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quickhacked · 1 year

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– COMMISSIONS!

the pictures say it all but tl;dr my laptop died and i had to get a replacement and now i'm a bit short on money so i'm opening up commissions :]

– QUICK FACTS.

ocs only, won't do mecha / furry / explicit content but will do humanoid fantasy races / cyberware / mild injuries or blood

i reserve the right to say no to a character when it's too far above my skill level

payment up front through ko-fi, no refunds, dm me before paying because you'll need to claim a slot first!

i need visual reference(s) to work with, using picrews for this is fine, encouraged even if you can't provide me original artwork! i refuse to use a/i art as reference so please don't send me that

– I'M INTERESTED! WHAT NOW?

please dm me on tumblr and tell me what kind of commission you're interested in (sketch / lines / colors + head / bust / half body) and for which oc, preferably already with a link to some visual refs so i can take a look :]

i'll then let you know if you've claimed a slot; if so, we can discuss details + payment and i'll get started! if all slots are full i can put you on a waiting list and i'll notify you once i've worked through my queue :]

the finished piece can in some cases already be done in a day but may take up to a full month depending on how busy i am and if my brain allows me to work, i have executive dysfunction and am in the middle of my graduation project so please be patient with me

ko-fi: ko-fi.com/nuclearvessel

– WHAT YOU'LL GET.

digital artwork of your oc :] you won't receive any physical goods!

you're allowed to post it wherever and use it for icons and such, as long as you don't take credits for the art yourself. you are not allowed to sell it or use it for n/f/t or a/i purposes

#commissions #bro i'm terrified. hello #hope the pricing is reasonable lmao idk how any of this works </3 i'm just a guy #posing and all of that is minimal it's just. your guy on a minimal background LMAO #i unfortunately do not have the time or the mental energy to do anything more complicated than that right now #i'm in the midst of graduation but i Need to get some money before july so ;-; cries in clown emoji #when you're on the waiting list i also cannot tell you for sure how long it'll be until a slot is open again #i like to work in batches so i can check my mental energy once i've worked through a batch to see if i need a break or not #so yeah. basically i am more afraid of you than you are of me LMFAO

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thedreadvampy · 8 months

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like clockwork someone who's been openly a sex pest for decades gets named as a rapist and sexual predator and we all get to play the hit parade with such classics as:

oh my god oh my god did you know this industry full of rich people who are rewarded for exploitative and abusive behaviour...has an issue with rape and abuse??? CAN YOU BELIEVE THERE'S ABUSE IN THIS INDUSTRY???? (yeah man we know. we've known for quite a while actually. for longer than I've been alive for sure.)

oh my god I can't believe there are rapists among us (1 in 3 women have experienced rape, who do you think is doing it?)

but he seemed so nice! (not really tbh)

well I met him and he never raped me and like, I'm really hot so if he was really a rapist he would have (Jesus fuck get help)

is it really rape to fuck 16 year old girls when you're in your 30s? (yeah it is if you fucking rape them mate)

can't believe everyone knew but never said!!! (they literally did say and also hey imagine if you will what reasons there might be too not say anything, such as, say, it's not your story to tell and the victim had expressed a wish to not be at the centre of a whole shitstorm)

Real Victims wouldn't go to journalists they'd go to the cops!!! (hey guys I have some upsetting news about the experience of reporting rape to the cops)

This is a conspiracy to make this irrelevant celebrity look bad! (please touch grass)

it's all just a bit of fun innit (no)

and every time we all over again have to go to this place where rape is simultaneously a significant threat and common experience (agreed) but also everyone who's ever talked about being raped is lying, and nobody's ever done a rape even if there's 20 years of documented evidence and on camera confessions and also their whole public persona is 'cheeky sex pest' (fucking. what?)

and then that guy hopefully gets cancelled and people feel a bit more guilty about watching him. and then they'll go HOORAY THE EVIL IS DEFEATED WE HAVE GOT RID OF THAT GUY THAT DID THE RAPES. OUR WORK HERE IS DONE. COMEDY/FILM/MUSIC/TV IS FREE OF PREDATORS NOW

and then 6.5 seconds later allegations will come out about someone else and we will start the whole thing again from scratch OH MY GOD CAN YOU BELIEVE THERE'S ABUSE IN THIS INDUSTRY???

