood with its tongue, which has lateral grooves adapted to this purpose.[25] The blood is kept from clotting by an anticoagulant in the saliva.[24]

They are protective of their host and will fend off other bats while feeding.[19][23] It is uncommon for two or more bats to feed on the same host, with the exception of mothers and their offspring.[19][23]

[rustic badger]

We interrupt this Commercial To Remind you that Bats are Great

[sullen merlin]

Mating and reproduction

During estrus, a female releases one egg.[3] Mating usually lasts three to four minutes; the male bat mounts the female from the posterior end, grasps her back with his teeth, holds down her folded wings, and inseminates her.[25] Vampire bats are reproductively active year-round, although the number of conceptions and births peak in the rainy season.[18][24] Females give birth to one offspring per pregnancy,[18][24] following a gestation period of about seven months.[3] The young are raised primarily by the females. Mothers leave their young to hunt, and call their young to feed upon returning.[18] The young accompany their mothers to hunt at six months, but are not fully weaned until nine months.[18] Female offspring usually remain in their natal groups into adulthood, unless their mothers die or move.[26] The occasional movements of unrelated females between groups leads to the formation of multiple matrilines within groups.[26] Male offspring tend to live in their natal groups until they are one to two years old, sometimes being forced out by the resident adult males.[26

Range and habitat
The common vampire bat is found in parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America, as well as the Caribbean islands of Margarita and Trinidad.[3] They can be found as far north as 280 kilometres (170 mi) south of the Mexico–United States border. Fossils of this species have been found in Florida and states bordering Mexico. The common vampire is the most common bat species in southeastern Brazil.[17] The southern extent of its range is Uruguay, northern Argentina, and central Chile. In the West Indies, the bat is only found on Trinidad. It prefers warm and humid climates,[18][19] and uses tropical and subtropical woodlands and open grasslands for foraging.[7] Bats roost in trees, caves, abandoned buildings, old wells, and mines.[18][20] Vampire bats will roost with about 45 other bat species,[3] and tend to be the most dominant at roosting sites.[20] They occupy the darkest and highest places in the roosts; when they leave, other bat species move in to take over these vacated spots.

Cooperation
Regurgitated food sharing in common vampire bats has been studied in both the lab and field, and is predicted by kinship, association, and reciprocal help [27] In a field study conducted in Costa Rica from 1978 to 1983,[21] vampire bats frequently switched between several roost trees and co-roosted with kin and non-kin.[27] Mean genetic kinship within roosting groups was low (r = 0.03 − 0.11), but 95% of food sharing observed in the wild occurred between close kin (first cousins or higher). Most observed food sharing (70%) was mothers feeding their pups. The non-maternal sharing events were kin-biased suggesting that vampire bats prefer to help relatives.[27] However, non-maternal food sharing is even better explained by frequency of interaction, even after controlling for kinship. Food sharing was only observed when the co-roosting association was greater than 60%. Food sharing appears to require social bonds that require development over long periods of time.[27] Among familiar bats, the amount of food given from bat A to bat B is best predicted by the amount of food given from bat B to A.[27] Reciprocal sharing is most obvious over longer time spans as found in primate cooperation.

Vampire bats also participate in mutual grooming;[23] two bats groom each other simultaneously to clean one another, and to strengthen social bonds.[28] Bats that groom one another also share food. It was suggested that while grooming, a bat might assess the size of its partner's abdomen to determine if it really needs to eat.[28]

Relationship with humans

The highest occurrence of rabies in vampire bats occurs in the large populations found in South America. The danger is not so much to the human population, but rather to livestock.[29] Joseph Lennox Pawan, a government bacteriologist in Trinidad, found the first infected vampire bat in March 1932.[30] He soon proved various species of bat, including the common vampire bat, are capable of transmitting rabies for an extended period of time without artificial infection or external symptoms.[30] Fruit bats of the genus Artibeus were later shown to demonstrate the same abilities. During this asymptomatic stage, the bats continue to behave normally and breed. At first, Pawan's finding that bats transmitted rabies to people and animals were thought fantastic and were ridiculed.[citation needed]

Although most bats do not have rabies, those that do may be clumsy, disoriented, and unable to fly, which makes them more likely to come into contact with humans. There is evidence that it is possible for the rabies virus to infect a host purely through airborne transmission, without direct physical contact of the victim with the bat.[31][32] Although one should not have an unreasonable fear of bats, one should avoid handling them or having them in one's living space, as with any wild animal. Medical attention should be given to any person who awakens to discover a vampire bat in their sleeping quarters. It is possible that young children may not fully awaken due to the presence of a bat (or its bite).[33]

The unique properties of the vampire bats' saliva have found some positive use in medicine. A genetically engineered drug called desmoteplase, which uses the anticoagulant properties of the saliva of Desmodus rotundus, has been shown to increase blood flow in stroke patients.[34]

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

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

[wintry marlin]

Bat

[rustic badger]

Cutie Bats

[sullen merlin]

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

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

[modest isle]

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

[wintry marlin]

A couple of hours now and we get the pc beta…

[modest isle]

Im going to send you to the shadow realm

For interrupting @sullen merlin

[sullen merlin]

And i know glaive also kept spamming wumpus on me

[rustic badger]

@sullen merlin send Sleepy to English Class

[modest isle]

I meant “send you” but you onow the autocorrect

https://tenor.com/view/memes-smashing-pc-breaking-keyboard-radge-gif-26483855

[rustic badger]

[modest isle]

But you Know ***

[crimson marlin]

Oh

[rustic badger]

Yeah... Sleepy is getting old

[modest isle]

[lofty bone]

Dunno where to put this, but doesn't that Hypsilophodon looks similar to someone we know lmao ?

Ahahahah.

[sullen merlin]

Wut?

[lofty bone]

Look at the pic.

[modest isle]

No way 💀

[sullen merlin]

The taco?

[rustic badger]

yeah its new mattel toys iirc

saw it on twitter

[lofty bone]

No, the Hypsilophodon, the one who looks like a paradise bird.

[lofty bone]

Lmaooo I know.

[lofty bone]

It is yeah.

[sullen merlin]

Oh wait wow im stupid

[lofty bone]

It's ok lmao.

[sullen merlin]

I thought u were talking about sleepys message

this

[modest isle]

Ok but the accurate Hypsi should look like a dryosaurus

The isle’s one is speculation
Then these guys copied it

[lofty bone]

And so is the Mattel one now.

[sullen merlin]

They needed a colorful peacock like animal ok

with feathers ofc

[lofty bone]

Repaint that guy into TI colors and let it cook.

[modest isle]

Hypsilophodon with feathers would look like this

[graceful trail]

https://tenor.com/view/lil-uzi-eternal-atake-2-gif-13460308539653063562

[wary lichen]

Hey, not sure if this is right channel for my question but hope it is.

Would anyone playing V3 (if its still available) be willing to help me out with ingame pics for specific locations for a project im working on in Jurassic World Evolution 2? I tried using google for this, but I can't find the pics I'm after. I'd greatly appreciate it. I have all the DLCs, too 🙂

[rigid sand]

mh wilds beta has started!

[polar forge]

If the gifs in phase 3 are crashing mobile discord where do I tell it ? xD

[limber grove]

I saw they were working in the devblog now, try there

[polar forge]

Ty

[jaunty heath]

https://suno.com/song/0d80001f-ffa3-4d30-ba6d-eabf8679d007\

[barren bear]

i love ai! !!

[hazy gate]

Turkeys first flight of their new double engine f-35 airframe

[rustic badger]

F-35? Isn't this supposed to be their locally developed 5th gen airframe?

[hazy gate]

Yes but its clearly using the basis of the f-35 frame, but def locally developed

also it will be highest 4.5/4 gen, as no way its keeping the same stealth capabilities as the authentic US f-35

[granite cipher]

https://abc11.com/post/russia-fines-google-20000000000000000000000000000000000/15492018/

[remote fiber]

deino human mixpackers smh

[fluid linden]

You want to @ me for no reason and delete my posts which don't break rules purely because they show a large flaw, but won't remove posts of actual rule breakers? Here's your return @ :) @limber grove

[limber grove]

Thanks for letting me know!

And your post did break the rules, since we don't allow text in that channel and you added comments

BTW, disable DLSS to fix your problem

[spice gyro]

lol

[young gale]

Sorry

[ashen relic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqC3QzGmJR4 no way

[full patrol]

An asteroid is basically a giant rock and paper beats rock
@mortal echo

[wintry matrix]

Idc what ANY of u say
This is as best as life can get
A QUADRUPLE PIECE
4 DOUBLES
AND A BUNCHBOF REALLY FROSTED SHREDDED WHEATS

And made into a lil dude B)

[full patrol]

Nice

[mortal echo]

Somebody said that in another server I sent it to lol-

[rough hollow]

hey is there anyway i can contact a moderator i have a friend thats banned from the serv and idk why

[limber grove]

Send them this form, and if they've got any questions they can send me a friend request! https://dyno.gg/form/8ceec187

[rough hollow]

much appreciated will do

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (441) :
Banded sea krait / (Laticauda colubrina)

The yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina), also known as the banded sea krait or colubrine sea krait, is a species of highly venomous snake found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. The snake has distinctive black stripes and a yellow snout, with a paddle-like tail for use in swimming.

It spends much of its time under water to hunt, but returns to land to digest, rest, and reproduce. It has very potent neurotoxic venom, which it uses to prey on eels and small fish. Because of its affinity to land, the yellow-lipped sea krait often encounters humans, but the snake is not aggressive and only attacks when feeling threatened.

Description

The head of a yellow-lipped sea krait is black, with lateral nostrils and an undivided rostral scale. The upper lip and snout are characteristically colored yellow, and the yellow color extends backward on each side of the head above the eye to the temporal scales.[3]

The body of the snake is subcylindrical, and is taller than it is wide. Its upper surface is typically a shade of blueish gray, while the belly is yellowish, with wide ventral scales that stretch from a third to more than half of the width of the body. Black rings of about uniform width are present throughout the length of the snake, but the rings narrow or are interrupted at the belly. The midbody is covered with 21 to 25 longitudinal rows of imbricated (overlapping) dorsal scales.[3] The dorsal and lateral scales can be used to differentiate between this species and the similar yellow-lipped New Caledonian sea krait, which typically has fewer rows of scales and scales that narrow or fail to meet (versus the yellow-lipped sea krait's ventrally meeting dark bands).[4] The tail of the snake is paddle-shaped and adapted to swimming.[5]

On average, the total length of a male is 875 mm (2 ft 10.4 in) long, with a 13 cm (5.1 in) long tail. Females are significantly larger, with an average total length of 1.42 m (4 ft 8 in) and a tail length of 145 mm (5.7 in).[3

Distribution and habitat
The yellow-lipped sea krait is widespread throughout the eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. It can be found from the eastern coast of India, along the coast of the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and other parts of Southeast Asia, to the Malay Archipelago and to some parts of southern China, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The species is also common near Fiji and other Pacific islands within its range. Vagrant individuals have been recorded in Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand.[1] Six specimens have been found around the North Island of New Zealand between 1880 and 2005, suspected to have come from populations based in Fiji and Tonga.[4] It is the most common sea krait identified in New Zealand, and second-most seen sea snake after the yellow-bellied sea snake - common enough to be considered a native species, protected under the Wildlife Act 1953.[4]

Venom
The venom of this elapid, L. colubrina, is a very powerful neurotoxic protein, with a subcutaneous LD50 in mice of 0.45 mg/kg body weight.[6] The venom is an α-neurotoxin that disrupts synapses by competing with acetylcholine for receptors on the postsynaptic membrane, similar to erabutoxins and α-bungarotoxins.[7] In mice, lethal venom doses cause lethargy, flaccid paralysis, and convulsions in quick succession before death. Dogs injected with lethal doses produced symptoms consistent with fatal hypertension and cyanosis observed in human sea snake bite victims.[6]

