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original tweet: https://twitter.com/_JuGatti/status/914940746846715904

has this been done yet?????? (i’m sorry if it has i haven’t been around the fandom lately oof) also I’m  A L I V E ???? 

(avdol’s voice) YES I AM also...

THANK YOU FOR 1400+ FOLLOWERS WHAT THE FUCK LOL 

sorry for disappearing for so long, i’ve been reaaally busy with med school these last few months hhhhhhh. I’m gonna reset my inbox because everything there is months old so feel free to dump some asks for dolphin suit jotaro!! I don’t know how active i can be but I hope to at least get one post a week if i can uvu 

in the meantime though...p-please check out my main blog, @jonadiio, or my twitter yiimins for more of my art ; v ;

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((hnhmm apologies fellas for the absence and doing a BIG thankful react to all the new followers over the last few weeks. dolphin joot will be back hopefully soon thank yall for not abandoning me ꒰˘̩̩̩⌣˘̩̩̩๑꒱♡ ))

hello hello!! it's been pretty quiet, but I hope you've been okay :c //sends cookies and pats on the head//

thank you anon fren! not gonna lie but thing’s have pretty much been the cOMPLETE OPPOSITE of okay but it will pass and hopefully i’ll still be living by the end of it lmfao

been really busy with med school but i hope to continue posting on @dailydolphinsuitjotaro again soon. tbh i’ve been procrastinating hardcore with mods on fallout new vegas (WHOMST PLAY??? PLS TALK TO ME,,) a lot too to cope with stress with fam and uni shit aahaaaaaaaaaa

anyway thank you for your concern and cookies god bless yall ; v ; definitely feeling heckin CLOSER TO HEAVEN with all the kind people who’ve appreciated my shit art and followed me here and over at dolphin hell. bless up

in the mean time, here’s one of my very very very first jojo drawings i ever did lol

bonus

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What and Why?

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Free dolphin 3D model!

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I read your aquarium post with Jotaro's voice because it fit him perfectly. You have a great grasp of him, Mun!

(( thank you blessed anon this means a lot to me (๑ˊ͈ ॢꇴ ˋ͈)〜♡॰ॱ

writing it actually helped rekindle my interest in marine science and zoo biology a bit after years of manipulation from my generic tiger parents meme familia forcing me to do medicine. i’ve been reading up a lot more journals on the subject since which has been fun !! so i’m really grateful to the anon who sent me that ask about aquariums in the first place (even though it was probably supposed to be sliiiiiightly confrontational i think haha). bless you fren whoever you are i owe a lot to you

anyway apologies fellas for being less active. some complicated things are going on at home and not sure what the future will bring but hopefully good things will come out of it. bless you and hope yall have a nice day (´,,•ω•,,)♡ ))

EDIT: ALSO I”M REALLY soRRY TO EVERYONE WAITING FOR REPLIES TO THEIR ASKS IM SL oW AS HE Ck ,, , ,

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11.  Draw a pic of yourself like how you look just now.

this but instead of jotaro punching me its my bronchitis

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Have you seen the sea bunny slug? What do you think of them?

“ Jorunna Parva? Yes. Josuke wouldn’t stop pestering me about them not too long ago. Good grief…I admit, their rhinophores do look like bunny ears. Though they’re more commonly brown and yellow rather than white from what I’ve heard. I haven’t really looked into them as I’m mostly focused on marine mammal physiology at the moment, though I have dabbled in the phylogeny of Asteroidea.

