newtsnaturethings

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“it’s going to be WW3!!” no bitch it’s going to be vietnam, korea, afghanistan, it’s going to be another war wherein the US commits unspeakable and indefensible acts against a severely weakened people seeking self determination. it’s going to be another war where protesting is criminalized and “freedom of speech” is gutted in the interest of pushing propaganda. it’s going to be another nation of people added to the long list of victims of US imperialism and another demonstration of the strong undercurrent of fascism running through the foundation of america

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and on April 13th, 2006, niel banged out the tunes, and it was good

#neil banging out the tunes #he banged out those tunes for the good of the world

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Morrrrrrrrning

#mountain #mountains #hiking #nature #nature photography #newts photography

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Won’t lie I’m low key obsessed with @eomma-jpeg trigun uni au

Guess who my favs are lmao

#trigun #vashmeryl #vash the stampede #meryl stryfe #milly thompson #nicholas d. wolfwood #millywood #newtsdoodles #trigun stampede #trigun maximum #trigun 98 #they are all so precious to me

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tis overcast during the eclipse lmao

#newts thoughts

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When the moon hits your eye

And then your eyes, they cry

That's eclipsé

#ned I adore all your writing

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hi! you mentioned that grebes have fucked up feet due to evolving independently from other waterfowl, would you be able to elaborate on that?

they're lobate instead of fully webbed

and the grebes are very eager to let you know this, also

FREAKS FREAKS FREAKS (affectionate)

#I love a good cursed duck adjacent bird #look at em #perfection #grebes

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Happy International Asexuality Day

#a day late but eh. newt with tea be upon yee

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idk how everyone isnt hopelessly infatuated with chickadees. they say their own names. got real close to one yesterday and it was so small and round. it looked like a toy. no way you’re real, i said. but it was. and it did a sick lil hop down to a new branch

#chickadee #birds #they are circle #poofs #I adore them

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infodump me about ecology bestie. Or better yet, wolves😈

don’t have to tell me twice!

Aight. So

One of my favorite things about wolves is their hunting strategy. Most folks are familiar with the concept of wolf family groups (or packs) and that they use teamwork to take down prey much larger than themselves, and group hunting is just objectively super awesome. But! Another thing unique to wolf hunting is that they are essentially endurance athletes, and chase down their prey until it tires out. This is remarkably uncommon in a lot of mammalian predators; scavenging or ambush tend to be observed more frequently. A lot of the prey wolves go after are sprinters, and will have spurts of speed to get away. The wolves opt to run them down until they lose all their steam. Wolves are literally built for this (something something form follows function). Their gait is streamlined and efficient for movement over long distances with variable terrain (it might even be particularly apt for traveling through snow). They pant, which cools their bodies so they don’t overheat. And they really can just. Keep going. (As a fellow distance runner, I just think this is really fucking awesome).

Oh! And wolves on the landscape (at least in North America) has an observable impact on the ecosystem. Honestly there’s so many intricate connections I could go into here. Wolves on the landscape has been correlated to everything from mesocarnivore populations to riparian tree growth rates. One of my personal favorites is how it trends with raven populations. Wolves and ravens are often seen at kill sites together (which makes sense), and raven populations were shown to increase with the presence of wolves. Ravens and other scavengers are critical to the nutrient cycling processes in an ecosystem, so more ravens means more nutrient cycling. (This is a scavenger friendly blog; I love you things that eat dead things)

So yeah. Wolves. I think they’re really neat.

#wolves #wolf #also yes I’m aware of the ‘conflicts’ between wolves and ranchers and all that. #unfortunately they have been labeled as a very ‘controversial’ species

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drew a constant mood on the mind

#ask me about your cars extended warranty #no fr if you poke me enough I will start talking about ecology and will not stop

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

#art #art resources #art refs #inspo

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Biden did not call for a permanent ceasefire. He called for Israel to “put more effort into protecting civilians and aid workers.” He did not give any specific steps as to how, nor did he specify what the repercussions would be if Israel failed to meet those standards. We have been here before.

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this morning the United Nations Human Rights Council voted on a resolution calling for a ban on arms sales to Israel and the resolution passed. two Israeli border points opened for aid routes (they were supposedly open? lmao), Biden is calling for an immediate ceasefire, last night was the first without air attacks on Gaza.. the killing of seven foreign aid workers shook the world apparently, but oh god how late. the journey to recognising genocide for some seems to avoid acknowledging the humanity of thousands of Palestinians who have been murdered

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hipbone kisses

#trigun #vash the stampede #meryl stryfe #vashmeryl #trigun stampede #trigun maximum #newtsdoodles #gentle intimacy my beloved #here’s to hoping this stays up or else it’s the back up wip with clothes lol #cw nudity #notsfw

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Trying to use salt after a climbing workout is a special kind of pain.

#newts thoughts #aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH