#island gigantism

[immoren]

#extinctzoo #paleontology #paleobiology #island dwarfishm #island gigantism #personal #Youtube

[bwabbitv3s]

3 More Islands That AREN'T Actually Islands

Today we revisit the topic of island biogeography to learn about some more isolated environments, each with their own collection of unique animals as a result.

#biology #island syndrome #animals #island gigantism #island dwarfism #islands that are not islands

[duetly]

"The island giants in zootopia would be racists extremists."

#drunk ramblings #faded ramblings #zootopia #evolution #island gigantism #primordial pouches #cougars

[101flavoursofweird]

Descole battled Loosha with his spectre robot because Loosha stood in his way of finding the Golden Garden and she was defending the town, but Des seems to take so much vicious joy out of attacking her…

You could chalk this up to Des’ hatred of all things Azran (Loosha could have been a creature from Azran times and she was born in the Golden Garden), but what if Des had another hatred— and fear… of the Loch Ness Monster?

What if a certain Scottish butler unintentionally instilled a fear in young Desmond with his bedtime stories— old folk tales of a beast in Loch Ness? Poor Des is so traumatised (though, of course, he never tells Raymond this!) that he almost bails on his plans when he gets to Misthallery and this GIANT LAKE MONSTER IS WAITING FOR HIM. It squares up to Des’ robot with a haunting wailing cry… (“EEEEEEEEEEE!”)

Des barely sleeps. He can still hear the monster in his dreams, long after he has fled from Misthallery. He wakes up on Ambrosia in a cold sweat. He is so relieved when he gets to Monte d’Or because it’s a desert, and there’s no way on Earth another Azran water cow could be here. Right? Right…?

But while he’s in Misthallery, Des steels himself— He needs to find Golden Garden before Targent!—and he goes out to face Nessie, and his childhood demons. Raymond will be so proud of him…

Raymond is, actually, horrified when he finds out what his disaster of a son has done.

“I may have lost the Golden Garden, but at least I vanquished the beast!”

“Well done, Master… but did you really need to put the poor creature through so much pain?”

“You don’t understand, Raymond— it was the Loch Ness Monster! The elusive monster from your stories that has terrified Britain for eons! We’re finally rid of it!”

“…”

“Desmond… You do know the Loch Ness Monster is a just a legend, don’t you?”

#professor layton #desmond sycamore #jean descole #raymond #loosha #misthallery #Apparently there’s been a news update on the Loch Ness Monster #Misthallery is not in Scotland but maybe Loosha has relatives up that way #I’m just imaging Melina and Whistler staring as Des as he builds a gigantic CASTLE in the centre of the island #“We must be DEFENDED from the Loch— I mean from ENEMIES” #Or Randall giving Des weird looks as Des kisses the sand of the Monte d’Or Desert #Des was holding Layton’s hand when they crossed Lake Kodh in AL

[zoedargue]

Tenerife, Canary Islands (2024)

photography by @zoedargue​

https://zoedargue.com/

#Tenerife #Spanish culture #Teide #Teide National Park #Los Gigantes #ocal festivals #Tourist Attraction #travel #photography #photographer #phone #island #canary islands #islands #Highlands and Islands #vacation #festival #holiday #SUM #Summer #aestrhetic #film aesthetic #Aesthetic

[dragdramanetheatre]

Merman of Kyoshi Island.

I got this commission from Insta and it took a bit longer than expected, but I’m very proud of how it came out!

#dragdramaneart #commissions #merman #mermen should be gigantic #avatar the last airbender #Kyoshi island

[inc-b]

Echidnas in Tasmania tend to be larger and fluffier but this one was something else.

#echidna #tasmania #wildlife #australia #photography #island gigantism?