* s i g h * …and yes, I won’t deny that they're… c u t e …but no touching. Especially if they’re wild. They prey on sponges and reuse their toxins for their own self defense. And as all nudibranchs are, they’re not really convenient as pets either. Extremely specific diets…very short lifespans…and the tendency to ‘’wander’’ into powerheads and filters…they’re better off being admired in the ocean rather than a tank. ”

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3.  Show a thing you last drew, no matter how small or a “doodle” it is.12. Any weird artist behaviour you admit doing?

i sorta mentioned this already in 1. but i almost always draw while watching videos (been watching a lot of MAHVEL HYPE recently, mostly lythero because i love viewtiful joe, dante, and phoenix wright). this is also probably why i’m so slow because i just draw for a minute and then watch for 10 aand rinse and repeat oops. apart from that nothing too weird i guess sorry i’m boring :[

also here’s a wip of part 6 jotaro–whose gonna be in a pink dolphin suit ( ´•̥̥̥ω•̥̥̥` )–because i haven’t drawn him yet and he still looks like a baby no matter what i do help

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“T-tch! Old man...not so loud-! It’s n-nothing impressive, really. Good grief.

--but...thank you.”

Some aquariums don't treat dolphins very well whyareyousupportingthem.

“I think it’s unfair to stop supporting ALL aquariums, and zoological parks as a whole just because many seem to be profit-based organisations. But…”

((I’m assuming this is about my first post where I joked that Jotaro was forced into wearing a dolphin suit for free admission forever to his local aquarium but anyway please read the rest of the jumbled mess of a mildly ic opinionated essay under the cut. お願いします!))

Keep reading

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7: Do you have any OCs?

Oh man oh man I have a lot of OCs but I’ll just talk about my favs from two webcomic ideas I’ve had for a while:

So first there’s these three cheeky ronins: Tatewaki, Akio, and Shion (those aren’t their full names just their general nicknames for eachother). Set in late Edo period Japan approaching the Bakumatsu era, the story follows the bizarre adventures (( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)) of these three unemployed ronins trying to get by during one of the most tumultuous periods in Japanese history. With the whole civil war between the Satchō alliance and Shogunate happening in the background, these three losers solve serial killings of rice brokers, escort a kirishitan woman to find the execution grounds of her persecuted family, get roped into a yakuza family feud, attempt to exorcise ancestral goryōs while getting involved in Han politics and corrupt monasteries, confront the demons of their pasts, and of course, cracking shitty puns about Mochi over cool sake at their favourite izakaya run by the pseudo-narrator of the story, Kume.

Still thinking of the name but I’m thinking of calling it Tomomochi (友持ち) because all Akio does is say shitty puns and his first conversation with the other two when he invites them to eat mochi together has that pun (along with 腹持ち,長持ち, 持ちつ持たれつ, etc. please stop this man) 

Here’s Akio (left) and Shion again (right. also known as shurinosuke idk its  complicated) and yea i’m still unsure what their facial structures should be like or what style i should do but i love them.

More pics + 2nd webcomic idea under the cut because wow this is getting long:

The second webcomic idea is about a very down to earth Navy chaplain/pastor, Father Elijah, who finds himself in an almost cartoonish fantasy world and follows his adventures in trying to spread the gospel in this bizarre world. He ends up “hiring” a mercenary cowboy (as in literally half cow half man) who’s a staunch absurdist, Orsino Fischer, as well as gaining the admiration of an object-head kingdom’s ‘throwaway spare heir’ camera head princess, Kwannon. The three end up getting into stupid shenanigans that may or may not end up making or breaking diplomatic relations between massive kingdoms and countries.

Here’s a not so church appropriate draw of Elijah and some  a e s t h e t i c  Fischer btw:

i never finish anything i draw btw :’)

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mfw 340 followers 

thank you frens

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1: Take a picture of your workspace.

this sad looking table strewn with pills, sanitary masks, empty water bottles and a single unopened jotaro kujo part 4 figurine is where the magic happens 

also my lil dio pillow to keep me company ʚ♡⃛ɞ(ू•ᴗ•ू❁)

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Artist asks GO!

1: Take a picture of your workspace.

2: Show your pencilcase and what's inside.

3: Show a thing you last drew, no matter how small or a "doodle" it is.

4: Lineart or coloring?

5: Who/what inspires you?

6: Draw a same pic with your dominant and non-dominant hand.

7: Do you have any OCs?

