A bit late but happy birthday Percy

POSALLY MATCHING NECKLACES?!?!?!

POSEIDON HAS AN OCEAN STONE AND SALLY HAS A PEARL

Dec 20th and 25th you will not hear from me I will be ‘screaming sobbing perfect storms’

What is the weather like with you? It's so soft and spring-like here that actually pink roses are out. So are the Christmas roses under the espalier pear-trees. I love Christmas; I shall always feel it is a holy time.

Katherine Mansfield in a letter to J. Middleton Murry dated 20 December 1922 featured in “The Letters of Katherine Mansfield vol. II”

My ass will be screaming, crying, kicking feet, squealing, blushing for each scene he appears

I'm will not be ashamed

Dec 20 plss

2017 : 🦋🦋🦋

2023 : xmas shopping 🛍️

So who else thinks Disney Plus will crash on December 20th?

I am so excited for all the little girls who get to fall in love with Percy Jackson the way I did

i can’t WAIT to watch the most heart-wrenching mama’s boy edits with Percy after the show comes out!!!!

Percy Jackson & The Olympians - December 20TH

I’m screaming December cannot come fast enough

I hope they have that scene in the series in which they are playing hacky sack and grover just *chomps* on the apple

Personally I’m more excited for December 20th than actually Christmas

(I know you are too, there’s no denying it)

This strange being's origins are unclear, ranging from being a degraded god to one of a variety of ghosts. Said ghosts include that of a woodcutter who lopped off his own leg, a blacksmith, and even the sealed spirit of a wild boar.

Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)

Family: Typical Krill Family (Euphausiidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

Found in the waters surrounding Antarctica, the Antarctic Krill is one of the most abundant species of animals on earth: there are an estimated 400 trillion members of this species alive at any given time, making up a total biomass of around 500 million tons. While many marine crustaceans live on or near the sea floor, Antarctic Krill are free-swimming animals that inhabit the open ocean and may be found at depths of anywhere from 0 to 3000 meters, typically living in enormous social groups (known as schools or swarms) that may become so dense that more than 10,000 individuals can be found in each cubic meter of water the school occupies. Like all krill Antarctic Krill feed on phytoplankton (plankton that sustain themselves through photosynthesis), and in doing so fill the ecological role of primary consumers - phytoplankton produces nutrients using sunlight, Antarctic Krill consume phytoplankton and take those nutrients into their bodies, and larger, carnivorous animals (such as whales, seals, penguins and various fishes) can then sustain themselves by consuming the krill. As such, almost all animal life in Antarctica is directly or indirectly reliant on Antarctic Krill as a food source, with some species having adapted specifically to consume krill (the Crabeater Seal, for example, has developed comb-like teeth that allow it to filter krill, which make up around 98% of its diet, out of the water.) Antarctic Krill spawn in the mid-to-late Antarctic summer (between January and March), with males attaching packets of gametes to the underside of a female that fertilizes her eggs as they leave her genital pore - after being fertilized the eggs spend several days sinking into the open ocean below their parents, meaning that when they hatch the larvae find themselves at depths of around 3,000 meters, where krill-eating vertebrates are scarce. The larvae take 2-3 years to reach maturity, and as they develop they gradually migrate upwards towards the surface, eventually reaching the phytoplankton-rich epipelagic zone and joining a swarm by the time they are juveniles - during their journey from the deep waters in which they are born to the surface (which takes about 3 weeks) young Antarctic Krill do not need to eat, instead surviving entirely on a sac of yolk they obtain from their eggs. Antarctic Krill are bioluminescent, with light-producing organs on the bases of their eyestalks and on various points on their limbs that briefly but repeated emit a bright yellowish-green light when in dark conditions. The purpose of this luminescence is unclear, but it has been theorized that it may aid the krill in coordinating their swarms or finding mates at night or when in deep water.

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Animal Advent Calendar - Day 20

Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/344134-Euphausia-superba