#red said #it gets SO under my skin like how are people STILL SURPRISED?????#like this happens SO OFTEN you canNOT still find it this unexpected???#especially when it's someone like Russell Brand who is the kind of 2000s comedian who built his entire career on predatory misogyny as a bi #like I'm sorry I'm sorry this isn't a time you so moment #but some people you're like oh that's disappointing. he seemed like he might be sound.#others though. you cannot tell me at any point in the last 20 years anyone's looked at Russell fucking Brand #and not thought at least a little bit oh this man's a fucking nonce #'russell brand predated on teenage girls for years' may be up there in the least surprising sentences I've ever heard #i have never seen a man who's more obviously used to regularly using the phrase 'I waited until her 16th birthday so it's fine'#the fucking fedora ass incorrectly loquacious cult vibes '''''ironic''''' hipster misogyny known-in-thr-scene creepster #like we all know that guy right? sometimes he's a famous comedian and sometimes he's a 38 year old musician who only ever #dates girls under 18 and hangs out at spots frequented by students trying to show off both how hip he is and how he's got Adult Money #but the vibes. the vibes. tbf a lot of those fuckers in the 2000s were probably also modelling their vibes off him also.#the looming monster of rape in the abstract

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spending-life-pretending · 26 days

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WAIT A MINUTE DID THEY FINALLY MAKE THOSE FIREFIGHTERS GAY

#me #I HAVE BEEN SCROLLING THROUGH THIS TAG EVERY SINGLE TIME IT TRENDS FOR YEARS #JUST WAITING #SO #HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS!#(ik it’s not that the ship went canon but they did apparently confirm one of the guys as bi so hooray!!)#(I’ve literally never seen an episode of this show in my life so I won’t lie #I canNOT tell which guy is which when I see them)

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adonis-koo · 3 months

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feeling lied to by the myths men perpetuate about womens bodies,

one male says women will absolutely bleed when she loses her virginity and it’ll be extremely painful 🥸

another male will say that it shouldn’t be painful at all and women shouldn’t bleed during their first time 🤓

when in reality it just shows how little men actually know about female anatomy

#missy rambles #this week on I got bored of waiting for a potential partner and just decided to pop my own cherry #the internet actually made me believe with enough prep that it wouldn’t be painful at all #when I tell you the blood involved girl-#it’s just as well I did it myself I cannot imagine not freaking out if a guy pulled it out #and it’s covered in blood 💀

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evansbby · 3 months

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okay nobody cares and it’s not that deep but

#my heart literally sank when dwayne inserted himself into the main event of wrestlemania on Friday night #like that hurt my soul #to have that taken away from Cody #who worked so hard for it #like I cannot tell you guys how much I hate the rock #and his huge ego #if dwayne Johnson has no haters then I’m dead #like I hate that man and I have hated him since like 2012-13 #bc he was pulling that same shit back then #and I was 12-13 years old but I saw through his shit back then too #I hate him so fucking much #like fr #words cannot describe my hatred for this man 😂😂😂😂#FUCK DWAYNE JOHNSON I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS #I WAITED ONE WHOLE YEAR EVER SINCE WRESTLEMANIA LAST YEAR WHEN CODY LOST #and the fact that the original plan was him and Roman this year again and dwayne RUINED IT #dwayne Johnson the biggest politicker in the history of politicing #hate that guy with my whole soul #anyways #I’m chill about it now but when I found out yesterday #bro my heart sank so bad 😂😂😂😂