[nexus-nebulae]

you know if you think about the way mushrooms are. mooshroom islands are probably just one giant singular organism

#echos #like that one gigantic mushroom that's out in Oregon or whatever #the islands are probably just one single massive mushroom

[beeapocalypse]

okay maybe coastal drakes range one part in tidepools (warmer waters + no predators) and one part further out into the ocean (more food in both wild animals + farmed kelp+other plants). basking in the sun like sea lions in order to raise body heat and conserve energy. idk

#akin to marine iguanas which dive for the algae that makes up the majority of its diet and then basks in the sun. since amphibians are-- #--also coldblooded #settling on the idea of river drakes having evolved as ambush predators relying upon animals coming to get a drink shifting to-- #--largely farming plants + flightless birds on the lands around rivers as their structures expand+frighten off their previous prey #mmmmmight come up with one more drake subspecies (got three right now. coastal river and the more land adapted unnamed one) that-- #--lives primarily in ve-corpsis' canopy layer. having the best of both ideas by having the land-adapted drakes sailing in from-- #--Another more isolated island and having all the minutiae that come from that (island gigantism. fulfilled the niche of primary-- #--predator there. sense of entitlement+superiority from previous lack of competition) to the larger+more biodiverse ve-corpsis and-- #--colonizing it a thousand years or so pre contact with other sophonts #alamanni info

[gelhmotravels]

#gigantes island #gigantes island iloilo #travel attraction #travel photography #travel #iloilo attraction

[cockyroaches]

At this point let me write my OWN murder bug island horror movie. You would not survive the dragonflies bestie they are not cutesy sillies they're fucking horrible.

#its so funny that dragonflies ladybugs butterflies r the Usual cute bugs which like ok sure. do you know about the war crimes? #mantises r cuter . #lying theyre all ok btw #I want the protags to be scared shitless of the cicadas bc they're so big and have demonic red eyes but they could not care less about you #well maybe if its mating season they can burst your eardrums if theyre gigantic. anyways #bitch mantis #horror #i just remembered The island of giant insects which is such a cool CONCEPT but its made by freaks so im not watching it past the deaths #would it be cool to have a drone fly lay eggs in a persons body and it bursts open xenomorph style but instead of bloodthirsty its just baby

[knario47]

EMOTIO Y MIOTA

Pablo Deluca

EMOTIO Y MIOTA: DOS GIGANTES GUANCHES. (foto: Antonio Luis Morales).

“Hubo entre ellos gigantes de increíble grandeza, que, porque no parezca cosa fabulosa lo que se refiere dellos, no la digo. De uno afirman todos en general (..) que tenía catorce pies de largo, y tenía ochenta muelas y dientes en la boca. Y dicen que el cuerpo de este está mirlado, en una cueva grande, sepultura antigua de los reyes de Güímar, cuyo sobrino era, que está en Guadamoxete. Este murió en una batalla que con los hijos del rey de Tegueste tuvo..”(Alonso de Espinosa, 1594).

Resulta evidente la exageración contenida en la información de Espinosa en relación a la descripción de los restos del gigante, posiblemente por confusión o datos erróneos transmitidos por los descendientes de los guanches a finales del s.XVI. La máxima altura del gigantismo, como resultado de una alteración geno-patológica, es de 2,50 m. por lo que lo más probable es que la altura real del personaje guanche estuviese próxima a los 2 metros o algo más. En cuanto a las piezas dentarias lo normal en adultos es de 32 entre dientes y muelas y, en este caso, pudieran exceder en poco a este dato.

“…Como era Benchomo el soberano más poderoso- pues su Estado comprendía los llamados por los cronista reinos de Taoro, de Tegueste y señorío de la Punta del Hidalgo-(…) por robos de ganado y reyertas de frontera declaró la guerra al rey Añaterbe de Güimar en 1492; invadiendo el territorio ante la expectación de los demás reinos (…) y por último de la reñida batalla de Güenifante, cerca de Pasacola, en la que fueron completamente derrotados los güimareros muriendo el infante Cayamo (Acaymo?) hermano del rey, y el célebre gigante Emotio que pereció a manos de los teguesteros y fue sepultado en Guadamoxete, hecho de armas que obligó a Añaterbe a pedir la paz, muy ajeno del oprobio que le esperaba (…) Es legendario, que el ejemplar existente en el Museo Municipal, encontrado en una cueva de Araya de Candelaria, tuvo un mango de acebiño de 2 varas de largo y fue la macana de combate del célebre gigante Emotio (…) Miota era giganta de Güimar, mujer del gigante Emotio. Cuéntase que al ver caer a su marido en el campo de batalla, embistió al enemigo matando e hiriendo a varios” (J. Bethencourt Alfonso, “Hª del Pueblo Guanche”, t I, II y III, a partir del Cuestionario popular de 1884).