Some varieties of eels, which are a primary food source for yellow-lipped sea kraits, may have coevolved resistance to yellow-lipped sea krait venom.[8] Gymnothorax moray eels taken from the Caribbean, where yellow-lipped sea kraits are not endemic, died after injection with doses as small as 0.1 mg/kg body weight, but Gymnothorax individuals taken from New Guinea, where yellow-lipped sea kraits are endemic, were able to tolerate doses as large as 75 mg/kg without severe injury.[9]

Behavior

Yellow-lipped sea kraits are semiaquatic. Juveniles stay in water and on adjacent coasts, but adults are able to move further inland and spend half their time on land and half in the ocean. Adult males are more terrestrially active during mating and hunt in shallower water, requiring more terrestrial locomotive ability. Adult females, though, are less active on land during mating and hunt in deeper water, requiring more aquatic locomotive ability. Because males are smaller, they crawl and swim faster than females.[5]

Body adaptations, especially a paddle-like tail, help yellow-lipped sea kraits to swim. These adaptations are also found in more distantly related sea snakes (Hydrophiinae) because of convergent evolution, but because of the differences in motion between crawling and swimming, these same adaptations impede the snake's terrestrial motion. On dry land, a yellow-lipped sea krait can still move, but typically at only slightly more than a fifth of its swimming speed. In contrast, most sea snakes other than Laticauda spp. are virtually stranded on dry land.[5]

When hunting, yellow-lipped sea kraits frequently head into deep water far from land, but return to land to digest meals, shed skin, and reproduce. Individuals return to their specific home islands, exhibiting philopatry. When yellow-lipped sea kraits on Fijian islands were relocated to different islands 5.3 km away, all recaptured individuals were found on their home islands in an average of 30.7 days.[10]

Yellow-lipped sea kraits collected near the tip of Borneo had heavy tick infections.[11]

Hunting and diet
Hunting is often performed alone, but L. colubrina kraits may also do so in large numbers in the company of hunting parties of giant trevally and goatfish. This cooperative hunting technique is similar to that of the moray eel, with the yellow-lipped sea kraits flushing out prey from narrow crevices and holes, and the trevally and goatfish feeding on fleeing prey.[12]

While probing crevices with their heads, yellow-lipped sea kraits are unable to observe approaching predators and can be vulnerable. The snakes can deter predators, such as larger fish, sharks, and birds, by fooling them into thinking that their tail is their head, because the color and movement of the tail is similar to that of the snake's head. For example, the lateral aspect of the tail corresponds to the dorsal view of the head.[13][14]

Yellow-lipped sea kraits primarily feed on varieties of eels (of the families Congridae, Muraenidae, and Ophichthidae), but also eat small fish (including those of the families Pomacentridae and Synodontidae).[15] Males and females exhibit sexual dimorphism in hunting behavior, as adult females, which are significantly larger than males, prefer to hunt in deeper water for larger conger eels, while adult males hunt in shallower water for smaller moray eels. In addition, females hunt for only one prey item per foraging bout, while males often hunt for multiple items.[5][16] After hunting, yellow-lipped sea kraits return to land to digest their prey.[10]

Courtship and reproduction

The yellow-lipped sea krait is oviparous, meaning it lays eggs that develop outside of the body.[1]

Each year during the warmer months of September through December, males gather on land and in the water around gently sloping areas at high tide. Males prefer to mate with larger females because they produce larger and more offspring.[17]

When a male detects a female, he chases the female and begins courtship. Females are larger and slower than males, and many males escort and intertwine around a single female. The males then align their bodies with the female and rhythmically contract; the resulting mass of snakes can remain nearly motionless for several days.[17][18] After courtship, the snakes copulate for about an average of two hours.[17]

The female yellow-lipped sea kraits then lay as many as 10 eggs per clutch. The eggs are deposited in crevices where they remain until hatching.[19] These eggs are very rarely found in the wild; only two nests have been definitively reported throughout the entire range of the species.[1]

Interaction with humans
Because yellow-lipped sea kraits spend much of their time on land, they are often encountered by humans. They are frequently found in the water intake and exhaust pipes of boats.[19] They are also attracted to light and can be distracted by artificial sources of light, including hotels and other buildings, on coasts.[1]

Fewer bites from this species are recorded compared to other venomous species such as cobras and vipers, as it is less aggressive and tends to avoid humans.[15] If they do bite, it is usually in self-defense when accidentally grabbed. Most sea snake bites occur when fishermen attempt to untangle the snakes from their fishing nets.[20]

In the Philippines, yellow-lipped sea kraits are caught for their skin and meat; the meat is smoked and exported for use in Japanese cuisine.[1] The smoked meat of a related Laticauda species, the black-banded sea krait, is used in Okinawan cuisine to make irabu-jiru (Japanese: イラブー汁, irabu soup).[21]

@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

[hallow parrot]

snake

[sullen merlin]

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

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/sea-krait-viralhog-undersea-underwater-life-gif-20888501

[azure oar]

Snek

[sullen merlin]

It looks so goofy

the face

[modest isle]

[sullen merlin]

Almost as goofy as the arabian sandboa

[modest isle]

Innocent face

[hazy gate]

Goofiest snake for me is the boomslang or vine snake

[crimson marlin]

🐍

[sullen merlin]

Judgemental shoelace

aka asian vine snake

I wanted to keep one of those but they arent white-listed where i live

sadge

[sage hearth]

https://youtu.be/bITSvA_P-wg?si=5Q7cvRlZcKsKy5Y5

[modest isle]

The second image looks like a Carnotaurus but without horns

[wintry marlin]

Snake

[full patrol]

Same! Cool video
#offtopic-discussion message

[sage hearth]

AH beat me to it!

[rustic badger]

An Eagle tried to hunt a Harbour Porpoise(Cetacean) in Norway : https://www.vg.no/stories/297834

[tropic owl]

@crystal zinc fisch

[crystal zinc]

WHAT!!!!

[dense fox]

Доброго вечора, де я можу знайти паті або клан що б грати разом?

[limber grove]

Please only use English in this server. You'll probably have the best chance of finding a group by asking in the official server channels, such as #evrima-eu

[dense fox]

i undestand!

[hallow parrot]

Are A and B different coloured squares?

[lone star]

Nope, colour theory is a crazy thing

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-shock-gasp-omg-open-mouth-gif-6026042042422959802

[modest isle]

https://youtube.com/shorts/ccLUxJvViUA?si=bQ5Oh7QutEGgVR9F

[hallow parrot]

Now go and check the hex code

[modest isle]

Hex code this color : #9FE2BF

[tropic owl]

They are the same colour

[modest isle]

Same color / Hex code

[hallow parrot]

yum

[full patrol]

illusion broken
day ruined

[tired hinge]

I just sunk 6 hours into a Physics Exercise sheet for Uni, I just wanna look at cool rocks and dinosaur bones

no wait it's almost 7 hours now, my dear

[rustic badger]

Good Luck

[tropic elbow]

plz dondi make a exception 😭

i been staring at this fan art for years praying for it to be added

[rustic badger]

I can see Hyper Herbis being a cool mod

or maybe devs will add an equivalent, who knows

[tired hinge]

thanks, the sciences are really the worst part about studying geosciences (geology)

[slow hazel]

bro that is unkillable

[silent cargo]

also hypers dont have literal rock armor

stepp concepts tend to be just sharp rocks

[modest isle]

It would be a cooler idea if these rocks looking scales are not actually part of his body but instead its some sharp rocks he collects from the environment around him and uses honey to gule these rocks🪨 on him

[silent cargo]

https://tenor.com/view/scared-cat-running-funny-run-gif-23668419

[modest isle]

[umbral niche]

Looking for a PC is like looking for a kid to adopt, blimey

[tropic elbow]

not once have i seen a hypo die

or "hyper"

[distant nymph]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uea069liJU

Such a cute Hermitcraft song 😊

In case anyone is following Grian or Gems point of view for Season 10

[mortal echo]

First and second ones look like eels.

[hallow parrot]

is this cat real or fake

[elder meadow]

Imma go with fake

[void zinc]

Fake. Slanty irises, fuzzy looks mushy and artefacted.

[full patrol]

fake, the tail is escaping the mortal plane

[spice gyro]

Fake, slope of the top of the head is biased to one side

[heavy temple]

I haven't watched Grian in a good while

[smoky mauve]

submitting assignments due no later than 11:59 at 11:59 I need to stop procrastinating man

[spice gyro]

Relatable

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/grian-explode-boat-gif-26912504

[heavy temple]

https://tenor.com/view/grian-mcyt-minecraft-spin-hermitcraft-gif-3409963334164307133

[modest isle]

Speaking of Grian : literally everyone died to their immortal snails 🐌 in the life series

https://youtu.be/4UnyorKuqXc?si=XxHzlMHt9UwF6w0I

[modest isle]

Obviously fake it has the same eyes as the previous Ai Cat

Delete this

[distant nymph]

Are you following Season 10 over anyone ? o:

I watch Mumbo, Grian and Gem
At the start I also watched Scar, Etho and Joel
but I just didn't have the time to keep up ):

[distant nymph]

They were really mean to be fair xD

[modest isle]

Yeah i felt bad for Skizzleman 😭 he gave up and became desperate at the end and kept dying alot

[unreal pier]

WHat?!

[modest isle]

True

[distant nymph]

Aw yeah xD
Though some of those were his fault honestly

---

Also, a gread video explaining the "missing impact/weight" of some weapons in the MonHun Wilds beta:
https://www.vxreddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1gj4oqu/hitstop_in_mh_wilds_comparison_to_previous_games/

[heavy temple]

I haven’t watched herbitcraft since I watched Iskall85 in season 6

[rustic badger]

Some people are saying Rise beta also had less hitstun, but it was in the main game. Hope its the same here. IG feels way better with it

[distant nymph]

I'm sure they'll fix it, yeah 😊

[rustic badger]

https://vxtwitter.com/yonyondondon024/status/1853434332389712105

[tepid jay]

i miss it already

[fair mesa]

Dint see that

[rustic badger]

Just find this really really cool,
https://vxtwitter.com/Quackity/status/1853210010836402417

[distant nymph]

same ):

[tepid jay]

my man will now be in stasis for 10 months :(

[rustic badger]

https://x.com/valky_uniguri/status/1825581039332504056

valky (@valky_uniguri) on X

Across the Windward Plains

#MonsterHunter #MHWilds

Twitter · Aug 19, 2024, 5:10 PM

[rustic badger]

https://vxtwitter.com/Ethan626794543/status/1853181545353535801

[lapis otter]

peak theme of all time

[rustic badger]

I do hope val makes it either here or in the expansion, Big Console Graphics for Val would be a first

Rise was on PC and stuff yeah but still made for the switch

[rustic badger]

https://vxtwitter.com/gunlancesuki/status/1853369229413929263

[stoic vale]

By far the best fly ive ever tied

[nocturne basalt]

@half sinew are you still online?

[spice gyro]

Ooh very nice

[wintry matrix]

What yall think abt my animal from a spec evo project i been working on?
Not the best artist but im trying my best.
I named it Cuatralas vuelito (words from Spanish meaning "four-winged little flyer")

[wintry matrix]

Also gonna specify, it is NOT from earth. From a alien planet i created called Kryka

[umbral niche]

I think it’s neat! 🙂

Shivering my timbers rn, got chased into a home cave by a Conc in PoT as a lil Bars

[distant nymph]

That's pretty 😊

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/borat-wawaweewa-sacha-noam-baron-cohen-room-bedroom-gif-15858289

[rustic badger]

Yeah all her art is Great

So Much Wallpaper Material

[void zinc]

Hey dumb-dumb. Don't be this dumb.

