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ollovae3 · 2 years
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IM HYPERFIXATED SO GUESS WHAT. RAMBLE TIME.
Did y'all know that there's a program looking to un-extinct various animals across Europe??? It's known as Rewilding and it looks SO AMAZING. They're best known for Project Tauros, breeding Aurochs back into existence, but also are working to return wolf breeds, truly wild horses, deer/elk/ibex, birds like the Dalmatian Pelican, and types of small rodents back!! Their aim is to return key species into the ecosystems that lost them due to hunting/poaching/general human expansion!
Not only are they working from selective, hands on, breeding, but also releasing groups into wildlife reserves to repopulate the needed areas in passive form!! On TOP of that, they're also working with locals to build better relationships with the animals!! Eco-tourism building, guard dog and fencing programs (for the carnivore programs), and even refusing to add in breeds that could endanger humans (like adding fighting bulls to the Auroch's breed pool)!!
Anywho I can never become a scientist in that area of expertise cause I love art too much and I hate that much math/reading, but I am SUPER fascinated and intrigued and thought y'all might find it neat!!
Link to their page + an article Abt the Tauros program!!
https://rewildingeurope.com/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.atlasobscura.com/articles/aurochs-rewilding.amp
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fandomloreblog · 10 months
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You cannot tell me that Tauro from the new Tears Of The Kingdom Game isn’t autistic with a hyper-fixation on Zonai ruins. YOU CANNOT TELL ME OTHERWISE, THAT MAN IS DEFINITELY NEURODIVERGENT AND I LOVE HIM FOR IT
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The next coord is based on Pokemon #128 Tauros
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jonoosaarchive · 9 months
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I'm glad people here like tauro x paya too :D
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ptgigi · 1 year
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Dudoof/Slagmar [PBFP]
Dudoof [Normal/Fire] > Slagmar [Normal/Fire]
#101 – Dudoof are incredibly soft and warm. They’re not easy to raise though, as they’re very hard working and need constant activity. #102 – Slagmar are slow but powerful. They expel heat to prevent their shell from becoming brittle.
Pokemon Bracket Fusion Project Info: Generation: 2 Parents: Doofos (T,CF) + Dunma (T,CF) See more: PTGigi, Spreadsheet, Tumblr, ComicFury
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bovineblogger · 2 months
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What are your thoughts and feelings on the whole 'Tauros' backbreeding-to-aurochs project?
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though i do love and miss aurochs a lot, i think its more important to focus on the conservation of the species we have on earth right now! we dont really have a niche in the ecosystem that Only Aurochs Can Fill yk? at best we r diverting resources tht could be used to help the native wildlife and at worst bringing these big dangerous creatures back could disrupt stuff even more...
i do love aurochs! but theyre not here right now . and a lot of different struggling species that fill the same niche are. you know? i think we should help them with the technology we r using to breed towards aurochs... it just seems a bit silly to me.
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iscoppie · 2 months
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Tauros sizes you up!
With the great bull finished, I've completed my pokemon livestock portraits project ^^ Based on 1800s paintings farmers had of their great beasts.
I'll get these all sorted as prints in merch, so if you're interested you can keep your eyes peeled :)
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dinosaurana · 7 months
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Gone but Not Forgotten: Aurochs
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Have you ever contemplated the origins of the cow? That despite everything, there doesn't seem to be a non-feral origin to the lovable and sometimes dangerous modern cow? That's because, not all that long ago, there was! Behold, the mighty aurochs! Once native to the wide woodland swathes of Germany, these larger than average cattle have remains dating back to the Middle Pleistocene. These fellas were some of the largest megafauna of those days, and one of the largest to survive said mass extinction. The bulls were up to 71 inches at the shoulder, which is absolutely massive!
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From both genetic studies and fossil remains, the Aurochs was thought to have been domesticated twice! The modern cow as most US/European folks would be familiar with have their origins of domestication from the Eurasian Aurochs in the Fertile Crescent area of the Middle East, while the Zebu have origins from hybridization of Indian aurochs and the modern genus!
