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Art by Zara Alfonso

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Are you guys aware of chimney swifts??

They’re in the same order as hummingbirds and, in some positions, you can see the resemblance

But like… a hummingbird that’s cosplaying as a falcon.

Sleek. Efficient. Aerodynamic. Perfectly optimized.

Also they like to sleep in chimneys, hence the name, and when they perch they become very very flat

They also like to sleep in groups

Anyway 10/10 weird little beast. Love these little flat fuck hummingbird falcons

#creature inspo

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Caves are weirder and more varied than you think

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Have you ever asked yourself: “What does the skunk say?” unmute to find out

#inspiration

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Sometimes golden words don’t taste as good as they appear…

This is a redraw of this old piece from over 3 years ago! It’s so nice to see solid proof of improvement ~

#goldie #fool's gold

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A happy pygmy falcon

(via)

#character inspiration

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What if we got lost in the woods and found an abandoned castle ?? What if we ran through the marble halls barefoot ?? Found ivy ridden walls and climbed to the top of the highest towers ?? And fell asleep to the sound of stars falling ?? Haha just kidding,,,,,unless

#goldie #fox boy blue #lots of late nights with these two

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It’s actually really funny how many cultures have fox spirits and how many mostly consider them Complete Assholes, whether actively malicious or just dickheads that trick people

You’ve got the Kitsune that can be anywhere from incomprehensibly evil and powerful to doting mothers and good wives, 

You’ve got the Huli Jing in China which were believed to be entirely female and needed male energy to survive, and did so by corrupting high-level politicians- and the Jiuweihu, the big girls that took to leading souls away from Dharma,

You’ve got the Gumiho in Korea, who just straight up eat people’s livers or steal their life force,

In Scandinavia, specifically Finland, fox spirits were believed to be the cause of Aurora Borealis, revontulet, the “fox fire”, as well as just usually messing with people, and then also the Brunnmigi for the Norse which poisoned water because fuck you,

The Celts also attributed them to be wily little bastards that existed to make fools of hunters and apparently that’s where the word “Shenanigan” came from, originally being sionnachuighim, “I play the fox” in irish gaelic,

In Europe you’ve got Reynard the asshole baron, 

and from what I’ve seen a lot of native american tribes also just consider them dicks on the level of coyotes 

it’s like every human that sees one of these

is just like “wow, what an asshole”, it’s great

#blue

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Inst @neftaliarroyoaguayo

#inspiration

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Am I a boy? Am I a girl? It doesn’t matter. I’m going to burn your house down.

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This is the oldest piece of music known to humankind. It’s engraved in cuneiform on a tablet from 1400 BC. And it was a hymn to their goddess Nikkal.

#music #inspiration

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An example of layered texturing in one of Half-Life 2: Episode 2′s 3D skyboxes, a technique used to give Valve’s maps a sense of broader depth and scale. 

#game help #inspiration

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Look at all the beautiful animals in our ocean

(Least freakiest to freakiest)

Axolotl

Sunfish

Oarfish

Basking shark

Goblin shark

Bobbit worm

Tripod fish

Antarctic scale worm

#inspiration #creature inspiration

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Oh my God! 😭 You dropped this queen 👑

#magia #izara

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(image credit to Dan Hoare on twitter)

I ONLY JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THIS MUSHROOM????? WHICH ERUPTS FROM AN EGG BEFORE UNCURLING HELLISH ARMS, EXPOSING ITS STICKY MASS OF SPORES TO BE SPREAD BY FLIES ATTRACTED BY THE SCENT OF ROTTING FLESH???

Admittedly, I am easily won over by all organisms that attract flies with the scent of rotting flesh. But the octopus stinkhorn (Clathrus archeri) also has tentacles, a freaky egg stage, and blackish goop, so it’s my favorite now.

#WHAT FHE EVERLOVING SHIT #inspiration

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there's dirt below my fingernails, but I am made of stone. my lungs are marble, my lips sealed shut, but still the songs spill silky from my solid voice. but I am made of stone, I cannot dance. --Muse

#character inspiration