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ocs. have you guys heard about this?

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Altruism is the behavioral assistance of another in need, has ancient origins in mammalian evolution. Recently, marine ecologists has observed for the first time, an act of altruism performed by a male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris), when trying to protect a young pup in distress from drowing at high tide at a colony at Point Reyes National Seashore, California.

Researchers noted the high tide had pulled the pup into the water and it was yelling for help. The male reacted and entered to the water, it swam to the pup and very gently nudged it to shore, near to where its mother was waiting. Marine ecologists did not report the male attempted to gain an approach or interest in the mother of the pup. Male altruism is rarely seen in marine mammals, as sea lions and elephant seals, and more examples may emerge as more efforts were focused on breeding colony observations.

Photographs: Above: Male helping the pup from drowing. Below: mother and her pup reunited after the event.

Reference (Open Access): Allen et al., 2024. An observation of potential altruism by a male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Marine Mammal Science.

#this is actually really interesting but also i cannot stop laughing at the look on the baby's face in the second picture #like yes animal expressions are not human ones and also seals look weird in general. but that little man saw God

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I really don't know how to explain to people that supporting gender liberation (liberation for trans people, liberation for gnc people, liberation from all oppressive gender roles) means you have to be able to see someone you think is cis "crossdressing" and be cool about it. You have to be able to see someone presenting in a way that doesn't make sense to you and not interrogate them about their identity. You have to be able to hear someone express a gender identity you don't understand and go "Huh! Neat," and go about your business. If you truly want gender liberation for all then you have to stop trying to exert control over other people's genders, period.

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would you mind explaining the “and me i feel also not so good” thing? i tried looking it up without luck 😔

phrases that stick in your mind like tar to an unfortunate paleolithic beast

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what level of silly superstition is accidentally opening an umbrella inside and immediately crossing yourself

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truly not enough gory jojo art on this webbed site

#im a simple man i see a character i want to cut them open and shove the wounds full of grotesquely beautiful flowers

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The Star of Destiny💫

My piece for the Stardust OVA Zine!

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being jotaro kujo must have been insane. you are 17 years old. one day you wake up and a purple ghost is haunting you. all it does is punch people and get you beer. you lock yourself into jail. all the prisoners are scared of you. your xenophobic american grandpa shows up with his psychic egyptian friend and tells you you need to kill your bisexual vampire half-great-grunkle to save your mother. suddenly, you're on the worst road trip in the history of mankind with a frenchman, a dog, an autistic nerd, a psychic, and your xenophobic grandpa with a metal hand. you have to fight an orangutan, a cowboy, a baby, a falcon, and the sun, all in the span of 60 days. all of your friends die

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the duality of when dog wants your food

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The Stardust Crusaders all dying in a glue trap

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no more gamer kakyoin. this freak makes 3 hour long video essays where he just stares into the camera the whole time

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Polnareff is such a funny character. He has a compelling motivation and is interesting when you look at him narratively but nearly every time there's an episode dedicated to him it's Jean Pierre Polnareff's official toilet tragedy number 57 where upon entering a bathroom stall Polnareff is transported into an evil death maze by the enemy stand user King Gizzard the Lizard Wizard and he must find all the hidden notes and escape the maze before time runs out or else King Gizzard the Lizard Wizard's stand Jeff the Killer will Jeff the Kill him. Meanwhile his friends are having lunch and going "huh. Polnareff's been in there for awhile, I wonder what's taking him so long." as if they don't already know.

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queasy

#THAT'S THE GOOD SHIT

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avpol april 2024

day 2: tarot

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Some silly family doodles

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Art by OrekiGenya

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I’ve consciously avoided spamming you guys with WIP shots, but I posted these on twitter so might as well share them here too… Something I started on today but gotta take a break to do life stuff.

This piece will be in the Jojo artbook. The book will have a mix of pinups like this, full illustrations and sketches (coloured and not). I’m slowly building up material for it, but won’t be sharing most of the work so you’ll have new art to look at once I have it up for sale. c: