I thought this was Tina Turner going for a swim at first and was confused about why that would have been on this account.

It's a capybara tho

Nagasaki Biopark

Ok. But I do actually want to talk about this now.

In Foolish's day 26 vod, Leo showed him paintings of her three friends. The first one was Cucurucho.

She kept saying it was there, watching them. Always. Then she said Foolish should say hello, to which he complied. He said hello to the air, but then Cucurucho ACTUALLY showed up and said hello too before leaving again.

When Foolish asked what the hell was that supposed to be, Leo told him that "It just came to say hello. It always takes care of me." Then Cucu came back and game Foolish a book.

Inside the book (written in Spanish) was the question "HAVE YOU BEEN TAKING CARE OF LEO?"

Which is just??? WHAT??? I know that Leo always claimed that she was friends with Cucurucho, but for Cucu itself to actually ask this question?? To show this much care for Leo??? It blows my mind, I don't even have the words rn. (This leads me to believe that Leo's friend is the defective one, Osito Bimbo)

After Foosh and Leo confirm that yes, he's been taking good care of her, Cucurucho leaves them alone once again.

The next friend is interesting because, well, it's a painting of a capybara saying "Hola Leo! :)"

They didn't really get to dive deeper into this since Foolish thought that Perry (Leo's pet platypus) was the one in the painting, despite Leo saying it was a capybara. To be fair, she didn't really try to correct him when he asked if she was talking about Perry.

And knowing what I know now, this really really sticks out to me. Because on this day, Leo introduced Foosh to mysteriously powerful entities she called friends... and one out of those three friends is supposedly a capybara...

The third friend is where things get a little more freaky. Leo showed Foolish a painting of Dark, who she called her best friend.

She claimed that Dark is powerful and he protects them from bad people, but he can only do it on Foolish's dragon home and nowhere else. She said he lived on top of the dragon. And she also said he was an enemy to the "green things" (the Codes).

Leo tries to explain her friends to a very confused Foolish.

"My friends are good pa, they only kill bad people"

"My friends want you to take care of me so they don't see more eggs die"

"You don't see them, but they are always here"

These words were the one who stuck out to me because it's... strange. How favored Leo is. Like, why her? What did she do to gain favor of the Feds? Are Cucurucho and Dark on the same side? Or are they on the opposite sides who got attached to the same kid? If Dark is an enemy to the Code, then is he a friend to the Federation? What if he isn't? And what of the capybara painting? Was the concept of the capybaras solidified that early on to the server?

And why does Leo know so much? How did she befriend such powerful entities?

Was Dark really the one behind the black signs? Was the "LAST WARNING" sign in Vegetta's tower after the code attack a warning to Foolish if he ever fails to protect Leo? Was the "Don't look down" sign a payback for almost failing? Was the "Always watching" sign a reminder that he's always there?

I have so many questions and no answers kfvekehm what I'm saying is, they have to bring back Horror Child Leo because this shit is AWESOME. I mean, she's been bringing it back from time to time, but Dark hasn't been touched on since this day which is honestly super upsetting, I hope they don't scrap the concept...

(Screenshots reblogged)

ASTRO XII

Some mini shit. As always, other aspects, placements, and signs might affect the ones that are mentioned here and it may not resonate with some of you.

Want to pluck some good stuff? At least mention my name and let the others know I influenced you in whatever it is that you're going to write.

► The yassification of Saturn in 1st House natives after their Saturn Return is something I will be always surprised by.

► Why is it when someone mentions something on a post (I've seen this on TikTok mostly) these Scorpio rising peeps would insist that they should be included? I've seen them argue that they are the ones who carry all of the Zodiac signs when the OP is talking about the Cardinal signs. I love y'all, just calm down.

► Pluto in Sagittarius generation (especially first decans) are unhinged. Keep up the good work, one day when those Pluto in Capricorn generation become adults you'll have someone to annoy with your values and views of the world.

► Speaking of decans. Yes, there is a HUGE difference between signs who are born in a different month (December Capybara - January Capybara, May Gemini - June Gemini, and so on) and it all depends on the decans.

► I just know Pisces risings are suffering with the transit Venus conjunct Saturn in their 12th House now lmaoooooo same.

► For those studying astrology for a long time now, try to dive into Zodiacal Releasing. If you are financially able to, take Chris Brennan's course. If not, there are tons of free resources floating on the net that talks about this.

► Not sure why you're attracting people with similar placements to one another? Try looking at your father's birth chart (or your mother's, if you identify as masculine). OR, You can also check the signs of asteroids related to relationships and whatnot. Don't talk to me, I've married a Moon in Cancer man and my father has this placement.

That's it for this post. Not really an observation isn't it? Oh well. My ask is open for questions, and my replies are as well if you want to correct me or add insight to this. Thanks for reading!

Savannaclaw with Capybara!S/O

I've been on Capybara tiktok, and so I got the urge to write this. A bit of info, Capybara's are the largest rodents, are extremely social, love the water, are agile and used as furniture by other animals.

Leona

Honestly had no clue how he ended up with them

Unlike him, they were normally surrounded by people from their own dorm, and other dorms

But Leona did distinctly remember meeting them because he found them asleep in the pool, their head propped up on a floatie

Eventually though, he ended up drawn into their apparent ever-growing social circle

He'll nap with them any time of the day, although he occasionally has to drag them out of the pool to do so

When cuddling, despite their large frame, he attempts to be the big spoon when he can

He does cave and let them be the big spoon tho

Our dear prince gets irritated fast, we know this, but even more so when he finds his S/O being used as a pillow, or lifting someone up on their shoulders to reach something because they were closer than a ladder or a stool

"Oi, Ruggie! Get that dumbass off My Herbivore's shoulders now!" and "Herbivore, you have until I finish my spell's chant to get them off of you if you don't want to be covered in sand!" are common phrases from him now

Ruggie

He's tiny compared to them

Does not appreciate how much time they spend in the water much. - in moderation, he thinks swimming is alright, but like they shouldn't fall asleep in the water??

Found them lifting Malleus Draconia up because the two were trying to get something and were spending time bonding once

Ruggie had no idea whether to be terrified for them or to be upset because he has told them countless times by now to stop letting people use them as furniture

He then found them an hour later, with Silver basically using them as a makeshift bed while they were studying

Ruggie was not a happy hyena with a very happy capybara

"Yeah, sure, go ahead and go cliff diving. I'm not patching you up when you get hurt...if you die though, I get your stuff, right?"

Jack

Definite met when he jumped into the pool because he found them asleep and thought they were dead

They looked at him, flipped him off, jumped back in the pool and went back to sleep

Istg the only reason the two ended up dating is because they're social as fuck and Jack is a loyal boy who is worried about this ray of sunshine in a school like NRC

Literally growls at anyone who uses his S/O as a piece of furniture when he's around

Tries to explain the dangers of being as social as they are (not that they listen to him, they teased him about being jealous that they had more contacts in their phone than Cater from Heartslabyul)

When his social battery burns out, he drags them back to Savanaclaw only with the promise of hanging out in the dorms pool

Also vowed to never let them near a cliff after he found out they go cliff diving back home

THEME: Paws, Feathers & Scales

Mausritter, by Losing Games.

It’s a huge and dangerous world out there, and it does not look kindly on a small mouse. But if you are very brave and very clever and just a bit lucky, you might be able to survive. And if you survive long enough, you might even become a hero amongst mice.

Take up the sword and don the whiskers of a brave mouse adventurer in Mausritter, a rules-light fantasy adventure roleplaying game. Mausritter is built on the chassis of Into the Odd, with new rules for setting, character generation, magical artefacts, and mouse-scale adventures.

Mausritter is a game that makes character creation deceptively simple - your little mouse doesn’t have much to them, but that’s because they’re small creatures in a much larger world. It’s very easy to kill your mouse, which means that your team is going to have to focus on solving a lot of problems without diving head-first into combat. This is a game built off of other games that are OSR, which has a lot of ties to dungeon-delving kinds of games. There’s an online character generator if you want a character fast, and a seriously gigantic amount of third-party content created for these little adventurers. If you like creating and solving challenges more than diving head-first into combat, you should absolutely check this game out.

Cats of Catthulu, by Catthulu.

In Cats of Catthulhu, players take on the roles of a variety of ordinary-seeming cats fighting conspiracies of cosmic chaos. Mighty spirits such as Snarlyathotep, slimy Phatphroggua, and Hastpurr of the Yellow Eye inspire their cultists to destroy civilization-but that’s where all the comfy furniture is! 

One person acts as the Cat Herder, arranging the secret plots, challenges, and rewards and guiding the others through the process of making an adventure. Rules are light and quick, emphasizing player cleverness and the fun of being feline. There’s plenty of darkness and chaos in the world, but our fuzzy heroes can handle it!... Usually.

This game is perfect for players who don’t want to deal with math, because cats can’t do math either! Normally you play using special cat dice, but using regular d6’s will work just fine. Your cats will dive into situations that have a Lovecraftian twist, but aren’t too scary for children. On top of rolling dice to determine whether you succeed, there are a few optional rules that add to the goofy feel of the game - particularly the rule of Wum Fing, which states that if a cat character picks up something in game, the player must put their pencil in their mouth and speak around it. If the player gets annoyed and takes the pencil out of their mouth, the cat drops what they are holding.

You only really need the Nekonomikon to play, but Cat Herders might benefit from picking up the Cat Herder’s Guide.

Capybara Capers, by momatoes.

A super elite team of capybaras has been assembled to steal the mythical Awesome Lemon once and for all. But each of you have your own motives...and there may very well be a traitor in your midst. Can you afford to trust one another?

Capybara Capers offers a smooth, seamless tabletop RPG experience for playing a criminal critter, with mechanics for sharing trust, escalating rolls, and even individual win conditions. Ideal for 3-6 players, plus a Game Master!

Each character has their own idea of what victory looks like. There are up to 6 unique Win Conditions that your character may draw from the deck - from gaining the trust of all of the other players, to betraying the rest of the capybaras. Characters also descriptors that will add dice to relevant rolls, in order to increase their chances of success. Throughout the game, players may exchange Trust tokens to give each-other aid or remove Escalation Tokens, which are added whenever the group fails three or more consecutive tasks in a row. If you like wacky hi-jinx and the possibility to betray your friends, Capybara Capers is for you!

Pugmire, by Onyx Path Publishing.

“Be a good dog. Protect your home. Be loyal to those who are true. These are the words of the Code of Man.”

— Sister Picassa Collie, Shepherd of the Church of Man

Dogs have inherited the world, building the kingdom of Pugmire untold centuries after the Ages of Man are over. These dogs have been uplifted to use tools and language, and they seek to rediscover the ruins of the Old Ones. Some have learned to use the leftover technology of humanity, but they believe it to be magic handed to them by their lost gods. Others seek to create an ideal civilization, using a Code of Man compiled from ancient, fragmentary lore left behind by humanity. The world is dangerous and mysterious, but good dogs will persevere.

Pugmire uses a simplified version of 5e, which makes it great for kids or first-timers to the RPG scene. You may clear the forest of Giant Ants, foil the plots of scheming cats, or race rat cultists from the Cult of Labo Tor in order to retrieve a ruin from an artifact. As adventurers, all of your endeavours serve to fulfill your over-arching goal: to become Very Good Dogs. For players, the core rulebook for Pugmire is free as a phone version on DriveThruRpg. For cat lovers, you can instead play in the scheming Monarchies of Mau, if that is what your heart desires.

Crustacean Bus Station, by kumada1 (Sprinting Owl).

You are a crab.

You live in a tidepool community with other crabs. However, your crab factory job is at the other end of the beach. To get there, you must traverse dangerous terrain, evade seagulls and seals and morays, and wear yourself out scrambling over barnacle-covered rocks. This commute would be so much easier if you had a bus.

Unfortunately, crab bus stops are banned by seal civic ordinances. Crabs are rejected from the prestigious Seagull School Of Engineering. And Moray Refreshments, your factory job, is very strict about attendance. Miss even a few minutes of your shift and you risk having your pay docked---which will put you behind on your rent and give Octopus Realty all the incentive it needs to start processing evictions.Tonight, you're going to build your own bus with nothing but pincers and theft.

Buckle up and ready your pincers, because this is a game full of crime and creativity. You’re playing the underdogs, crabs with only a few hit points and a lot of obstacles in the way of building your bus. Each character gets something called a Scuttle Score, which acts as player currency in order to get out of a terrible situation. However, if you Scuttle out of a situation, it makes the situation worse for your friends! Will you leave them behind, or will you stick it out and solve your problems together? 

Geese at the Beach, by Justin Joyce.

THE GOOSE KING HAS AWOKEN.  The annual event has arrived, in which the Goose King rises and sends his most powerful Geese soldiers to the dangerous lands of The Beach to gather Shiny things for his most powerful Horde. Perhaps he simply wants as much treasure as possible, or perhaps he yearns for the greatest treasure of all. 

Regardless of his wants, it is on you and your squad of geese to brave the horrors of The Beach and battle the Goose King's enemies to bring the king what he desires most: Shinies. If the Goose King's wants are not met, the risk of all out war between The Goose King and the Seagull Armada could threaten to drown the world. 

This game picks up a lot of cues from Belonging Outside Belonging games, which don’t usually use dice. This game uses 2d8, but much of your character abilities rely not on dice, but on the Favors you gain by doing certain actions. Players choose from five Goose playbooks: The Buff Goose, The Duck, The Pelican, The Cat, and the Fish. Each one of these playbooks is hilarious and guaranteed to elicit a game full of laughter. 

Wanderhome, by Possum Creek Games.

Wanderhome is a pastoral fantasy role-playing game about traveling animal-folk, the world they inhabit, and the way the seasons change. It is a game filled with grassy fields, mossy shrines, herds of chubby bumblebees, opossums in sundresses, salamanders with suspenders, starry night skies, and the most beautiful sunsets you can imagine.

You might be a tamarin who dances with small and forgotten gods, a leporine mail carrier who relies on moths to get packages where they belong, a little lizard with a big heart and a mysterious past, or a near-endless number of other thrilling possibilities. No matter what, we’re always travelers—animal-folk who go from village to village and get to see the length and breadth of all the world of Hæth. The seasons will change as we play, and we will change with them.

Wanderhome is enchanting and endearing, and fundamentally encourages a different kind of roleplaying experience than you find in a traditional roleplaying game. Built on the Belonging Outside Belonging system, it requires absolutely no dice. Character sheets will give you the ability to describe the world around you, and encourage you to step into making mistakes in order to set your character up for successes down the road. If you are interested in stories about small critters travelling to pastoral locations and helping out the characters they find along the way, Wanderhome is definitely for you.

You can find both official and non-official Wanderhome supplements here.

Wet Beast Wednesday: beavers

I love rodents; they're my favorite mammals. So today I'm combining rodents with the usual Wet Beast Wednesday to talk about beavers. These rodents are not only amphibious, they're engineers that play a major role in their ecosystems. Let's find out why you should appreciate beavers.

(Image ID: a beaver standing on dirt. It is a rotund, furry mammal with a large, blunt head. Its legs and eyes are small. Its tail is wide, flat, and hairless. It is wet. End ID)

There are two species of beaver: the North American beaver Castor canadensis and Eurasian beaver Castor fiber. The two species are so similar to each other in morphology and behavior that it took genetic testing to confirm that they are distinct species. Each species is divided into many subspecies, with a classified 25 for the North American beaver and 9 for the Eurasian beaver. Beavers are the second largest living rodents after the capybara. Adults have a body length of 80-120 cm (31-47 in), tail length of 25-50 cm (9.8-19.7 in) and usually weigh between 11 and 30 kg (24-66 lbs) but can reach up to 50 kg (110 lbs). Beavers are semiaquatic and have multiple adaptations for living in the water. The hind legs have webbed toes and are used to provide propulsion while swimming. The wide, flat, paddle-like tail is used as a rudder. Beaver fur is very thick, with 12,000 to 23,000 hairs per square centimeter and grows in multiple layers. The hair keeps the beaver warm and provides buoyancy while being thick enough to act as armor, protecting the beaver from predators. Beavers can hold their breath for up to 15 minutes, but most dives are shorter than that. While underwater, the beaver's heart rate is halved and blood is redirected to the brain and away from the extremities. The ears and nostrils can close underwater and the mouth can form a watertight seal. Being highly adapted for swimming, beavers are somewhat clumsy on land, but they can still move fast if needed. The front feet are very dextrous and can carry objects. Beavers can stand and move on their hind legs while holding things with their front feet. The tail helps provide stability while standing up. Like other rodents, beavers have an upper and lower pair of incisors that grow for their entire lives. The teeth need to be worn down by gnawing on objects and a beaver that can't gnaw can suffer from health problems as their incisors grow too big. Beaver teeth are coated with a layer of enamel that contains iron compounds, giving the incisors a characteristic orange color. The teeth grow outside the mouth and the beaver can close its lips while moving the teeth, letting it chew or pick thing up with its teeth underwater without getting water in its mouth. Unlike other rodents and pretty much every mammal, the beaver's excretory and reproductive tracts are merged into a single hole called the cloaca. Cloacas are common in reptiles, amphibians, etc, but having separate holes is a kay mammal trait. Beavers must have evolved back into having a cloaca. One hypothesis for why is that having a single hole reduced the surface area that can be exposed to the water, reducing the chance of infection. Males have a penis that extends from the cloaca when in use. Because of this, male and female beavers are virtually indistinguishable by sight if the penis is retracted. Staying downstairs, beavers have two sets of scent glands, anal glands and castor sacs. Both are used to produce scent chemicals that are used by beavers to mark their territory and identify each other. The anal glands also produce an oily substances that beaver groom into their fur to help waterproof it. The castor sacs produce a substance called castoreum and are attached to the urethra. Ancient people often thought that the castor sacs were testicles and that female beavers were actually hermaphrodites.

(Image ID: a beaver seen from the front on some rocks by the water's edge. It is dragging a long log in its mouth. Its top incisors are visible and orange. End ID)

The North American beaver is found in most of Canada and the United States, as well as northern Mexico while the Eurasian beaver's natural range has been considerably reduced from what it once was. They now live in portions of western, central, and eastern Europe, west Russia, and Scandinavia, with isolated populations in Mongolia and northwest China. Beavers live in freshwater (and occasionally brackish water) streams and lakes. They are nocturnal and crepuscular, active most commonly between dusk and dawn. Beavers are generalist herbivores, eating a variety of leaves, stems, shoots, roots, and bark. They prefer herby food in summer and woody food in winter. Beavers form stores of food underwater for the winter. Their digestive systems have an enlarged portion of the intestine called a caecum that helps digest the cellulose form all the plants and wood they eat. Their feces has been reported to have sawdust in it. Beavers are territorial and mark their territory with smell using secretions from their anal and castor glands that are placed onto piles of rock and mud they build. beavers defend their territories fiercely and will get into fights with others trying to move into their territory. Beavers who live in neighboring territories will gradually grow less aggressive toward each other and they become used to each other's scent. This is called the dear enemy effect and is seen in other territorial species. Beavers communicate using a variety of noises including whines and growls. A common behavior is slapping the tail against the surface of the water, which is used to alert other beavers to danger.

