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floridensis · 2 years

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Rare snake found at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, that died while eating a large centipede!

The state-threatened rim rock crowned snake (Tantilla oolitica) lives in pine rockland and hammock habitats in eastern Miami-Dade County and the Keys. This burrowing species, typically only 7-9 inches long, is seldom seen because it lives under debris, rocks or in cavities in underlying limestone.

A visitor to the park observed a small, dead snake on a trail with the rear portion of a centipede protruding from its mouth. Other species of crowned snake often eat centipedes, but this specimen represents the first food record of any kind for the little-known rim rock species. Crowned snakes immobilize their prey using mild venom but are unable to bite humans because of their small size. The prey item appears to be a juvenile Keys giant centipede (Scolopendra alternans), which can reach the size of a crowned snake as an adult. Crowned snakes are usually immune to the venom of centipedes, whose bites are painful to humans, but something went wrong during this encounter.

Did the snake choke while trying to consume the centipede? Or did the centipede envenomate and kill the snake?

This bizarre but fortunate discovery gave researchers the opportunity to use diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography (diceCT) to accurately measure the snake and its prey and determine the cause of death. The diceCT scans indicated a possible obstruction of the compressed trachea, suggesting the snake indeed suffocated while swallowing the hard-bodied prey item. Close inspection of the CT scans revealed the centipede imparted a parting bite to the snake (red) before being swallowed and blocking the snake's trachea (purple).

This event represented the first dietary record for what may be the rarest snake species in North America! The snake, along with the partially ingested centipede, are now part of the Florida Museum of Natural History collection.

3D model here

[Source: FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute - I copy and pasted from their posts, but rearranged it together into one cohesive post]

#rim rock crowned snake #keys giant centipede #pine rockland #florida #florida keys #animal death #snake #centipede

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henshinwolf89 · 6 months

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My tokusatsu collection part 4. Can't stop, won't stop.

#tokusatsu #collection #blu ray #dvd collection #kaiju #mecha #godzilla #showa era #criterion collection #pacific rim #king kong #rampage #toho monsters #guillermo del toro #the rock #dwayne johnson #midway

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rabbitcruiser · 1 year

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Clouds (No. 976)

Canyonlands National Park, UT

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bitmeddler · 10 months

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For any fellow Black Velvet Rabbits rockstar Newt Geiszler groupies out there, I’ve revamped my BVR logos and put them up on Redbubble and Threadless just in time for the Pacific Rim 10 year anniversary! I’ve also added my high res re-creation of the logo from Hermann’s SPACE CHAMPION helmet from his drift sequence with Newt. Both sites have something a little different to offer in terms of range and look so you can fully customize your K-Sci gear. All logos are in black as well as white font on as wide a variety of colors and items as possible.

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kemetic-dreams · 1 year

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#african #afrakan #kemetic dreams #brownskin #africans #afrakans #brown skin #tupac #deep reddish brown skin #epic video #above the rim #marlon wayans #comedy #will smith #chris rock

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imaginethebeautifulworld · 1 year

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hermann gottlieb: on lunar exploration & lying to lab partners

Newton still has... moments. Fortunately, Hermann has become something of an expert.

Drafted this at work yesterday while my students did some freewriting. Five word prompt, and this AU came to life almost instantly. 1.539 words.

"I think I hate this."

"I know this is asking for the impossible, but could you please shut up?"

"No; I definitely hate this," Newt decided, plowing ahead as if completely unaware of Hermann speaking. The latter silently seethed, once more damning Fate and his father and every other confounded thing that had led to him being stuck here with this... menace.

Hermann turned from the observation screen with a scathing remark at the ready, but felt it deteriorate immediately upon seeing the distressing state of his partner.

Newton had situated himself on the floor, picking listlessly at some loose grout along the baseboard. Hermann frowned at the motion- the grout in question had developed a disturbingly bright, violet patina; as their lab and quarters were from the original base, it was likely a few decades old already.

And Newton, their alleged “expert” on microbes and fungi, was poking his bare fingers into it.

Wonderful.

The irritation was easily dismissed however, replaced by a flicker of concern as Hermann observed the repetitive action, realizing that this wasn't Newton's usual restlessness.

