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corvidist · 9 months

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Located on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, Yellowknife today is the territorial capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories of Canada. This is not the story of that city, but rather of what comes after.

(PA stands for Post-Anthropocene. It is not the system used by Directors for measuring time.)

1 PA

The city of Yellowknife, prior to the war, was growing at an exponential pace. Its stable climate, ample water supply, and the relocation of many important government functions eventually led to its population surpassing 200,000 by the time a one-megaton thermonuclear warhead, launched from western Gansu province, landed just south of its primary airport. The city's fairly compact layout, combined with the yield of the device, led to total devastation, the first days seeing the deaths of over half the city's residents.

One year later, a global nuclear cooling effect has taken hold, and the charred ruins of Yellowknife lay empty. Some Human survivors remain on the outskirts, however the city as a whole is largely devoid of complex life. There are more survivors however, both Human and nonhuman, within the fallout radius, and elevated radiation levels will lead to increased rates of genetic mutation among the next generation. While typically leading to death or chronic illness in those impacted, among dwindling nearby Raven and Crow populations two mutations will actually prove mildly beneficial. A slight change in beak shape, and a growth abnormality in the right set of talons.

At a time when most edible plant and animal life is dead, and what remains is often small and burrowed, these chance mutations will forever alter the course of Earth's history.

1000 PA

Around this time, somewhere in Tierra Del Fuego, the last Human takes their final breath. While the effects of nuclear cooldown are long forgotten (at least at the superficial level), the destruction of nearly 80% of the ozone layer proved far more consequential in the long run. Even as industrial greenhouse gas emissions were suddenly and violently halted, the amount released by the firestorms that engulfed much of the Earth at the end of the Anthropocene led to further runaway warming, picking up around 20 PA.

By now only small pockets of large plant life remain, much of it in areas too hard-hit by the initial nuclear exchange for Humans to take advantage of before the end. Much of Earth's plant life is comparatively smaller, hardier shrubbery and root organisms that can survive drastic weather changes and high UV exposure. This is an improvement from the first 100 years, however, is a very difficult environment for land organisms much larger than coyotes to survive in.

Amidst the desolation, events unfold in the North American Arctic. With populations at a level that Humans would have long ago considered critically endangered, Crows and Ravens in this region, low on options, begin to crossbreed, leading to the first early "Directors". Still, without the caloric intake necessary, this new species remains, like its ancestors, at a level of only basic sapience for the time being.

100,000 PA

It's been 99,000 years or so since the death of the last Human, a little less since the hatching of the first members of a species that could vaguely be described as Directors. In that time, tool use, especially among those individuals, has diversified significantly. Use of large rocks to hunt creatures from the air, early harnessing of gathered fire, spears to reach deep into burrows, and stone shovels for digging out root plants. Still, the overall cognition of this species lacks certain important complexities.

Around this time, that is quickly changing. As the species has been psychologically driven for millennia to find, gather, and consume any food they come across on account of its sparse availability, the steady return of an ample food supply has led to the consumption of higher-than-necessary quantities. This, combined with improving tool use and the occasional harnessing of captured fire, will, given enough time, lead to the dawning of Earth's second technological society.

For now, however, the average life of a Director wouldn't look remarkably different from the life of any typical Crow or Raven of the present day. A few more tools, a little more complexity in communication and games, but all in all nothing that would get one whisked away to a research lab by today's Humans.

300,000 PA

Amid the treetops, an endless expanse of wilderness stops only at the side of a fantastic lake. As winter ends, in rudimentary language a group of avians discuss an idea to help one another tend to their nests. Soon, most of the roost disperses, but a few members stay behind. Together they craft tools, collect food, make art, and otherwise watch out for one another.

It works out well.

It works out very well.

As the next winter comes around, more decide to join them.

The first permanent communities constructed by Directors are only as large as the surrounding environment permits, and in the warm season, most continue to break off into smaller family territories. Still, these year-round communities wait for them upon their return, and as they have for millions of years, prove vital in the exchange of information.

Each warm season the communities grow, and understandings of everything from food acquisition to the inner workings of nature grow with them. The first instances of selective breeding can be recorded in this time period, particularly among grasshopper species and, of all plants, sunflowers, an odd final "gift" from the last Human survivors in the region being their ample presence.

One year, a casual game causes sparks to erupt on the shoreline of the lake, the right stones dropped on top of one another from just the right altitude. It lights a small fire in nearby brush, which quickly goes out on its own.

400,000 PA

An ominous orange glow rises in the distance. Far from the permanent community, though if the winds change moving it won't be too difficult, at least at this time of year. They can always make a new one, and the controlled burn serves a purpose too important to not carry out. As Directors are too small to adequately clear land, at least on their own, a complex system of agroforestry has developed instead. This region's culture, now harboring one of the post-Anthropocene world's first new writing systems, uses it to manage forests and encourage the growth of edible plant life. Much of it involves introducing plant species selectively bred for nearly 100,000 years, to a point unrecognizable from its original form. Each year, on top of the tried and true, they tinker with new methods and record the results. All part of a more complex, more widespread ideology that has begun to blossom.

As a generalist species with fairly short lifespans, early Directors have a better sense of the cycles of life and death than early Humans and are more prone to consider the impacts of their actions outside of their own lifespan. Much more than us, they live on through their offspring. To an extent, this culture, like many others, believes in integration with nature rather than dominance.

Despite this, what is said is not always done, and language tends to focus more on avoiding annihilation rather than alteration, though the hypocrisy of some of these sentiments will become increasingly important as technology advances. For now, the first large communities have begun to pop up around these controlled burn sites, sedentary agricultural hubs, and rudimentary fisheries along the coast. They feature a one-level layout among the tree canopy, largely for waste management, with everything from basic trade workshops and artistry to storage areas, even archives or libraries in the largest communities. However, unlike early Human cities, these possess no leader, no monarch to give orders, and no currency.

This will become a running theme as Directors progress further into their development.

490,000 PA

Is City of North Winds in the distance, a group of Directors works together to pull an early lighter-than-air craft. It carries a variety of items belonging to their rural community, now migrating to the city for easier access to food and resources amidst lowered global temperatures following an unknown volcanic eruption.

The city in the distance has a population of over two million, the largest city on Home at the time. Its most densely populated section has been under construction for thousands of years, trees selectively bred to grow taller and more resistant to flame, their branches sturdier, reaching high above the forest canopy. Recently developed bioluminescent lanterns seem to hang across every surface, and everything from tapestries and streamers to chimes and windmills adorn the exterior. Within the branches and cavernous clearings of this city, the region's culture blossoms, as does a (somewhat) new system of labor organization.

First originating on the Island of currently plentiful shrubbery, known in the Anthropocene as Baffin Island, the collective system arose in response to a need for accounting of who was doing what at any given time as the population grew. In order to do this, collectives were formed, loose groups of individuals coming together to complete needed tasks for a community. These groups were and continue to be open to join and leave as an individual wishes, with no structure or hierarchy within them save for systems of apprenticeship that were established as certain forms of labor complexified. It takes Is City of North Winds by storm, as although there is no force by which to drive people to personally adopt the system, the cold has everyone on edge.

More confined than usual, amidst the city's interior its residents watch as much of the livestock that couldn't be brought inside, some of it entirely immobile as a consequence of millennia of alteration, ends up succumbing to the extreme cold. Debate, long engaged in but seldom at a societal level, over the ethics of many of the selective breeding practices being engaged in begins to rage. It will lead to the three lakes' culture's slow disillusionment with many of their practices, which will take root, vanish, and reappear over hundreds of generations. It will take over 9,000 years for this undercurrent of discontent to finally be put to rest.

498,000 PA

In a smaller auditorium at the edge of the community, a crowd gathers before a group of travelers from far southeast. Outside, an already-operating windmill is wired to produce a small amount of energy, just enough to power three models of a strange new contraption. The audience is intrigued. While aesthetically displeasing, the increasing number of ways to harness this energy poses unique opportunities in dozens of fields, and the crowd can't help but speculate.

499,000 PA

Solstices ago, a research collective in the underground section of the city received a design for a device via mail. It comes once again from the southeast, where a thus far unwieldy technology has slowly become better understood in spite of limited general interest. Now, it bears fruit. The world's first electron microscopes in nearly 500,000 years, small towers compared to their operators. Within 200 years, laboratory gene editing will be commonplace. Within 500, society as they know it will be nearly unrecognizable.

500,000 PA

Night falls on Was, Is, and Shall Be City of North Winds. The glowing, immensely decorated mountain of sorts rises high above the forest canopy, surpassing even the monolithic posts of airship docks.

Society has changed in so many aspects over the past thousand years that it is somewhat pointless to try and list everything. Still, perhaps the most significant among these changes is what has occurred on the cultural level. To the residents of this community, and indeed to most of First Home's cultures, the development of direct genetic modification was a turning point beyond anything in the history of the configuration. Technologies that would have otherwise taken incredible spans of time to direct to fruition now took a few solstices. And, importantly, most could be done utilizing only stem cells.

As part of a wider societal craze, many ancient ethical debates had the equivalent of a sledgehammer taken to them as communities unified around a new goal, preached but not truly practiced by cultures since the beginning of their civilization. That goal, the recognition, and more importantly treatment of all complex life as being inherently equal to their own configuration, was perhaps finally within reach.

Far from the city, a grasshopper lands on a well-positioned sunflower, one of many that grow freely in the wilderness of the central north. They do not consider the balloon rockets departing in the west, or, at least not strongly, the nature of the airships passing in the distance. Still, it is because of their sacrifice that they fly, and now it is for them that they will continue.

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chocomd · 1 year

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ATLA rewatch thoughts, Book 2 (ep 6, 7)

6) The Blind Bandit:

Such a good episode, and what better way to introduce Toph! Small, “fragile,” and blind, and underestimated by everyone around her. But it’s when Aang sees her fight that he understands that she’s the earthbending teacher he needs.

I’ve never paid much attention to Toph’s arc before, which sometimes gets overshadowed by the rest of the Gaang’s. But hers is clearly one of shaping her own destiny. Up until she meets Aang, she has followed the path set out for her because she has no other choice - and her secret pro-bending activities are her only outlet for pursuing a different destiny. The Gaang lives the kind of life that she desperately longs for, but she feels bound to her parents and their will for her. It’s only when she has the chance to use her abilities to make a difference, and when her parents reject her when they see her true self, that cements her decision to take her destiny into her own hands and join Aang and the Gaang. But at the end of the episode, her father still can’t fathom that his daughter is capable of choosing a life where she has to fend for herself, and he sends Yu and Xin Fu to bring her back.

Watching Toph fight is so amazingggg 🙌

The pro-bending tournament as a spoof on pro wrestling never fails to make me laugh 😂

Toph, angrily: “What are you doing here, Twinkle Toes?!”

7) Zuko Alone: Zuko isn’t my favorite character, and the brooding, angry, hotheaded deal he has going on doesn’t do it for me. I’ve never paid that much attention to Zuko-heavy scenes or this episode that’s entirely dedicated to his character (where is the Gaang?? 😭). But now that I’m rewatching for the third time (lol) I’m finding that this is actually a brilliant episode - and not for the reasons why a lot of fandom seems to love this episode.

The episode starts with Zuko starving for food and water, and he almost attacks a man who seems to be traveling alone, roasting meat over a fire. He’s desperate, and he’s on the verge of fulfilling Iroh’s warning: “You must never give in to despair. Allow yourself to slip down that road and you surrender to your lowest instincts.” But he stops himself when he sees that the man is traveling with his pregnant wife (later on, this is the couple we meet in The Serpent’s Pass). Apparently Zuko hasn’t quite sunk that low.

In a run-down EK town, Zuko doesn’t rat out the boys throwing eggs at the EK soldiers. He instantly recognizes them as bullies and stands up to them without making a scene. This leads one of the boys, Lee, to see Zuko’s action as an act of resistance and invites him to his home.

The reason why this episode is so brilliant is that it shows not just memories of scenes from Zuko’s life that make him who he is, but also how those memories parallel his current desperate plight and the hardships of Lee’s family.

In the beginning, as Zuko rides his ostrich horse, starving, feeling alone and unprotected, he has as flashback of his mother, who disappeared from his life, leaving him feeling alone and unprotected (this is in no way a criticism of Ursa, btw). The next scene is him protecting Lee from the bully EK soldiers. Then you have the flashback with the momma turtleduck biting Zuko for throwing a rock at her duckling, which parallels Ursa protecting Zuko and Gansu protecting his son (Lee’s brother), and later of Zuko protecting Lee again. There are so many parallels like this throughout the episode, and they’re important because Zuko, who lacks empathy for people different from him, begins to connect his own memories and hurt with the experiences of the EK people (enemy commoners who were previously beneath his notice) - people who are suffering because of the war that his own nation and father is perpetuating. He truly begins to relate to others and see their worth, and for the first time starts to realize that the FN’s cause may actually be harmful and maybe not so honorable and worthy.