(Image ID: a beaver swimming underwater. Its body is strengthened out and streamlines. Its front legs are tucked under its chin. The hind legs are being used for swimming. The tail is out of frame. There are rocks and logs in the background. End ID)

Beavers require deep and still water to build their homes, but they aren't satisfied just looking for lakes to live in. No, these little entrepreneurs will make the conditions they need by damming streams. I will devote a whole section below to beaver damming and its impacts on the environment. Aside from dams, beavers also build lodges, which are their homes. Building these structures requires material and beavers use wood, mud, and rocks. To get the wood, they use their incisors and powerful teeth to chew through trees and branches. Famously, a beaver can take down a large tree in under a day. Lodges take a while to build, and until it is ready, beavers live in simple burrows on the water's edge. There are two types of lodges: bank lodges and open-water lodges. Bank lodges are burrows along the water's edge covered in sticks and are more common with Eurasian beavers. The more famous open-water lodges are built away from the shore. A pile of sticks forms a platform that is covered with a dome. The dome reaches above the water and is made of sticks and rocks held together with mud. Inside the dome but above the water is an open cavity filled with air. This is called the living space and is (as the name suggests) where the beavers live. The only above-water opening in the living space is an air hole built in the very top. The other entrances are underwater, meaning that beavers can only enter and leave by swimming. This provides good protection from predators, most of whom wouldn't be able to swim into the living space, as wells as insulation to keep the living space warm in winter. Beavers live in familial groups usually consisting of a pair of parents and up to eight children. Family members use the scent of their anal glands to identify each other and will body through grooming each other and play-fighting. The parents are monogamous, but will seek out new mates if they lose theirs. Mating occurs in late December to mid January when the female goes into heat. Up to four pups are born three to four months later. Beavers are born furry and with open eyes and can digest solid food after a week, but usually nurse for up to three months. Beaver milk is more fatty than the milk of other rodents. Beaver offspring will stay with their parents for two years before becoming independent and a family can have two generations of offspring at a time. The largest families need to build multiple lodges. The offspring, called kits, will stay in the lodge for their first one to two months and will start assisting the family with construction of dams and lodges at a year old. They reach sexual maturity between one and three years of age and can live for up to ten years in the wild. Beavers that become independent will travel away from their parent's pond to find a new stream or pond to settle in. This is the time most beavers meet their future mates and the pair will travel together in search of their new home. Beavers will stay in the same territory unless poor conditions force them to leave and find a new home.

(Image ID: A beaver in the Minnesota Zoo with four kits. They are in an artifical lodge with stone walls and star and sticks on the ground. The kits are miniature versions of the adult. End ID.)

(Image ID: an artistic depiction of a beaver lodge with a cutaway to show the interior. It is a large pile of branches with a chamber inside partly submerged in the water. The chamber is connected to the outside by two tunnels the open underwater. There are two adult beavers outside the lodge and three juveniles inside. End ID. Source)

The most famous feature of beaver behavior is their dams. By damming streams, beavers create the large and still ponds they need to build their dams. Beavers that live in pre-existing ponds or lakes that are deep enough for their lodge entrances to be underwater don't need to build dams. To start, thy will dig canals to reduce the flow of the stream, then drive large logs and branches into the mud of the stream bottom to form a base. The dam is then filled in with rocks, branches, shrubs, mud, and anything else the beaver can get its paws on. Beavers can pull or carry objects up to their weight and will build canals and use mud slicks to pull larger logs. Dam complexes can cover acres of territory and the canals beavers dig dig to divert water and help move logs around can be over half a kilometer (1,600 ft) long. The largest dam in the world is in Alberta, Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park and is 775 meters (2,543 ft) long and growing. It was formed of different dams that were combined. Beavers are one of the best examples of ecosystem engineers, species that modify their habitats. They are also a keystone species that are vital in wetland areas of their native range. Dams expand wetlands and reshape the stream environment in ways that typically benefit the local ecosystem. There are some negative impact of beaver dams, including impeding fish migration, increasing silt upstream of the dam, low oxygen levels in the created ponds, and harming species that require fast flowing water. However, the positive impacts of the dams are many and varied. The dams create new ponds that provide habitat for many species that require deeper or slower water, including many aquatic insect larvae, worms, and mussels. These ponds are also ideal spawning locations for many fish and amphibian species, especially salmon and trout that can leap over the dams. Indeed, beaver dams are a huge boon to salmon spawning. The ponds also raise the local water tables and help prevent drought. The areas in and around ponds see a large increase in plant species diversity that encourages local grazing animals and migratory species to visit. Because the areas around beaver ponds are so wet, they act as natural fire breaks, helping mitigate the damage from fires. The dams also help prevent floods downstream by slowing the amount of water that passes, thus helping prevent erosion. The dams act like sieves, filtering out silt, debris, excess nitrogen, and pesticides and other chemicals that get into the water. Bacteria living in the dams break down cellulose in plant matter and release nitrogen gas into the atmosphere. On the downside, beavers have been extending their range north as the arctic warms and their ponds are melting permafrost, which releases methane into the atmosphere.

(Image ID: a beaver in a forest environment gnawing a tree. The tree trunk is slightly thicker around than the beaver. The Beaver is chewing at one side of the tree while the other side is already chewed, resulting in an hourglass shape. End ID)

(Image ID: two beavers sitting on top of their dam and working on building it. One beaver is gnawing on a log while the other one is carrying a bundle of roots in its mouth. End ID)

(Image ID: a beaver dam seen from above. The dam is a large pile of sticks, longs, rocks, and mud that stretches across a stream. The water level on one side of the dam is significantly higher than on the other side. End ID.)

Both species of beaver as currently classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, meaning they are not at risk of extinction. This was not always the case. Beavers have historically been heavily trapped for their meat, fur, and castoreum. The castoreum was used in many forms of medicine. Nowadays it isn't used anymore except in homeopathy and other forms of quackery. The fur trade vastly reduced beaver populations and it was only due to new laws and conservation efforts that the two species were saved from extinction. Since then conservation efforts have largely revolved around trapping beavers and reintroducing them to new areas. Probably the most famous example of this is the 1948 beaver drop, when the Idaho Department of Fish and Game dropped beavers in crates from planes, where they parachuted to the ground and were released. Despite how silly this sounds, it had a much higher survival rate than other relocation methods. Only one of the 76 beavers died due to forcing its way out of the crate during the drop and falling to its death. Beavers can damage infrastructure by damming streams near human activity and can damage trees people want to keep alive. There are ways of mitigating this. Pipes can be used to keep the water levels of the ponds from getting too high and fences or other deterrents around trees keep the beavers from cutting them down. If the beavers are causing too much of a problem, trapping and relocating them can help. On the other hand, sometimes environmental managers trying to attract beavers will make artificial beaver dams to try to entice beavers to adopt a stream. This is sometimes done in streams with too much erosion or water that flows too fast for beavers to settle. The artificial dams start the work and set things up for beavers either relocated to the stream or that pass by and settle down. Beavers are used as symbols of hard work, industry, and families. The beaver is the national animal of Canada. If Canada appreciates the beaver, shouldn't you too?

(Image ID: a group of three beavers being released from a crate. End ID)

(Video ID: archive footage of the 1948 beaver drop. End ID)

Nothing I love more than Foolish’s ability to dive head first into any bit when he’s around like capybaras with a discord soundboard? Hell yeah he’s best friends with them now! Max thinks he needs surgery in his ass? Foolish is ready and prepped to be his surgeon! incredible

He's such a creechur i love him

Animal of the Day!

Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

(Photo from San Diego Zoo)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- South America

Size (Weight/Length)- 65 kg; 1.3 m

Diet- Aquatic plants

Cool Facts- You know them, you love them, may I finally present to you the capybara! Being the largest rodent, the capybara is an excellent swimmer and they often travel large expanses of river to travel from one feeding ground to the next. A single group of capybaras can have up to 100 members led by a male chosen by the females in an almost voting-like system. The lead male is in charge of alerting the rest of the group of predators and seeking out new pastures. Capybara only mate in the water, the female diving to escape unwanted males where she can be fully submerged for up to five minutes. A small litter of pups are born and when fully grown, the pups form their own social group within their larger group to prevent inbreeding.

Rating- 11/10 (No words to describe my love for them.)

Animtober- Kind (The most chill animal ever.)

Day 175 Quests & Update

Old quests still but I found this and considering the current event, it seemed like good timing

Feed the baby an orange.

Visit Roier's house.

Have a pool party with the capybaras.

Participate in the diving competition.

Sing the baby a lullaby.

Since the last update, A1 and Hope both completed 2 tasks! They both have their second checkmark!

AI Generated McMansions: Capybara Axolotl Viral House!

Once again asked the @mcmansionhell Discord chat what they wanted for the next house. Received the following, very specific prompt:

tiffany glass inspired atria with capybara and axolotl ponds in the conservatory

I knew this would be a challenge, and ran a high risk of turning out "awesome" and "good" instead of "atrocious" and "an abomination to God and architecture" like the content you've come to expect from this blog. Fortunately, I think I found a rather elegant solution...

📣Attention real estate community!📣 As we all know, millenials are horribly, horribly, gruesomely killing home ownership, amongst other industries. The slaughter must be stopped. So today, Pegafin Realty brings you a house so young and hip--so on fleek--that millenials and gen zs will be left helpless and scrambling to get this house to slide into their dms for instagramable moments go viral!🤩

Located in TikToc, this 15 bed, 14 bath new built has it all! Dive into countless indoor water features, overflowing with #trending capybaras and axolotls. Share instagramable moments around every corner. There's something for everyone to smashthatlike!

The selfie foyer is so young, so hip, you will fleek your pants to the moon.

Step into one of the as-of-yet-uncounted Tiffany glass living rooms and see the truth:

The house is the pond 😱

i̶͖̠̬̱̹̖̎̋̈́̾̉t̴̢̏̄ ̸̤̲͍̋͐̊͝i̵̢̮̯̦̘̐͋̉̈́̇̈ͅs̸̪̈́̍͜ ̷̡̍̉̓͠ä̴̻̟l̶̢͔̱̙̗͐͑l̴̥̘͊͊͂̒͑͝ ̸͙͐͌͛͛͒̂͘ͅͅt̸̹̀͂̀̏̎̎̀h̶̢̖͇̏ë̸͖̥́̀̉̚͘ͅ ̷̨̤̹̙͇̺̩̣͗̎͂̀̿̔͒͘p̴̢͓͇̯͍͋o̶͉̩͖͋̔́́̈͗́͠n̵̖̥̦̫̘̣̪̞͌̀̚d̴̨͕͓̖̍͐̒̈́ͅ

p̵̥̳͑͑̕ ̴͙̙̯͈̭̆̚ȯ̸̡̬͇̳͓̥̍ ̶̣͐̀̓͊͝͠͝͝n̸͎̻̲̈́̕ ̵̞̘̮̬̳̖̉̾̀ḑ̶͕̬̙͍͒̎͋͆͒̚͝

The open-labyrinth concept kitchen is the perfect backdrop for any culinary incluencer. Featuring only the finest, most delicate all-white countertops and fixtures for a clean, modern look, and built-in gelatin holes for that vintage flare!

To prep the food your family actually eats, experience the robust, mossy, slightly less all-white auxilary kitchen! T̶̜̾̅h̸̡͖͂e̴̼̋̆ÿ̶̰̗ ̴̣̂̍à̷͉̔r̸̎́ͅe̵̺͔̎ ̴̱̦̏͝w̴͕̞͑a̴̡͒t̴̗̗́c̵̠͋͝ḧ̷̨͔́i̸͕͌ń̵͈g̸̠͆̀ ̶̢̛̙̒ỹ̴̲̪o̶̢͇͂u̶͉̪͌̽ ̴̺͓̉c̵̥̯͐̿o̶̲͠ŏ̴̖ǩ̴ͅ.̷̱̈́

The dining room, and the axolotyl and/or capybara creature that lurks within.

The conversation pit

The master bedroom! Drenched in natural* light, and a thin layer of water. So fleek, so viral you'd swear there's real giant viruses floating on the ceiling and/or sky and/or the two dimensional space inside the window panes.

*Pegafin Realty is legally required to disclose that nothing about the land, subsurface, or air space on which this this property is situated is natural.

Master Bath Complex:

Additional bedrooms:

One room features a custom, built-in easter egg hunting green! Perfect for the kids 🤩

The 16* bathrooms are simply overflowing with all the most must-have Millenial and Gen Z bathroom things which have liquid! Coin ponds, slime bins, soaking tubs, and receptacles so young and hip no human minds have yet to conceive of them! 🤩

*at the last count

Finally, we finish our tour in the Bathversation Pit. Prospective buyers are welcome to take a soak, take a selfie, and tag us under penalty of u̶̼͛ň̷̝͎ï̷̭̒ṋ̷̢̏t̶͖̺̓e̷͓̗̔ĺ̷͙l̴̻̳̅̾i̶̪͌ģ̵͆͘i̵̡̓b̸̻̈̽l̴͚̑ͅé̸̮ͅ ̶̮͝!

So [instantly obsolete communication app no one asked for but the investors were just so proud of themselves so lets let them have this] now and book your tour today!!!🥳😍🦫

***bookings only available through blockchain. Everything has to be blockchain, ya dingus---e v e r y t h i n g!!!🥴🤪

Alrighty, relating to that QSMP AU thingy again, I drew the Capybaras, all of em!! (or so I believe?)

First we got Senhora Neide & Elisangela!!

Senhora Neide is based on a Butternut Squash Roll, while Elisangela is based on Calamari!!

Next is Mr. Mustard & Pozolito!!

Mr. Mustard is based on a Chocolate Tart with Coffee Meringue, and Pozolito is based on a Popsicle, more specifically one called a Bomb Pop!

Finally, we have Abuelito & Seu Madruga!!

Abuelito is based off of this dessert that I have no idea what the freak it's called (cus where I found it didn't state where), but this video of someone making a manderine orange-based treat is what I based Abuelito on

Meanwhile Seu Madruga's based on a watermelon pizza

Now why I picked these for each one?

Elisangela was pretty obvious for me, since they have a squid on their head, I thought of Calamari!!

Senhora Neide made me think scuba diver, so since I didn't have an idea for her, I searched up what Scuba Divers can & can't eat before (and after) scuba diving, and what Capybaras eat, which gave me veggies (for the first one), and a whole list for the second one, but it included Squash, so then I searched up Squash desserts, & Butternut Squash Roll was the one I thought fit well for Senhora Neide!!

For Mr. Mustard (and a huge majority of the other capybaras), I realized I didn't actually know much about the capybaras, so I went to the QSMP Wiki page (which probably isn't the best place to go to find correct info, but it was the best I had), read a bit on them, and tried to find something to fit. Now I already wanted to do chocolate or coffee, but I was gonna just go with coffee, so I looked up coffee desserts, and found the Chocolate Tart with Coffee Meringue, which I felt fit for Mr. Mustard!! I didn't wanna just make Mr. Mustard be mustard btw XD

For Pozolito, I also looked at the Wiki page, and read one part that made me immediately have an idea, and I'm not gonna clarify what I read in case it's spoilers for someone else, but that lead to me making them based on a Bomb Pop :3

For Abuelito, I kinda just got the vibe they'd be something manderine-related (they also strangely made me think of that video of Capybaras in a body of water with manderines in it, while none of the others did), so I searched up Manderine desserts, and nothing catched my eye except for the video I linked earlier, but then they didn't state what the dessert was & I got sad. I used it anyways tho lol

Finally, for Seu Madruga, I just wanted to make one of them watermelon, and they were the only one left, so I picked watermelon for them, but then had to find a watermelon dessert. Then I found one that said Watermelon Pizza, which I honestly didn't know people did, like I've heard of cookie pizzas & mint chocolate pizzas, but not watermelon pizzas, and so since I heard that Seu Madruga was mocking Quackity (I read the wiki for that, but when I saw that I automatically recognized Seu Madruga since I had seen them in a clip of Quackity's stream, when he first met them), I thought since that could count as a mock pizza, so I made them a watermelon pizza

And that's why I picked the treats I did for them!!!