The pattern was too familiar after spending so long working next to the man- the way Newton had pulled his lower lip between his teeth, the subtle way he had shoved his entire body into as small a position as possible, right arm curved protectively around the folded legs, chin was only millimeters away from resting on his knees.

Stars help him, but he had seen this far too many times before.

"Newton, have you taken-"

"I mean, I know we're not in that much danger out here, I know that, but every time someone goes out there I get so caught up worrying about what might happen to them or what might come back with them or- It's- It's stupid; I’m being stupid, but it's like I can't stop and-"

His leg would give him hell for this later, but at the moment, he couldn't care less. Hermann carefully took a seat on Newton's right, before promptly wrapping his left arm about the younger's shoulders and hauling him into something resembling an embrace.

Newton stuttered out the beginnings a protest, but it fell away just as quickly, and he relaxed slightly. With a mild sense of victory, Hermann allowed himself a small smile, thumb tracing light fractals onto Newton's upper arm, the ridges in his skin snagging slightly on the Mylar of Newton's uniform.

"I must look pretty bad right now, huh." It was an only observation, a passing rhetorical, but Hermann couldn't help but hum an assent anyway, Newton letting out a small sound of frustration.

"I should be better than this by now. Hell I- I'm on the actual Moon! How is my anxiety still this bad?"

Hermann took a moment to consider how he should answer- _if _he should answer. But at Newton's subtle behest… Well, something was expected.

He was humbled- Newton trusting that Hermann could offer him a solution, that he could read the man better than Newton himself and offer some quantifiable, justifiable conclusion which could finally set his mind at ease.

But the human mind wasn't so simple as that; he knew firsthand how damnably un-simple it was.

Before one could even be considered for being stationed at Lunar Outpost GQ-654, they were required to take part in strenuous mental and physical examinations (with some notable exemptions), and well-

While he, in his own humble opinion, did an admirable job of concealing it, Hermann's mind was also filled with- as Newton had once phrased so eloquently- a “big ol' bag of cats.”

Another smile, this one unbidden, as he recalled that evening, watching Newton fly about the lab in his excitement, rambling (only partly-coherent) about the new water samples collected by Commander Mori's team on their latest mission. Captain Beckett had been visiting and surveying with fond amusement as Newton carried on, his tirade having shifted to something minutely conversational, dragging Raleigh into a debate about- A children’s game?

Oh, it was an age ago. Hermann couldn't recall every detail, but the core sensations of the memory remained: warmth, affection, familiarity.

And familiarity- perhaps acknowledgement?- was what Newton needed most.

"I don't much care for the dark side, myself."

He felt Newton stiffen slightly; had it been too long since he'd spoken last?

No... No. the coordinates for Mako's team showed that it had only been a few moments, barely any time having passed at all since he had taken a seat on the floor.

Newton was quiet, frame still coiled with tension that was edging towards contagious, Hermann's own fears starting to-

"Somehow I always seem to forget you're just as much a mess as I am."

Hermann couldn't repress a sardonic huff of laughter at that, letting his head fall back to rest against the cold wall, eyes fluttering shut as he sang softly. "'Misery... Misery loves company.'" He paused, resumed in his normal tone, almost conversationally. "Or so they say."

Newton shifted, relaxing and stretching out his left leg, letting out a pained noise as his knee cracked. Hermann winced in sympathy; their pending approach towards middle age was agreeing with neither of them.

After a few short breaths, he could hear a tease in Newton's voice. "Never woulda pegged you for an Anthrax fan."

"I'm not," Hermann lied easily. "But when you insist on playing that incessant caterwauling at all hours-"

"Hey-"

"-is it so hard to believe I would find at least one or two things that are somewhat tolerable?"

Newton's stunned silence- no matter how brief it would likely be- was a proverbial point to Hermann. He felt his smile grow, and could practically envision the consternation eclipsing the other's face.

"Herms..."

Oh. Oh dear, no. That wasn't the correct tone.

Alarmed, Hermann straightened, eyes wide as he tried to assess the condition of his crewmate. "Newton?"

Bright, hazel eyes were angled upwards to meet his own, and there was-

Oh, bugger him to hell.

-that damned smirk.