8: Do you listen to music when you draw? Favorites?

9: Favorite thing to draw?

10: Least favorite thing to draw?

11: Draw a pic of yourself like how you look just now.

12: Any weird artist behaviour you admit doing?

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“i’m very glad to hear that, josuke. very. very. glad. now...”

“your favourite, josuke. favourite species of dolphin. which one is it don’t you lie to me josuke don’t you dare this is very important which one is--”

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“They’re the best, Joot!”

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Some aquariums don't treat dolphins very well whyareyousupportingthem.

“I think it’s unfair to stop supporting ALL aquariums, and zoological parks as a whole just because many seem to be profit-based organisations. But…”

((I’m assuming this is about my first post where I joked that Jotaro was forced into wearing a dolphin suit for free admission forever to his local aquarium but anyway please read the rest of the jumbled mess of a mildly ic opinionated essay under the cut. お願いします!))

“But first, let’s talk about dolphins since you brought them up. The Chinese White Dolphin is a favourite of my blog’s moderator. There’s approximately a 2.5% annual decline in their populations within crucial habitats in the Pearl River estuary. Even under the most ideal conditions, other experts can only agree that the species would be able to survive for another 40 generations. However, it is far far less than ideal. Besides organochlorines, heavy metals and other pollutants in their oceans, coastal development destroying habitats, vessel collision due to increasing marine traffic, underwater noise pollution, and overfishing are other factors rendering propagation in the wild … difficult, to say the least.

This is not a new situation. The Baiji dolphins which inhabited the Yangtze River had suffered similar circumstances and were considered to be functionally extinct in late 2006. It is also considered to be arguably the first dolphin species in history to be driven to extinction.

But back to your question, I am most definitely against any aquariums and zoos that use the animals in their care solely for entertainment and profit, especially if said animals involve species that have high cognitive potential with relationships and social identity being intertwined in how they survive normally in the wild. I also believe that despite the rapid degradation of habitats, I think captivity breeding isn’t the best method for conservation—especially for large marine mammals such as dolphins—as it has its own host of barriers, such as ensuring the starting population is genetically viable, keeping them alive in the long-term, and acquiring sufficient accommodation to house them in the first place. Reintroducing captive borns into the wild is also a difficult task due to likely lacking immunity to wildlife diseases and needing to be reintegrated into wild populations’ social structures. In fact, the few efforts for captive breeding of a similar breed of Pink Dolphins haven’t proved very successful in Singapore’s Sentosa. Capturing a viable starting population is also dangerous as catching methods can gravely injure them.

The most ideal situation for conservation of dolphins and cetaceans would be to first conserve their crucial habitats. So no, I don’t wholeheartedly support dolphinariums or marine mammal parks that insist on sketchy breeding programmes often accompanied by daily 20-minute dolphin performances.

Nevertheless, it is not an ideal world. Unless governments are willing to expand protected zones for these creatures and compromise for sustainable development, more and more may believe captive breeding should unfortunately be considered their last hope.

For example, if I had to grossly simplify the debate on whether the Chinese White Dolphin should be bred in captivity or not then whichever side you support would ultimately be whether one valued the species’ survivability in captivity in terms of their recorded average life spans and infant mortality rates compared to those in the wild over their quality of life, that is, enjoying freedom and a “good life” in animal welfare terms. 

I dearly hope that captive breeding will never be considered a necessity for the propagation of these magnificent creatures, but if there comes a time when we do find the Chinese White Dolphin to be functionally extinct in the wild, I will do whatever I can to try to keep the species alive if there are still any in captivity, and hopefully one day reintroduce them back into Hong Kong waters once sufficient protected zones are established.

Regardless, I can’t deny that captive breeding has or is forecasted to have a great positive impact for other species, marine or terrestrial. For example, captive breeding programmes for salmonids have succeeded in maintaining neutral genetic diversity for several generations (albeit with trends in reduced fitness in offspring), which may be sufficient for whatever dangers in their natural habitats to be removed. Conservation efforts in European and American zoos for the breeding of King Penguins have also proved successful, which is quite a breakthrough as climate change in the Southern Ocean is likely to cause drastic wild population declines in the future. And, while not a marine animal, the Arabian Oryx conservation effort is another significant example.