The most gripping moment to me was during the fight at the end, when Zuko has a flashback after the EK soldier, Gow, knocks him to the ground. Ursa says, “No matter how things may seem to change, never forget who you are.” Zuko opens his eyes and stands up, throws Gow away from him with firebending, and proudly declares that he is Zuko, son of Ozai and heir to the FN throne. I used to think that Ursa meant “Don’t forget that you’re really a good person and choose to do the right thing,” and that Zuko misinterprets her words to reassert his claim as Ozai’s son and heir. But she actually means something different, and she says it in an earlier flashback: “That's who you are, Zuko. Someone who keeps fighting even though it's hard.” So he picks himself up and firebends in front of the crowd, blowing his cover. He fights with firebending to defend himself and to protect Lee, even though it’s hard to face the townspeople’s rightful hatred of him. He knew this would happen, and he faces the consequences.

I think Ursa’s final words to Zuko were also meant to remind him that no matter what happens, he is the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, destined to become Fire Lord - and that’s also why he declares his identity like he does. He’s not wrong when he obsesses over his birthright as belonging to him. But what he still needs to learn is that his status and power should be used to benefit and protect people without power. The lessons he learned from his mother protecting him as a child, from Gansu protecting his oldest son, and from he himself protecting Lee, stay with him for the rest of the series. It’s one of the reasons he’s so conflicted when he chooses the path of selfishness and exploitation (joining forces with Azula in bringing about Aang’s death) to grab ahold of the birthright he so desperately wants to reclaim.

There’s a lot I could say about Azula and the family drama and court intrigue elements, but I’ve gone on long enough lmao

#chocomd rewatches ATLA

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awanderingmuse-ficrec · 1 year

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Dragon of the Yuyan Series

Fandom: Avatar the Last Airbender

Author: theawkwardpenguin @awkwardpenguinproductions

Rating: Teen

Warnings: Violence, Character Death, Child Abuse, Strong Language, Major Injury, Suicidal Thoughts, Racism, Colonialism, Alcohol

Word Count: 137, 313

Characters: Zuko, Commander Toshiaki (OC), Kai, (OC), unnamed OCs, Ozai, Iroh, Azula, Commander Atsuko (OC), Yuyan Archers, Chihese Squad (OCs), Captain Hiroki (OC), Sergeant Mika (OC), Private Jiyoti (OC), Master Ryoichi (OC), Various tertiary OCs, Jet, Sokka, Katara, Aang, The Gaang, Freedom Fighters, Smellerbee, Pipsqueak, Toph Beifong, Joo Dee, Haili Squad (OCs), OCs out the wazoo, Zhao, Appa, Momo, Bato, Pakku, Arnook, Yue, General Fong, Mai, Ty Lee, Bumi, Toph Beifong's Parents, The Dangerous Ladies, Wan Shi Tong, Professor Zei, Suki, Gansu, Sela, Lee, Than, Ying, Than's Sister, Piandao, Jin, Lao Beifong, Long Feng, Dai Li, The Blue Spirit, Hakoda, Aang, Jee, Zuko's Crew, The Duke, Huu, Foggy Swamp Waterbenders, The Mechanist, Teo, Tyro, Haru, The Boulder, The Hippo, The Painted Lady, Order Of The White Lotus, Fat, Hama

Tags: POV Zuko, Yuyan Raise Zuko, Semi-Feral Child, Ozai is an Asshole, Flashbacks, some instances of suicidal thoughts, Zuko is a hurtin' puppy, Pre-Series, One F-Bomb, that might become a thing, because it amuses me, Inspired by MuffinLance's Tumblr, Alternate Universe-Canon Divergence, Discussion of child abuse and abandonment, Ozai Being a Terrible Parent, Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck, OC-centric, Past Abuse, baby steps to badassery, OC is an asshole, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, bad days suck, but your Yuyan Archer squad always has your back, Zuko Angst, Panic Attacks, Hijinks & Shenanigans, this part is almost entirely "teenagers doing stupid shit", what did you expect when you put a bunch of highly skilled teenagers in a military base?, plot is minimal but existent, handwaving Fire Nation war tech because I can't find satisfying answers, Zuko-centric, Zuko meets Jet, and is completely turned off, S1Ep10 "Jet", slightly out of continuity, both in terms of canon and this series, but someone asked on tumblr, and this came out, Zuko's just joined the Gaang and is still figuring things outs, 2e14 City of Walls and Secrets, Ba Sing Se is SUPER CREEPY, and Zuko HATES IT, inspired by @muffinlance's lovely AU concepts, just a little peek into a new AU I'm working on, dear G-d what have I done, just in case, TW: military action, TW: Vomiting, TW: hunting animals for food, none of this is hugely graphic, but just in case, if I miss anything please please please let me know, Zuko being a curious bean, is it treason?, or is it "reasonable response"?, based on a throwaway line in THAT episode, WARNING: this one's gonna hurt, sorry, No happy ending here, Beware ye who enter here, Hurt No Comfort, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, TW: mistreatment of prisoners of war, TW: forced suicide, trauma aftermath, disillusioned former prince plots treason, Toshiaki unleashes his inner Commander Dad, Nightmares, Kai is a good bro, Midnight Rooftop Discussions, oblique references to canon events, based on MuffinLance's YuyanAdoptZuko Tumblr post, IT BEGINS, Episode: s01e13 The Blue Spirit, Zhao is a jerk, lots of f-bombs in this one, because Zuko is a soldier, and he's also really really done with Zhao's bull, shit, tried really hard not to just rewrite the whole episode, hope it worked, Zuko is actually really competent, Aang is a child, LITERALLLY, he's TWELVE, And tinybased on MuffinLance's Tumblr series #Yuyan Raise Zuko, in case I haven't said it before: THIS SERIES WILL NOT CONTAIN ROMANTIC SHIPS, I'm a little gen sailboat and like it that way, (apologies to maychorian for stealing her blog title), but it is EXTREMELY relevant, anyway, introductions, Sokka needs more sleep, dammit Aang stop picking up strays, Sokka is a nerd, Katara is conflicted, THIS IS THE ONE YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, Zuko meets the Gaang, do I need to keep using that tag? it's pretty obvious at this point, Zuko loves animals, POV Bato, Episode: s01e15 Bato of the Water Tribe, another one I wasn't planning on writing but did anyway, Bato needs therapy, Zuko needs THERAPY, Everyone Needs Therapy, Guys. Sokka is actually an authority figure. He's the SON OF THE CHIEF, everyone can have a tiny bit of world building. as a treat, Post-Episode: s01e16 The Deserter, Zuko has ISSUES with Jeong-Jeong, and firebending as it is currently taught, LOTS of ASL grammar, Aang is still learning sign, he's not quite code-switching yet, Zuko talks to himself in sign, Sokka has no fear, short and sweet, nearly drove myself crazy with this bullshit, my beta reader is a goddess and she saved my ass, all the fish ever for all time to her, Firebending & Firebenders, Episode: s01e18 The Waterbending Master, it's been a whopping five minutes and Zuko already hates the North Pole, it's freaking cold, the people are not nearly as friendly as they first appear, Katara challenges the patriarchy and Zuko suffers, Katara and Zuko like to giggle at Sokka being a dork, Episode: s01e19-20 The Siege of the North, Zhao's here to fuck shit up, Zuko does not have a good time, nobody has a good time, get y'all some tissues, remember how I've been saying that I'm not changing major canon events?, Yeah I'm sorry, Pyrrhic Victory, all hail Koizilla, Episode: s02e01 The Avatar State, this is basically just a chance for Zuko to meet the disaster human that is Fong, not really much to tag here, honestly if I keep going the tags list might end up being longer than the fic itself, just let me know if you want me to tag anything here, Short & Sweet, ummm.... this might be really sad?, an interlude, very short, Episode: s02ep03 "Return to Omashu", in which Zuko's past comes back to kill him, enter the Dangerous Ladies, Aang is a dumbass sometimes, the Gaang has one braincell between them, most of the time Zuko's the one who holds it, he really would rather not thanks, Omashu is basically a ninja's playground, who WOULDN'T want to go parkouring through that place???, Episode: s02e04 The Swamp, Shor, tshort and weird, Zuko can't get over how creepy this place is, not much else to add, special guest star, TOPH SMASH!!!, Toph Being Awesome, Badass Toph Beifong, Episode: s02e06 The Blind Bandit, HERE SHE IS Y'ALL, i hope i did her justice!, Toph is done with everyone's bullshit, I tried really hard not to use visual descriptions guys let me know if it worked, how does one communicate when one can't talk and the other can't see?, LET'S FIND OUT, Let Toph Say Fuck 2020, Episode: s02e08 The Chase, SHIT HITS THE FAN Y'ALL, Azula is her own warning, Major Character Injury, Sokka is sleep deprived, the babies are fighting, Zuko is done with everyone's shit, Episode: s02e09 Bitter Work, lots of talking, and Toph kicking butt, Zuko is the worst patient, commiserating about shitty families, finding yourself through getting your ass kicked by a twelve year old, Toph Beifong and Zuko are Siblings, i don't make the rules, Hurt Zuko, Zuko is a firebending master, and Toph is an earthbending master, Zuko Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, (need to think of an in-universe name for it), Episode: s02e10 The Library, I know it's been a while, but everyone should remember that Zuko is in fact a prince, with all of the training in diplomacy that implies, Wan Shi Tong isn't unreasonable, he just wants to be left alone with his books, Sokka's a moron but we love him anyway, yes y'all can have a little canon-divergance, as a treat, Rating for Language, (Zuko's a former soldier after all), Episode: s02e12 The Serpent's Pass, guest starring the family from Zuko Alone, enter: Suki!, hey hey the Gaang's all here!, honestly this is more exposition and backstory than real plot, but hopefully now things are a little more clear, TW: Profound Grief, tw: perceived character death, TW: suicidal thoughts, Iroh does not have a good time, at least for the first part, POV Iroh, Iroh is a Good Uncle, Iroh Loves Tea, Let me know if I missed any tags, Episode: s02e14 City of Walls and Secrets, or rather elements thereof, Iroh meets the Gaang, Iroh adopts the Gaang, honestly this one's pretty chill, not much going on past Zuko and Iroh catching up and Zuko dragging Iroh home to meet his friends, ONCE AGAIN: FAKE DATING AU, Fake/Pretend Relationship, I swear the Zutara is only like 30 seconds and neither characters are happy about it, Fake dating for infiltration purposes, someone want to come up with an ATLA version of James Bond?, cause this is it, Episode: s02e15 Tales of Ba Sing Se, fluff and nonsense, and a tiny bit of plot, wait, how did PLOT get into my FLUFF???, that's frustrating, Iroh's living out his teashop au, Aang and Zuko stop in to help, and get some wisdom, and some tea, everybody loves iroh, including the gaang, some dialogue taken from Episode: s02e09 Bitter Work, I'm sure you can guess what dialogue, Episode: s02e17 Lake Laogai, the Blue Spirit strikes again!, co-starring: the Little Badgermole!, Mission: IMPOSSIBLE (ATLA edition), Zuko finally puts his training to use, are you telling me Toph can SEE UNDERGROUND, and canon DIDN'T PUT THIS INFORMATION TO USE????, in an UNDERGROUND FORTRESS????, Toph gets her life-changing field trip with Zuko, Episode: s02e20 The Crossroads of Destiny, Canon Temporary Character Death, if you've seen the episode you know what happens, Protective Sokka, Big Brother Sokka, basically just Sokka processing the events of Sacrifice, which means run on sentences and a lot of cursing, honestly not super thrilled with this one but it's done and it needed to be written, Episode: s03e01 The Awakening, Episode Tag, remember how in The Awakening, Katara had said that Aang had been asleep for "a few weeks"?, I'm taking that literally, ie potentially murdering prisoners, Hakoda's a nice guy but he IS the leader of an army/nation, please let me know what else I should tag, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, also language, pretty much every character in this fic is some kind of combatant, and therefore there is swearing, a lot of swearing, Racism, Colonialism, Alcohol, Episode: s03e02 The Headband, what was the gaang doing while Aang was at school?, Fire Nation Cuisine, my inner foodie comes out in this, Mostly Fluff, there's a brief instance of Zuko/Katara but they're undercover and it's NOT REAL, Episode: s03e03 The Painted Lady, Pollution, Effects of Pollution, Starvation, Ozai Being an Asshole, Ozai is a BAD leader, this has effects on his nation, Protective Zuko, Zuko will be a GOOD leader, Zuko cares about his people A LOT, Environmental Terrorism, ecoterrorism, Episode: s03e04 Sokka's Master, that feeling when your friend walks up to a random castle, and knocks on the door, and the answering butler addresses him by the name that has a warrant out for his arrest, just a fun little thing, I love this episode, Let The Gaang Stay at Piandao's 2k21, Episode: s03e06 The Avatar and the Fire Lord, you cannot tell me that everyone just sat around while Aang was chatting with Roku, volcanic beach vacay, pure fluff, no redeeming nutritional value whatsoever, Episode: s01e17 The Northern Air Temple, zuko is conflicted, but only for a little bit, sokka and the mechanist are science bros, zuko gets to be a big brother, fist bumps are a fire nation thing???, one of those instances where I didn't expect the characters to react the way that they did, Episode: s03e08 The Puppet, mastertried to keep it creepy, dunno how well I succeeded, also this was really hard to write and if it's crap I apologize, like don't be mean about it but seriously tell me what I screwed up and how so I can fix it, this fic is not Hama friendly, it is not SUPPOSED to be Hama friendly, if you're here just to yell at me for not being Hama friendly then you can just scoot on out, Bloodbending, Hama Is Her Own Warning, why is that not a tag?, Episode s03e09: Nightmares and Daydreams, Episode: s03e10 The Day of Black Sun Part 1: The Invasion, Aang is sleep deprived and aangsty, Zuko is a Good Brother, Toshiaki returns!, Episode: s03e11 The Day of Black Sun Part 2: The Eclipse, War, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Badass Zuko