"You just admitted you like my music."

"I admitted to no such thing. I simply suggested-"

"Lie all you want, dude. I know now," Newton elongated and deepened his words, a practiced attempt at mimicking a villain from some cheesy B-rated sci-fi film. Hermann was surprised that Newton didn't punctuate his words with a-

"Mu-wha-ha-ha-ha."

-There it was.

"You're a bloody juvenile."

"Shut up; you love it," Newton chirped, voice finally peeling in its normal register. A little humiliation on his own end perhaps, but it was worth it to see Newton bouncing- quite literally- back on his feet, bright smile in place, holding out a hand to help Hermann stand.

"In small increments, Newton. Small increments," Hermann found himself acquiescing as he took the proffered hand, wincing as he avoided placing too much weight on his right leg.

He hoped Newton hadn't-

"You good?"

-Oh of course he had noticed.

Hermann waved off Newton's concern, awkwardly ambling back towards his work station. The screen shifted to follow him, intuitively adjusting for the most convenient angle of its intended viewers. "I'll drop by Medical for more painkillers after J43-G3R is back in the docking bay."

As much as it ached, Hermann was still in charge of monitoring his Robotics' programming whenever one of the teams was out. If there were any faults or coding errors, then he needed to-

"I'll get 'em for you, dude."

Newton's voice cut off his train of thought, eyes dragging away from the observation screen. "Pardon?"

The other man offered a small shrug. "You asked me earlier about my meds, and I really did forget this morning. Figured I'll save you the wait and grab yours while I'm there."

Fondness settled like a small weight in his chest, and he internally sighed in relief. "Thank you, Newton. I would be most grateful."

Newton offered him double finger-guns as he shuffled backwards out the door. "Anytime, my guy."

Hermann started to turn back to his computer, the long lists of data that he would be sorting through come tomorrow, before he heard familiar footsteps once again.

"Hey Herms?"

Hermann didn't look away from his screen, only slightly tilting his head in Newton's direction. "Mm?"

"Thanks for earlier. I don't say it a lot, but I don't know how I'd get by without ya."

Hermann felt his entire body stutter at the spontaneous introduction of sentimentality; it was one thing to offer a loved one a physical gesture of comfort, but words-

Newton was watching him with that fond, foolish look he knew well now. Oh, it had dimmed for a time, somewhere between their first attempt at friendship and becoming begrudging research partners, but it had long since become so synonymous with all things Hermann now considered _Newton _that he couldn't help but offer a reflexive smile back.

"Get out of here, you blasted menace," he ordered, words still holding a tad too much fondness.

With a backwards shuffle and a mocking salute, Newton's expression shifted into a mischievous grin, the man almost side-swiping the doorway as he finally departed.

Hermann rolled his eyes before turning back to his work, lightly humming along to a song he most definitely wasn't a fan of.

#pacific rim #newt geiszler #newton geiszler #dr. geiszler #hermann gottlieb #dr. gottlieb #mako mori #raleigh beckett #short story #ficlet #newmann #could be read as platonic or romantic and i'm happily somewhere in the middle #au #alternate universe #lunar exploration #they are Friends! and i stand by this #my writing #speaking from experience you don't share a work space with someone who blasts music all the time without picking up a couple things you lik #my college roommate got me into edm and trap and i got her into punk rock; it balances~

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daisycassy · 2 years

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The real reason I am marrying the man I am marrying?

When I told him my fav film is Pacific Rim, not only did he not hesitate and said he loves it too, he agrees that my little gay scientists are indeed, gay.

#personal shit #my fiance rocks #newmann #pacific rim

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thattripleabattery · 8 months

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Just watched the recording of the school of rock musical and like

Imagine newt saying “usually girls want me to be something I’m not. Like handsome”

#pacific rim #newt geiszler #newton geiszler #school of rock #school of rock musical #headcanon #pacific rim headcanon #newmann #hermann gottlieb

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vampiremansionpoolboy-moved · 1 year

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refusing to accept canon deaths. he’s just napping

#hell wake up in a second. they buried him in rocks for no reason #toad.txt #pacific rim the black #pacrim

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thorsenmark · 6 months

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I Can't Believe...But I Do Now! (Grand Canyon National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking to the north while at the overlook at Mather Point in Grand Canyon National Park. I pulled in on the focal length and angled my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward in order to capture a more sweeping view across the eroded formations, temples, and buttes. One can then more easily see the deep canyons carved by the Colorado River and other tributaries flowing through the national park. The North Rim would also be easily seen looking in a straight-ahead direction.