[modest isle]

No way dude just said that

and then used the sweating emoji 🥵

[void zinc]

Yeah, nah. Imma just remove him.

[burnt sandal]

Heyy, I'm pretty new to Envrima, what does this mean?

[rustic badger]

The Eyes are Patrol Zones, they are basically Mini-Migration Zones for your Group.

[burnt sandal]

Thank you!

[alpine mason]

I thought those were eggs 😭

[lofty blade]

https://tenor.com/view/eggs-ozzy-the-land-before-time-dinosaur-the-great-valley-adventure-gif-7027518974057488072

[alpine mason]

Eggs

🤪🤪🤑🤑

When the function has EGGS

https://tenor.com/view/eggs-we-need-eggs-wakey-wakey-need-eggs-chicken-gif-6573832906051459989

[sullen merlin]

Why am i curious now

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-homer-simpson-good-bye-bye-hide-gif-12581002

[still willow]

Gateway be like:

[mystic tendon]

The pack of Torvosaurus

[fleet cave]

You want to download your driver info from here https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-x670-p-wifi/helpdesk_download?model2Name=PRIME-X670-P-WIFI

@lone thorn

How much RAM do you ahve

[distant nymph]

@azure oar

[hallow parrot]

poor guy is just tryna eat but some hairless ape stares intently through a camera lens

[surreal nacelle]

Let's keep political conversations out of this server please. (Not you Run)

[pearl elm]

1984

[hallow parrot]

lol

[wintry matrix]

literally just came here to see if there would be any juicey drama going on XD

[limber star]

[rustic badger]

[void zinc]

inb4 "Wheeeh, I want talk politics in the server about dinosaurs running around and having a silly time"

[drifting tundra]

anyone knows if i can play evrima with these specs?
i3 10100 3.60 ghz
rx 6500 xt
24 gb ram

how many fps?

[full patrol]

You'll find out when you play 💀
Can't really predict the fps

[drifting tundra]

k

[hallow parrot]

I wonder if anyone in this server can play the accordion

[full patrol]

Give me a couple months 👍
(I will not actually go learn the accordian)

[hallow parrot]

NOOO

[rustic badger]

https://vxtwitter.com/giuliasrossi/status/1854120058118623659

[visual hound]

looks like a wyvern running

[azure oar]

Clearly shows that bats aren‘t mammals but actually the only surving lineage of the wyverns

[hallow parrot]

https://youtu.be/aaMwqKdAwSk

[hallow parrot]

it looks like it cannot decide between galloping or "sprint walking"

idk what to call it

[void zinc]

Food.

[soft lily]

Bats are cute af I don’t want them in my house

[sullen merlin]

It looks like one of those wooden walking machines driven by wind

[hallow parrot]

They were quite literally eaten to extinction in the UK

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/0000-art-walking-gif-12510406

[dark pier]

tryna lock in wit my korean dawg, language barrier tough asf

[hallow parrot]

idk, i dont think every korean speaker understands latinised korean

[neat basalt]

this is true

although they might idk

[barren bear]

same

[soft lily]

Getting rid of our natural heritage is a point of pride for the UK

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/eight-crazy-dancing-dance-move-friends-gif-15454395

[hazy gate]

Kim jong un after agreeing to send soldiers to help putin in Ukraine lol

[sullen merlin]

Saw some weird news articles about that

[hallow parrot]

uhh

bum biddy biddy bum bum

[hallow parrot]

OH, all i had to do was change server and WOW lmaoo
anywayssssssssssssss... away from that

[remote fiber]

Thanks Dondi.

[sullen merlin]

Wait hold up, im a bit lost now. Wdym change servers lmao

[hallow parrot]

discord servers

[sullen merlin]

ah lol

[hidden raptor]

@barren bear hey issac, you use davinci as an editing software right?

[surreal nacelle]

@manic remnant
Dragons are cool but they don't really belong in #isle-fan-art , you can post them here instead

[manic remnant]

Thanks for your apperication❤️

[manic remnant]

Got it! I'll make sure to post them in the right place next time. Thanks for letting me know!

[manic remnant]

If you don't mind can we talk over dm

[surreal nacelle]

Sure you can dm me

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/queen-queen-elizabeth-queenelizabeth-ii-elizabeth-elizabeth-ii-gif-24190378

[barren bear]

Yes

[fleet fable]

does anyone know how to make roblox shirts

[full patrol]

Like on your roblox character?
If it's the same as it was 14 years ago it's under your profile where you can customize your character and you select the shirt area and customize it from there

@fleet fable

[hidden raptor]

have you ever experienced it crashing whenever you try and import a video file in the editing and media pool menus? keeps happening to me, not sure why

[barren bear]

No

Weird

[hidden raptor]

rip, been a major problem for a while now

gonna try and do a few things to fix it

[barren bear]

Tried updating it or maybe re downloading it?

[hidden raptor]

I did re download it and I'm updating it rn, hope that's the problem, not seeing much in the settings as to why it's happening

[barren bear]

Hmm

Have you tried seeing if there are other people with the similar problem on their forums?

[hidden raptor]

Yeah I've seen a couple people having what seems to be the same problem on the forums, and there's a few videos talking about it, but the weird thing is that it was working a couple of months ago just fine

also, update: I copied the same recorded footage to my local disk storage, imported it, and it worked just fine, yet when I try it via harddrive, it just crashes

I mean it's better than nothing but still

[barren bear]

Wack

[pallid palm]

i miss the quiet

[fleet cave]

Who does the animal facts

I have a bug for you

Ten-Lined June Bug

[modest isle]

Me
and @sullen merlin

[modest isle]

Will do soon 👍🏼

[fleet cave]

Yassss

[fleet cave]

Cherry shrimp and snail eggs

[young gale]

Fire red shrimp

[fleet cave]

Ohhh hard to tell for me

[young gale]

Oh ok

They kinda look the same methinks

[fleet cave]

Yeah I think the fire red have the white stripe

[sullen merlin]

I was busy this week so I’ll resume aotd probably this Sunday 👍

[modest isle]

If you are busy its ok you can always count on me to do the work 👍🏼

[orchid furnace]

What do you guys think about Beasts of Bermuda and Path of Titans? I’m thinking about trying both of them and maybe just refunding (idk if I can refund pot)

[sullen merlin]

I have only played PoT but i dont like either of them. PoT needs mods and custom server settkngs to be playable imo. I dont like either of them tbh but it also depends on ur own game preferences

[orchid furnace]

Really, What is it you don’t like about PoT? BoB seems kinda weird but the big events look cool

[sullen merlin]

BoB's arcadey style and visuals etc is what throws me off the most. For PoT the base game ir pretty bad, i hate the combat since combat stance pretty much allows u to turn in place etc. Growing on base game rules is extremely annoying. Its pretty much quest simulator with little progression.

[orchid furnace]

Is it pay to win?

Or at least pay for each Dino?

[sullen merlin]

no

[orchid furnace]

Oh ok good

[drowsy locust]

https://youtu.be/58CITue_gGA

[maiden junco]

low taper fade

[rustic badger]

Arcane is Really Really Great

[tired hinge]

WE ARE SO BACK!!!

been listening to "To Ashes and Blood" on loop for a good hour now lol

[hallow parrot]

for me, Sucker has been the track that has been looped all day

[tired hinge]

also very good but that screaming chorus? just pure heaven to my ears

[hallow parrot]

All the music either way, is brilliant, it'd be foolish to pick favourites

[hallow parrot]

ah those last three notes sound the same to the first three on my childhood home's doorbell

[barren bear]

oh lol

[hallow parrot]

kinda scary

[barren bear]

https://youtu.be/m2JL0xABlrQ
does it do this

go to 1:50

[hallow parrot]

yes, it did

[barren bear]

yay

[hallow parrot]

thats very odd

its so good to hear that tune arrangement once again

[modest isle]

Civic Duty

Honda Civic

[void zinc]

Heh. Doody.

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (442) :
Atlantic mudskipper / (Periophthalmus barbarus)

The Atlantic mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus) is a species of mudskipper native to fresh, marine, and brackish waters of the tropical Atlantic coasts of Africa, including most offshore islands, through the Indian Ocean and into the western Pacific Ocean to Guam. The Greek scientific name Periophthalmus barbarus is named after the eyes that provide the Atlantic mudskipper with a wide field of vision. The Atlantic mudskipper is a member of the genus Periophthalmus, which includes oxudercine gobies that have one row of canine-like teeth.

The Atlantic mudskipper can grow up to 16 cm (6.3 in) in body length. Similar to other members of the genus, it has dorsally positioned eyes and pectoral fins that aid in locomotion on land and in water. Atlantic mudskippers can skip, crawl, and climb on land using their pelvic and pectoral fins.

Atlantic mudskippers are semi-aquatic animals that occur on tidal flats and mangrove forests, where it readily crosses mud and sand surfaces out of the water. The Atlantic mudskipper is carnivorous and utilises an ambushing strategy to capture prey. Capturing prey is performed through the use of a 'hydrodynamic tongue', which involves using water to suction the prey into the mouth.

Sexual maturity is reached at approximately 10.2 cm (4.0 in) for females and 10.8 cm (4.3 in) for males. The Atlantic mudskipper can live around five years. Atlantic mudskippers have been used by humans for food, bait, and medicinal purposes. The conservation status of the Atlantic mudskipper is classified as 'Least Concern'.

Distribution
Atlantic mudskippers are found throughout West Africa, in mangrove swamps, and primarily brackish bodies of water near the coast.[1] Countries where the mudskipper are found include Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and Ghana.[1]

The distribution of Atlantic mudskippers within these regions are influenced by the availability of food and shelter.[2] The distribution may also be influenced by the Atlantic mudskipper's hibernation.[2]

[rustic badger]

mud

[sullen merlin]

Anatomy and morphology

The Atlantic mudskipper can grow up to 16 cm in length.[6] The body is covered with scales, coated with a mucus layer that helps to retain moisture.[6] The Atlantic mudskippers have more than 90 scales along the side of their body.[3] Atlantic mudskippers also retain moisture by storing water within gill chambers, that allows them to breathe when out of water.[6] Atlantic mudskippers do not have a membrane that covers the gill chambers; instead, they are able to control the opening and closing of the gill chambers.[7] The gill chambers may be controlled through either the muscles around the slits, or through the differences in partial pressures.[7] In addition to retaining moisture by storing water, the surface of the Atlantic mudskipper enables it to breathe through its skin, otherwise known as cutaneous respiration.[8]

Mudskippers have a pair of pectoral fins, which allows them to 'skip' on land and maintain stability within water.[6][4][9] The Atlantic mudskipper also has a pair of caudal fins that aid in aquatic locomotion, and pelvic fins that aid the pectoral fins in terrestrial locomotion.[9] The pelvic fins are adapted to terrestrial living by acting as a sucker to attach the Atlantic mudskipper to land.[8] Atlantic mudskippers can also crawl and climb on land using their pelvic and pectoral fins.[8]

The eyes of the Atlantic mudskipper are adapted to terrestrial living by being located closely together, providing the mudskipper with a large field of vision.[4] The eyes can move independent of the other at 360 degrees.[10] The eyes are also positioned further up on the head, enabling the eyes to remain above the water surface whilst their body is submerged underwater.[4] Cup-like structures that hold water are located beneath the eye, which aids in lubricating the eyes when the Atlantic mudskipper is on land.[4] While on land, they perform a whole-body rolling behavior in which their eyes are retracted and the dermal cup structures cover them, such that the dermal cup membrane comes into contact with fluids on the surface they are rolling on. When they finish the roll, their eyes extend again and the dermal cup recedes. This rolling behavior may capture water in these cups and body for lubrication, supported by the fact that they were observed to roll much more frequently when exposed to higher air flow (and thus, higher evaporation) in a laboratory setting.[11] The Atlantic mudskipper has chemosensory receptors that are located within the nose and on the skin's surface.[12]

