#diverse species

[alexasolliday1969blog]

[purefilly-connection]

The Lizard Collector: A Fascination Rooted in Mystical Imagery

Do you have any collections? Collecting lizards might seem unusual to some, but for me, it’s a profound connection to a world of imagination and ancient myths. Living in Florida, I’m fortunate to be surrounded by these fascinating creatures, each one sparking a sense of wonder and a hint of nostalgia for a mystical era that may or may not have existed. My collection of lizards isn’t just a…

[etherblog-surrealist-nexus]

Unveiling the Layers: Exploring the Untold Story of Sensitivity in the Captivating Film 'Sensitive - The Untold Story

Jonathan Cohen, who contributed to my book let me know about this amazing documentary and accompanying book which delves into the world of the highly sensitive. Embark on a cinematic journey with ‘Sensitive – The Untold Story,’ a groundbreaking documentary that delves into the intrinsic trait of high sensitivity, prevalent in 1 in 5 individuals and observed across 100 diverse species. This…

[cadaverkeys]

mane six redesigns! ^^

pony/horse/sheep/zebra/cow/goat

[starrysharks]

friendship is magic

closeups:

[ride-a-dromedary]

"Halsin shouldn't be that big or muscular or look middle aged because he's an elf and the lore sa-"

I actually think he should be bigger and look more middle aged, personally.

[ursiday]

I'm loving your oc stuff too!!! Do you think we could get some (non spoilery) info about them?

Sure :] Cameron (right) is a barista living in her hometown with her younger sister she and is not thrilled about any of these things. Ari (left) writes articles about paranormal/hokey true crime stuff for a buzzfeed-knockoff type of website after quitting her phd. Theyre both mid-20s and also both gay but Cameron is very closeted

Ari's phd program was in vertebrate evolution, specifically feline phylogenetics, which segues into my worldbuilding that I've also wanted to talk about lol. All the characters in this world are based on cats from subfamily Felinae – basically all small wildcats combined into one sapient species instead of humans. The characters I've designed so far are inspired by specific cats (Cameron is based on a serval and Ari on a pampas cat) but I'm not trying to stick too closely to that since they're all meant to be the same species from a worldbuilding perspective. No domestic cats (furry or animal) but regular big cats are still a thing, basically akin to great apes vs humans. Anthropomorphic cougars and cheetahs are a thing but are extinct, like extinct hominids. Basically my effort to shove cats into a human evolution parallel lol

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Known from just a handful of sites around the North American Great Lakes, buck bog moths just gained Endangered Species Act protection. Sadly their boggy peatlands habitat is still disappearing.

Center for Biological Diversity

[zootzar]

"Pur, it's drooling on me."

"Stop complaining, it's kind of cute. In a stupid, ugly way."

@verm1c1de YOU.

I BLAME YOU FOR THIS, VERM.

[thebestusernamepossible]

Just saw someone say ‘white people shoudlnt make POC characters because they don’t understand them’ ??? Girl you became so progressive you circled back into racism

[betterbemeta]

I wish we got more non-humanoid species as regular starfleet crew members. I know that budgetary constraints are real. And I don't want to take away from, or hide the performance of human actors starring on a TV show-- we want to show human diversity and excellence. But I feel I have to suspend my disbelief to trust the Federation welcomes all peaceful sentient life when almost everyone on the bridge is some kind of Hominid Biped.

I want to believe that there are some civilizations that find encountering a Starfleet vessel 'ridiculous':

You break down in space and your distress call is connected by an evolved dolphin. She has somebody place a BLÅVINGAD at the chair every time she remotely covers this station.

The captain comes on screen and he's an 80 year old furry. He is standing slightly to the side because the conn officer's giant Aurelian bird wings get in the way of the forward screen camera.

You explain your situation about your busted engines. The captain nods and asks a dinosaur in a onesie about how much time the crew on duty has available. This is his first officer.

After consulting the lead engineer (a goth), it looks like if 'everybody' wants to attend the rave on board tonight this is a two-day job.

As a compromise and a show of goodwill, the captain invites you to the rave and also throws in free health care. A giant non-anthropomorphic spider beams aboard your ship. She's the chief medical officer.

[soupcat345]

furry species challenge. did it so that any potential commissioners can quickly have an understanding of how much my artstyle does and doesn't stretch

[cadaverkeys]

I'm redesigning all the main mlp girls now. I've commited myself 2 it

[weirderscience]

doodle of some first generation style genelines that prioritized style over function. you can still see these patterns emerge in the modern era, and its not unheard of for well preserved citadels to still have the technology to make designer babies like this. however a lot of loamcats find it impractical, wasteful, and sacrilegious (or adjacent) to use the technology for something so surface-level

[coline7373]

We're all twi'lek.

I want to thank @tookas-have-teeth for the discussion and @cacodaemonia for their incredible worldbuilding of Ryloth and twi'lek culture.

(Looks better clicked on.)

[clinicallyinsanedumpsterrabbit]

Ok Bestie question time What is your Dave? Is he a cryptic snake? In curious. also here’s ur snack 🧁

Oh yeah, I don't think I've actually explained it here, but yeah, he's pretty much a humanoid snake like cryptid.

But more specifically he's a sleep paralysis demon [it just made too much sense to me, with dave watching jack sleep all the time, being generally unnerving to be around, the constant biting] a species of cryptids in my mind that eat people after putting them in a state of sleep paralysis with their venom.

Now, aren't you glad dave got his venom glands [violently] removed.

And the snack is greatly appreciated, you may have the cupcake wrapper back as a gift