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[chestnutdex]

WARTORTLE

Wartortle is a Water-type turtle Pokemon noteworthy for its furry tail and long lifespan. Wartortle are native to the Pacific Ocean and surrounding coastal areas. Wartortle have the longest confirmed lifespan of any creature.

TAXONOMY

Wartortle are Terrapins or Pond Turtles of the Emydidae family, though their furred fins and tail are unique traits among Terrapins. The name Wartortle is a combination of Warrior and Turtle, as older Wartortle are often covered in scars. Young Wartortle are called Squirtle, though sources differ as to whether this originally meant Squirt Turtle for its tendency to spit water or Squirrel Turtle for its large tail. 

Wartortle and Horsea expelling streams of water

DESCRIPTION

A Wartortle is a bipedal turtle with blue scales, a brown carapace, and a yellow plastron (belly-plate). On their heads they have fins covered in white fur, which resemble ears, and long, furry tails. This fur traps oxygen bubbles, providing additional buoyancy and helping the Wartortle maneuver in the water. The Wartortle can use these trapped bubbles as additional air to allow for extended dives. Algae may grow on a Wartortle’s shell and fur, giving it a green tint. Squirtle hatch with soft shells and without fins or fur, both of which grow in with age. Wartortle store water within their shells, which can be pressurized by specialized internal muscles, and can increase or decrease this pressure to adjust their buoyancy, as well as expel this water from their mouths in a targeted stream, either when threatened or to stun prey.

Wartortle average 1 meter in height with a weight of 22.5 kg.

Wartortle are commonly claimed to live 10,000 years, and no evidence exists of a Wartortle suffering from age-related disease. The longest continually tracked Wartortle was discovered in 1535, making it the oldest confirmed living creature, though there are many unconfirmed claims of older Wartortle. Wartortle heal injuries more efficiently than most other species, though the healing process often leaves scars. 

Young Wartortle, called a Squirtle

HABITAT

Wartortle are rarely seen and have large migratory ranges, primarily in the Pacific Ocean and surrounding regions. Wartortle can traverse land and occasionally make homes in freshwater lakes but no individual area has a significant Wartortle population. 

BEHAVIOR

Wartortle are omnivores with a primarily vegetarian diet, however, they also consume small animals. Wartortle may hide under the water’s surface to attack creatures that come too close. When threatened, Wartortle withdraw into their shells and expel pressurized water at the attacker. If the shell is cracked, the Wartortle becomes extremely aggressive, biting and striking with its tail. Wartortle do not nest and instead sleep inside their shells. Their controlled buoyancy allows them to sleep on the surface of the ocean. 

Trained Wartortle posing

REPRODUCTION

Wartortle only reproduce once every 3-5 years. They lay a clutch of 4-10 eggs, then bury their eggs on land near a body of water. The parents do not remain nearby. When the eggs hatch, the Squirtle must fend entirely for themselves. Most Squirtle do not survive to maturity.

Newly hatched Squirtle often have difficulty controlling themselves in water.

MUTATIONS

When raised by humans, the Wartortle may evolve into the Blastoise (derived from Blast and Tortoise), becoming significantly larger and heavier while losing its fur. Blastoise grow two bone ‘cannons’ from their shell they use to spray water at potentially thousands of PSI. Blastoise are far more powerful and durable than Wartortle but require significantly more food and are neither quick enough nor maneuverable enough to be effective hunters. Blastoise are not normally found in the wild and attempts to reintroduce Blastoise to the wild have been unsuccessful. 

Blastoise can further evolve into Mega Blastoise with the Blastoisinite, becoming sturdier, heavier, and growing a larger, more powerful cannon. 

In Galar’s Power Spots, some Blastoise have been shown to have a unique Gigantamax transformation where it gains an additional twenty eight cannons. Rather than create rain as other Water-Type Pokemon do at Power Spots, Gigantamax Blastoise unleashes a barrage of pressurized water blasts. 

Blastoise can fire water with enough pressure to puncture steel

NOTABLE WARTORTLE

Trainer Red of Pallet Town, leader of Alola’s Battle tree, used a Blastoise in his 1996 Indigo League victory.

���Camila” was captured by Paldean explorers in 1535 and holds the official record for oldest living Pokemon.

“Wakame” is an algae-covered Wartortle with repeated sightings off the coast of the greater Kanto region. The first recorded Wakame sightings occurred between the years 400 and 500, but cannot be proven to be the same Wartortle.

[the--anarchists]

One of the things that pisses me off most about this genocide and overall occupation is how many people say it's so complicated and there's so much nuance and there isn't one easy solution. This is one of the simplest things I have ever seen. Zionists invaded palestine in 1947-48. They have occupied it for 76 years while taking more and more land. They kidnap and torture and massacre Palestinians day in day out for those 76 years. They control every aspect of Palestinian life, including their water and medical care. And now they are committing another genocide against them. Where is the complication? What is hard to understand? "Well, Jewish people need a place where they won't be discriminated against" I absolutely agree. So make every country in the world safe for Jewish people. Fight against anti Semitism across the world. Don't commit a genocide and set up an ethnostate.

[witchywitchy]

"B-but Palestinians can get their freedom with peace not violence 🥺🥺" no. Screw your feelings. The armed resistance against colonizers and murderers is what will give Palestinians their freedom and what will eventually achieve real peace.

An enemy that bombs and uses white phosphorus against civilians doesn't know nor practice what your broken moral compass describes as "peace". Freedom was proven throughout history not to be achieved through kneeling and asking the oppressor to kindly stop. Freedom needs to be taken by force. Your little Utopian way of thinking doesn't work in the real world. Your feelings don't matter because you're not the one living under occupation. Your feelings don't matter because you're not one of the thousands of children who lost their limbs. You're not one of the children who became orphans due to this genocide. You're not the mother who lost her child to the carpet bombing. You're not the father carrying the remains of your child in plastic bags. You're not the newlywed woman who lost her husband. You're not the one at risk of either getting killed any second or losing your loved ones in the blink of an eye!

"Peace" is not really a thing you see during a live ethnic cleansing!

[troythecatfish]

[kaalbela]

Tatreez (Arabic: تطريز) is a type of traditional Palestinian embroidery. Tatreez uses traditional cross-stitch embroidery and is practiced largely among women. The craft was originally practiced in rural areas of Palestine, but is now common across the Palestinian diaspora. Historically, each village in Palestine had their own tatreez patterns. The landscape was a major source of inspiration for the patterns and motifs, which speaks to the variation in style that was common to see among all of the different tatreez expressions that were particular to each Palestinian village.

After the violent displacement and dispossession of Palestinians in 1948, people were living together in refugee camps. The different styles of tatreez became less distinct and have continued to evolve with the diaspora. Following 1948, tatreez evolved to reflect the experiences of Palestinians. Palestinian women began to incorporate the Palestinian flag and its colors into their tatreez as a means of resistance to the occupation of Palestine. Consequently, tatreez became an expression of the identity, heritage and resistance of Palestinian women and their dedication to preserve their ancient culture.

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[hussyknee]

Freedom for Sudan! 🇸🇩

Freedom for The Congo! 🇨🇩

Freedom for Armenia! 🇦🇲

From River To The Sea, Palestine Will Be Free! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[maureen2musings]

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[mssi]

speak up for palestine 🇵🇸

[vnvnationfan]

[amirisqueer]

OLD 2017 ART

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[totallynotcensorship]

tags update: free palestine, palestine, gaza, free gaza, yemen, lebanon, middle east, human rights, united nationsm and jerusalem are trending

edit: yemen, lebanon, human rights, middle east, and united nations stopped trending? they are still in the "featured tags" on trending tho-

edit2: they are back to trending

with free palestine at 1st place on the page

DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE

[witchywitchy]

The fight for Palestinian liberation is long and needs patience and strength. I urge you all not to give up on the Palestinian cause no matter how much death you see, no matter how high the numbers get, and no matter how much destruction you witness. We are all doing a great job boosting pro-Palestinian voices and costing Western propagandists money. We're doing an incredible job boycotting all pro-Israeli products, and we're seeing great results. The people are finally seeing the true face of the West and the Israeli occupation, and we're seeing great signs of change. We're on our way to witnessing a free Palestine, and we mustn't lose hope now or ever. Keep posting, keep boosting, and keep saying free Palestine until Palestine is free.

We're nowhere near giving up, and we never will be.

[troythecatfish]

I know the media in this country is all propaganda

because the NY Times got caught red handed making up stories about hamas killing babies, and raping women

...stories that were shared around the world and used to legitimize and justify the genocide of Palestine...

and no other mainstream news agencies bothered to report what is possibly the biggest media scandal of the century.

It literally proves Israel's narrative is a lie.

But we don't have real news.

We drown in propaganda instead.

[lemedstudent2021]

as seen on reddit

3 years later and (un)surprisingly accurate.