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Unlike our more modern conception of wide grassy plains and frolicking cattle, the aurochs seemed to prefer denser woodlands, riparian forests, and wetlands. These extinct cattle formed small herds in the winter, but were often found in small groups or individually when alive. Both cows and bulls were thought to have fought in both intra and interspecies conflicts, as both had horns. Records from their last stronghold, theJ aktorów forest, showed that they would even fight each other if necessary, to the death in some extremes. Only vulnerable to predation from wolves and predators, they were noted to be swift, aggressive and unafraid of humans.
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And with many large animals, they played an important role in the lives of the humans that lived alongside them. From cave paintings in Lascaux and rock paintings in the Indus River dating to the Paleolithic, we were drawn to their image where we ran into them. From the Ishtar Gate to carvings in Egyptian tombs of the 20th century BC. Even in mythologies around Europe they appeared, for Sigurd hunts four. The cup above comes from the Mycenaen era in Greece in the 15th century BC.
And this admiration in turn helped spell the doom of the Aurochs. While the records for the North African Aurochs are spotty, they vanish around the time of the Romans gathering them for their coliseums. Favored in hunting by European noblemen, their populations dwindled to pockets of Eastern Europe by the 13th century. At that point, clear-cutting for large pastoral lands helped reduce their numbers down even further. While some may have lasted longer with preserved horns dating from the latter parts of the latter half of the 17th century in regions like Moldova, the last recorded herd was known to inhabit the Jaktorów Forest's marshy woods in the latter half of the 1500's. By 1604, there were only four left, and by 1627 one of the last members of the ice age megafauna perished of natural causes. And for most animals, this would be the end. But there is a strange chance, unique to the Aurochs. Not quite fully back, but pretty close.
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And while they may be gone, the genotype missing forever, we can get close. Several breeding programs in the past have been made in an attempt to "resurrect" the aurochs. While technically impossible given the genotype of the Aurochs is gone, the phenotype remains in modern cattle. While some are fairly notorious (Researching Heck Cattle breeds is worth a post on it's own), the project Tauros out of Spain aims to cross breed several varieties, reintroducing the closest we can into the wild. Several herds are already released, as we draw closer to the end of their Phase 3. Soon, they will breed and live by natural selection in a full hands off manner. And while some may say it's not truly the aurochs, if it walks like one, sounds like one, and ecologically fills the role as close as we can get it to? Close enough for me.
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So for the song, I chose something a little bit different. While it has it's sad notes for the end of a species, it ends in a slightly more hopeful one. Here, Richard Durrant holds those higher ends for something better. Because while they may not be true auroch, the beast can return.
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the-depths-au · 19 days
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Zelda never returns after the battle with the Demon King. Link is determined to bring her back, no matter what it takes or where it takes him. So when the Light Dragon starts to dive into the Depths, which have remained dark and uncharted since the Gloom faded away, he prepares to descend as well.
the depths
a post-totk bad ending au.
Rated M: CW for mature themes, violence and blood.
beta-read by the amazing @zeldaelmo ❤️
[previous]
chapter 2 excerpt
The Forgotten Temple isn't particularly dangerous, but Link never likes to stay long. He’s spent the majority of his life venturing into places much worse than this–underground caves swarming with monsters, a castle dripping with poisonous rot, the belly of a labyrinth filled with hostile guardians–but everything about it just feels wrong. The moss and the decay and the heavy taste of mineral in the air tells them it’s been here for a very long time, likely built into the earth itself as Tauro surmises in his notes, but it just feels out of place to Link. A temple of the Goddess at the bottom of a treacherous gorge? The largest recorded statue of Hylia hidden in the dark? He’s no architectural expert, and he doesn’t know how it would even be possible (then again, there are islands in the sky and an entire underworld beneath his feet), but it feels like the Forgotten Temple was once somewhere else entirely, transplanted into the canyon wall, and then eventually abandoned.
Read the rest on ao3!
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jadeazora · 4 months
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Joe Merrick got to play some of the upcoming DLC for the Indigo Disk! Here's his impressions video!