Inspired by MuffinLance's #Yuyan Raise/Adopt Zuko on Tumblr.

In which Zuko is fostered/adopted/raised/recruited by the Yuyan Archers of Pouhai Stronghold, and destiny hiccups.

Updates Saturdays, unless it doesn't

Now posted: Part 39- Rendezvous

Notes:

ALL CREDIT FOR THIS CONCEPT GOES TO MUFFINLANCE AND HER TUMBLR AND EVERYONE WHO ADDED TO THE TAG.

ALL NAMED OCS IN THIS SERIES BELONG TO ME (00AwkwardPenguin00 and @awkwardpenguinproductions)

Part 1: Anchor Point

Zuko is so freaking hungry, and the Pouhai Stronghold is the only sign of civilization he's seen in six months. Sneaking inside is hilariously simple, until it's not. At least he's not a pincushion (yet), but it'd be really nice if he could understand what the bow-toting security guards were saying.

In which Zuko is adopted by a troop of silent ninja-archers.

Inspired by MuffinLance's #Yuyan Raise Zuko.

Part 2: Conflict of Interest

Toshiaki, Troop Commander of the Yuyan Archers, has been a soldier for fifteen years. He has served his Fire Lord and his Nation loyally and faithfully. But when Commander Atsuko, CMO of Pouhai Stronghold, brings to light a shocking revelation, it opens the floodgates to questions Toshiaki isn't sure he knows how to answer.

Inspired by MuffinLance's #Yuyan Raise Zuko on Tumblr

Part 3: Melee

Zuko may not have had much going for him during those six months in the wilderness, but he had a knife. And now that he's eating better and more regularly, he's got fire. He's ready to start training with the Yuyan, but are the Yuyan ready for him?

Part 4: Camaraderie

Zuko's life seems to be turning around--things are really looking up, and life at the Stronghold is settling into a predictable routine. And then he looks at the mess hall calendar.

Part 5: Stealth

The first time is because of a prank.

The second time is because of a dare.

The third time is because of an injustice.

Three times Zuko wears the Blue Spirit mask.

Part 6: Mission

Zuko is finally going on a mission with Chihese Squad! Yeah, it's a simple (boring) escort mission, but it's his very first military action, and not even Kai's oversleeping is going to ruin it for him!

It doesn't, but something else does.

Part 7: Debrief

It's been two weeks since the events at Huzhen, and Zuko can't stop thinking. Commander Toshiaki helps, and plans are made.

Part 8: Rebellion

The prisoner is tiny, and Zuko is filled with rage at the sight. The time he's been waiting for has arrived.

Time to break out of the Stronghold, instead of breaking in.

Part 9: Alliance

Sokka and Katara are confronted with the idea that not everyone in the Fire Nation wants to destroy the world. Tui and La, Aang, stop picking up strays!

Part 10: Nemesis

Something about Jet is just off. Yeah, he's got skills, and a flair for the dramatic that Zuko can appreciate, but seriously, the guy is weird. Can they go now?

Zuko meets Jet, and is not impressed.

Part 11: Perspective

Bato is nearly healed from the skirmish with a Fire Nation patrol, and is just hanging around the Abbey until he hears from his Chief. Then his Chief's kids show up out of nowhere with the Avatar, and a mysterious scarred teenager armed to the teeth.

Part 12: Education

Aang asks a question. Zuko wants to strangle a man. A discussion on the nature of firebending ensues.

Part 13: Ascent

Teo and his people are pretty cool, even if they did completely screw up an ancient Air Temple. But opening doors reveals secrets, and presents Zuko with a conflict he hadn't quite anticipated when he'd left Pohuai.

Part 14: Confrontation

The North Pole is freaking cold, and Zuko is not enthused. Add in the fact that even the culture is as opposite to everything Zuko knows as anything could ever be, and he's in for a rough time.

It doesn't help that Katara's challenge to the patriarchy brings back some bad memories.

Part 15: Seige

In which the Northern Water Tribe is under attack.

Part 16: FUBAR

The fortress may be a joke, but Zuko's not laughing when the general in charge of it proposes a Bad Plan.

Part 17: Anniversary

Three years later.

Part 18: Occupation

Omashu has been conquered.

King Bumi is missing.

And of course now is the perfect time for Zuko's past to come roaring back.

Part 19: Mirage

The swamp is dark, and gross, and creepy as all get out. Zuko would really like to leave please.

Part 20: Miscommunication

Toph can't see.

Her new friend can't talk.

This may be a problem.

Part 21: Pursuit

There's a scary-looking tank train chasing them.

The kids are constantly fighting.

Sokka just wants to sleep, for spirits' sake.

Part 22: Exposure

In the aftermath of Azula, Zuko learns some stuff.

Part 23: Justification

Zuko would like to make it clear for the record that this entire thing is Sokka's fault.

Part 24: Escort

Zuko gets an up close and personal look at the effect the Fire Nation is having on the Earth Kingdom.

