#more like squee otter

[montereybayaquarium]

Do the recent frosty mornings have you bundling up or adjusting the thermostat? Consider the mighty mustelids who must survive in chilly ocean water year-round. How do they stay warm? By fluffing up their incredibly furry coats! Sea otters boast the world’s densest fur—up to a million hairs per square inch. They also power their internal metabolic furnace by eating up to 25 percent of their body weight each day. Pass the snacks!

[rahxe-things]

Things I LOVE about World of Warcraft's Dragonflight BETA!

First and foremost; the scenery! Every xpac, the devs and art team never fail to make their world amazing and make me want to live there! I haven't even explored everything yet!

Alexstraza's new model! Not gonna lie, I'm a simp for this Queen. She can slay me any day.

THE OTTERS! FORGET THE DUCKS I AM IN LOVE WITH THESE FREAKING OTTERS! (I play hunter - I CANNOT WAIT TO LEARN HOW TO TAME THEM!) I literately make little squees of happiness every time I see one. xD

DRAGONRIDING! Holy shit this feature IS SO COOL! It takes a good minute to get use to (especially the landings from high speed - those prone to motion sickness beware), but once you've got it, it's amazing! I am absolutely willing to scrap regular flying ENTIRELY for dragonriding to be available EVERYWHERE. (Anyone who knows me would know that this is basically blasphemy coming from my mouth.)

Glyph Hunting. This is such a neat feature added onto of the dragonriding. There are Glyphs hidden around each zone to collect which you then use to upgrade your dragonriding skill. Some of the are up REALLY FREAKING HIGH! And the challenge of finding and getting to them has been really fun!

Dragon racing! I'll admit that although I haven't done one yet, I absolutely LOVE the concept! You can have an "official" race with your friends on a designated route. It's very similar to the cloud serpent racing in Panda-land (I just can't remember if you could race with other players or not....)

This isn't new, but a feature that just makes me happy; after you die, you get a lift back to your body, much like in Catclysm zones. Best part? Your ride is a dragon of course. As you can imagine, the Dragon Isles are like.... 90% mountain. Getting around on foot would be hella annoying and inconvenient.

TALENT TREES ARE BACK! Though this shouldn't be news for most, or anybody by now, the freedom to build your character's abilities however you want is great! As you level up, you earn one talent point in either your class or spec tree alternatively. I haven't spent a lot of time messing around with it; I plan on looking more deeply at my options when DF is live.

And that's all for now! I'll share a part 2 as I come across more awesome things to get excited about int the upcoming expansion!

[bunjywunjy]

Hi Bunjy! Bit sad today, so can you give me some cute sea otter facts? They are my most cuddly favorite and if they were to maul me to death I would still be like "omg so cute!!!"

if you've only ever seen them in pictures this fact may surprise you, but sea otters are FUCKING HUGE.

these oceanic critters can be up to five feet long, and weigh in at over 70 pounds! THAT'S LARGER THAN A HUMAN FIRST GRADER.

kiss him on the nose and send him to school with an apple, jesus.

this actually makes sea otters one of the largest members of the mustelid family, second ONLY to the giant otter of the amazon river.

SECOND PLACE IS FINE, SECOND PLACE IS FINE.

now you may be saying to yourself in a sarcastic and derisive tone "that's all well and good, bunjy, but they asked for a BLESSED fact." which is not untrue! but to which I counter:

more otter to squee over.

thank you, that is all.

[presidentplant2040]

Ok so @intelligencehavingfun tagged me to do this thing. And I can't say no to her. It was actually harder than I thought, I apparently don't have that many fandoms or otps. Oops? There's no order to this other than when I thought of them. It's also a lot of stuff I've consumed recently. Only a few are long held ships. Rules: list 5 otps from fandoms and tag 10 people to pass it on. 1. Holtzbert - the easy one! I fell in love with the new Ghostbusters in the first few minutes of it. And I fell in love with pairing Jillian Holtzmann and Erin Gilbert as soon as the line 'Come here often?' was uttered. 2. Scully/Mulder - the old one! This taught me what shipping was. I was never the person who wanted the agents to be in a over the top relationship. I really like that they took solace in each other and that morphed into some sort of oddly functional pairing. Physical intimacy, etc. aside, they love each other and always will. 3. Bragoon/Sarobando - the obscure one! This is from the Redwall book Loamhedge. Bragoon the otter and Sarobando squirrel. It's not canon but I dare you to read their story arc and come to a different conclusion. It is the only inter species relationship hinted at in the whole of the series. I take a lot of symbolism from it honestly. 4. Chirrut/Baze - the newest one! My sweet gay guardians! Ever since @penguinconfetti pointed it out, I can't unsee their love for each other. Plus it's the first Star Wars ship I've really jumped on with (if you want the full break down of my opinions, I will gladly converse). 5. Cecil/Carlos - the one I had to be reminded of! I am terribly behind in Welcome to Night Vale episodes. But I've gotten far enough along to see how beautiful this relationship is. And I also know spoilers for more recent episodes. They are just so wonderful everything about them makes me squee. **Honorable Mention: the 'I can't help but think of silly ones' one! Derek/Matilda - Zoolander is one of my favorite movies for absolutely no good reason. And this is the most ridiculous love story. Somehow I did it. And go figure, the list is super queer. I'm not gonna tag anyone specific because I don't know anyone all that well yet. So...do it if you want to and blame me.