The Atlantic mudskipper has the ability to rotate its mouth opening so that its jaws can be oriented over prey.[13] Sharp teeth, reflective of their carnivorous diet, are present within the mouth.[14] Atlantic mudskippers have a short digestive system, that is composed of an oesophagus, stomach, intestine, and rectum.[15] The stomach was historically not described in Atlantic mudskippers as it is not well defined unless structures are compared microscopically.[15] The surface of the intestine is folded, which increases the surface area that enhances the absorption of nutrients.[15]

The Atlantic mudskipper has a unique olfactory organ that includes a canal 0.3mm in diameter near its upper lip that increases in size into a chamber-like sac. The chamber-like sacs only serve a mechanical purpose, which is to circulate water through the canals, which are sensory structures.[16][17]

The Atlantic mudskippers have genital papillae that are located on the abdomen. Females can be distinguished from males, who have less rounded papillae.[18]

[rustic badger]

Interruption

[sullen merlin]

Habitat

Atlantic mudskippers are semi-aquatic animals that live in areas with water that is slightly salty, such as river estuaries and mudflats.[10][19] Generally, Atlantic mudskippers spend the majority of the day on land.[10] In tidal regions, Atlantic mudskippers may appear only during low tide to feed; conversely, they hide in their burrow at high tide.[19] Their burrows can extend to 1.5 metres deep, in which mudskippers can seek refuge from predators.[4] Burrows may contain a pocket of air which the Atlantic mudskipper can breathe from, despite there being low oxygen availability.[4] The Atlantic mudskipper is generally able to tolerate high concentrations of toxic substances produced by industrial waste, including cyanide and ammonia, in the surrounding environments.[20] For example, in the presence of high ammonia contamination, the Atlantic mudskipper can actively secrete ammonia through its gills within highly acidic environments.[4] They are also able to survive in a variety of environments, including waters with different temperatures and salinity levels.[20]

Hot and humid climates are optimal for Atlantic mudskippers as it enhances cutaneous respiration and helps them with maintaining their body temperature. The body temperature of Atlantic mudskippers on the surface can range from 14 to 35 degrees celsius. The Atlantic mudskipper is territorial and builds a wall of mud around its territory and its resources. The territory is approximately 1 metre long and can aid in maintaining Atlantic mudskipper populations by storing food resources.[4]

Predator-prey behaviour
The Atlantic mudskipper is carnivorous,[21] and has adopted an ambushing strategy to capture terrestrial prey.[22] While hunting, the Atlantic mudskipper submerges itself underwater whilst leaving its eyes out, using only sight to identify and locate prey.[22] To ambush prey, Atlantic mudskippers launch onto land using predominantly their pectoral fins, and catch the prey using their mouth.[22] When Atlantic mudskippers are in danger from predation on land, they proceed into 'flight' behaviour and either jump in the water or skip away on mud.[4]

[rustic badger]

Hey that was alot of reading, take a Break

[sullen merlin]

Feeding behaviour
On land, the Atlantic mudskipper feeds by covering its prey with water, then sucking back the water and prey into its mouth, named as the 'hydrodynamic tongue'.[23] The Atlantic mudskipper carries water in their mouth prior to emerging on land, enabling them to feed.[24] In water, the Atlantic mudskipper feeds through suction feeding, similar to other aquatic species.[7] Suction-feeding involves building up pressure by expanding the head and mouth rapidly, which pulls both food and water in.[25] Although the feeding technique is similar in both environments, the Atlantic mudskipper alters the force of suction, such that the flow underwater is stronger than on land.[7] The gape size of the mouth is larger in water, potentially due to water pressure.[25] Furthermore, the Atlantic mudskipper lunges simultaneously as suctioning, in order to catch prey.[25] The direction of the lunge is different between terrains. The Atlantic mudskipper catches prey horizontally underwater; whereas, the Atlantic mudskipper rotates its body and reorientates its mouth on land, such that it feeds on prey from above.[25] The Atlantic mudskippers are diurnal, which means they are active and feed during the day.[10]

Atlantic mudskippers are flexible in regard to their diet choices. Larger Atlantic mudskippers ingest larger-sized prey, potentially due to the correlation between their mouth gape and prey size.[26] The feeding choices also may vary by habitats and seasonally, depending on what resources are most abundant.[26] The Atlantic mudskippers feed more during dry season than wet, reflective of the optimal foraging theory, which proposes that diet flexibility increases with lower food availability.[26] Atlantic mudskippers feed frequently, where larger Atlantic mudskippers feed at higher intensities as they are less prone to predation.[26]

Diet
The Atlantic mudskipper is a consumer of a wide variety of food.[26] In the wild, mudskippers prefer to eat worms, crickets, flies, mealworms, beetles, small fish, and small crustaceans (sesarmid crabs).[27] Mudskippers kept as pets can eat frozen fare such as bloodworm or artemia and flakes. It cannot eat dried food; however, because its stomach swells up. It is recommended to feed it frozen food for a healthy diet.[28]

Reproduction
Females reach sexual maturity at a body length of around 10.2 cm, and males approximately 10.8 cm. The Atlantic mudskipper can spawn throughout the year.[29] However, spawning mainly occurs for male Atlantic mudskippers between February and May, and females between March and May.[30] The peak spawning times are associated with high food availability for their young.[30] The fertility of Atlantic mudskippers increases with the length of their body, as females may be able to carry more eggs at larger sizes.[29] Females lay thousands of eggs at one time; however, the eggs are highly prone to predation.[4] Mudskippers flood their burrows to trigger the eggs to hatch. Only a small proportion of offspring survive as they are highly susceptible to predation.[4]

During courtship, after the male pairs with a female mudskipper, the male and female go into the male's burrow to mate.[29] After the female releases her eggs onto the burrow wall,[29] the male displays a large amount of paternal care.[4] The male Atlantic mudskipper will guard and take care of the eggs within the burrow.[4]

Usage by humans

The Atlantic mudskippers are used by humans as food, bait, ornamental fishes, and for medicine.[2][30] It is important to local indigenous peoples as a food fish and can also be found in the aquarium trade.[1] Fishing has caused population declines in parts of the species' range.[30] Mudskippers can be used as a bio-indicator of pollution in marine ecosystems as they are sensitive to the environment and have an absorptive body.[4] Analyses can be performed by examining various organs of the mudskipper.[4] The digestive system, gills, and skin are common places of the Atlantic mudskipper that are contaminated by heavy metals, like copper and iron.[4] A less invasive method of using mudskippers as a bio-indicator is to use their growth and development as a measure for potential contamination.[4]

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

[rustic badger]

[wintry marlin]

Fish

[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

[wintry marlin]

Glorious day

[sullen merlin]

Land fibsch

[wintry marlin]

Literally me

[rustic badger]

skipper

[distant nymph]

Mudskipper are funny xD

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/mudskipper-kiss-gif-13817632041467747176

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/lol-fish-laugh-funny-gif-4741797

[modest isle]

Blue spotted mudskipper (41)
#offtopic-discussion message

[azure oar]

Very beautifull creature

[crimson marlin]

Cute animal

[modest isle]

@sullen merlin
Also you don’t have to copy the entire page just put the important stuff

Doing this will make you get tired fast and feel burned out from doing the AOTD

[rustic badger]

Next Time also paste the References section

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/this-hammer-is-100-km-near-your-house-gif-5814637008721710847

[rustic badger]

The Hammer Approaches 0.0 but will never reach it, Lim Is Cruel

[sullen merlin]

I dont put every section, if its in the wiki i usually do stuff like distribution, ecology, diet etc

[potent timber]

is there a way i can choose spawn point

im new

[rustic badger]

No, its been removed. Might be enabled on some unoffcial servers

[potent timber]

damn

thank u tho

[sullen merlin]

It might seem annoying but its for the better

[potent timber]

yeah i guess so

[wintry marlin]

Arcane season 2 is already peak

[rustic badger]

So True

[wintry marlin]

God the first episode set the tone perfectly

And the 3rd has such a good ending

Can’t wait for next week

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/jinx-chad-arcane-league-of-legends-mewing-gif-14157344817191900030

[willow venture]

This lil guy came into my house and interrupted me midgame 😅 i think he is a blind snake
Spoilered in case anyone has a fear of snakes
But hes just a little guy

[hallow parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-spaghetti-eating-pasta-nom-nom-gif-22325744

[willow venture]

NO 🥺

hes just a lil guy

[hallow parrot]

protein noodle

[full patrol]

Awww is it a brahminy blind snake?? So cute!!!
Harmless little fellas he has no idea where he's going

[willow venture]

most likely!

[vast wind]

what should my rules be for my low rules isle server?

[wintry matrix]

Hard to see each individual but here is some sauropods with my spec evo alien with them (the one with a frill and horns on its head). In oder from smallest to biggest we got, saltasaurus, camarasaurus, brachiosaurus, Titanastiskrykas (my alien, name meaning Titan of Kryka), then argentinasaurs

[wintry matrix]

No mixpacking, no body camping as a herbivore, no megapacking like having more members in a maxxed out group

[vast wind]

Thanks!

do you wanna help me with it or no?

[wintry matrix]

No prob :D

[wintry matrix]

I would love too if I had the time. Unfortunately ive been extremely busy with school and work so i cant. But if you want any suggestions or advice on things, feel free to DM me about it :)

[vast wind]

yes for sure

it has no players but its called Lost Origins

if you wanna check it out

[lone star]

Make sure to clearly define what mixpacking is though! There’s nothing more painful than thinking you aren’t but it turns out you are in terms of the rules

And example of clearly stating what mixpacking is defined as would be:

No mixpacking!- this means no following and aiding another species for long periods of time. temporary alliances, such as fighting equal threats or opportunistic hunting is fine.

Even there you could specify more, like maybe you don’t mind some species being together like.. idk… maybe symbiotic relationships? Like Troodon hanging around nesting dinosaurs to eat the compy (and maybe occasional child)

Really, ultimately, it’s up to you, but I would still recommend clearly defining what is and isn’t mixpacking, easier for players and mods

Also, even if it seems obvious, adding no cheating/hacking is necessary for many servers

[full patrol]

Honestly if you can make your rules clear and concise it's much better. Leaves less wiggle room for people trying to find loopholes.
If you're going to say no mixpacking it could be written:

No mixpacking:
Different species are not allowed to defend eachother or team up against other players under any circumstances.

This allows for people to hang out together if they're different species but they cannot fight or defend eachother.
If really wanted nobody to mix at all, they can also add for example:

You may only play with dinosaurs of the same species. The only dinosaurs exempt from this rule are hypsi and dryo who can play with any dinosaur.

[lone star]

Yeah

Because many people look for loopholes (which from experience as an admin from a very different server, it’s annoying)

Being specific helps to avoid some of the annoyances of people finding those loopholes, though eventually you’ll find some by, well, people finding loopholes

[silent cargo]

drip

[full patrol]

I know all about it, also was an admin on some community servers and those people who look for loopholes are honestly the worst. If I were to do it over I'd not be so nice about it. If it happens more than once they know exactly what they're doing.