Still, my overall conclusions for captive breeding in aquariums and zoos is to think of them not as the final solution but a possible plan B until the factors contributing to their initial decline can be addressed. (Though there is the issue with ‘rehab’ animals deemed unreleasable by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums but that’s something to discuss for another time).

Anyhow, aquariums also benefit marine conservation beyond breeding programmes such as research into diseases along with the development of vaccinations, rehabilitation (as the second anon mentioned) and overall responsible promotion and education of marine conservation. Also, it’s unrealistic for facilities to “empty their tanks” and dump their captive born into the wild without meticulous plans for safe and proper transition. Good grief, let’s not forget a similar incident in America where tens of thousands of minks were …forcibly released from a farm only for most of them to likely die of starvation and negatively affect the surrounding ecosystem.

Many marine biologists can say their interest was born from visiting aquariums when they were young. Moreover, there are studies that looked into the positive educational impact of zoos and aquariums in the most recent volume of the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, which you may read. Their ability to expose youth to the wonders of marine life is important, though I’d prefer if they weren’t so plentiful and more were NGO non-profit based.

If it helps, I generally judge an aquarium by at least the following criteria:

Prioritize and support human entertainment with dolphin, whale, seal, penguin, etc. shows (especially if they have little emphasis on education)?

Entirely profit-based with very little budget allocation to conservation or research efforts?

Support untrained customers touching and petting captive animals?

No ties to legitimate academic institutions and research projects?

Saying yes to any of the above means it’s likely not that great of an institution, which is, unfortunately, probably most of them. It’s likely your local aquariums do break one of these criteria, but campaigning to shut them down entirely doesn’t have to be the only option, perhaps they can change with enough pressure–unless they are absolutely unforgivable that is.

What I’m saying is that every conservation facility, zoos or aquariums, are unique in their level of ethics and should be considered individually. Responsible zoos and aquariums that prioritise facilitation and promotion of conservation of animals are very much needed in the current era. Elizabeth Kolbert, author of ‘The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History’, had suggested we are amidst a sixth mass extinction event and that 20-50% of all flora and fauna on earth will be lost by the end of the 21st century . Unfortunately, this one being different than the others with human activity playing a significant part. While it would be ideal if animals could thrive on their own in the wild or protected areas, that is ultimately not so …easy for most endangered and threatened species, to say the least.

Apologies if this comes across as very vague as this is mostly my own ramblings from the top of my head. Relevant links below if you’re interested:

Study on captive breeding of Salmonids

Study on captive breeding of King Penguins 

Study on the effect of the zoo setting on the behavioural diversity of captive Gentoo Penguins and the implications for their educational potential

Study on impact of in-school zoo education programmes

HK Dolphinwatch

I recommend JZAR if you’re interested in zoo biology and related fields. I believe all their articles are open access so do check them out.”

((DISCLAIMER: I’m NOT an expert nor do i have formal education in marine science. I’ve been interested in it since I had the pleasure to see a Chinese White Dolphin during a local dolphin watch tour by the HK Dolphinwatch when I was a wee child a decade ago. There were over 180 dolphins recorded in 2003 but the numbers have since declined to 87 in 2010 and 47 in the last year. Ocean Park, which is basically the only large marine mammal park–and conservation facility on the side–in Hong Kong, has shown interest in breeding them in captivity but ofc there’s a lot of criticism to that, most of which I agree with but god the whole situation is really distressing and idk what we can do because the government sure isn’t gonna do anything like expanding protected zones or enforcing regulation on marine traffic through those zones. In fact, the new zhuhai bridge and other runways they’re using our tax money for is most certainly making the whole situation worse lol god just kill me take me instead of the dolphins i’ve had enough of this world))