🎵 You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen… but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? Hint: it’s not the saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica)!
While this antelope won’t be taking Rudolph’s job anytime soon, the saiga just so happens to have its own special nose. Serving as a built-in humidifier and air filter, its nose helps it survive the dry steppes and deserts of central Asia where it lives. The saiga’s impressive nose filters out dust during dry summers and warms the air it breathes during frigid winters!
Photo: tcager, CC0 1.0, iNaturalist
706 notes
·
View notes
Submitting at 11:30 at night on Valentine's lol, I'm late. But I must profess my love for the whole cervidae family, but especially my funky little favorite animal: the tufted deer. What more could you want in an animal? He's got fangs, he's got antlers, he smol, and he blue. They are perfection incarnate and I love them forever.
Muntjacs are also good, they're even smoller and orange. But they're missing that cute little tuft so they get second place. (I still adore them and have had one lick my hand before)
String identified:
ttg at 11:30 at gt at' , ' at. t t t ca a, t ca tt at aa: t tt . at c at a aa? ' gt ag, ' gt at, , a . T a ct caat a t .
tac a a g, t' a ag. t t' g tat ct tt tt t gt c ac. ( t a t a a a c a )
Closest match: Acleris emargana genome assembly, chromosome: 4
Common name: Notched-winged tortricid
200 notes
·
View notes
Animal of the Day!
Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)
(Photo in Public Domain)
Conservation Status- Unlisted
Habitat- Northern North America
Size (Weight/Length)- 180 kg; 1.2 m tall
Diet- Lichens; Grasses
Cool Facts- Boreal woodland caribou are one of the larger caribou subspecies, native to only small areas in northern Canada. They are relatively sedentary compared to other caribou, rarely performing a full migration. True to their name, these reindeer live in boreal forests and marshes with plentiful water sources. Boreal woodland caribou rarely form large herds and are relatively solitary, occasionally gathering in small herds of less than twenty individuals when males go into rut. At one time, these caribou lived throughout the majority of Canada and into the United States. Sadly due to overhunting, they were considered threatened in 2002, with their extinction from the U.S.A. and their last herds pushed to the furthest reaches of Newfoundland and Labrador. Through protection from hunting and protection for habitat, boreal woodland caribou have rebound to over 35,000 individuals.
Rating- 13/10 (Merriest of Christmases!)
101 notes
·
View notes
Keep an eye on the sky for the arrival of the Reindeer Days team!
I'm so happy you could join me in welcoming my friends from the north pole! We spend all four seasons getting ready for our Christmas Eve journey, which is my favorite flight of the year.
I love the night trips the best, because the stars don't sunburn my nose. But I still join any time there's long distance travel, because everyone has a gift they bring to help the whole team come together.
Some are fast, some are strong, some are smart, some caring, and some (like me) just really love geography! I plan our routes and navigate to make sure we reach every house on our list before the night is up. I hope you'll leave some carrots out for us on the roof!
See you tonight, and Merry Christmas!
Redbubble (buy reindeer swag) || Etsy (sticker sets)
Patreon (see WIPs and more) || Ko-fi (donate carrots)
638 notes
·
View notes
Yeah I'm sharing them now because if I decide to wait to pass them digitally I will ✨never do it✨
Spiderverse x One Piece AU!
A little something that started as an exercise in character design and then I got a little bit into it lmao
I did design the rest of the East Blue Crew but uh... they were kinda ugly/boring, I put more effort into these two because they're the 💕favs💕
Info, kinda. Honestly I don't have a lot thought out its mostly random ideas that mushed together sort of resemble a well put together au, just like everything I do <3
Nami:
- Spider-Woman of her universe, while her design isn't exactly original I really liked using her orange and blue colors. She has the spider logo on her back because she hates spiders and hates looking at them lmao
- In her universe, her best friend Usopp died when she failed to save him (kinda her "Gwen Stacy" but he was just a friend)
- Has electricity powers, her spidey senses are also really in tune with the climate for some reason
- She has a staff (not pictured) she fights with, and also uses the environment to her favor, not the biggest fan of fighting hand to hand because (compared to other Spider-people) shes not as physically strong
- Has a few enemies and nemesis that she fights, Arlong being the most important/strong one
- She's actually quite happy to know other Spider-people, tho she was kinda shocked when she saw Usopp... It was awkard for both of them...
Usopp:
- The first Spider-man in his world, there are some things of his design I would change (mainly the sweatband, I would change the colors), but I'm actually quite happy with his design. Where does his nose go with the mask on? The same place Hobbie's hair goes, idk..
- In his universe, his best friend Nami died, Usopp failing to protect her
- Uncanny precision with his webfluids, also figths using the environment
- Unfortunately isn't a well received Spider-man 😔, gets complaints about destruction of property or how he's "pretty coward for a superhero"
- Really would rather focus on saving civilians from natural disasters, as he's also not as physically strong (compared to other Spider-people), but it seems every weirdo on the block decided they really need to beat this teenager up, so he also has some enemies...
- Super excited about meeting other Spider-people and finally being able to share life experiences with them, and then met Nami, or Spider-Woman Nami and it was awkard and uncomfortable (but they became besties, bittersweet moment)
Extra stuff from the rest of the East Blue Crew:
- Luffy's spiderman name is Spider-King and the rest of the Spidermans where like "I can't decide if that's the best or the worst name I've ever heard...". Well Usopp thinks it's kinda cool, and wishes he had chosen a cooler name for himself, might be too late for a new signature 🤔, Nami and Sanji think it's stupid, Zoro is undecided
- Sanji does not have a spider logo, even tho his name is Spider-man because he hates spiders
- Zoro is the second Spider-man from his universe, the first one being Kuina, she died and he took her place
- Sanji has fire inmunity
- Zoro carries like 5 extra pockets of web fluids cause he takes "longer routes" (he gets lost a lot)
25 notes
·
View notes
14/547 posting a picture every day until jeongguk is home
30 notes
·
View notes