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nordicbananas · 3 months

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shudder i keep on hearing the sound of these guys saying my name send help

#they call out to me so much it's forever stuck in my head please leave me alone <333333 #and now the one that said he had a crush on me (I honestly do not know if he's joking tbh) who also looks like brent rivera.#but uh. he found out my dead name even though most people knew it he joined this year which is when I changed my name at school #so that's so amazing and fun that he now knows that name. and refers to me as both but favors my dead name #I love the world so much I love that class so much the only thing that keeps me in that class is twiggles #ily twiggles but I'm at my limit in there it's not ur fault pookster #I'm going. insane. I cannot deal with them anymore.#I wish to go back to when off brand brent rivera was just a joke xjgxhgxjgxjg #okay love you guys lmk if you want the brent rivera look alike story <33 #WAIT OLI I SAID ID TELL YOU ABOUT THAT LIKE. TWO MONTHS AGO #CJGIGCCUGCUG I CAN'T RN BUT LIKE TONIGHT LMK IF YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT HAHAHA

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foxskip · 7 months

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Not to be a #hater but they rly did make the wrong Superboy bi (it should've been Konnnnnn)

HELLO ???????????????

#Yeah yeah Jon's a Superman now b/c Bendis whatever #And like I'm pretty neutral on timkon as a ship but you cannot tell me he's the straight one with that leather jacket outfit #(ignoring the t shirt/jeans outfit in which he looks like the straightest guy ever)#As long as he doesn't get the immediate boring boyfriend pair off like Jon did it would've been way more interesting for his character imo #But they fumbled the bag w/ Tim doing the exact same thing anyway so who knows #I wonder if they were afraid of potentially making timkon even possible in canon #b/c most of the time when the canonize a character being queer they never explore that w/ characters they actually have chemistry with nooo #just put them w/ some boring minor or new character who CARES ABOUT DOING SOMETHING INTERESTING #WHEN WE CAN JUST GET POSITIVE PRESS FROM NORMIES #BUT AGAIN IDEC ABOUT TIMKON I JUST WANT SOMETHING INTERESTING #CONTRAST IT W/ HIS MASCULINITY & SYMBOL & HISTORY OF GIRLFRIENDS #MAYBE HE'S BAD AT TRYING TO DATE DUDES #Urrrrrrrgh #REMEMBER HOW HE GOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY ADULT WOMEN AS A TEEN TWICE? DOES THAT MEAN ANYTHING TO ANYONE #FOR HIS DATING LIFE? HIS SEXUALITY #HELLO #DC #DO YOU REMEMBER #This has gone completely off the rails #WAIT DC YOU COULD DO SOMETHING RLY FUNNY SINCE YOU'RE MAKING M'GANN--A SHAPESHIFTER-- HIS GIRLFRIEND #JUST SAYING #Kon-El #Conner Kent #ALSO WOWWW HOW DID THEY MAKE THAT RED HAIR STREAK LOOK SO BAD #WAITX2 THE ACTION COMICS WRITER ACTUALLY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING QUEER W/ HIM IF DC LETS HER ??? HMMMMM #(I hope it involves the shapeshifting lmao)#Actually I think she wants to trans his gender

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todayisafridaynight · 7 months

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Wanna put your friend in a lil terrarium just to see what wacky things she does stg 😂

i actually Cannot Stress the migraine she gives me every time we hang out. like without fail she'll always say or do something that ranges from mildly questionable or irritating but relatively Whatever to How Have You Survived This Long Without Burning Your House Down Boiling An Egg

