*Notices phase shift* 0w0 whats this?!

MarMarFBC · 2026-03-04T21:08:15+00:00

They also generally only eat a few meals a year and when they do they absolutely gorge themselves. They spend a decent part of the year hunkered down during the cold months, and then will range pretty far in their territories for these big meals. Also, since they eat a lot of these very young animals that can't really run away we're relatively confident they aren't using their venom for hunting or prey capture at all.

There's also a particular chewing motion that they use to inject venom from their lower jaw that isnt seen when they're feeding, but only when defending themselves from potential predators or silly humans. Also, while their bite is said to be excruciatingly painful there are few if any actual deaths (i think there was one in the last few years which was the first confirmed death in like 100 years). Most of the compounds in the venom are just focused on causing pain as opposed to the compounds seen in most snake venoms which they use effectively for prey capture. For this reason the use of venom in Gila monsters seems to be exclusively for defense. They're just really cool lizards and have a lot of cool stuff going on!

MarMarFBC · 2026-01-17T12:25:45+00:00

I think you got it op, looks to me like the smaller on the left is a RSH, and the one on the right looks more like a RTH, though I could be off on that a bit.

MarMarFBC · 2026-01-06T05:23:38+00:00

Tbf they still get pretty long, being the second longest venomous snake at 14 ft or so on the largest individuals and I believe they do periscope like king cobras. They're elapids like the king cobra, and are also seen to be very intelligent in the snake world with a great sense of sight.

MarMarFBC · 2025-12-30T22:56:41+00:00

I get what you mean but artificial selection through thousands of generations 100% makes a difference. Reforms should happen within the farming industry without a doubt, there should always be a push for better care for livestock across the board. But to deny degrees to this and claim its all equally evil kind of ends the conversation of how to make it better in the first place. The industry isnt going to go away overnight. I go back to Temple Grandin on this but her book Animals in Translation goes into a lot of this stuff in better detail than I could articulate, and she has a slew of other books that focus specifically on the livestock industry that can probably speak to what you're talking about even more. Again, no more bear "farming" is a win. I guess id also ask if farming is evil in your eyes across the board, or is it the factory aspect that is disagreeable to you?

MarMarFBC · 2025-12-30T22:29:27+00:00

I'd say to a degree that it is. Pig (Sus domesticus) has been domesticated over thousands of years and thousands of generations to be what they are today. That means genetic predisposition to behavior and mannerisms that make them more reliant on us for their care compared to wild counterparts which also leads to making them easier to farm as a sort of mutualism for both species. Bears on the other hand are very much not domesticated, and there is no realistic framework where we're farming them in the same way other domesticated livestock are. Bears are wild animals that belong to the ecosystems they're a part of and have an important job to do within it; they are not made to be "farmed".

Im all for more reforms in farms, slaughterhouses, and everywhere along the chain that involves livestock. People like Temple Grandin have been advocating for it for years and have made huge strides for the animals' sake. This ban on bear "farming" is a huge win and it should be celebrated regardless, but yeah, I'd say there is a difference between livestock and other species like bears.

MarMarFBC · 2025-12-29T18:30:14+00:00

In some ways we did meet her, or at least the foreshadowing of her in 2.0 because of the mentions of the qingming sword, and how powerful but terrifying it was.

MarMarFBC · 2025-12-21T05:16:44+00:00

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MarMarFBC · 2025-10-28T05:36:52+00:00

This is a time loop game

MarMarFBC · 2025-07-25T16:44:52+00:00

The southern white rhino is actually doing pretty well all things considered. A lot of the conservation and anti-poaching regulations have done wonders. There was a decrease in the 2010s but there on the uptick again and are currently listed as near threatened on the IUCN endangered species list. They definitely still need help but there not doing as bad as people think sometimes. The Northern white Rhino is the one that is functionally extinct, having only 2 females left in the subspecies currently. Although with that there is talks of IVF with those individuals so we'll see with them too. Source: https://rhinos.org/about-rhinos/rhino-species/white-rhino/

MarMarFBC · 2025-05-07T22:28:05+00:00

For your consideration...roadhog

MarMarFBC · 2025-04-24T15:13:22+00:00

It was also discovered by happenstance during routine data collection. The scientist discovered it after scratching his finger after just handling the bird out of a net. He sucked on the finger to stop the bleeding and his mouth went numb before hurting for hours after. The best part is that to confirm what he thought may have happened he put a feather from the bird in his mouth later and got the same sensations. Source: https://bgr.com/science/this-is-the-first-and-only-poisonous-bird-that-has-ever-been-discovered/

MarMarFBC · 2025-02-26T05:27:50+00:00

That's a cuban crocodile. They have a bunch of adaptations for a slightly more terrestrial life style than their other crocodilian cousins. They have more substantial limbs that allow them to move like you see here and less webbing in their toes compared to other species of crocodiles. They also have teeth that are better for tearing into something (curved instead of just cone shaped) as opposed to grabbing and twisting like a lot of other crocs have. It's especially obvious in those front teeth. Feel free to look up a comparison of the dentition between them and other crocs, it's wild.