But some points from the article:
You start of by entering the Terarium in the Blueberry Academy with Lacey and Cyrano, and she explains what the Terarium projects the passage of time and the sky, and they have a mysterious globe at the top which allows for Terastalisation, but Cyrano can't seem to remember what it is made out of.
Lacey says the Terarium has four different habitats: the Polar, Savannah, Coastal, and Canyon quadrants. They house a variety of Pokémon, different in each area. In the Coastal one you'd find a lot of water Pokémon, and ones like Alolan Exeggutor on the beach, Polar is filled with Ice-types like Alolan Sandshrew & Beartic, the Savannah had ones like Kantonian Tauros, Doduo, and Canyon had ones like Alolan Geodude, Tyrogue and others. He notes that he saw both forms of Exeggutor too.
Area is larger than Kitakami, tho not quite as large as Paldea
There are some rest stops with some students hanging around but the big central one has all the amenities like the Pokemon Center station and TM Machine and all that.
Tera Raid Battle Crystals are found thru-out the area, large amounts of Pokémon and items everywhere. Tera Shards can be found in large batches. He says he picked up about 18 all in one batch. (Something I'm quite happy about, it was a pain grinding for shards.)
Trainers here seem to favor Double Battles. It's mentioned there are some Trainers that are pretty high-levelled like the Kitakami Ogre Clan, packing Lv70 teams carrying items, and using different strategies.
The trial they did in the trailers with your Dragon wasn't too tough, but BB League is another story. Amarys' battle was compared to later levels of the Battle Tower rather than a main-story battle, every Pokémon on her team had a means to counter any possible weakness.
Even if you have a Lv100 team, you may have the advantage, but it does mean less than it did in Pt1. The BB League can be done in any order, and he's curious how later parts of the story will go.
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New TMs that are being added in The Indigo Disk include a mix of returning moves such as Expanding Force, Triple Axel, Skitter Smack, Meteor Beam, Breaking Swipe, Scorching Sands, Curse, Coaching, Electro Web and more, previously revealed new moves Upper Hand and Psychic Noise, and previously unknown moves like Supercharged Cell and Hard Press, a Steel-type move which does more damage the higher the target's Hit Points.
Music is very reminiscent of Unova's, with the wild battle theme being a remix of the old wild theme. There's inspiration from other regions too, but he says he can't disclose it right now.
Performance is mentioned as a weaker point, but I think we've come to expect that from SV at this point.
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Ultimate Pokemon Tournament!
Generation 9 - Round 1 - Match 24
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osadiafromheaven · 21 days
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♡ ゜・ 。. 。・ ♡ ・ 。 . 。・ ゜ ♡
TAROSCOPE
♡ ゜・ 。. 。・ ♡ ・ 。 . 。・ ゜ ♡
[english & spanish]
DISCLAIMER: this is just a general reading. If it doesn't resonate, let it fly, don't force it!
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♥Fixed signs (taurus, leo, scorpio, aquarius): Do you want to start something but you're not entirely sure? This is the exact momento to start creating the basis of your projects so that it's sustainable over time. If you don't dare to do it alone, try to have a team to lean on or someone with more experience advise you and clear your doubts. Your only enemy is your negativity and lack of confidence. Believe in yourself. Lucky number: 5
Yes/No/Maybe: possible yes, if you trust in yourself.
Colour: orange.
♥Mutable signs (pisces, gemini, virgo, sagittarius): Winds of change and success are coming, but also of many responsibilities, where you need to keep a balance between the earthly and the emotional. It’s an excellent time to start a new business that you have been having in mind; since the difficult times are over or are about to do so; calm and peace is coming. It’s time to reconnect with yourself and with the things that surround you. Lucky number: 5
Yes/No/Maybe: yes.
Colour: blue.
♥Cardinal signs (aries, cancer, libra, capricorn): Moments of success are to enjoy or celebrate. You have been on streak of good luck in what you set out to do during this time and the cards say that this stage will continue that way. You are in a phase of self-sufficiency, fulfillment, freedom and independence; you are headed in the right direction. You recognize your brilliance and don’t seek approval from anyone, but it is also a call for you to recognize your achievements and effort and congratulate yourself for it. Lucky number: 9
Yes/No/Maybe: undoubtedly yes.
