Fun fact, the ear of a crocodilian is located right behind the eye and covered by a structure referred to as an "ear flap". Most of the flap remains closed at all times except for the small opening towards the front, which is open and appears as a small black slit when the animal is above water. The photos above show alligators with people highlighting the earflap and showing the underlying structure, the photo below shows a gharial where you can clearly see the anterior opening of the ear.
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Hey, so... I know that the "animals with eyes on the side of their head are prey- and dragons on eyes on the of their heads" post is like...funny. very Tumblr. A+ content.
But I'm starting to see people just like...repeat that as though it's like....a fact?
But...we do know that 1. Front facing vs side facing eyes are just about whether field of vision or depth perception was selected for and 2. .... dragons are based on predatory *reptiles* right?
Yall know crocodiles aren't a "prey" species, right?
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Before I start yapping about Little Garden, shout out to Miss Goldenweek I love her so much
Little Garden is great both comedically, and as a way to push the narrative forward, which I appreciate a lot
I love Nami and Usopp being terrified that they’ll be eaten by a giant, just to find out that he’s pretty chill, and Usopp deciding he wants to become a warrior,setting up Elbaf, which I’m still impatiently awaiting
On the other hand, we get some more Baroque Works stuff, and as I’ve mentioned already, I ADORE that group and I’m still salty over the fact the only people from there at cross guild are Galdino and Daz (and I love these two as well don’t get me wrong), they’re a great part of this arc, continuing the mystery of the organisation as well as bringing fun powers to the mix, which makes the fight at the end with all of them absolutely amazing
Thanks to them we also get these amazing Zoro moments
But come on, Crocodile is my favorite character, the highlight of this arc for me is the den den mushi call between him and Sanji
I’ve already mentioned how Crocodile is built up as a terrifying and mysterious villain throughout the saga, and this scene does that so well, we already see bits of his power with him taking away all the water from the flower, we see his ruthlessness, and I will say that the black/white color scheme of the manga helps create an even more eerie shadow of the man, that the anime just wasn’t capable of doing
He’s such a good villain like good god
I also absolutely adore Robin petting the giant Bananawani in the room
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