#snap chats #and then there's her just forgetting things or being late despite the amount of times ill remind her #and i keep stressing to her i cannot stand it when people are late. and then she shows up to things an hour late anyway #or 'when shes late' by fifteen minutes because she didnt think to text me she's there. and im already stressed and annoyed I. UGH i swear.#LIKE. i have only really had two irl friends and both of them i lowkey had to parent in some way #at least my childhood bestie she's like. she's grown a lot and even if i havent spoken to her in a while im real proud of her right #THIS MOTHERFUCKER THO. OUUUUUGGGH.... youre not supposed to say anythin if you dont got nothin nice to say #which is contradictory to the main body text but point is let me Not be any more mean than how ive been already LMAO #even funnier about her looking at that comic is that LITERALLY masumi says he's talking to jo ☠️☠️☠️☠️#did i already say i have to remind her who jo is every three seconds #like the entirety of chap 2 when ichi's out of jail she was all 'why doesnt he just say who ACTUALLY killed the guy'#and then when we finally run into the fuckass who 'actually killed the guy' she's just 'wait who's that'#then i tell her and shes like 'oh my god he's so old now' IT'S BEEN 18 YEARS DUMBASS #ngl did wanna make a comic based off that LMAO BUT POINT IS she tests my patience every day and i think its good practice #if im going to work with people in the future like ohh.. my god....#she told me once she's never been on a date and its like. yeah i wonder why you can't even be assed to show up on time to hangouts ☠️#like ive never had friends so maybe im just insane.. im not insane for wanting people to be on time tho....#OK IM BEING TOO MEAN LET ME CAP IT THERE

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meringuejellyfish · 2 months

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Screams

#whuen i saw this i stopped what i was saying because this had been posted 42 Seconds ago i was like HHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUU #Ok we are so getting inkopolis square as a plaza like come on you see those guys. hello fellas #the frisk sweater.......... making a return #Cannot wait to challenge marina and pearl to tableturf What will their setups be #i still am personally hurt by th fact that when you lose to frye she says ''shiver and big man are gonna laugh so hard when i tell them thi #like Wuhah noe :-(

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aemiron-main · 1 year

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Henry- why so many candles? Like seriously, there’s already a lightbulb in there but he’s got a metric fuckton of candles…. henry… were you afraid of the dark??? was it cold in the attic so you used the candles for warmth?? especially since every time we see him in the attic, he’s wearing a sweater or a sweatervest:

#stranger things #byler #henry creel analysis #st set design #the duality of man: I want to kill older Henry with my own two hands for what he did to will etc #but Henry as a kid? that’s my son. the creels should have let me raise him. so much suffering could have been avoided if they weren’t such #shit parents (ESPECIALLY staring at you virginia).#older Henry/Vecna era Henry? i feel a primal rage towards him and cannot wait to see him explode in s5 #but kid henry?? that’s my little guy. I’m giving him a blanket & some new art supplies. and some emotional support #me when dart canonically has had more loving words spoken to him on screen than henry has as a kid #dart. canonically had. more friends than Henry did as a kid. Dustin was dart’s friend. that’s 1 which is still more than henry #and will tells dart that he’s not gonna hurt him and Dustin feeds him nougat and smiles at him like THATS MORE AFFECTIOM THAN HENRY GOT IN #HIS WHOLE CHILDHOOD. ARGH. giving him some nougat as we speak #st costuming #henry creel costuming

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wizardlyghost · 11 months

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always good to find out which of your coworkers, upon you saying that you are getting sick of your manager's bullshit, will immediately report to your manager that you said you were getting sick of his bullshit. henceforth you are lower than a customer to me. motherfucker.

#god i hate adhd rsd it is making it So hard to tell if people are actually giving me stinkeye or if i'm just being paranoid and delusional #cause the trouble is i Know that this mf is a bitch ass liar. i've caught him going out of his way to tell me shit i already knew was false #and i also know he's not above telling stories behind peoples' backs or sharing information that isn't his to share #but he's also a super charismatic guy and is really good at oiling his way out of direct confrontation in various ways #at least until you notice that his behaviour doesn't change.#that his smile and tone can turn to charming on a dime but his body language and physical actions remain aggressive as hell #that the mask instantly shifts to affable whenever someone who hasn't worked a lot with him walks into the room #i really tried to give this guy the benefit of a doubt for near a year and a quarter but at this point i'm well past caring #i don't care if he's aware of what he's doing or if it's all just automatic and he genuinely doesn't see it.#i'd had enough of frantically watching over my shoulder when i was fourteen goddamn years old for fuck's sake #i genuinely can't wait until i get to never see him again #this post is hypothetical any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental and i cannot be fired for typing it