[lone star]

I bet you do know all about it heheh

but yeah people who look for loopholes usually know they are and it’s soooo annoyinggg

[full patrol]

"uwu but the rules said as carnivore I can't mix with other carnivores but you didn't specify that I can't mix with herbivores"

[lone star]

how dare you make a joke with a word I can’t use so I can’t replicate it..,,,

[full patrol]

"uwu you said I have to stay with a body until someone takes it or it's gone, and the same people keep taking my bodies so I have to keep hunting other players. I'm so sad I'm totally not doing this on purpose as a giga so I can get around the no kos rule uwu"

Lol sorry I forgot uwu is banned

^ something someone actually did btw to get around the no kos rule

[lone star]

yeahhhh, always there’s people to point out loopholes, just a shame they abuse it rather than simply state it’s there smh my head..,,,

[humble talon]

Why did I legit just hear a legacy herrerasaurus 1 call in RLcraft

[digital sleet]

@crimson marlin https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1133518925011886210/1159084393709711430/rockpaperarrow_-_Made_with_Clipchamp.mp4?ex=67328e36&is=67313cb6&hm=da2a86baedce6afb58e806dfbf0b72285673533e0c846daeb30e04631f5555e0&

@lilac venture you too

[crimson marlin]

LMAO! Goofy ragdoll

[lilac venture]

😂

[hallow parrot]

hi

[rain light]

Thoughts on the new trending psychological horror called Mouthwashing ?

[eager dagger]

Yutaraptor.

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/brickplanet-delete-this-post-i-will-yeet-you-gif-15014675

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/jujutsu-kaisen-aoi-todo-crying-best-friendo-jjk-gif-13677067473840256480

[cedar crescent]

@modest isle @brittle rampart

[brittle rampart]

Buh

[cedar crescent]

Go ahead

Tell him what needs to be said Para

[brittle rampart]

Oh of course

[modest isle]

Parasaur more like Allo fodder

[cedar crescent]

Hang on he's typing up his whole copypasta advertisement that I'm gonna use to mock him from this point onward

[modest isle]

[cedar crescent]

Ever heard of ECOS, sleepy

[brittle rampart]

@modest isle hello fellow islecorder sleepywheely, I remember you did the animal of the day things in here if my memory is correct, so I thought you'd like to know about a certain game that is coming soon (or perhaps not), but either way I'll let you know

[modest isle]

The game

[cedar crescent]

Yeah

Para is so hyped for it

And is trying to recruit people like a missionary

[brittle rampart]

I am

[brittle rampart]

Well not quite

[modest isle]

SMILDON !!!!!

[brittle rampart]

Yeah!!!!!

[modest isle]

[cedar crescent]

No bison love

[modest isle]

Bison latiforms the biggest species of bison

[brittle rampart]

Very nice I would say

[modest isle]

Bison latifrons

Extinct species of bison

[cedar crescent]

No selfies pls

[modest isle]

[cedar crescent]

Is that the species in ecos?

[modest isle]

No

[cedar crescent]

Oh

@brittle rampart

[modest isle]

But the hump is big while the horns are small on the image
Could be the modern day American bison

[brittle rampart]

It's meant to be bison antiquus

Or the ancient bison

Unfortunately no long horned bison

@cedar crescent

[cedar crescent]

Oh ok

[modest isle]

Oh i see

[smoky mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/fax-fax-my-brother-spit-yo-shit-spit-yo-spit-yo-shit-indeed-gif-507805022135946814

[long estuary]

yo i just thought of this

who is the original creator of the isle

[modest isle]

Dondi

https://tenor.com/view/dondi-pizza-dondi-pizza-the-isle-the-isle-diets-gif-27333835

[stiff zealot]

https://youtube.com/shorts/hmf-JhtFdys?si=83ibdcZz4x3XEfgM

https://youtube.com/shorts/8NoKAFMamGA?si=Om1JFxcotiQ2pyd-

https://youtube.com/shorts/6YHFXyJ6xCU?si=A5JKegiVTF2dZxeh

[unreal pier]

dondi eating all the time why? is he a dinosaur too? always be hungry

[modest isle]

Maybe

[unreal pier]

dondisaurus cool thing

[pseudo hazel]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFoGGRrt/

[willow venture]

Gamer kitty
He is helping

[wild yacht]

my new velociraptor charm just came in the mail today!

[unreal pier]

is you watch which mobie today now?

[tired hinge]

Behold my cool minerals

Gathered from a mineral "trashcan" at my uni campus that is free pickings

[rustic badger]

hmm.... rocks.... how do they taste?

[hallow parrot]

they do rather look chewable for rocks

[tired hinge]

None of them are halides so I doubt they taste like much

Found a further batch of good ones just now gotta take a plastic bag tomorrow and brush them off cause they be dusty

[rose valve]

@languid horizon

Sorry I don't accept random DMs from people I don't know, did you need anything?

[ancient torrent]

I miss the geology department at my school. They would let us pick through the little devonian fossil shard bins and sometimes you'd find the tiniest little bivalaves. My favorites were always crinoid stems.

[tired hinge]

Found a small fragment of a cephalopod shell yesterday

[ancient torrent]

Nice! I dont think I've ever found one, myself. I hope to find another trilobite. I lost the one I had as a kid ages ago.

[unreal pier]

what?

[cedar crescent]

So true king

[ancient torrent]

A trilobite fossil?

Not a live animal, obviously

[echo helm]

It was actually peak

The music was so good

[rustic badger]

God there's 6 more episodes, its gonna be a painful wait

[neat basalt]

ive learned that i hate downloading minecraft mods

[echo helm]

https://tenor.com/view/ambessa-arcane-ambessa-salute-salute-bad-ass-gif-14531201343467667562

I feel like I have a good idea where the story is going but I still want to find out

Based on trailers and such

[rustic badger]

Yeah, the teaser for ACT 2 also give a good idea

Though no idea what else could show up in act 3

[neat basalt]

HUH

I HATE THIS GAME

[rustic badger]

Rename it, surely nothing will go wrong

[sullen merlin]

Thats why i just use overwolf premade packs lol

[neat basalt]

i hatched a pteranodon :3

[wild yacht]

What?

[pallid plaza]

hi I'm new here i just need to know if can i get any MOD assistance??

[limber grove]

What do you need help with?

[pallid plaza]

I am being harassed by the same person inside the game and outside the game I am a streamer and I would like to know if you can do something I have screenshots, video, and conversations and the steam id of the person who is stream sniping me

[limber grove]

I'd try talking to one of the senior admins about that, they've got the orange names in here

[pallid plaza]

Thank you very much, I would like to keep the conversation private with one of these senior admins!

[wintry marlin]

2 days…

https://tenor.com/view/vi-arcane-season-2-pit-fighter-vi-arcane-emo-vi-arcane-apartment-bed-lonely-gif-8586244782060759309

[fleet fable]

hello

[hallow parrot]

hi

[oak bane]

@mystic oriole its ok I can show mine

[hallow parrot]

ambessa superiority 😍

[mystic oriole]

Para! Noice

[oak bane]

a Male sai skin I loved this skin then they made the remodel & this one just got nuked v.v

[mystic oriole]

Aww i feel ya, some skins of mine got lost to remodels too.

Also I think i have screenshot of my snek! Lets see

[oak bane]

Male Lurd skin I made

This para skin would of been my fav if the damn skin makers would fix stupid crap like this

[mystic oriole]

Ohh, looks like a fish cx

[oak bane]

that para wasnt popular because it wasnt brown or blue & this was on a realism server >.> everyone would say it looked amazing but boy no one ever wanted to make eggs with it

[mystic oriole]

Aww

[oak bane]

Average bob player

I miss the cowpato skin ONLY because I could make a blaze on the face

[mystic oriole]

I used to have a para skin I made. Not realistic colors at all but the color combos were rly nice. Pastel teal, purple n black

Also my snek! I'll show u some of my others when i get back home next week if u want

[oak bane]

I used to have a massive apa on Official 2 back in the day, but then a dev & her buddies started targeting me on mosa, they killed one of the few children that looked like me almost exactly thinking it was me then said sorry we were actually looking for x (me)

[mystic oriole]

Huh.. thats p scummy

[oak bane]

I really do miss how the game used to be, they removed ptera tumble mechanic allow birds to deal damage to apa/bronto when they used to not be able to. made a map that you cant traverse easily everything looks like you should be able to climb but cant because theres just enough of a lip

[young gale]

We're so back

[echo bloom]

im the tracer

[shell rapids]

Ah, i missed bob posting, still hate thr community but they added carcharo, so thats a pretty big bonus to me

[wise solstice]

How to find people

[full patrol]

Spam 1 call if you want to find people fast and also die fast
Otherwise going to places that people frequent like swamp, south plains, west rail access, NE lake, highlands, and delta

[tall umbra]

oh my gosh another quetz fanatic

[digital sleet]

@lofty blade i need your assistance when you awaken

im looking for a tf2 gmod video with a spy that speaks nonsense, and a demoman in the background that says "KILL HIM!" before the spy speaks more nonsense

i initially thought it was CrazyScoutFIN but i cant find it if it IS one of his videos

[oak bane]

making pretty skins is like the only fun thing I can have in bob now. I miss old bob tbh. now its so toxic clan based

[shell rapids]

its been toxic and clan based for as long as ive played it, ofc, now i just dont have a community server with ppl i like to play

And thus am relegated to 02

[barren bear]

nice
i'm getting close with my rexes

[dim raven]

So we accidentally hit this manatee with our wake board boat, very embarrassing. The Ranger gave us a warning and shared information about treating manatees with bacitracin ointment. He was a summer intern from Indiana University where he was studying marine mammals, we bought him lunch n slipped him $50. We were later able to snag the behemoth with a Mepps 5 on a Musky rod and pull it to shore. I dashed off to Walgreens and purchased 39 tubes of bacitracin that we slathered on the wounds. Unfortunately the manatee was having trouble breathing so my brother attempted a Tracheostomy that was extremely difficult due to the creature’s mass. The animal ultimately passed on, so sad. Rather than waste the life we dressed it out saving some of the flesh for burger-like sandwichs. The Ranger intern returned and threatened arrest, fortunately my brother had taped the lunch and $50 payment so he backed off. We took the hide to a tannery who asked no questions thank god. There was enough hide to make two jackets that we adorned with a MANATEE MC. During a cross country trip we sold em to bikers at a swap meet in Wisconsin.

[digital sleet]

lads, rising storm 2 OCE scene is back

[neat basalt]

i get the urge to play BoB sometimes. i may put in a game suggestion for boosteroid to add it

[lofty blade]

I know exactly what one you're talking about, but I cannot find the video.
I swear it was by MegaGFilms though.
;O;

[digital sleet]

possibly

[quaint scaffold]

Here’s me filming a bull elephant

[floral nebula]

beautiful

[quaint scaffold]

Ikr!

Tbh, my heart was pumping and I could almost feel the adrenaline in my vanes when being that close

[floral nebula]

it seemed fairly calm, I cant really tell how it was feeling though cause of idk body language

[quaint scaffold]

I think it didn’t want us too close and wanted us to back off. Not too sure tho

However, I’ve heard animals only see the vehicle and not the people in it. If I were to stand there alone, I’d be doomed

[floral nebula]

I would be too lol I think we tend to forget how large and intimidating animals truly are until we see them up close and personal.

[quaint scaffold]

Precisely, I know how dangerous animals can be so I try to show all respect I can

[floral nebula]

Yeah same here, just give them the most distance possible and observe em safely and respectfully. I wish more people would follow this though.. so many don't respect animals to that degree.

[rough hollow]

cool! so close tho 😭

[quaint scaffold]

Yes and I hate how people treat animals too. Not only that they disturbing them in their natural habitat but also farm animals, domesticated etc…

[neat basalt]

they be in da trees

[shell rapids]

Thats probably thr case, kept facing yall with ears fanned out, he didnt seem too pleased with the vehicle being there

[young gale]

I just got a rajastega from the wheel after winning a pvp battle

Now I can get a lvl 20 rajastega

Yippee!!!!

[hazy gate]

A harrier tribute, (I recently unlocked my first harrier in war thunder (usa) )

[neat basalt]

update; they're breeding and the babies are evil :(

[sullen merlin]

It was just curious i think, it definelty wasnt scared or felt threatened since he didnt keep his trunk close to his body.