-Emotio < “yemmut-iw”= lit:”el que ha muerto mio” o “mi muerto”, del vb. “emmet”(MT)= “morir”, “yemmut”=él ha muerto”, (dial kabilio; dial. tuareg Ahaggar), en donde “iw” es el pron. afijo de 1ª pers. sing. “mi” (dial. kabilio). Evolución: “yemmut-iw > emotio”, por contracción y metafonía “u>o” al castellanizarse.

-Miota < m iwta”= lit” la de que golpeó o que ha golpeado”, del vb. “wet” (WT) =“pegar, golpear” (dial. MR. Central, de raíz kabilia) y de la part. fem. de pertenencia “m / mm”= ”la mujer que, la que, la de..” (dial. kabilio). Evolución: “m iwta > miota”, por metafonía “u>o” al castellanizarse.

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#gigants #guanches #aboriginal #aborigenous #indigenous #culture #history #genocide #native #unesco #united nations #canary islands #internacional criminal court #cou penal international #corte penal internacional #aborigenes #indigenas #genocidio #cultura #historia #nativos #naciones unidas #canarias tiene identidad cultural propia #canarias la colonia mas antigua del mundo #descolonizacion de canarias #canarias #onu #icc #cpi #islas canarias

[solidsilverphoto]

Tidal pool

#sony rx100iii #los gigantes #canary islands #swimmers

[zoedargue]

Tenerife, Canary Islands (2024)

photography by @zoedargue​

https://zoedargue.com/

#Tenerife #Spanish culture #Teide #Teide National Park #Los Gigantes #ocal festivals #Tourist Attraction #travel #photography #photographer #phone #island #canary islands #islands #Highlands and Islands #vacation #festival #holiday #SUM #Summer #aestrhetic #film aesthetic #Aesthetic

[travelknowonline]

Gigantes Island 2 Days 1 Night Tour

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#Carles Iloilo #Gigantes Island #Iloilo #Isla Gigantes #travel #Travel stories

[who-is-hex]

only florida boys understand

As a kid, i remember picking the leaves from those pointy pieces of shrubbery and mindlessly folding them to fidget whenever I was outside. I remember picking those purple flowers, and learning that they leave behind white sap. I spent the rest of recess picking them to paint the leaves with sap, and came back every day for weeks. I remember a bush at the end of the school yard that had many lizards inside. I would pretend they were part of a family with my friends, and we named a couple and pointed them out when we saw them. Ever since then I've had a hobby of catching lizards. At one point I kept a catalogue of kinds of lizards i've caught, how many, and just cool ones ive seen. Locusts are a more recent memory, though. When it's locust season, hundreds of them appeared on every inch of my side of Florida. They start out very small and black, and stay that way for weeks, until they suddenly grow and change color seemingly overnight. An insect that large is very hard to not be curious about. Once, on my way to Pride, I picked one up and carried it on our walk there. Mom had to keep an eye on me because I was pretty much only paying attention to that thing. Their shapes are just so interesting to watch, their walk is like. Mesmerizing.

Anyway idk if this has a point i just wanted to talk about my favorite nature things from my state.

#i love being in florida. but i don't love what's happening to it #i know its weird to like florida of all places #its hot #theres bugs #gigantic cockroaches that just materialize the second summer hits #and god is it a suburbia hellscape sometimes #but some of the bigger towns mean a lot to me #theyre like little islands of not wanting to kill me surrounded by flatlands of ignorance and hate and whatevs #and when you have a rocky beach to yourself #and the tourists havent found it yet so instead of sleek lifeless sandy shores you have shells and wildlife beneath your feet #you can turn over a rock and like 60 little creatures scramble away from you #you can just grab a floatie #go to the shallower end #and watch tiny fish swiming by for hours #you see a giant snail makin his way through the sand #and sometimes getting caught on shells full of barnacles #you turn over a sunken leaf and an orange and black starfish the size of your hand is just there #and the beaches aren't even all i like about Florida. #the wildlife may not be as diverse on land as other states #but the insects here captivate me and the sheer amount of lizards around every corner is always entertaining #but yeah im a nostalgic person and I'm aware how sappy this got #if ron desantis makes one more move ill kill him myself #artists on tumblr #art #digital artist #artist support #self portrait #florida wildlife #florida #nature