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the-furies · 8 months

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stabbing our art block w a sword btw stab dtab stab stab stab

#pk;m Izzet✘#i wanna redraw a SCENE!!!! from the TRAILER!!!!!!!!!!#but I'll. probably have to relearn how to draw myself!!!! FUCK!!!wait does #OK MAYBE NOT THAT MUCH ONE OF THE DISCO BASTARDS HAS A BEARD I'M SAFE. MAYBE #speaking of The giant Geode is telling me to sleep. that's such a funny sentence actually #I've decided I'm besties w the guy BTW for reasons. anyways #im excitement for october!!!!! cannot wait to see The Horrors And Such #W8 I SHOIDL MAKE A BINGO CARD OR SOMETHING FOR IT LMAO SEE HOW MANY OF OUR PREDICTIONS R RIGHT #im so excited to exist again also like hIII!! HI HELLO EVERYONE !! hai :3 im normal [lie]#oh my god the divine madness REALLY shows huh. christ! ah well that's what happens when you Behold Things here i guess LMAO #OK volition is staring at me I. Think. Ok. ok ok ok Tiem to sleep !

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unganseylike · 1 year

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i was working with some freshmen in general chemistry on dimensional analysis and they tried to pull the “when am i ever gonna use this ?!?” on me. like no sorry you need to know what a milligram is. for literally any science or health profession.

#with this stuff im like yea actually i do use this in my daily life #like i do try to make abstract things they learn relatable by talking about my labwork or their future classes but #but like. this is basic fundamental skills u cannot be complaining about this being unusable #they were like ok but a nanogram?! and i was like yes if you want to be a doctor u need to learn what a nanogram is guys #i cant wait when im professor and kids pull the never gonna use this line i always have answers #(note that i do tell students when i think they’re learning something stupid. bc we both get to be frustrated then.)

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kaijutegu · 4 months

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Alligator Body Language and You, or: How To Know When An Alligator On Social Media is Being Stressed for Views

Alligators are wild animals. Despite the idiotic claims of animal abusers like Jay Brewer, they cannot be domesticated, which means they are always going to react on the same natural instincts they've had for millions of years. Habituated, yes. Tamed, yes. Trained, definitely. Crocodilians can form bonds with people- they're social and quite intelligent. They can solve problems, use tools, and they're actually quite playful. Alligators are also really good at communicating how they're feeling, but to somebody who doesn't spend much time around them, their body language can be a bit mystifying. And it doesn't help when social media influencers are saying shit like this:

That is not what a happy gator looks like.

That's a terrified, furious gator who isn't attacking because the ogre handling her has her in a chokehold. She's doing everything she can to express her displeasure, and he's lying about it because he knows his audience doesn't even know how to think critically about what he's doing. He knows that because his audience doesn't know anything about these animals, he can get away with it. This I think is why I hate him so much- he deliberately miseducates his audience. He knows what he's doing is factually inaccurate, he just doesn't care because attention means more to him than anything else in the world.

Let's change that! Here are two really important lessons for understanding alligator body language on social media.

Lesson 1: Alligators Don't Smile (in fact, most animals don't)

So what's going on in this video? Jay Brewer is aggressively choking his white alligator Coconut while scrubbing algae off of her with a toothbrush. And make no mistake, he is digging into the creature's throat while she is visibly distressed. He claims she's happy- but she's not. He is willfully misrepresenting what this animal is feeling. That's a problem, because people... well, we actually kind of suck at reading other species' body language. The reason for this is that we tend to overlay our own responses on their physical cues, and that's a problem. For example, let's look at an animal with a really similar face to ours, the chimpanzee. Check out Ama's toothy grin!

