#no taxonomy needed

[thebotanicalarcade]

n0_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: European ferns /. London ;Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.,[1879-1881.]. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49719102

[thechekhov]

I've just had a very trying time in the comments section and I need to know.

[becdecorbin]

what's in a name

[cnestus]

i thought someone tagged a recent post of mine "#taxonomy tw" and it was actually taxidermy tw but for a minute that was the funniest thing in the world to me and now i have to use that tag if i ever make the mistake of grumping about whatever taxonomic shenanigans the monophyly zealots have pulled lately

[avephelis]

okay, was there ever an official confirmation of exactly what kind of softshell donnie is? because i was under the impression he's some sort of spiny softshell, (apalone spinifera), but i'm not sure whether that's ever been confirmed canon.

[sapphicpenguin]

hey... don't cry... 17-20 living species of penguins in the world (depending who you ask). ok?? the biggest ones are emperors and the smallest are little blue fairies. btw

[markscherz]

what's your take on pacman/ornate horned frogs?

Okay so Ceratophrys themselves are pretty great (all round frogs are good frogs), but have you heard of PROceratophrys?

[source]

Some species are just like Ceratophrys, but with eighteen times the eyebrow.

Like, honestly?

[source]

Whose idea was this?

Interestingly, even though they're called PROceratophrys, they're not even in the same family (Odontophrynidae versus Ceratophryidae), and are separated by over 60 million years. Proceratophrys are more closely related to bufonid toads and hylid tree frogs than they are to Ceratophryidae!

Sometimes taxonomy is just dumb that way.

[waspredteeth]

query for the Dick Grayson fans:

If Dick didn't have to be Batman or take care of Damian during the 2009/2010 era - what do you think he would've done instead?

I personally lean towards staying in New York, as I know that's where he was living since Bludhaven got nuked. But I don't know anything else more specific since I'm not super versed in Nightwing comics before that particular era. Obviously the Titans would come back into play.......

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Some context for the question:

I'm currently writing a frighteningly expansive au where BfTC changes pretty drastically, thus shifting later comics a good bit. TLDR is Cass becomes Batman so Dick doesn't have to, and Bette Kane is the one who takes care of Damian until Bruce returns from his time travel shenanigans. Jason goes through a real Greek tragedy ordeal dealing with his life post-UtRH and post-Bruce's death. Tim's storyline throughout the 2009 era stays the same, he just actually communicates with people just a teeny-tiny bit more. Steph also becomes Batgirl like in canon, but I just don't like a lot of the writing in her Batgirl run - so I'm currently trying to reconcile that with what I think would be a lil better. The au has a very large Bette Kane focus too, as a what-if to Bette being incorporated to the larger dynamics of the "Batfam".

[nazmazh]

There are essentially only 2 genres that are actually real and meaningful (This applies to all forms of media):

I Like This

I Do Not Like This

Everything else is just artificial groupings/categories made up after the fact to facilitate comparison and debate.

[handbooktohyrule]

Silent Princess - Lilium naoischiae

[transingthoseformers]

... okay the posts about Galvatron gave me an idea for a TFP Galvatron.

So in season 1, when Megatron is full of dark energon and he hears the voice of Unicron, there ends up being a very unforeseen consequence. Or perhaps Unicron secretly planned it? Out of spite or for future plans. But anyway. Megatron discovers he's carrying, and he's extremely sure he's not fragged anyone for vorns. The only possible explanation he can come up with is that it has to do with Unicron.

That's something that is quickly confirmed when Galvatron actually emerges. His optics and biolights glow the purple of dark energon, and he seems to require it to truly thrive. In short, he's not a normal Cybertronian, but rather a Cybertronian/Unicronian hybrid, or even mostly to full Unicronian.

Why was my first thought reverse jesus

That's gotta have interesting consequences, because now he not only has a kid but a kid that lives off of dark energon, it's (Sire? Creator? General influence? God? Hhmhmn?)'s blood.

This version of TFP Galvie has to look so prettu with the purple optics, biolights, and primary plating color. There's also the fact that he's not / isn't fully Cybertronian, could there be other biological differences? Physically speaking how did this happen? How would the autobots react to learning that yes Megs just gave birth to literal demon spawn? Could there be more Unicronians to come?

Questions questions questions

[faguscarolinensis]

Trying to identify bumblebees and nearly throwing my hands up in defeat

[seithr]

not to be sillybrained over what I actually consider a bit of an emotional event i'm going thru rn but. i'm packing up my collection of dragon figures while moving, wrapping em all nice up in bubblewrap so they're safe and won't break in transit—and im realizing a not insignificant amount of these are dragons that have saddles on them.

...empty saddles because i threw out or stuffed the rider in a drawer. why would a dragon need a rider. it not a GUY shelf its a DRAGON shelf. Even as a kid i thought they were boring having some guy on their backs. so much cooler when they're on their own

and well. i had that silly guy thought. About laios touden,

[saltedsolenoid]

memory loss is fucking crazy. it will have you asking questions such as "what are my hobbies" what are my interests" and looking through your tumblr blog incessantly because these interests are all Yours and you need to fill up your queue

[rotationalsymmetry]

"So, what do you like to do on a typical Friday night?"

Spend an excessive amount of money on art supplies at Flax, go home, and collapse onto the couch listening to Pet Shop Boys, apparently.

[vermillioncrown]

i've been looking at this motherfucking excel sheet for three weeks now