[quaint scaffold]

Oh that’s cool and good to know

[sullen merlin]

An elephant that takes a defensive stance looks more like this

trunk curled op a bit

[quaint scaffold]

Cool

[hallow parrot]

guh

https://tenor.com/view/ekko-arcane-chad-league-of-legends-gif-5103514844172529980

[echo bloom]

correct

[rustic badger]

Its still 12 hours away apparently.... welp I guess time to sleep

[flint yacht]

Finally brought Metro Redux (Last Light and Exodus) for cheap on steam, this game... What a masterpiece

[wintry matrix]

:)

[twin valley]

Art is strong 2night

[woeful ice]

#isle-discussion message Yeah it seems like a sniffing animation. Perhaps the smell mechanic or tracking blood is a thing in hl2 or was planned from hl1?

@lofty blade

[lofty blade]

Aw that would'a been neat to have them track ya down

[woeful ice]

Yeah idk I keep messing with zombies and headcrabs and spraying blood but I don't think this animation is ever utilized.

[lofty blade]

It's so cute though ;o;

[lofty blade]

@heady spoke The power is too much

[heady spoke]

What have you done

[lofty blade]

https://tenor.com/view/lotr-lord-of-the-rings-gif-26034393

[barren bear]

DAMN

[young gale]

Hi

[barren bear]

hi

[young gale]

Hop on Jurassic world the game

[barren bear]

fine!

i actually haven't been able to today, thank you for reminding me

[young gale]

Holy guacamole

[barren bear]

Holy Guacamole!

oh nice got the Trex Gen2 for this months calendar

[young gale]

I have the normal trex

I need 2 more to get my lvl40 trex back after I fused my other one to make indominus

[barren bear]

nice

[young gale]

I have 400K DNA 😁

[barren bear]

what...

damn

[young gale]

So true

[unreal pier]

did you call me now?

[iron pumice]

has nobody talked about how most survival combat games get combat according to real life wrong?

[barren bear]

yes because video game

irl, you get shot
you're basically either dead or can't do anything

it is better to aim for fun over realism

[rustic badger]

or if you mean in animal survival games, then stuff like grip I think hasn't really been explored much as far as i know. If you bite somethin it just does 100 or 125 damage depending on where cuz again game

[young gale]

Better call trusurrealguy

[hallow parrot]

Can say Act 2 was the one that broke me for Arcane

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-nickelodeon-sigh-phew-gif-5752975

They dropped the vase, patched it up and dropped the vase again with that one.

[digital sleet]

@pulsar crown i felt like you might appreciate this

https://youtu.be/0qvOImHWne8?si=a_gD0Ke4hfIAixes

[pulsar crown]

I HAVE SEEN THIS

[digital sleet]

see it once more

[pulsar crown]

Good point

[unreal pier]

coool thing

[unreal pier]

what?!

[cedar crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/doomer-doomer-sad-depressed-gif-15543940

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/wheniwasolder-gif-23243653

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (443) :
Giant clam / (Tridacna gigas)

Tridacna gigas, the giant clam, is the best-known species of the giant clam genus Tridacna. Giant clams are the largest living bivalve mollusks. Several other species of "giant clam" in the genus Tridacna are often misidentified as Tridacna gigas.

These clams were known to indigenous peoples of East Asia for thousands of years and the Venetian scholar and explorer Antonio Pigafetta documented them in a journal as early as 1521. One of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian oceans, they may weigh more than 200 kilograms (440 lb), measure as much as 120 cm (47 in) across, and have an average lifespan in the wild of more than 100 years.[4] They also are found off the shores of the Philippines and in the South China Sea in the coral reefs of Malaysia.[5]

The giant clam lives in flat coral sand or broken coral and may be found at depths of as great as 20 m (66 ft).[6]: 10  Its range covers the Indo-Pacific, but populations are diminishing quickly and the giant clam has become extinct in many areas where it was once common.[5] The maxima clam has the largest geographical distribution among giant clam species; it may be found off high- or low-elevation islands, in lagoons or fringing reefs.[7] Its rapid growth rate is likely due to its ability to cultivate algae in its body tissue.[6]: 10

Although larval clams are planktonic, they become sessile in adulthood.[8] The creature's mantle tissues act as a habitat for the symbiotic single-celled dinoflagellate algae (zooxanthellae) from which the adult clams get most of their nutrition. By day, the clam opens its shell and extends its mantle tissue so that the algae receive the sunlight they need to photosynthesise. This method of algal farming is under study as a model for highly efficient bioreactors.

Anatomy
Young T. gigas are difficult to distinguish from other species of Tridacninae. Adult T. gigas are the only giant clams unable to close their shells completely, allowing part of the brownish-yellow mantle to remain visible.[6]: 32  Tridacna gigas has four or five vertical folds in its shell, which serves as the main characteristic differentiating it from the similar T. derasa that has six or seven vertical folds.[9] Similar to coral matrices composed of calcium carbonate, giant clams grow their shells through the process of biomineralization, which is very sensitive to seasonal temperature.[10][11] The isotopic ratio of oxygen in carbonate and the ratio between Strontium and Calcium together may be used to determine historical sea surface temperature.[10]

The mantle border itself is covered in several hundred to several thousand pinhole eyespots approximately 0.5 mm (0.020 in) in diameter.[12][13] Each one consists of a small cavity containing a pupil-like aperture and a base of 100 or more photoreceptors sensitive to three different ranges of light, including UV, which may be unique among molluscs.[13] These receptors allow T. gigas to partially close their shells in response to dimming of light, change in the direction of light, or the movement of an object.[14] The optical system forms an image by sequential, local dimming of some eyes using pigment from the aperture.[12]

[rustic badger]

[sullen merlin]

Largest specimens
The largest known T. gigas specimen measured 137 centimetres (4 ft 6 in), and it weighed 230 kg (510 lb) dead and was estimated to be 250 kg (550 lb) alive. It was discovered around 1817 on the north western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, and its shells are now on display in a museum in Northern Ireland.[6]: 31 [15]

A heavier giant clam was found in 1956 off the Japanese island of Ishigaki. The shell's length was 115 centimetres (3 ft 9 in), and it weighed 333 kilograms (734 lb) dead and estimated 340 kilograms (750 lb) alive.[6]: 32

[rustic badger]

Gigacalmosaurus

[sullen merlin]

Ecology
Feeding
Giant clams are filter-feeders, yet 65-70 percent of their nutritional needs are supplied by zooxanthellae.[16] This enables giant clams to grow as large as one meter in length even in nutrient-poor coral-reef waters.[17][18] The clams cultivate algae in a special circulatory system that enables them to keep a substantially higher number of symbionts per unit of volume.[19][20] The mantle's edges are packed with symbiotic zooxanthellae, which presumably use carbon dioxide, phosphates, and nitrates supplied by the clam.[17]

In very small clams—10 milligrams (0.010 g) dry tissue weight—filter feeding provides approximately 65% of total carbon needed for respiration and growth; comparatively larger clams (10 grams (0.35 oz)) acquire only 34% of carbon from this source.[21] A single species of zooxenthellae may be symbionts of both giant clams and nearby reef–building (hermatypic) corals.[17]

Reproduction
Tridacna gigas reproduce sexually and are hermaphrodites (producing both eggs and sperm by one clam). While self-fertilization is not possible, having both characteristics does allow them to reproduce with any other member of the species as well as hermaphrodically. As with all other forms of sexual reproduction, hermaphroditism ensures that new gene combinations be passed to further generations.[6]: 46  This flexibility in reproduction reduces the burden of finding a compatible mate, while simultaneously doubling the number of offspring produced.

Since giant clams cannot move themselves, they adopt broadcast spawning, releasing sperm and eggs into the water. A transmitter substance called spawning induced substance (SIS) helps synchronize the release of sperm and eggs to ensure fertilization. The substance is released through a syphonal outlet. Other clams can detect SIS immediately. Incoming water passes chemoreceptors situated close to the incurrent syphon that transmit the information directly to the cerebral ganglia, a simple form of brain.[6]: 47

Detection of SIS stimulates the giant clam to swell its mantle in the central region and to contract its adductor muscle. Each clam then fills its water chambers and closes the incurrent syphon. The shell contracts vigorously with the adductor's help, so the excurrent chamber's contents flows through the excurrent syphon. After a few contractions containing only water, eggs and sperm appear in the excurrent chamber and then pass through the excurrent syphon into the water. Female eggs have a diameter of 100 micrometres (0.0039 in). Egg release initiates the reproductive process. An adult T. gigas can release more than 500 million eggs at a time.[6]: 48

Spawning seems to coincide with incoming tides near the second (full), third, and fourth (new) quarters of the moon phase. Spawning contractions occur every two or three minutes, with intense spawning ranging from thirty minutes to two and a half hours. Clams that do not respond to the spawning of neighboring clams may be reproductively inactive.[22]

Development

The fertilized egg floats in the sea for approximately 12 hours until eventually a larva (trochophore) hatches. It then starts to produce a calcium carbonate shell. Two days after fertilization it measures 160 micrometres (0.0063 in). Soon it develops a "foot," which is used to move on the ground. Larvae also can swim to search for appropriate habitat.[6]: 49

At roughly one week of age, the clam settles on the ground, although it changes location frequently within the first few weeks. The larva does not yet have symbiotic algae, so it depends completely on plankton. Also, free-floating zooxanthellae are captured while filtering food. Eventually the front adductor muscle disappears and the rear muscle moves into the clam's center. Many small clams die at this stage. The clam is considered a juvenile when it reaches a length of 20 cm (8 in).[6]: 53  It is difficult to observe the growth rate of T. gigas in the wild, but laboratory-reared giant clams have been observed to grow 12 cm (4.7 in) a year.[24]

The ability for Tridacna to grow to such large sizes with fleshy mantles that extend beyond the edges of their shells is considered to be the result of total reorganization of bivalve development and morphology.[8] Historically, two evolutionary explanations have been suggested for this process. Sir Yonge suggested and maintained for many years that the visceral-pedal ganglia complex rotate 180 degrees relative to the shell, requiring that they develop and evolve independently.[25] Stasek proposed instead that the growth occurs primarily in a posterior direction instead of the more typical direction of ventral in most bivalves, which is reflected in the transitional stages of alternative ways of growing that juveniles undergo.[26]

[rustic badger]

-# Take a Break

[sullen merlin]

Human relevance

The giant clam is considered a delicacy in Japan (known as himejako), France, Southeast Asia, and many Pacific Islands. Some Asian foods include the meat from the muscles of clams. Large amounts of money are paid for the adductor muscle, which Chinese people believe to have aphrodisiac powers.[6]: 11

On the black market, giant clam shells are sold as decorative accoutrements.

Aquaculture
Mass culture of giant clams began at the Micronesian Mariculture Demonstration Center in Palau (Belau).[30] A large Australian government-funded project from 1985 to 1992 mass-cultured giant clams, particularly T. gigas at James Cook University's Orpheus Island Research Station, and supported the development of hatcheries in the Pacific Islands and the Philippines.[31][32][33] Seven of the ten known species of giant clams in the world are found in the coral reefs of the South China Sea.[5]

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

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

[rustic badger]

[wintry marlin]

Clam

[sullen merlin]

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

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

[azure oar]

They look so cool

[sullen merlin]

Fun fact: People have died cuz they stuck their hand inside the clam and then the clam shut itself close resulting in the people drowing.

[azure oar]

Fun indeed

[wintry marlin]

ARCANE IS TODAY!! Or was I’ve already watched the new episodes-

[rustic badger]

same....

There's so much for Act 3... I have no idea how it'll wrap up

[wintry marlin]

Episode 6 man…

[hallow parrot]

ep2 made me cry

i think it was ep2

[wintry marlin]

Made my friend cry as well

[hallow parrot]

i cant specify without spoiling it for others

[wintry marlin]

Reunion?