Wait, no. That's not a happy smile. That's a threat display. When a chimpanzee "smiles," it's either terrified and doing a fear grimace, or it's showing you its teeth because it intends on using them in your face.

How about a dog? Look at my smiling, happy puppy!

Oh wait no, this is a picture of Ryder when he was super overwhelmed by noise and people during a holiday party. He'd hopped up in my sister's lap to get away from stuff that was happening on the floor and was panting quite heavily. See the tension in the corners of his mouth and his eyes? A lot of the time when a dog "smiles," the smile isn't happy. It's stress! Why Animals Do The Thing has a nice writeup about that, but the point is, our body language is not the same as other species. And for reptiles, body language is wildly different.

For instance, look at these two alligators. Pretty cute, right? Look at 'em, they're posing for a Christmas card or something! How do you think they're feeling?

Well, I'll tell you how the normal one is feeling. He's annoyed! Why is he annoyed? Because the albino just rolled up, pushed another gator off the platform, and is trying to push this guy, too. I know this because I actually saw it happen. It was pretty funny, not gonna lie. He's not gaping all the way, but he was hissing- you can actually see him getting annoyed in the sequence I took right before this shot. Look at him in this first shot here- he's just relaxing, and you can see he isn't gaping even a little bit.

By the end, he's expressing displeasure, but not enough to actually do anything about it. He's annoyed, but he's comfy and that's where one of the best basking areas is, so he'll put up with it.

Reptiles open their mouths wide for a lot of reasons, but never because they are actively enjoying a sensation. Unless they're eating. No reptile smiles- they can't. They don't even have moveable lips. If a reptile is gaping, it's doing so because:

It is doing a threat display.

It is making certain vocalizations, all of which are threats. Alligators are one of the rare reptiles that do regularly vocalize, but most of their calls aren't made with a wide open mouth.

It is about to bite something delicious or somebody stupid. Check out this video- virtually all of the gaping here is anticipatory because these trained gators know darn well that the bowl is full of delicious snacks. (I have some issues with Florida's Wildest, but the man knows how to train a gator AND he is honest about explaining what they're doing and why, and all of his animals are healthy and well-cared for, and he doesn't put the public or his staff at risk- just himself.)

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It's too hot and it has opened its mouth to vent some of that heat and thermoregulate. This is the main reason why alligators will often have their mouths part of the way open, but sometimes they'll open all the way for thermoregulation. This is what a thermoregulatory gape looks like- usually it's not all the way open, kinda more like < rather than V, but you can't say that 100% of the time. Additionally, a thermoregulatory gape... typically happens when it's hot out. If they're inside, maybe they've been under their basking light for too long. Heat's the dominant factor, is what I'm getting at.

There is another reason that a captive crocodilian might be gaping, and that's because it's doing so on command. Some places have their gators trained to gape on cue, like St. Augustine Alligator Farm and other good zoos. They have the animals do this in presentations that are genuinely educational. They ask the animals to open their mouths so that they can show off their teeth and demonstrate how their tongues seal off the back of their mouth. They'll also do it as part of routine healthcare, because looking at their teeth is important.

In this case, the animals aren't gaping because they're stressed, they're gaping because they know they're gonna get a piece of chicken or fish if they do it. And what's more, they're doing it on cue. They have a specific command or signal that tells them to open wide. It's not an instinctive response to a situation. It's trained. If the animal provides the behavior after a cue, the situation is much less likely to be negatively impactful.

It's also important to remember that there's a difference between a partially open mouth and a gape! As discussed above, alligators will often have their mouths a little bit open just to maintain temperature homeostasis. It helps them stay comfy, temperature-wise. These guys are all doing thermoregulatory open-mouthed behavior- that slight open and relaxed body posture is a dead giveaway. (That and it's the hottest spot in the enclosure.)

