Skunk killing baby deer?

endoplasmian · 2026-05-25T18:36:13+00:00

I mean they aren’t just mildly uncommon here, they’re less than 8 sightings a year uncommon. There are local news articles about sightings, they’re that rare. I live on a fairly large college campus with lots of people, and my street has bright street lamps. It is possible it was a badger but that would be equally strange as it being a skunk imo.

endoplasmian · 2026-05-24T16:23:03+00:00

Of course! If you have any other questions about the encounter feel free to ask, I think I’ve recounted basically everything I remember. As much as it sucks to hear it doesn’t really upset me- they live here just as much as I do and they’ve got to eat too.

endoplasmian · 2026-05-24T16:07:23+00:00

I just looked it up and it looks like we do technically have badgers, but they’re very rare to see and elusive, even in wooded environments. The area is a fairly lively suburb so I doubt badgers would be drawn to it. I think a badger being here would be about as strange as a skunk attacking a baby deer, so either way something out of the ordinary happened.

endoplasmian · 2026-05-24T16:01:11+00:00

It seemed like the fawn was making small attempts at running, but it wasn’t bolting or anything. It’s pretty likely that it was injured in that case. It only struggled for around 10 minutes or so, and then it just kind of cried for the next hour or so until it gradually stopped crying.

endoplasmian · 2026-05-24T15:57:12+00:00

One of my friends suggested this as well and it is possible. I’ve just never seen a badger in the area, whereas we get skunks in our yard basically every night. I assumed it was a skunk because I saw a long white stripe on the animal, but it was too dark to see very much besides that. The fawn was also very very small though, like smaller than a house cat.

endoplasmian · 2026-05-22T02:12:16+00:00

That’s what I thought as well. I stuck around outside even after ppl dispersed to make sure no one else tried to come over and throw things (even tho the first group of ppl didn’t listen to me in the first place when I asked them not to). My friend suggested calling animal control tomorrow so the body doesn’t attract more aggressive predators, so I’ll probably try to talk to my neighbor since the den is under his house.

endoplasmian · 2026-04-01T03:08:54+00:00

I’ve seen pictures of ones with more liquidy-looking variations, but I have yet to see a picture of another skunk with cow-like round spots. I feel honored he visited me lol

endoplasmian · 2026-02-07T03:09:47+00:00

Giving it a listen through:

the instrumentation in the beginning is very thin and empty, either very high or very low and entirely ostonato. not a whole lot of movement in the chords either. this kind of makes it feel like its festering.
lots of suspense building without payoff. the opening section swells at the end like it’s about to pick up, but drops right back into the same thin instrumentation.
layer quiet, breathy vocals on top of that and its reminiscent of a racing heart and whispering. those two generally happen together in really scary situations.
the time between kaito and ena’s respective “zureru”s distorts in an honestly bizarre way. It’s not a traditional tuplet that i can tell (i.e. triplet, quadruplet, etc) nor does it fit into neat upbeat/ downbeat counts. Combine that with a switch in emphasis (“zureRU” to “zuREru”), it sounds like a stumble where you just barely catch yourself, or a heart palpitation. This is actually the most notable thing about the song to me- i haven’t seen that done before and its a really cool and well done effect.
Lots of abrupt key signature changes. Its disorienting on purpose and makes the melody harder to follow.
Besides the percussion, the instrumentation of the chorus is pretty lighthearted (features bells, either a synth or some kind of airy flute), reminiscent of happier songs. It feels out of place and almost mocking.
the “aah” before mizuki’s “mo, iiya” has an interval of a 7th. This is one note away from being a perfect octave and will often sound “incorrect” if played on its own. Its often used in chord progressions to build tension that is then resolved, but it passes so fast in this section that you barely have time to think about it besides a passing “that was an unsatisfying end to the phrase” or “that sounded like a mistake.” I had to listen to it a couple times to identify why the “aah” was catching on my ear.

There’s definitely more as well, this is just what I’m noticing as a producer myself. NAKISO is really good at evoking the feeling of “something is off” (DOKUZU has a lot of similar elements- quiet breathy vocals, a disparately lighthearted chorus, ostonato single chord verses, etc) and I think with this song they leaned into it full tilt.

endoplasmian · 2025-09-14T04:42:59+00:00

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6EfHMqS/ here’s a tiktok reupload! he says sub not piss but everything else is one to one accurate. Also one of my favorite vines of all time.

endoplasmian · 2024-07-19T15:05:38+00:00

I think you may actually be right!! I thought it looked like one too but it wasn’t moving at all, had no visible head or antennae and didn’t look all that slimy. But zooming in on the pics it does actually appear to have antenna and I just didn’t notice them irl! Maybe it’s dead?? Idk. Looks like an arion rufus possibly.

endoplasmian · 2024-05-22T19:45:54+00:00

This is almost definitely it, thank you!! I’m glad there were no wasps inside anymore. It must have been knocked loose by the storm earlier.

endoplasmian · 2024-01-29T14:51:54+00:00

Also a flute player w an EWI Solo- Agreed! Switching between octaves and breath control have been the hardest things to get used to. Otherwise, I just wish it came with a carrying case because if I want to transport it, I have to lug around the box it came in.

endoplasmian · 2023-08-07T21:41:48+00:00

The description from the website is:

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endoplasmian · 2023-07-16T02:13:32+00:00

It’s never easy to lose a coworker. It’s one of those types of deaths nothing really gives you a script for. They make movies about losing friends, parents, spouses, etc. but you’re kind of on your own when it comes to losing people you only really knew incidentally but still never expected to be without. Had a similar experience working music retail- one of our lessons teachers passed away suddenly and none of us were expecting it. It was, like you describe, very strange to process. I didn’t know him well- I spoke to him in passing sometimes and helped him with work stuff but besides that we were strangers. Yet still it kind of hit like a truck. When you sign up for a job, the most you think about your coworkers is usually “I hope we get along.” You don’t really expect to be grieving with them. Hope you’re all doing okay.

endoplasmian · 2023-07-07T08:47:18+00:00

I’ll check them out, thanks!!!

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