#Kingdom: Animalia

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

National Zoo's Cheetah Cubs Go Outside for the First Time by Smithsonian's National Zoo Via Flickr:

[etchif]

Jesus imagine if we confirm the existence of extraterrestrial life the Taxonomy would be insane

[geryone]

what more is there to life than loving the people around you & being loved by them

[fisheito]

more pre-sleep semi-lucid drawing ☮

[knifeeater]

Somewhere in the box of this old house, my child-skin hangs quietly between the coats, shed: a parachute or bag full of red dirt & teeth.

Aracelis Girmay   Self-Portrait as the Snake Interview with the Vampire   4 - 7

[cassandragemini]

my biology professor has a phd so im currently tryna figure out why the hell the study material she provided implies insects arent animals

[zodarii-dae]

the symbolism saga continues! this post is just for third life, because if i did them all in one post it would be way too long. i already made posts about symbols for the top three and the losers. everyone else has animal symbols! i chose based on symbolism, looks, names, behavior, or game events. or just vibes.

cleo is an african lion. they represent leadership, power, and courage, which works well for the queen of the crastle.

skizz is a mourning dove. skizz is one of the few who has consistent symbols. i adore fallen angel imagery for him, so i chose to make him different types of doves. this specific one is mostly for the name, as ren used the skizz blade in his name after his death.

joel is a eurasian wolf. i couldn't give the wolf king anything other than a wolf, but i don't really have a reason for the eurasian one other than vibes.

scott is an adonis blue butterfly. i wanted a butterfly because of the flower valley, and i chose this one for the name! the greek myth of adonis is about a lost lover (well, it's about a lot more than that but that's the only relevant part) who was turned into a flower, which i thought was perfect.

etho is an awassi sheep. i had to give him a sheep because of the wool fortress, and this one looked the coolest.

tango is a danish red cattle. same as etho, i wanted to give him a cow because of his (brief) monopoly, and this one looked the most fitting.

ren is an arctic wolf. he's the other one who stays consistent, because he really can't be anything other than a wolf or dog. i chose arctic for the red winter.

martyn is an arctic fox. i wanted an arctic animal for red winter, and i feel martyn is very fox like. plus, their dens are very similar to how dogwarts was set up.

impulse is a coast mole. he's referred to as a mole quite a few times. i chose the coast mole for the vibes.

bigb is a white-tailed jackrabbit. this one is almost entirely vibes. it is solitary, and he was very isolated throughout the series.

if you have any other ideas, please let me know! i'd love to hear some other thoughts on this.

[wikipediapictures]

Deepstaria

[malaisequotes]

“In other words, I am not ready to die yet because didn’t we say we’d have a picnic the first hot day, I mean, the first really, really hot day? Taqueria. And swim, kin, and mussel and friend, don’t you go, go, no.”

I Am Not Ready to Die Yet by Aracelis Girmay

[azure-clockwork]

this is your daily reminder that mushrooms are more closely related to animals than they are to plants

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

African Lion by Smithsonian's National Zoo Via Flickr:  Photo credit: Mehgan Murphy, Smithsonian's National Zoo

[poetrywillsaveme]

'I Am Not Ready to Die Yet', by Aracelis Girmay

after Joy Harjo I am not ready to die yet: magnolia treegoing wild outside my kitchen window& the dog needs a house, &, by the way,I just met you, my sisters & Ihave things to do, & I needto talk on the phone with my brother. Plant a tree.& all the things I said I’d get better at. In other words, I am not ready to die yetbecause didn’t we say we’d have a picnicthe fi rst hot day, I mean,the fi…

[rae-irien-kimura]

Lion and his kid

[minecraftrelatedrandomness]

ESMP Season 2: On the Critter City Moat

So... I have noticed something. One of Lizzie's defenses for Critter City is a moat as she considers water to be "a powerful way to keep evil at bay". This actually works out in at least 4 different ways:

1. It can be playing on how cats hate water, and that Lizzie is projecting her own fear onto others.

2. Moats were historically used as measures of defense around castles as protection from siege weapons, so Critter City does not have to worry about trebuchets and stuff showing up at their doorstep anytime soon.

3. It hints towards the traditional belief that supernatural beings cannot cross running water. (Except e2!Lizzie might not have caught the memo that supernatural beings usually do not include humans, which she does not like.)

4. It can be a possible reference to the fact that the Ocean Empire, being built in the middle of the sea, is the most spared from Xornoth and his Corruption back in Season 1, enough for e1!Lizzie (the Ocean Queen) to go about her business and personal character arc without dipping her toes into the wider server lore. (I have seen people say it and I personally attest to it, you cannot know what the wider server plotline is about if you only watch Lizzie POV of Season 1. She is almost completely distanced from the plot outside of whole-server events, and I can count those on one hand. You can literally learn more about the wider server plot by watching Empires: the Musical than if you watch Lizzie POV of the series as a whole, I swear to God.)

Heck, I personally believe that reason #4 is how the belief mentioned in reason #3 came to be in the Empires world. Maybe this is all connected. Maybe I am just rambling a load of BS. Goodness knows, but it is an interesting thought to throw out there.

[collgeruledzebra]

continually fascinated by the variety of life on earth, continually frustrated by the lack of attention given to anything that isn't a vertebrate animal