[hallow parrot]

yep

[wintry marlin]

I think that’s pretty spoiler free

[hallow parrot]

remember me song

[rustic badger]

Ye the was so nice

[wintry marlin]

Ye

[rustic badger]

First time i've gotten tears from a series twice

[wintry marlin]

Fair enough, I mean the show covers heavy topics kinda

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/caseoh-yourebanned-gif-1226601772032564017

[rustic badger]

[modest isle]

[wintry marlin]

Wah oh

[sullen merlin]

I always wonder how glaive knows im doing it

I havent posted in over a week and the moment i type in off topic, lil bro spawn in cuz he just senses it when i type in off topic

[modest isle]

He is inside your home cave

[sullen merlin]

He has wumpus working for him

and wumpus IS discord

he will always know

[sullen merlin]

I gotta figure out glaive's sleeping schedule

i will attack at night

[wintry marlin]

What kinda war planning is this-

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/garp-galaxy-impact-one-piece-one-piece-garp-garp-chujou-gif-15005016597479083076

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/barba-branca-gif-26177073

[rustic badger]

Good Luck

[hallow parrot]

sleepy about to be the reason we lose our reaction privledges in #offtopic-discussion
its been under the admin's radar for so long now, I dont even know if it was intentional or not

[modest isle]

I wasn’t the one who started it 😭 it was glaive i just continued to the rest of the message related to the topic

[hallow parrot]

guhhh

my gun is aimed at you both

[modest isle]

I mean its only 4 messages so its ok

In the #isle-discussion there are more fish 🐟 reactions spams are more frequent

[hallow parrot]

hmm

https://tenor.com/view/pete-postlethwaite-drinking-coffee-drinking-lancashire-england-uk-gif-20482786

[young gale]

@barren bear

My resources are low 😭

[barren bear]

Low...

[young gale]

Yeah

: (

[smoky mauve]

"My resources are low" 🤓

[nimble grail]

do any of you guys get heart palpitations (fast heart rate, heart beating really hard) from sitting down too quickly or awkward posture? this happens to me on occasion and they can last from a minute to 25 minutes which is confusing the heck outta me. Exercise doesn’t seem to have an effect on how frequent they are

[young gale]

They kinda are:(

I had 20K bucks, 40 million food, 50 million gold, and 410K DNA

Now I'm broke 😭

[hallow parrot]

No but I have had weird moments where my heart is beating really heavy despite no exercise but its usually linked to whats going through my head

[barren bear]

checked your iron lately

[nimble grail]

I haven’t! Could be that

they went away for like a year and came back recently 😔

[digital sleet]

@analog smelt time to do Aperture Files in half life 2
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3366598916&searchtext=

[analog smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/gojo-gojo-satoru-gojo-s2-gojo-season-2-gojo-toji-gif-11112406016999920557

[unreal pier]

hmm i see

[neat basalt]

no but sometimes i stand up too fast and almost pass out

[neat basalt]

the dilophosaurus has entered the world and im scared to be near them

[neat basalt]

i watched alot of poet plays growing up and the amount of times these things killed him has made me horrified

like genuinely i am horrified

i also recently hatched a lio but ill be DAMNED if i go near that

[shell rapids]

Fossils & archaeology my beloved

Cant wait for the port to modern versions

[modest isle]

https://youtu.be/e9jO8YUM48U?si=Th-XV-oyAAJPpYbT

Gray treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor)

1,000 but only 10 becomes adults

[spice gyro]

He… he misspelled hosta…

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/i-like-thse-things-i-like-when-it-gets-a-little-funky-shopping-plants-gardening-gif-14279512

[polar gate]

hey, would anyone here know why a friend of mine cant join the isle discord? invites from me dont work, if he googles the isle disc it still wont let him...is there anything to be done?

[heavy temple]

If he’s never joined before, the automod does filter newer or suspicious looking accounts, give them this https://dyno.gg/form/8ceec187

[polar gate]

thank you so much!

[lone star]

do not fear the little pest, conquer your fears

[neat basalt]

THEY HURT

THEY HURT SO MUCH

[lone star]

TIS IN YOUR HEAD!! CONQUER YOUR FEARS.

[sullen merlin]

How about no

@lofty blade

yt in the background again lmao

[young gale]

Dead by daylight

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (444) :
Titan beetle / (Titanus giganteus)

The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is a Neotropical longhorn beetle, the sole species in the genus Titanus, and one of the largest known beetles, as well as one of the largest known insects, at over 170 mm (6.7 in) in length. Adult titan beetles only live for a few weeks, and protect themselves from predators with their sharp spines and powerful jaws.[1]

Distribution and habitat
The titan beetle is native to tropical rainforests throughout South America, including Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, the Guianas, and north-central Brazil. While the Titan Beetle is most generally associated with the Amazon Rainforest, it may also be found in other parts of South America if ecological conditions are favorable. This comprises sections of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela, and the Chocó-Darién region in Colombia.[2]

These beetles are primarily found in old-growth forests with plenty of rotting wood, which serves as their principal food supply.[3] They can, however, be found in secondary forests and disturbed habitats where sufficient circumstances for survival exist.[3]

Despite their broad distribution throughout South America, the titan beetle is secretive and rarely seen due to its nocturnal habits and cryptic behavior. As a result, thorough surveys and research are required to acquire a better knowledge of its distribution throughout its range, as well as population dynamics within various forest habitats. However, like many other species that live in tropical rainforests, the titan beetle is threatened by habitat degradation, deforestation, and climate change, all of which can have a substantial influence on its distribution and population levels. Conservation activities focused at maintaining their natural habitats are therefore critical for assuring their continued survival.[2]

Anatomy and physiology
Titanus giganteus is known for being one of the largest beetles, spanning over 170 mm (6.7 in). Though great in size, studies have shown that within the family Cerambycidae, they have exceptionally short hind wings. Additionally, the hind wings are not present in females, indicating that they are incapable of flight.[4]

Titan beetles have compound eyes (an eye consisting of an array of numerous small visual units), with hundreds of hexagonal facets covering the central region of the eye and the periphery being covered by pentagonal or squares.[5]

Unique to Titanus giganteus, there exists a distinct row of proprioceptive hairs that is visible on the anterior edge of the prothorax. The hairs have a mechanoreceptive function, detecting changes to the body surface to assess the environment.[4]

Their antennae have sensilla which provide sensory information about the environment. There are different types of sensilla, e.g. coeloconic sensilla and sensilla trichoidea, detecting different stimuli. The reproductive system of the titan beetle is very similar to other species within the subfamily Prioninae, with the pupal testis consisting of 12 to 15 lobes each containing 15 follicles.[4] One unusual characteristic regarding the reproductive anatomy of titan beetles is the variation in follicle size. Titan beetles with larger follicles were seen to have greater rates of spermatogenesis. The mechanism for such variation is unknown.

Size
Insect size is constrained by the amount of air that can be supplied via their respiratory system.[6] The respiratory system of insects is different from mammals, as gas exchange involves tracheal tubes delivering oxygen directly to tissues throughout the beetle's body, instead of having oxygen carried by blood. The constraint on the diffusion of oxygen into the tracheal system limits the maximum body size attainable, as there will be a point where some tissues in the body will not receive oxygen at all.

Microbiome
Because adult titan beetles do not feed, it is interesting that the very narrow gut microbiota show no activity of proteases, despite there being recorded activity of digestive amylase and lipase activity.[4] Digestive amylase, lipase, and protease in human and other animal organisms are responsible for breaking down food proteins into amino acids for absorption. There is no fat surrounding the gut of T. giganteus, which differs from other Prioninae. It is suggested that the metabolic rate could differ, such that adult titan beetles exhaust all of their fat reserves faster than related beetles. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis indicated that 70 percent of the lipids were triacylglycerols. These lipids were found only in the flight muscles, in which the fat reserves were used to provide energy for muscle activity. Within the triacylglycerols, it was found oleic acid is the most abundant.

Ecology and behavior
Diet
Even though the Cerambycidae family is known to utilize a plant diet for sustenance, the Priorinae subfamily does not accept any food with the exception of water. Reflected in their anatomy, titan beetles do not have all the digestive enzymes and fat reserves needed to consume food on a daily basis. Rather when the titan beetles are larvae, they ingest dead wood and plants infested by fungi.[4] This initial caloric intake is meant to last the lifetime of the beetle. Their dietary habits as larvae contribute to the recycling of dead plants in the ecosystem, converting decayed matter into humus.

The subfamily Priorinae of titan beetles are known as gall-inducing insects. Galls, which are abnormal growths in plants, are a byproduct of plant consumption. These galls are used as nests for many insects, including beetles.[7]

Mating
Because of the short life span of the titan beetle, little is concretely known about their mating behavior. We do know that titan beetles locate their mates by sensing pheromones.[1] In the field of coleopterology the larvae of titan beetles have yet to be found. This makes witnessing the life cycle and reproduction of titan beetles very difficult.

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

[rustic badger]

[sullen merlin]

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

[rustic badger]

Bootle

[sullen merlin]

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

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

[hallow parrot]

i just remembered
i have a huge collection of insects trapped inside glass

[modest isle]

Next species : Black Horsefly

A gigantic fly species

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/giraffa-stag-beetle-beetle-mobile-banana-gif-19060310

[wintry marlin]

Bug

[azure oar]

Big Bug

[drowsy egret]

Horseflies are very annoying ngl

Easy to catch tho

Fat and Slow

[modest isle]

I agree

[hallow parrot]

are horseflies edible?

[wintry marlin]

Yes

[full patrol]

Anything is edible at least once

[still onyx]

half life 2 free on steam

[hallow parrot]

big
fat
coral

https://youtu.be/13O3lldsmNc

[sullen merlin]

First Animal species of the day (445) :
Common liver fluke / (Fasciola hepatica)

Fasciola hepatica, also known as the common liver fluke or sheep liver fluke, is a parasitic trematode (fluke or flatworm, a type of helminth) of the class Trematoda, phylum Platyhelminthes. It infects the livers of various mammals, including humans, and is transmitted by sheep and cattle to humans all over the world. The disease caused by the fluke is called fasciolosis or fascioliasis, which is a type of helminthiasis and has been classified as a neglected tropical disease.[2] Fasciolosis is currently classified as a plant/food-borne trematode infection, often acquired through eating the parasite's metacercariae encysted on plants.[3] F. hepatica, which is distributed worldwide, has been known as an important parasite of sheep and cattle for decades and causes significant economic losses in these livestock species, up to £23 million in the UK alone.[4] Because of its relatively large size and economic importance, it has been the subject of many scientific investigations and may be the best-known of any trematode species. F. hepatica's closest relative is Fasciola gigantica. These two flukes are sister species; they share many morphological features and can mate with each other.[5]

Life cycle

The lifecycle of Fasciola hepatica
Fasciola hepatica occurs in the liver of a definitive host and its lifecycle is indirect. Definitive hosts of the fluke are cattle, sheep, and buffaloes. Wild ruminants and other mammals, including humans, can act as definitive hosts as well.[6] The life cycle of F. hepatica goes through the intermediate host and several environmental larval stages.[7] Intermediate hosts of F. hepatica are air-breathing freshwater snails from the family Lymnaeidae. Although several lymnaeid species susceptible to F. hepatica have been described, the parasite develops only in one or two major species on each continent. Galba truncatula is the main snail host in Europe, partly in Asia, Africa, and South America. Lymnaea viator, L. neotropica, Pseudosuccinea columella, and L. cubensis are most common intermediate hosts in Central and South America.[5][8][6] Several other lymnaeid snails may be naturally or experimentally infected with F. hepatica, but their role in transmission of the fluke is low.[5] The list of lymnaeid snails that may serve as natural or experimental intermediate hosts of F. hepatica include:[9]