Lesson 2: A Happy Gator Is A Chill Gator

So if alligators don't smile or have facial expressions other than the :V that typically signifies distress, how else can you tell how they're feeling? One way is stillness. See, alligators subscribe to the philosophy of if it sucks... hit da bricks.

Basically, if they hate it, they'll leave. Unless, y'know, somebody has their meaty claws digging into their throat or is otherwise restraining them. (Restraint isn't always bad, btw. Sometimes the animal is going through a medical thing or needs to be restrained for their safety- which a responsible educator will explain.)

Let's look at a very similar scenario, in which a captive alligator is getting his back scrubbed.

As you can see, it's quite different. First, he's not being restrained at all. Second, look at how relaxed he is! He's just chilling there vibing! He could simply get up and leave if he wanted to, because he's not being held. Towards the end of the video, as he lifts his head, you can see that his respiratory rate is very even as his throat flutters a bit. I'm not sure what this facility is, so I can't comment on care/general ethics, but like. In this specific case, this is an alligator enjoying being scrubbed! And you can tell because he's not doing anything. A happy gator is content to be doing what they're doing.

Why Should I Listen To You?

Now, you should ask yourself, why should you listen to me? Why should you trust me, who does not own an alligator, versus Jay Brewer, who owns several?

Well, first off, there's no profit for me in telling you that what you're seeing on social media is in fact not what you're being told you're seeing. I'm not getting paid to do this. That's the thing with people who make social media content. The big names aren't doing it just for fun. They're doing it for money. Whether that's profit through partnerships or sponsorships, or getting more people to visit their facilities, or ad revenue, you can't ignore the factor of money. And this is NOT a bad thing, because it allows educators to do what they're passionate about! People deserve to be paid for the work that they do!

But the problem starts when you chase the algorithm instead of actually educating. A "smiling" alligator gets the views, and if people don't know enough to know better, it keeps getting the views. People love unconventional animal stories and they want those animals to be happy- but the inability to even know where to start with critically evaluating these posts really hinders the ability to spread real information. Like, this post will probably get a couple hundred notes, but that video of Coconut being scrubbed had almost 400,000 likes when I took that screenshot. Think about how many eyeballs that's reached by now. What I'm saying here is that it's just... really important to think critically about who you're getting your information from. What do dissenters say in the comments? What do other professionals say? You won't find a single herpetologist that has anything good to say about Prehistoric Pets, I can tell you that right now.

Another reason you can trust me is that my sources are not "just trust me bro," or "years of experience pretending my pet shop where animals come to die is a real zoo." Instead, here are my primary sources for my information on alligator behavior:

Dragon Songs: Love and Adventure among Crocodiles, Alligators, and Other Dinosaur Relations- Vladimir Dinets

The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles- J. Sean Doody, Vladimir Dinets, Gordon M. Burghardt

Social Behavior Deficiencies in Captive American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)- Z Walsh, H Olson, M Clendening, A Rycyk

Social Displays of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)- Kent Vliet

Social Signals and Behaviors of Adult Alligators and Crocodiles- Leslie Garrick, Jeffery Lang

Never smile at a crocodile: Gaping behaviour in the Nile crocodile at Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa- Cormac Price, Mohamed Ezat, Céline Hanzen, Colleen Downs (this one's Nile crocs, not American alligators, but it's really useful for modeling an understanding of gape behaviors and proximity)

Thermoregulatory Behavior of Captive American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)- Cheryl S. Asa, Gary D. London, Ronald R. Goellner, Norman Haskell, Glenn Roberts, Crispen Wilson

Unprovoked Mouth Gaping Behavior in Extant Crocodylia- Noah J. Carl, Heather A. Stewart, Jenny S. Paul

Thank you for reading! Here's a very happy wild alligator from Sanibel for your trouble.

#reptiblr #alligator #crocodile #Youtube

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