#flatback

[littlewigglers]

Yummy salad.

[lucasaustin1995]

FLAT BLACK - DARK SIDE OF THE BRAIN

My favorite rock and metal album of the year

[headlessandhellbent]

I'm on the hunt for betta/fish cartiledge jewelry.

I want a lil betta/fish for either my helix/flat areas or forward helix

I KNOW THERE HAS TO BE FISH FLAT BACKS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE ... ??? (Bonus if in rose gold)

[violoncellobindery]

The Art of War: Technoblade Edition

Being a longtime Techno fan(since like early 2019? Hypixel Skyblock my beloathed), of course I had to make a copy of The Art of War. Also, it was a good excuse to finally read it, but just a regular copy wasn't enough. Of course not. The Art of War, by Sun Tzu: The Technoblade Edition! (Shoutout to MIT for having the translation for free online. And Lionel Giles I guess for actually translating it all those years ago).

This copy marks every single instance he quotes The Art of War in The Potato War series, plus a couple other few choice quotes at the start of some chapters(with a couple other easter eggs!) I then designed the cover to look like an enchanted book, because my little headcannon is that it's his copy he carries around in game. It is specifically an enchanted book because normal books don't have the belt (boring).

The ender chest was a gift from a dear friend of mine many years ago. I got so excited about finishing this bind that I instantly ran off to do a photo shoot with it :)

Progress pics and rambling, a per usual:

Really trying not to enter this hobby wallet first so this bind was a total fuck around and find out process:

My printer decided it didn't wanna print double side it and grabbed two pieces of paper, so originally I was gonna just reprint that page, but then I found a header error AND all the em-dashes mysteriously missing, except only in the body text?? Anyways when I reprinted it was fine and I had the correct off white/cream paper by then. End papers aren't super visible, but they're handmade recycled purple paper :)

Used graph paper as the stencil...don't do that. It was way too thin and the paint seeped under. I also didn't have silver paint. Make a proper stencil, guys. It's worth it.

Yolo-ed the cloth and glue for every single cover up 'til now, but this was the one that failed (third pic) and I ended up redoing the cloth from scratch, this time with acrylic medium/cornstarch paste filled cloth.

Tbh I'm not sure if I ordered brass or gold clasps?? Not that it matters?? But trying to find clasps big enough without getting 100 of them was rough. That is all.

But we did it! And now I have to go make another for a friend who saw it and instantly asked for one. The laser printer wasn't exactly cooperative but fuck it we ball.

Blood for the blood god. Technoblade never dies.

[crippled-peeper]

neurosurgeon says they cant do any other surgery that isnt another spinal fusion. nothing else can be done except for injections and intensive physical therapy. i am stuck with this pain for now

[todropscience]

TINY CRABS ARE MAJOR PREDATORS OF FLATBACK TURTLE HATCHLINGS

Flatback turtles (Natator depressus) face predation risks during their hatchling stage on Thevenard Island, Western Australia. A recent study found that while no egg predation occurred, about 30% of hatchlings were consumed, primarily by ghost crabs (Ocypode convexa). Gulls and Caspian terns were also observed preying on hatchlings, although these were less common.

The absence of egg predation is unexpected and may be explained by the strategic nesting choices of female turtles or the composition of the eggshells. Despite these protective mechanisms, the survival rate from egg to hatchling remains vulnerable.

- Ghost crabs (encircled), and silver gulls and a Caspian tern predating on flatback turtle hatchlings emerging from nests, recorded by infra-red video camera on Thevenard Island, Pilbara region, Western Australia.

Conservation strategies must address these predation threats, particularly by targeting human disturbances and reducing predator populations in key nesting areas. These findings offer vital insights into the challenges affecting flatback turtle populations and their long-term recovery.

Photograph: Golden ghost crab by kaiwolfe

Reference (open access): Avenant et al. 2024. Predation rates on flatback turtle Natator depressus eggs and hatchlings at an island rookery. Mar Biol.

[everythingunderthesky]

Warning: No pancake stacking.

Turtle behavior info found on Reptifiles!

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[respect-the-locals]

🐢Daily Sea Turtle Fact:🐢

Flatback Sea Turtle: The flatback sea turtle has the smallest range of the seven sea turtles. The species is endemic to the sandy beaches and shallow coastal waters of the Australian continental shelf and does not travel long distances in the open ocean for migrations like other sea turtles. This turtle gets its common name from the fact that its shell has a flattened or lower dome than the other sea turtles.

[puphoods]

[littlewigglers]

Caught them sneaking into the log 🪵

[morbidsmenagerie]

Oregon Zoo bugs

[yukinyaminyato]

took me probably like at least 30min to change my helix piercing bc i was twisting it the wrong way, i thought it was stuck 🤡 looking in the mirror made me confuse left & right.......

[insanebreadloaf]

Your blog is what happens when you dump the contents of a comic book store, a bunch of really bad puns, and a pride parade into a punch bowl and serve it to a party full of screaming, hyperactive kids who just ate all of their Halloween candy in one sitting. 😁😂 (That was a compliment, bee tee dubs)

Thanks, that is very accurate 😂😂

Here, have a turtle. He is very polite

[crippled-peeper]

I can’t even find any other people who have 2 spinal fusions let alone any articles about it 😩 am I just bad at googling things

[gloombog]

one thing i was not prepared for with nostril piercings is these fucking boogers man