#round-crested

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Crested Partridge by Korkeasaaren eläintarha Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul)

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This little snake fuck has no right to be so cute

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Remember to read about the contestants before voting!

Crested Auklet

The Crested Auklet shares its crest with both males and females, and they often nest and fish within the pacific and Bering sea. Their diet consists of krill and plankton, although little is known about their wintering diet. They don’t mate for life so males are always in competition to woo another female. Learn More!

Eurasian Magpie

Native across most of Europe and Asia, the Eurasian magpie is often said to collect little trinkets. However, contrary to popular belief, they don’t collect shiny objects. They are quite smart though, and some scientists believe they are one of the smartest birds alive. They also think they’re one of the smartest animals too. They have also been known to express grief over the loss of their fellow magpie. Learn More!

(Crested Auklet photo by Phillip Edwards) (Eurasian Magpie photo by Alexis Lours)

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Round 3, Poll 12

Red-crested Turaco vs Palawan Peacock-pheasant

sources under cut

Red-crested Turaco

eBird Sightings - 106

IUCN Status - Least Concern

Location: Africa - Northwest Angola

“looks like a mango”

Palawan Peacock-pheasant

eBird Sightings - 323

IUCN Status - Vulnerable

Location: Philippines - Palawan Island

“Males are strikingly indigo, they have multiple spurs, and they stridulate using quills!”

Images: Turaco (Dubi Shapiro); Pheasant (Bruce Wedderburn)

Stats pulled from Birds of the World

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One thing I realized when it comes to the meritocracy proposed in CF/SB is that you kind of have to get rid of crested people and Nabateans. Like Dimitri is regarded as a powerful warrior due to his crest and training‚ he would dominate any physical career (‚ not to mention Hilda as well since in GW she blocks his strike). And while I don't know the exact process of getting crests‚ first gen (non-Nabatean) crest-bearers live a really long time (Willy‚ Jeralt‚ and Yuri) with no perceived (1/2)

That's what I've been saying since day 9 lol

Crested people skew the "meritocracy" angle because, even if the game did its best to curb down the ludonarrative experience - unlike FE Jugdral where HB means an unit is better than a non HB unit - it still exists.

Flayn with her crest will always be able to heal a fractured lung by clapping in her hands, when Ignatz would need to use all of his magic because he doesn't get the "boost to healing spells" Flayn's crest gives her.

Same with extended lifespans - let it be training martially, being "wise" or even being a polyglot, by sheer virtue of having at least 200 years on "regular" humans, first gen crest bearers and nabateans would... have more knowledge than Leonie's grandma.

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Jerry questioning Rhea about bby!Billy is one of those things that, even if the 10 years of lore existed and were revealed, would never be developed because it was done at the cost of that world's consistency.

As you mentioned, regardless of Jerry knowing what Sitri was or not, Jerry knows he "oddly" older than everyone else and might have the same longevity as the Elites, he should have seen people like him around (cardinals), he lived through the Alliance's birht and Nopes reveals he was around when Rhea faked the death of the "blonde archbishop who was painted by an Adrestian and loved birds".

So unless Rhea indeed called the baby "mother" - which would not match with all the later interactions she has with Billy - there is so much "weirdness" going on with Jerry and/or around him that... suddenly being afraid of Rhea and ditching everything to become a merc with a newborn is either stupid, or plot contrived.

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Hollow Knight Fight Round 1, Wave 6

Submit your propaganda here or in the tags/comments/reblogs!

[hellcifrogs]

hiii im the anon who talked about doing family trees and just thought i'd add ive now spent several hours trying to come up with a family crest as well the fixation beam is real now for an actual question: if you had to assign an animal to the Non Animal clans in Narufox what would you choose for who and why?

Hey~ I actually HAVE answered something similar before and went to look for it to see if anything changed... But I wasn't actually trying to fit them into the AU

Then (based on vibes):

Sai would be a cat.

Sakura a tigress <3

Ino should be maybe a bird... I'm really not sure... could also be a boar I guess, but it's ino, I'd like her to be something pretty... (something that goes along nice with a tiger lol)

Lee would be a frog :}

Chouji would actually be a capybara <3

Shino a moth, you know those with wings that kinda look like eyes? Are those moths? One of those

The Hyuugas I think would be swans.

Tenten i think a red panda, because it's cute.

Makes sense to me for Sasuke also be a cat.

The sand trio are alrealdy tanukis, but I remember when I first watched Naruto I thought Kankuro's design was somehow related to a bat and I guess Temari could be a weasel (if the two were to be different animals).

Now (trying to make sense):

Sai - a Bird, I think I'm imagining a heron? Something graceful and white.

Sakura - something small like a squirrel or mouse.

Sasuke - people have mentioned both dragons and cats for the Uchihas, I think I'd go with them as tigers this time.

Ino - Boar, I guess, for obvious reasons.

Lee - I still like the frog, maybe monkey?

Chouji - I cannot let go of the capybara, the Akimichi could be butterflies by logic, but I feel like that would make them a "cousin clan" to the Aburame.

Hyuugas - actually I change my mind, Uchihas can be lions, Hyuugas will be the tigers

Tenten - Another small cute animal, for her, Sakura and Lee who aren't from big clans I can only imagine them being something small in comparison too.

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Round 1 Match 1

The Erect-Crested penguin is one of many crested penguins. These guys live in the New Zealand region and are on the endangered species list. They only breed on the Bounty and Antipodes Islands near New Zealand. Erect-Crested penguins are around 20-28 inches (50-70 cm) tall.

The Little Blue penguin, also called the Fairy penguin, Blue penguin, or Little penguin, is the smallest penguin, standing at a height of about 12-14 inches (30-40cm). They also live in the New Zealand region. Little Blues earned their name with their bluish feathers. These penguins burrow for their nests, and lay two eggs, like most other penguins. The first part of their scientific name "Eudyptula minor" means "good little diver".

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chapter 2 ..... and 3? i forgot.

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ROUND ONE BRACKET A

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Round 2, Poll 19

Madagascar Ibis vs Red-crested Turaco

sources under cut

Madagascar Ibis

eBird Sightings - 685

IUCN Status - Near Threatened

Location: Africa - Madagascar

“Has mohawk, likes to crabwalk, best birb <3”

Red-crested Turaco

eBird Sightings - 106

IUCN Status - Least Concern

Location: Africa - Northwest Angola

“looks like a mango”

Images: Ibis (Chris Venetz); Turaco (Dubi Shapiro)

Stats pulled from Birds of the World

[kitschkicks]

Some of you on here may be under the impression that I am only into 'fat, conventionally unattractive, slightly creepy old men' - but it is not so!! I have wide and varying tastes that just so happen to include fat, conventionally unattractive, slightly creepy old men...

(said men can be either wet and pathetic or master manipulators)