[mavwrekmarketing]

We interrupt your regularly scheduled selection of depressing news stories and dismaying tweets to bring you the most amazing thing that happened on the internet today.

The amount of cute animals you are about to see is almost unhealthy. Almost.

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Zoos and aquariums across the nation participated in a very important #CuteAnimalTweetOff today. And the winner of the tweet off is everyone. Every single person alive.

It all started when Smithsonian’s National Zoo released a press release announcing the birth of the most adorable baby grey seal in the world.

We welcomed a gray seal pup Jan. 21. The pup appears to be nursing, moving & bonding well w/ mom. https://t.co/l0Bzu7g8ek #Squee http://pic.twitter.com/nEhuJe6vBk

National Zoo (@NationalZoo) January 25, 2017

Sarah Hill, who lives in Virginia, saw the press release and tweeted a taunt at the Virginia Aquarium.

Your move @VAAquarium https://t.co/lhBwalpprO

Sarah Hill (@SarahJanetHill) January 25, 2017

The Virginia Aquarium is not one to back down when a challenge is issued.

@SarahJanetHill #challengeaccepted We see @NationalZoo ‘s seal pup, and raise an otter/osprey combo. http://pic.twitter.com/D9zDWXxuDb

Virginia Aquarium (@VAAquarium) January 25, 2017

Thus, a Twitter war began between the Virginia Aquarium and the National Zoo. What a war it was.

.@VAAquarium This is Redd, our endangered Bornean orangutan infant. And he is the cutest. Do you fold yet? #challengeaccepted http://pic.twitter.com/ED6WiZun1R

National Zoo (@NationalZoo) January 25, 2017

@NationalZoo Don’t worry, we’re still here. http://pic.twitter.com/0Qm9dcvMD9

Virginia Aquarium (@VAAquarium) January 25, 2017

.@VAAquarium Yawn. http://pic.twitter.com/szDSpmWnud

National Zoo (@NationalZoo) January 25, 2017

Upon seeing this epic struggle of baby animal portions, zoos and aquariums across the nation joined in, tweeting out achingly cute photos of their animal friends. What started as a simple little cute-off became a national cute-off, and we are not complaining.

@SarahJanetHill @VLMuseum @sandiegozoo @ZooATL @sfzoo @phillyzoo @PhoenixZoo @zoomiami #cuteanimaltweetoff? Bam: an oldie but a goodie. http://pic.twitter.com/6kjrTXG9dl

Bronx Zoo (@BronxZoo) January 25, 2017

@SarahJanetHill @VLMuseum @BronxZoo @sandiegozoo @sfzoo @phillyzoo @PhoenixZoo @zoomiami We’re always down for a #cuteanimaltweetoff! http://pic.twitter.com/hmkYOLBjrx

Zoo Atlanta (@ZooATL) January 25, 2017

@ZooATL @VAAquarium @BronxZoo @SarahJanetHill @VLMuseum @sandiegozoo @sfzoo @PhoenixZoo @zoomiami *mic drop* #cuteanimaltweetoff http://pic.twitter.com/go8i7gWAAF

Philadelphia Zoo (@phillyzoo) January 25, 2017

#cuteanimaltweetoff is ON @SarahJanetHill @VLMuseum @BronxZoo @sandiegozoo @sfzoo @phillyzoo @PhoenixZoo! U @LionCountry? Pic: J Budell http://pic.twitter.com/GWjjIOsqYJ

Zoo Miami (@zoomiami) January 25, 2017

Here we have an otterly adorable submission to #CuteAnimalTweetOff #OtterlyAdorable http://pic.twitter.com/GQzgUP19BQ

Aquarium of Pacific (@AquariumPacific) January 25, 2017

I got here as fast as I could… #cuteanimaltweetoff http://pic.twitter.com/wPWHHoPaS1

Los Angeles Zoo (@LAZoo) January 25, 2017

We’ll just leave this little bit #squee right here. #cuteanimaltweetoff http://pic.twitter.com/NxdiduKq5z

Reid Park Zoo (@ReidParkZoo) January 25, 2017

Estrella is our #CuteAnimalTweetOff Star http://pic.twitter.com/0FAj2f3bjG

San Diego Zoo (@sandiegozoo) January 25, 2017

Challenge accepted! #CuteAnimalTweetOff @NatlAquarium @SarahJanetHill @MontereyAq @GeorgiaAquarium http://pic.twitter.com/q28s1AJLsN

Tennessee Aquarium (@TNAquarium) January 25, 2017

We see you, @TNAquarium. Meet Megatron the rescue seal. #CuteAnimalTweetOff http://pic.twitter.com/3HjLY70RzT

National Aquarium (@NatlAquarium) January 25, 2017

@NatlAquarium @TNAquarium @SarahJanetHill @MontereyAq What’s cuter than a sea lion boop? #CuteAnimalTweetOff http://pic.twitter.com/w8tLtiN3sc

Georgia Aquarium (@GeorgiaAquarium) January 25, 2017

Leapin’ Lemurs the #cuteanimaltweetoff is going strong. Behold our baby sifaka lemur. He’s kind of cute, right? http://pic.twitter.com/9dNfyeJJ2d

Maryland Zoo (@marylandzoo) January 25, 2017

This is social media done right. We hope everyone takes note of this amazing movement.

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