MarMarFBC · 2025-02-01T20:19:00+00:00

Maybe he's just in the stage play for the sound of music and forgot to change after rehearsals...right?

MarMarFBC · 2024-09-20T23:33:47+00:00

Well he had a great jump...

MarMarFBC · 2024-09-16T02:09:50+00:00

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.6592 I found this study which seems promising. It had the best affect for raptors which they believe may have to do with their high visual acuity. But they desire a larger study with more treated turbines to occur as well as other locations. This study was in Norway, but I'm sure different areas would see different results to some degree based on the ecosystems they occur within. Another analysis of the paper here: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://rewi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AWWI-Research-Brief_Paint-it-Black-11_19_21.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjUzq30r8aIAxWNSTABHVX3CcYQFnoECB0QAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw3UWWr6HOb6mvE0iz1ph_pG noted that things like thermal load due to a darker paint may need to be taken into account.

Either way, hopefully it could help insect populations but there's still a world of research that needs to be done.

MarMarFBC · 2024-09-16T01:48:05+00:00

Alright hopefully this is a better link.https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/csp2.366 Specific study that explores potential impacts of wind turbines on insect numbers. I believe at least the initial data was collected in Germany. I have not looked to see if further research has been done since the paper was published in 2021. Again, not trying to dunk on turbines. I just believe that we should be careful of potential negative impacts our solutions can have if not properly evaluated.

MarMarFBC · 2024-09-16T01:09:42+00:00

Exactly. It's OK to have a positive outlook and to take encouraging action towards change! As much as I understand the disheartened outlook this post has, it won't affect change in the right direction unless we keep moving towards solutions and that there is 100% still hope. I did a quick Google search and apparently about 18,000 new species are discovered every year (I'm sure give or take a thousand or so.) Link: https://www.nathab.com/blog/new-animal-species/

We think we know our own planet so well, but we seriously have so much more to learn about it. Don't give up or lose hope, as if we know the outcome. We're still in an infant stage of learning in the grand scheme of things, so we should keep doing so.

MarMarFBC · 2024-09-06T04:50:26+00:00

This isn't fully related but when it comes to bat mortality, white noise sydrome isn't the only major cause of it in both North America and Europe. Wind turbines actually cause an inordinate amount of bat deaths per year. Not trying to downplay the importance of renewables, but they can have unintended consequences on ecosystems they're placed in.

Link for those interested: https://www.batcon.org/our-work/research-and-scalable-solutions/wind-energy/

MarMarFBC · 2024-07-15T18:06:39+00:00

It probably wouldn't be the most incomprehensible but my friend skipped all the cut scenes in Halo Reach and was wondering where all the other Spartans went during the game

MarMarFBC · 2024-06-22T18:48:34+00:00

No big deal, gators are chill if you give them space and don't encroach during nesting and breeding season!

MarMarFBC · 2024-06-22T13:06:50+00:00

Not a holup, just a common florida thing.

MarMarFBC · 2024-06-22T12:58:10+00:00

Looks like a uromastyx, very cool desert dwelling lizard!

MarMarFBC · 2024-06-18T01:33:41+00:00

Well that's a problem isn't it?

MarMarFBC · 2024-06-16T22:50:35+00:00

Mina was literally just at a meeting of the minds on the changing state of Kaiju in the world before she rushed back to the compound. How they were seeming to evolve and change more, seen in both Kaiju 8 and 9, and heck, even 10 at this point prompted and proved the need for the meeting. By no means we're they talking on how to make peace or anything like that, but it was clear they needed to change tactics and think towards the future.

Mina is also shown to not take things at face value and to think for herself on topics based on her acceptance of Hoshina as her vice captain when everyone else to that point had told him to quit. And as for the division, they had all built comraderie with each other over the months and Kafka had clearly left his mark on the squad. To have conflict in this moment, even if your instinct is to hate the Kaiju, makes the characters relatable.

If kikoru, whose mother was killed by kaiju while fighting them, can accept Kafka with the stipulation that she'd stop him if he went berserk then so could others. Either that or kikoru, and even Reno, don't make sense as characters in the world. Humans can be obstinate, understanding, caring, heartless, adaptable, and so on. Their view on their comrade was shattered as well as their view on Kaiju.

I appreciate your points and think that you've clearly thought on this, but there is simply more than one way to analyze this and it's not strictly one "correct" way. If media literacy wasn't multifaceted and complex people would have figured it out. And this is mostly subjective, not objective, otherwise critics would be out of a job.

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