It's not pretty.

Part 25: Reconnaissance

Zuko hates Ba Sing Se. And the creepy lady that's following them everywhere is being disturbingly obstructionist. The sooner they do what they came here to do, the sooner they can freaking leave. Time to break out some of his special skills.

Inspired by MuffinLance's glorious #Yuyan Raises Zuko on Tumblr.

Part 26: Reconstruction

Three years ago.

Part 27: Contact

They've been in this dump for a week, and still no sign of Appa. Then Zuko stumbles upon a very familiar tea maker.

Part 28: Manipulation

A party. For a bear.

Zuko knows that the Yuyan are experts of infiltration and espionage, but this was NOT what he'd had in mind.

Part 29: R and R

Where do you go when you need a break from the secret dystopian drama that is your life? Your uncle's tea shop of course.

Part 30: Extraction

They've spent way longer in this spirits-cursed city than they really should have, and Zuko's had enough. When Ba Sing Se's ridiculous bureaucracy shuts down their attempts to find Appa, he decides it's time to take matters into his own hands.

Part 31: Sacrifice

Their family is scattered, and somehow Azula has entered Ba Sing Se. Katara doesn't know how things can get much worse.

And then they do.

Part 32: Shock

Sokka is trying to wrap his brain around what just happened. He's not entirely sure he's successful.

Part 33: Recruitment

Gathering allies for a certain-to-be-suicidal attack on the capital of the Fire Nation is not a straightforward task.

Part 34: Infiltration

Katara didn't really know what to expect when they snuck into the Fire Nation, but somehow delicious food and a dance party were not it.

Part 35: Homefront

Zuko has known for years that Ozai does not have their nation's best interests at heart... so he's not sure why he's surprised to find a village in his own nation barely clinging to life.

Part 36: Materiel

Sokka wants to become a master sword fighter. Zuko knows exactly where to go.

Part 37: Message

Avatar Roku has summoned Aang to join him for the Summer Solstice. The Gaang takes an opportunity for a break.

Part 38: Terrorism

In the forest on Kong Xin Island, no one can hear you scream.

Part 39: Rendezvous

Reassurances are given.

Preparations are made.

The Invasion is about to begin.

Part 40: Invasion

It is the Day of Black Sun, and the fate of the world comes down to a choice.

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sunwukongssuccessor · 2 years

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🌟💫✨ stars for the ask thing!

During the night market chapter in the Macaque fic, I was actually watching a show called Flavorful Origins (it's on netflix if anyone is interested) and it covers various dishes and foods from China. The episode covering lily (which is under the "Gansu Cuisine" category) helped me pick that as a snack the reader character and Macaque have when figuring out what else to eat.

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adtechmetallurgicalmaterials · 1 year

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Gansu Steel and Aluminum Material Industry Chain Development Forum held in Jiayuguan

March 20, 2023 08:50:21 Lanzhou News Network

On the afternoon of the 18th, the Gansu Provincial Enterprise Industry Chain Investment Promotion and Product Promotion Conference Steel and Aluminum Materials Industry Chain Development Forum was held. The forum invites well-known experts in the industry, domestic and foreign leading enterprises, representatives of upstream and downstream customers in the industrial chain, and relevant leaders of universities and scientific research institutions to gather in Jiayuguan to discuss the development plan of the steel and aluminum materials industry and promote collaborative innovation and high-quality development of the industrial chain.

Gao Xinglu, deputy general manager of Jiuquan Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., said that at present, Gansu has entered the stage of high-quality development in an all-round way. Higher requirements have been put forward in aspects such as advanced position, extended chain, supplementary chain and strong chain.

Since the beginning of this year, JISCO Group has fully implemented the development orientation of the provincial party committee and the provincial government to focus on industry, work hard, and promote industry. Emerging industries such as energy, give full play to the leading role of "chain master enterprises", and strive to drive the coordinated development and cluster development of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain.

Jiayuguan City is a beautiful tourist city, and also a famous steel city, nuclear city and aluminum city. The city got its name from the establishment of mines and enterprises, the establishment of a city by enterprises, and the customs. It is a new modern industrial tourism ecological city developed with the construction of "Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company" in 1958.

It has a strong industrial foundation and rich production factors. It is an important old industrial base in the west and the largest steel industry base in the northwest. A modern industrial system with metallurgical industry as the main body and new energy, equipment manufacturing, electric power, chemical industry, new building materials, and food brewing as the backbone.

Gao Xinglu said that at present, the recovery of the world economy is sluggish, the domestic economy is under pressure, and the triple pressure of demand contraction, supply shock, and weakening expectations continues to evolve. Industry development will be a topic of our common concern.

At the forum, Shi Hongwei, Deputy Secretary-General of China Iron and Steel Association, made the "Keynote Report on the Development Trend of the Iron and Steel Industry", focusing on the development policy orientation of my country's iron and steel industry and the extension of the iron and steel industry chain. He said that steel production is a typical process manufacturing industry. The steel production process consumes a lot of natural resources and generates a lot of waste. It not only produces a lot of products for different departments, but also consumes a lot of the production process and other industrial fields. waste. The iron and steel industry can be used as a key coupling node of the symbiotic network to participate in the design of the ecological industrial chain of "treating waste with waste", which has the potential to develop a circular economy and establish an industrial symbiotic network.

Meng Jiezuo, executive deputy secretary-general of the Aluminum Branch of the Nonferrous Metals Association, made a keynote report on "Current Situation and Development of China's Aluminum Industry". Regarding promoting the high-quality development of the aluminum industry, he suggested that we should attach great importance to resource security and vigorously promote the integrated development of primary recycling processing. , Increase technological innovation, etc.

"Looking at the development of China's aluminum industry, it is a history of technological innovation." Meng Jie said that today, the aluminum industry is in a new stage of development, and green, low-carbon and sustainable development needs to be based on high-sulfur, high-silicon and low-grade bauxite, Breakthroughs have been achieved in the comprehensive utilization of red mud, the production of sandy alumina, the comprehensive utilization of overhaul slag, energy-saving electrolysis technology, and key aluminum materials.

Dong Delan, deputy chief engineer of Power China Northwest Survey and Design Research Institute Co., Ltd. and member of the Energy Industry Wind Power Standardization Technical Committee, made a keynote report on "New Energy Development and Industrial Integration under the New Situation". In her report, she interpreted the new energy development model in Northwest China.