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scenaaario · 7 months

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list 7 comfort films and tag 7 people

tagged by @perotovar love u bb

the unbearable weight of massive talent

tron: legacy

mission impossible: ghost protocol

triple frontier

prospect

the other guys

practical magic

no pressure tags: @jamiemacfraser @refined-by-fire @ezrasbirdie @haylzcyon @hier--soir @netherfeildren

#there were so many others i wanted to list damn it #pacific rim #rock of ages #any of the star wars #specifically a new hope #also anyone else who wants to do it!!! i feel like a lot of you were already tagged lmao #tag game

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rabbitcruiser · 1 year

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Buck Canyon Overlook, Canyonlands National Park (No. 3)

The Ancestral Puebloans inhabited this area and some of their stone and mud dwellings are well-preserved, although the items and tools they used were mostly removed by looters. The Ancestral Puebloans also created rock art in the form of petroglyphs, most notably on Newspaper Rock along the Needles access road.

The Maze district is located west of the Colorado and Green rivers. The Maze is the least accessible section of the park, and one of the most remote and inaccessible areas of the United States.

A geographically detached section of the park located north of the Maze district, Horseshoe Canyon contains panels of rock art made by hunter-gatherers from the Late Archaic Period (2000-1000 BC) pre-dating the Ancestral Puebloans. Originally called Barrier Canyon, Horseshoe's artifacts, dwellings, pictographs, and murals are some of the oldest in America. The images depicting horses date from after 1540 AD, when the Spanish reintroduced horses to America.

Since the 1950s, scientists have been studying an area of 200 acres (81 ha) completely surrounded by cliffs. The cliffs have prevented cattle from ever grazing on the area's 62 acres (25 ha) of grassland. According to the scientists, the site may contain the largest undisturbed grassland in the Four Corners region. Studies have continued biannually since the mid-1990s. The area has been closed to the public since 1993 to maintain the nearly pristine environment.

Source: Wikipedia

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bitmeddler · 9 months

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Welcome to the Compositions Collection, a consolidation of three Pacific Rim Newt Geiszler x Hermann Gottlieb fanfiction works in the same universe centered around Newt’s band the Black Velvet Rabbits. Now all in one place complete with a cover logo, which has also been added to the stories on the Archive. Summary and links to each fic in order below:

Compositions

Words: 117,657 / Rating: E

Since his undergrad, Dr. Hermann Gottlieb has been attracted to the charismatic keyboardist ‘Doc’ of the Black Velvet Rabbits, an up-and-coming band whose members are known only to the public by their stage names. He is similarly drawn to his brilliant colleague and correspondent Dr. Newton Geiszler, whose name is all over the scientific community but not a single photo of him. Worlds collide when Hermann learns that BVR are playing a show in town and Dr. Geiszler finally reaches out to him for a long-awaited first meeting. Falling in love through compositions both penned and notated: a novel length, slow burn Newmann story from first meeting to beyond canon.

One Night Only

Words: 11,060 / Rating: E

A one-shot alternate take on Newt and Hermann’s first meeting after the Black Velvet Rabbits concert, this time from Newt’s point of view. More mistaken identity fun, but very much not a slow burn.

Shutterbug

Words: 10,872 / Rating: E

A short sequel to Compositions set six months after the end of the novel part way through the Black Velvet Rabbits world tour. A sexy little extra involving a pair of black rabbit ears and a camera.

#I've been wanting to make a cover logo and put them all together in one post because I realized they were posted chapter by chapter #newmann #black velvet rabbits #bvr #newt geiszler #newton geiszler #hermann gottlieb #pacific rim #pacrim #rock star newt #newtlieb #newt x hermann #newton x hermann #newton geiszler x hermann gottlieb #fanfiction #fanfic #pacific rim fanfiction #a Bit of writing #bitposting

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