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ceavit: Props to my friend for finding relevant songs.

ceavit:

Props to my friend for finding relevant songs.

It’s like christmas up in here. [e]: I guess I should mention! This is an update of “Arcia” aka “artsja”, a fakemon slash sona thing I invented ages ago (2007) which is responsible for my tumblr name and a longterm personal nickname of mine.

It’s like christmas up in here.

[e]: I guess I should mention! This is an update of “Arcia” aka “artsja”, a fakemon slash sona thing I invented ages ago (2007) which is responsible for my tumblr name and a longterm personal nickname of mine.

caitlinnbrown:

No Eurovision entry will ever beat Ukraine’s in 2007

Ukraine Crackdown

funnification-is-not-a-word:

This week, millions saw this dramatic photo of a gay man beaten by neo-Nazi extremists in Kiev, Ukraine.  It’s shocking, but the anti-gay movement doesn’t stop there.  As early as this week, Ukraine’s legislature is expected to vote in favor of new laws that will make it illegal to be gay or lesbian in public.

President Viktor Yanukovych is the only person with the power to stop the law in its tracks, but he has stayed silent as anti-gay sentiment grows. If he doesn’t speak out now, an entire generation will be forced into the shadows.

Here’s our chance: Ukraine has been trying to forge a “special alliance” with the European Union for years and this week an EU delegation focused on human rights will visit the country to advance the process.  If we create a massive outcry in the next 3 days across Europe, President Yanukovych will be forced to finally speak out against the law or risk endangering his lucrative EU partnership.  

Will you add your name to the call - we don’t have much time:

www.allout.org/ukraine

Hey guys.

If you could take a second, I’d appreciate that.

grapeyguts:

grapeyguts:

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fyanimaldiversity:

ALBINO VS LEUCISTIC: Get it right, PLEASE!

I’m not an expert, but this is something that I thought was an easy thing to understand. I’ll put this in Layman’s terms, since I’m not very confident when it comes to genetics.

Everything on the left side is albino. On the right, leucistic. What’s the difference? I can understand the confusion, especially when the leucistic animal has high amounts of white or the photo is obscured/blurry, but the surefire way is checking if you can is the eyes. Red/pinkish? Albinism. Light blue, or whatever the animal’s normal color is? Leucism. Albinos lack ALL color pigments, leucistic things just have reduced color.

Also, if it has patches of white, it is not albino. HALF ALBINO IS NEVER A TERM YOU SHOULD USE EVER, PLEASE. IT DOES NOT EXIST. Pied, piebald, etc are terms that can used to describe things that have white patches, but they are just forms of leucism (or chimerisim, but that’s another story). 

These piebald fawns are disappointed by your former misuse of these terms.


THIS IS A PET PEEVE POST.

rexiv:

Melanism

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more dog. Clean lines? What is this wizardry? I like to think I’m doing something useful here.

more dog. Clean lines? What is this wizardry?

I like to think I’m doing something useful here.

fyanimaldiversity:

Subspecies and Morphs of Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)


Because of their wide range, brown bears have adapted to different areas and subspecies often have very distinct looks. Even in a single region with a single subspecies, color can vary greatly from individual to individual. 

  1. Kodiak  (Ursus arctos middendorffi) bears, especially females, can come in this vibrant orange shade. This is the largest subspecies.
  2. This grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis) has a beautiful silver grey saddle contrasting with it’s nearly black limbs and lightly brown tinged head.
  3. An almost platinum blond grizzly female with light cinnamon limbs.
  4. A European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) with a sandy head perched on top of brown body with dark limbs.
  5. The ussuri (Ursus arctos lasiotus) is an Asian subspecies, often times black in color. This Chinese example has a jet black body, with a dark brown-black head.
  6. Another ussuri, it’s orange-brown halo and white chest marking pop against it’s dark coat.
  7. An Ininkari brown bear (Ursus arctos ?) from an area where this morph is unique; a creamy light upper half and blue-grey bottom. This one appears to have blue eye patches as well.
  8. This beautiful Himalayan  (Ursus arctos isabellinus) has noticeably large and furry ears. It might just be me, but I can almost see hints of lavender in it’s light brown coat where darker fur is mixed in.
  9. Even lighter, the Syrian (Ursus arctos syriacus) seems to be the most consistently light subspecies. Hardly brown, they all seem to be more of a creamy sandy color. 
  10. The very rare Tibetan Blue’s (Ursus arctos pruinosus) dark morph is beautiful, and makes up for the lack of images for the light morph. A light orange-sandy head, white right around it’s chest and neck, and dark blue-grey body isn’t what comes to mind when you think “brown bear”.
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