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moononmyfloor · 1 year

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Flavorful Origins (风味原产地)

Season 3 - Gansu Cuisine 甘肃 (2020)

Part 2, Part 3

Gifs from ep 2: Lily, ep 3: Sheep Entrails, ep 10: Potato

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#风味原产地 #甘肃 #Flavorful Origins #Flavorful Origins Gansu #food #chinese food #food documentary

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takoyaki-king · 1 year

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Violent wok. . . . . . . . #history #china #gansu #travelphotography #travelblog #travel #travelgram #travelingram #traveltheworld #travelawesome #spicy #spicyfood #spicychinesefood #foodie #foodstagram #foodfoodfood #foodgasm #foodofinstagram #chinesefood #food #foodporn #foodpornshare https://www.instagram.com/p/CmoreiRNDx1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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misdrnet · 1 year

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Why is it called dried rotten vegetables economics? Why is it so named?

The origin of the name of the economics of dried rotten vegetables is represented by Zhaoqing, a backward region in the Pearl River Delta. It generally refers to Qingyuan, Shaoguan, Heyuan, Meizhou, Yunfu, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Henan, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia and other regions.

These areas,

1.Without superior geographical location,

No convenient transportation,

3.Three or more mountains are not conducive to development,

There is no coastal wharf near the coastline,

Lack of state investment and foreign investment,

6, there is no local pillar industry, the industry is primitive and backward, only agriculture and tourism, and no natural resources can be exploited,

Population and talent outflow,

The population is aging seriously, etc

In short, all the worst situations are superimposed in these areas, and all the worst cards are concentrated in these areas. These areas, I call them: backward areas, rotten vegetables and dry areas.

Because, I found a regional food phenomenon, regional production phenomenon:

Generally, in areas with developed materials, such as Dongguan, Guangdong, Zhongshan, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Jinhua, Zhejiang, they produce dry products, which are all protein dry products: Dongguan sausage, Zhongshan sausage, Inner Mongolia cheese, Inner Mongolia beef jerky, Xinjiang cheese, Xinjiang beef jerky, Zhejiang Jinhua ham. These are all economically developed regions and protein materials developed regions.

Those backward areas, such as Zhaoqing, and dry rotten vegetables, such as Qingyuan, Shaoguan, Heyuan, Meizhou, Yunfu, Sichuan, Henan, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, African coffee beans, dried banana in Southeast Asia, and dried pineapple in Southeast Asia, are mainly vegetables and plants, just like dried rotten vegetables. So I named these areas: rotten vegetable dry area. Areas with underdeveloped protein supplies.

Finally, I name this economics: dry rotten vegetables economics. Specially record, discuss and study the worst and most backward regions, their economic profile, economic situation, the worst and most backward individuals, groups, their economic situation, and their optimal development route. The purpose is to explore, study and develop a road and method suitable for the economic development of losers, civilians, backward areas and backward countries.

Nowadays, there are many popular economic theories in the world, such as Marx's Capital, Adam Smith's Research on the Nature and Cause of National Wealth, and Friedrich Liszt's National System of Political Economics. However, these economic theories are all prepared from the standpoint of the ruler. There has never been an economic research book for individuals in economically backward areas, economically backward and poor.

I feel unreasonable and sorry for this phenomenon.

This phenomenon of economic theory research is a phenomenon of hating the poor and loving the rich.

Like the history of both China and the West, they only record the history of the ruling class. The history of the ruling people only records the history of the big people, never records the history of the working people, never records the history of the loser civilians, let alone the history of the economic situation of the loser poor civilians.

In the field of history, they all have blind spots for observation and research, but economics cannot ignore the existence of the poor and the poor.

In the field of economics, there has not been a real study of the economic situation of the poor, the backward areas, and the rotten vegetables and dried areas, and how to give the most backward areas, the poorest people, and how to explore a way to narrow the economic gap and achieve catch-up.

The purpose of establishing this economics is to explore, explore and study. Can these backward areas play a good result if they win the worst card? Can we narrow the gap and achieve transcendence?

This is the origin of the economics of dried rotten vegetables.

The proposition of dried rotten vegetables economics:

Rectify the civil service administration system in rotten vegetable dry areas, select excellent talents to serve as civil servants, and improve the efficiency of civil servants. Unqualified personnel shall be removed from the team.

Optimize the investment environment, reduce administrative approval, and lower the threshold for establishing enterprises.

To lower the land price and rent and reduce taxes, the tax policy must be 30% - 50% lower than that of developed regions. Expand the economic aggregate as soon as possible. Expand the total number of enterprises.

Encourage individuals to establish small and micro enterprises, provide credit support, and support the development of small and micro enterprises.

The construction of infrastructure, roads, bridges, telecommunications, electricity, water conservancy, hospitals, schools and the introduction of national investment, foreign investment,

Encourage talents to enter the rotten vegetable dry area to start businesses and settle down, and provide credit and financial support, land support and tax preferential support.

We should try our best to absorb industrial transfer from developed regions and from advanced countries in the world,

Develop local distinctive industries, make this industry bigger and stronger, and become world-famous and competitive.

Emancipate the mind and open the yellow, spinach and poison industries.

There is not much financial industry in the backward areas. Open the financial industry and allow foreign capital to set up financial institutions. Funds can enter and exit freely in the backward areas. Facilitate foreign investment.

Freedom of information, freedom of education, freedom of publication and freedom of broadcasting. Because of backward areas, nothing can be rich, and any method that can be used to get rich can be used.

Formulate laws that are in line with international practice, and recognize that lawyers of both parties practise each other.

Encourage the sale of natural resources, and the money for selling natural resources must be invested in education and the world's industrial chain. Become a shareholder of the world industrial chain. Let the dried rotten vegetables become a link in the developed regions of the world. Encourage people and resources in rotten vegetables and dry areas to go out. Attract the world industrial chain.

In order to develop the rotten vegetable dry economic region, it is necessary to stagger with the developed regions. We should not only absorb industries, talents and funds from developed regions, but also encourage national investment and foreign investment, and also develop some industries. Only those who specialize in developed regions can quickly become rich. We should use traditional pornography, gambling, new technology and new industries to earn money from developed regions, which is the way to reduce the gap. If the rotten vegetables and dried economic areas only become the supporting facilities, satellites and chess pieces of developed areas, the gap will never be reduced, and the gap will only grow. This is the core idea of the economics of dried rotten vegetables, competing for resources. Instead of becoming a vassal and a migrant worker in developed areas.