Yoooo those species of rodents are so specfic, I have to know why choose those ones for tmnr?

honestly mostly on vibes, tho if i actually started deep diving into species and doing more reasearch itd come out of it w/the tmnr guys species changing a bit (the only constants would be that leo would be some kind of squirrel and donnie a rat)

but anyways

leo - indian giant squirrel, he just gives Huge squirrel vibes even tho i played around with the chinchilla and chipmunk versions in my head aswell, also the way that squirrel looks screams leo to me

raph - capybara, i knew from the start i wanted him to be a big rodent, tho i was also thinking about him as a beaver, which imo im still debating on

donnie - giant pouched rat(not sure wich)(debatable), i just really wanted him as a rat tho i thought lab rat was too on the nose. the only thing that bothers me is that theyre not trully rats and that i found the manx rat which is a fancy rat variety w/o tail n i started thinking about him making a "battle tail"

mikey - hamster. i geniuenly was stumped w/mikey and he has the highest chances to change so far. someone on a discord server suggested gerbil. honestly the few things that made me think of hamsters when it came to mikey is that theyre small, adorable, surprisingly strong??(from personal experience when one of mine bit my finger and just dangled in the air from it with the sheer will of aggression), and like f!mikey have a way to die in a horrifically insane manner

Speothos venaticus

The bush dog is very rare and elusive in most parts of its range across South and Central America. They are so hard to find, in fact, that when they were discovered through fossils in a Brazilian cave in 1839, they were believed to be extinct.

Built for living in the dense undergrowth of the Amazon rainforest, bush dogs are very compact with short legs and ears and a short tail and muzzle. This short stature allows them to move easily through the dense rainforest. To make up for lack of visibility while hunting on the rainforest floor the bush dog is very vocal with squeals, whines, and growls that help the group stay coordinated.

Bush dogs have a roughly four square mile territory which they mark with very strong-smelling urine, earning them the nickname “vinegar dog.” In this territory they hunt for birds, snakes, small deer, and large rodents like agoutis, pacas, and capybaras. For these larger animals the dogs hunt as a pack which can have up to 12 dogs. They prefer to hunt around rivers and pools of water, often chasing their prey into the water where they generally have the advantage. Because they are so comfortable in water, bush dogs have been given the nickname “perro de agua,” or “water dog.” They have webbed feet and are able to dive underwater for 30 seconds.

I rate the bush dog 10/10. Adorable otter-dogs

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I have decided to view tags from my rival as writs of challenge xD

6 Recent Favorite Songs

Dive Back In Time by 白鲨JAWS

A Little Faster by There for Tomorrow

Капибара (Capybara) by Сто-Личный Она-Нас

Numbness like a ginger by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN

Judgement by ASH DA HERO

Honorable Mentions:

Stone Walls by We The Kings

Dramaturgy by Eve

I Just Wanna Run by The Downtown Fiction

tagging: anyone who wants to share their own recent favs

"Travessia", oil painting inspired by the Capybaras who live on the shore of River Pinheiros, by Rodrigo Yudi Honda.

🖊️🏅💻 :) <3

hi hello !!!!!!!!!! i want you to know that your little capybara icon is the best. a friend :)

🖊 Post a snippet from a current WIP.

we're gonna do... soulmate au (crygi edition) :)

There’s something so endearing about Gigi—or rather, Gigi seems as if she’s composed of endearing parts that all come together to form someone who’s like a movie character. Like just now, where she’s visibly proud of the reaction she got out of them, not even trying to hide how she feels, not like they do.

“What do you like, then?” they ask, and the question is past their lips before they have the time to overthink it.

“Pretty people,” she says with a wink that makes Crystal's hands come up to fidget with each other, flustered.

🏅 What is something you recently felt proud of in regard to your writing (finished a fic, actually planned for once, etc).

i almost finished an old oneshot idea i had a while ago!! it's jan/crystal and the thought of the pairing is intriguing enough that i wanted to write something small for it. i might post it tonight if i can get the few lines of dialogue that are tripping me up done !!!

💻 Do you do research for your fics? What’s the deepest dive you’ve done?

i do !!! the deepest dive was probably into the layout of grocery stores/convenience stores and why they're set up that way, but i've found myself researching flower language the most (i keep including it in fics, you think i'd actually learn it at some point!! not yet, but my fingers are crossed)