Morphology and anatomy
Fasciola hepatica is one of the largest flukes of the world, reaching a length of 30 mm and a width of 13 mm (Fasciola gigantica, though, is even bigger and can reach up to 75 mm).[12] It is leaf-shaped, pointed at the back (posteriorly), and wide in the front (anteriorly). The oral sucker is small but powerful and is located at the end of a cone-shape projection at the anterior end. The acetabulum is a larger sucker than the oral sucker and is located at the anterior end.[10]

Tegument
The outer surface of the fluke is called the tegument. This is composed of scleroprotein, and its primary function is to protect the fluke from the destructive digestive system of the host.[13] Its also used for renewal of the surface plasma membrane and the active uptake of nutrients, and the uptake of some compounds (e.g. taurine) make flukes even more resistant to be killed by the digestive system of host.[14][15] On the surface of the tegument are also small spines. Initially, these spines are single-pointed, then, just prior to the fluke entering the bile ducts, they become multipointed. At the anterior end of the fluke, the spines have between 10 and 15 points, whereas at the posterior end, they have up to 30 points.[16] The tegument is a syncytial epithelium. This means it is made from the fusion of many cells, each containing one nucleus, to produce a multinucleated cell membrane. In the case of F. hepatica, no nuclei are in the outer cytoplasm between the basal and apical membranes. Thus, this region is referred to as anucleate. Instead, the nuclei are found in the cell bodies, also known as tegumental cells, these connect to the outer cytoplasm via thin cytoplasmic strands. The tegumental cells contain the usual cytoplasmic organelles (mitochondria, Golgi bodies, and endoplasmic reticulum).[17] The tegument plays a key role in the fluke's infection of the host. Studies have shown that certain parts of the tegument (in this case, the antigen named Teg) can actually suppress the immune response of the mammalian host. This means that the fluke is able to weaken the immune response, and increase its chances of a successful infection. A successful infection is needed for the fluke to have enough time to develop into an adult and continue its lifecycle.[18]

Digestive system

The alimentary canal of F. hepatica has a single mouth which leads into the blind gut; it has no anus. The mouth is located within the anterior sucker on the ventral side of the fluke. This mouth leads to the pharynx, which is then followed by a narrow oesophagus. The oesophagus, which is lined with a thin layer of epithelial cells, then opens up into the large intestine. As no anus is present, the intestine branches, with each branch ending blindly near the posterior end of the body.[19] Flukes migrate into smaller capillaries and bile ducts when feeding within the host. They use their mouth suckers to pull off and suck up food, bile, lymph, and tissue pieces from the walls of the bile ducts.[19] F. hepatica relies on extracellular digestion which occurs within the intestine of the host. The waste materials are egested through the mouth. The nonwaste matter is adsorbed back in through the tegument and the general surface of the fluke. The tegument facilitates this adsorption by containing many small folds to increase the surface area.[19]

Respiratory system

F. hepatica has no respiratory organs: the adult flukes respire anaerobically (without oxygen). Glycogen taken from within the host is broken down by glycolysis to produce carbon dioxide and fatty acids. This process provides the fluke with energy.[20] In contrast, the free-living miracidia stages of the parasite generally develop within oxygen-rich environments. The free-living stages of the parasite are thought to respire aerobically, to gain the most energy from their environment.[21]

Excretory system
F. hepatica's excretory system contains a network of tubules surrounding one main excretory canal. This canal leads to the excretory pore at the posterior end of the fluke. This main canal branches into four sections within the dorsal and ventral regions of the body. The role of F. hepatica's excretory system is excretion and osmoregulation.[20] Each tubule within the excretory system is connected to a flame cell, otherwise known as protonephridia. These cells are modified parenchyme cells. In F. hepatica, their role is to perform excretion, but more importantly, osmoregulatory functions. Flame cells are therefore primarily used to remove excess water.[20]

Nervous system and sensory organs
The nerve system of F. hepatica consists of a pair of nerve ganglia, each one is located on either side of the oesophagus. Around the oesophagus is a nerve ring, which connects the two nerve ganglia together. The nerves stem from this ring, reaching the posterior end of the body. At the posterior end, one pair of nerves becomes thicker than the others; these are known as the lateral nerve cords. From these lateral nerve cords, the other nerves branch. Sensory organs are absent from F. hepatica.[22][23]

Reproductive system
F. hepatica adult flukes are hermaphrodite; each contains both male and female reproductive organs. The male and female reproductive organs open up into the same chamber within the body, which is called the genital atrium. The genital atrium is an ectodermal sac which opens up to the outside of the fluke via a genital pore.[22] The testes are formed of two branched tubules, these are located in the middle and posterior regions of the body. From the epithelium lining of the tubules, sperm is produced. The sperm then passes into the vas deferens and then into the seminal vesicle. From the seminal vesicle projects the ejaculatory duct, and this opens into the genital atrium, and many prostate glands surround this opening.[22] The right side of the anterior testis has a branched, tubular ovary. From here, a short oviduct passes to the vitelline duct. This duct connects, via a junction, the ovaries, the uterus, and the yolk reservoir. From this junction, the uterus opens into the genital atrium; this opening is surrounded by Mehlis glands. In some flukes, the terminal end of the uterus is strengthened with muscles and spines.[22]

F. hepatica reproduces both sexually, via the hermaphrodite adult flukes, and asexually. The miracidia can reproduce asexually within the intermediate snail host.[24]

Prevalence

Currently, F. hepatica has one of the widest geographical spread of any parasitic and vector-borne disease. Originating in Europe, it has expanded to colonize over 50 countries, covering all continents except Antarctica.[31] In contrast, F. gigantica is generally considered more geographically restricted to the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, with some overlap between the two species.[29]

Climate affects both F. hepatica and its intermediate host, the snail. For example, the development of F. hepatica miracidia and larvae, and the reproduction of Galba truncatula, require a temperature range of 10 to 25 °C. In addition, they both require high levels of moisture in the air, as both are at risk of desiccation. Due to this, the prevalence, along with the intensity of infection, of F. hepatica is primarily dependent on rainfall levels and temperature.[31]

Epidemiology
For more information on the epidemiology – see the disease page, fasciolosis

Infection begins when cyst-covered aquatic vegetation is eaten or when water containing metacercariae is drunk. In the United Kingdom, F. hepatica frequently causes disease in ruminants, most commonly between March and December.[34]

Humans become infected by eating watercress or by drinking 'Emoliente', a Peruvian drink that uses drops of watercress juice. Cattle and sheep are infected when they consume the infectious stage of the parasite from low-lying, marshy pasture.[34]

Human infections have been reported from more than 75 countries around the world. In Asia and Africa, people are infected both by F. hepatica and F. gigantica whereas human fasciolosis is caused only by F. hepatica in South and Central America and Europe.[35]

The presence of F. hepatica can interfere with the detection of bovine tuberculosis in cattle. Cattle co-infected with F. hepatica, compared to those infected with M. bovis alone, react weakly to the single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin (SICCT) test.[36] Therefore, an infection from F. hepatica can make it difficult to detect bovine tuberculosis; this is, of course, a major problem in the farming industry.[37]

Fasciolosis
Main article: Fasciolosis

Both F. hepatica and F. gigantica can cause fasciolosis. Human symptoms vary depending on whether the disease is chronic or acute. During the acute phase, the immature worms begin penetrating the gut, causing symptoms of fever, nausea, swollen liver (caused by Fh8), skin rashes, and extreme abdominal pain.[38] The chronic phase occurs when the worms mature in the bile duct, and can cause symptoms of intermittent pain, jaundice, and anemia.[38] In cattle and sheep, classic signs of fasciolosis include persistent diarrhea, chronic weight loss, anemia, and reduced milk production.[39] Some remain asymptomatic. F. hepatica can cause sudden death in both sheep and cattle, due to internal hemorrhaging and liver damage.[4]

Fasciolosis is an important cause of both production and economic losses in the dairy and meat industries. Over the years, the prevalence has increased and it is likely to continue increasing in the future.[40] Livestock are often treated with flukicides, chemicals toxic to flukes, including bromofenofos,[41][42] triclabendazole, and bithionol. Ivermectin, which is widely used for many helminthic parasites, has low effectivity against F. hepatica, as does praziquantel.[43][44] For humans, the type of control depends on the setting. One important method is through the strict control over the growth and sales of edible water plants such as watercress. This is particularly important in highly endemic areas. Some farms are irrigated with polluted water, hence, vegetables farmed from such land should be thoroughly washed and cooked before being eaten.[10]

The best way to prevent fasciolosis is by reducing the lymnaeid snail population or separating livestock from areas with these snails.[39] These two methods are not always the most practical, so control by treating the herd before they are potentially infected is commonly practiced.

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[modest isle]

I literally saw a video on YouTube yesterday about the leaf shaped fish

Oh wait never mind

[sullen merlin]

Lmao

[modest isle]

Silly me

[sullen merlin]

Ive never heard about leaf shaped fish tho

i mean not like this

[modest isle]

Real life blob animal

[azure oar]

I can‘t decide if that is a beautifull animal or a disgusting one

[modest isle]

Beautifully disgusting
Or Disgustingly Beautiful

[azure oar]

I think the first one fits more

[sullen merlin]

Biologically beautiful, aesthetically a bit less

[full patrol]

Nooo not flukers 💀

Those are on par with planaria

And 80% of my fishtank just got wiped out by septicemia because the new fish I quarantined were asymptomatic carriers

[rustic badger]

[full patrol]

The survivors are

• 3 neon tetras
• 1 glowlight tetra
• 9 mixed corydoras

Those who did not survive

• 20 neon tetras
• 7 glowlight tetras
• 5 panda corydoras
• 1 Julius corydora
• the 10 year old goldfish

Septicemia is very difficult to reverse once a fish is showing symptoms, especially in larger tanks

[young gale]

Massacre

I've only had 2 espei rasboras die

[full patrol]

For real, wanted to expand my neon tetra school and it backfired massively

[young gale]

One died cuz I guess he just couldn't handle the change from the fish tank at the store to my own tank

And the other died I guess cuz of old age (had them for a year)

[full patrol]

Ya that'll happen

[young gale]

I'm planning on getting 2 more espei rasboras to complete my school of espei

[full patrol]

To prevent death of new fish, you want to acclimate them not just to the temperature of the water but also to the new water parameters by drip acclimating them.
If they're the only fish you don't have to worry about quarantine but if they're getting added to a established tank you want to quarantine them for a couple weeks first

[young gale]

Yeah I always acclimate them for 15-20 minutes

I guess this one just couldn't handle the change though

I only have 7 espei rasboras 3 juli corydoras and like a couple adult red shrimp and a bunch of babies

In a 10 gallon tank

[full patrol]

It's rough, especially when they're young fish. Also why people recommend you buy a couple more than you want if you're doing small schooling fish because 1 or 2 tend to die off because of stress or possible unknown illness at the pet store

Ya I have a 75gal x)
My 10gal is just my betta and a handful of amano shrimp

[young gale]

I'm planning on getting one of those shallow fish tanks soon and just have like a ton of shrimp in it

[full patrol]

That'll be fun! I definitely recommend a lid on any shrimp tank though they tend to jump out for any reason x)

[young gale]

Sure thing boss

I really wanna get like either blue dream shrimp or the green jade shrimp

[full patrol]

I tried a 7gal shrimp cube last year and every once in a while I'd just find one dried out on the counter until I put a lid on it x)

[young gale]

But the fish store I go to has like Sunkist shrimp and fire red shrimp

[full patrol]

Green jade are really nice but hard to see in planted tank

[young gale]

Real

[full patrol]

My personal favorite shrimp are the golden fireback shrimp
A pic of one of mine when I had em a few years ago