There are many areas of rotten vegetables in the world. In all areas with rotten vegetables, the economy is declining and the population is decreasing.

Including Detroit, South Africa, Brazil and Argentina in the United States, all belong to the rotten vegetable dry region.

It is not only China that has dried rotten vegetables, but all over the world.

To reduce the gap in rotten vegetable dry areas, it is necessary to attract all the funds, talents, resources, technology from the world.

To realize the development of rotten vegetables and dry areas, it is impossible to use the same set of economic theories in developed areas, because it has become seriously homogenized. We must be more open and free than developed regions to narrow the gap with developed regions.

Individual, poor loser, common people, and the idea of dried rotten vegetables:

Losers, civilians and poor people who grew up in rotten vegetable areas, hurry up. In these places, because there is no state investment or foreign investment, there are no jobs and wages are not high. There is only one way to stay in these places. Business is shrinking. The workers are getting poorer and poorer.

People who grow up in rotten vegetable dry areas should play their subjective initiative and go to developed areas. Even if they work in developed areas, it is better than rotten vegetable dry areas. Give full play to subjective initiative and creativity to create your own business, brand and career.

People who grow up in rotten vegetable dry areas are born to choose the difficult mode. Life is doomed to be bumpy. Escape is the strategy with the lowest cost and the highest income. Like Detroit, many people have fled Detroit.

People in rotten vegetables and dry areas should never have children, or having children will harm children. Let the child lose at the starting line as soon as he is born. Children will suffer from poverty all their lives.

The state and foreign investors will not invest a penny in the rotten vegetable dry area. The only way to change this fate is to rely on the poor loser himself.

To go out for work and business, we should seek win-win cooperation, unite and cooperate, and abide by local laws. Let yourself integrate into other people's society and circle. Let yourself become a developed region. They are a useful part and an indispensable part. We should manage ourselves in developed areas and do what we are good at. Don't participate in gambling, pornography, and violations. Live your life well.

This is a suggestion for people in the rotten vegetable dry area. I hope that people in the rotten vegetable area can escape from the rotten vegetable area and create a better tomorrow outside.

These suggestions seem useless, but they are very practical and reasonable. People in rotten vegetable dry areas should work hard and conscientiously all their lives. Work hard for your present, your future and your child's future.

#economy

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katzehunde · 2 years

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im not liking the vibes on some of the more recent flavorful origins episodes im watching rn it feels so artificial and uncreative and buzzfeed-y :( i feel like the cinematography's gone down a bit and there's some of that shitty unnecessary hyperactivity and they're. throwing flour? there's the shitty music too. the older episodes took you through an adventure on how the food is developed and how it shapes the tastes and habits of the people of gansu and it was all so nice and slow and the food shots were mesmerising, everything's so "peppy" now :((

#flavorful origins

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pinerinmotion · 2 years

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Panda bear

The forepaws of the panda have an extra ‘thumb’ called an ‘opposable pseudo thumb’ which is used in conjunction with its ‘forefingers’ and enables the panda to grasp even small bamboo shoots with precision.Īfter the sloth bear, the panda has the longest tail in the bear family measuring 4 – 6 inches long. Pandas have the largest molars out of all the carnivorous mammals. Many people find these cuddly looking bears to be lovable, however, giant pandas can be as dangerous as any other bear. Giant pandas have large molar teeth and strong jaw muscles for crushing tough bamboo. The pandas thick, wooly coat keeps it warm in the cool forests of its habitat. Pandas have black fur on their ears, eye patches, muzzles, legs and shoulders. The giant panda has a body typical of bears. Female pandas are generally smaller than males and can occasionally weigh up to 100 kilograms (220 pounds). Male pandas can weigh up to 115 kilograms (253 pounds). Adult pandas measure around 1.5 metres long and around 75 centimetres tall at the shoulder. The Giant Panda has a black-and-white coat. It also estimated that around 1,590 pandas are living in the wild. According to the latest report, China has 239 giant pandas in captivity (128 of them in Wolong and 67 in Chengdu) and another 27 pandas living outside the country. The Giant Panda is an endangered species. Many of the bamboo areas which are vital for the Pandas diet and survival are being cut down by people who then build farms there. The mist shrouded mountain forests of China, have slowly disappeared over the last century. Pandas once lived in lowland areas, however, farming, forest clearing and other development now restrict giant pandas to the mountains. Giant pandas live in a few mountain ranges in central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Pandas are easily recognized by their large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears and across their round body. Giant Pandas are one of the rarest mammals in the world. When they get older they may be released again into their natural habitat.The Giant Panda (black-and-white cat-foot) (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central-western and southwestern China. Zoologists are putting millions of dollars into breeding the animals in captivity. The first one arrived in New York in 1937. Today, about 45 pandas live in zoos outside China. They were sold to zoos in other countries. In the 1970s, pandas played a part in the opening of Communist China to the west. Since then they have set up 40 reserves in which the animals are protected. In the 1960s, the Chinese government realized it had to do something to protect the giant pandas. They first became known in the western world during the middle of the 19th century. Pandas have been an important species throughout history. Giant pandas have been hunted for centuries, mainly because of their soft fur. They are in danger of dying out completely because their living space is becoming smaller. In her lifetime, a female may give birth to 5 to 8 cubs a year. When a female gives birth to two pandas, only one normally survives. Like all mammals, they get their food from their mother, whom they stay with for one and a half to three years before being able to survive alone. They are extremely tiny, only about a thousandth the size of the mother. Mothers carry their babies in their bodies for a period of 3 to 5 months. They start reproducing between 4 and 8 years of age. Giant pandas can live up to 20 years in the wilderness and 30 years in zoos. They spend most of the day roaming around and looking for food and water Because it is low in nutritional value it does not give pandas much energy to move around for longer periods of time. The animals can eat up to 15 kg of bamboo a day. Pandas have large teeth, which they need to eat bamboo, their basic food. The thick fur keeps them warm during the cold winter months and the white colour protects them from possible enemies in the snow-covered mountains in which they live. Pandas have bodies like bears, but scientists do not know why they grow a black and white fur. The giant panda can reach a height of up to 1.5 metres and weigh up to 150 kg. It has been driven away from its natural habitat because of deforestation, intensive farming and the creation of new settlements. Recently, there have been campaigns in many countries to save the giant panda. About 2000 pandas live in the wilderness, 300 live in various zoos around the world. Pandas belong to the most endangered species of our world. It is special because of its black and white fur. The giant panda is a bear that lives in central China.

#Panda bear

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