Colour: yellow.
♡ ゜・ 。. 。・ ♡ ・ 。 . 。・ ゜ ♡
TAROSCOPO
♡ ゜・ 。. 。・ ♡ ・ 。 . 。・ ゜ ♡
AVISO LEGAL: esto es sólo una lectura general. Si no te resuena, déjalo volar, no lo fuerces!
♥Signos fijos (tauro, leo, escorpio y acuario): Tenés ganas de iniciar algo pero no te animas? Este es el momento de empezar a crear las bases de tus proyectos para que sea sostenible en el tiempo. Si no te animas a hacerlo solo, intentá emprender en equipo o que alguien con más experiencia te aconseje y despeje tus dudas. Tu único enemigo es tu negatividad y falta de confianza. Cree en vos.
Número de la suerte: 5
SI/NO/TAL VEZ: posible sí, si es que confías en vos mismo.
Color de la semana: anaranjado
♥Signos mutables (piscis, géminis, virgo, sagitario): Se inician temporadas de éxito, pero también de muchas responsabilidades, en donde tenemos que tener un balance entro lo terrenal y lo emocional. Es un excelente momento para iniciar algún emprendimiento o negocio que veníamos teniendo en mente; ya que los tiempos difíciles han acabado o están a punto de hacerlo; viene la calma. Es tiempo de reconectar con uno mismo y con las cosas que nos rodean.
Número de la suerte: 5
SI/NO/TAL VEZ: sí.
Color de la semana: azul
♥Signos cardinales (aries, cáncer, libra y capricornio): Las etapas de éxito son para disfrutar o celebrar. Se ha venido con una buena racha en lo que te propusiste a lo largo de este tiempo y las cartas dicen que esa etapa continuará de esa manera. Te encontrás en una etapa de autosuficiencia, plenitud, libertad e independencia; vas por la dirección correcta. Reconocés tu brillo y no buscas aprobación de nadie, pero también es un llamado para que te felicites por ello y tu potencial.
Número de la suerte: 9
SI/NO/TAL VEZ: indudablemente sí.
Color de la semana: amarillo
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prof-peach · 11 months
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Peach has a strong affinity with grass types, are there any ‘mons that are especially interested in her more ‘interesting’ plant projects?
She out here fighting for her life to keep the Slugma off her speciality mushrooms growing in an underground bunker.
The Tauros will TRY to get into the uh...more interesting plants, donphan too, a couple of the nidos are fond.
She locks her labs thankfully, and through trial and error has learnt to cleanse tag all areas not safe, and containers with things in them not good for pokemon to eat.
There has been a few lessons learnt, but thankfully with the security on actual medicines in the labs, theres never been anything more than a minor hiccup. nothing life thretening, no rampaging mons due to consuming too many of her more questionable stashes.
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ecargmura · 5 months
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Pokemon: Paldean Winds Episode 2 Review - Breathe In
It’s been a while since Episode 1 aired. Waiting for the second episode felt like forever. I’m glad that it’s finally here. As the previous episode focused on Ohara, this episode’s star is Aliquis and it focuses on the bond he has with his Meowscarada.
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I have to say, the animation here may not be as much as the previous episode, but it’s still good. The movements in battle was amazing. I especially love the way Meowscarada moves in battles like how it shoots out Leaf Storm like it was Spiderman shooting out his webs. I think the first battle with Kilowattrel was really great animation-wise with how we see its perspective from flying past its trainer Nemona to soaring back towards its opponent. Camera angles are definitely a necessity in animated battles. The terastalizing in the second match was absolutely beautiful to watch!
Aliquis as a character is a boy frustrated with his constant losses against Nemona. In his previous match, his brother, who attends Blueberry Academy, had watched him lose. The way his brother remarked that he should stop using Meowscarada really irked me. Like, the magician cat is his partner. You can’t tell someone to cast aside their closest friend like that! I feel like his brother was a bit of a jerk, and his words did affect Aliquis as it showed the sore loser within him. While Aliquis is stated to be the best in his class, losing to Nemona makes sense because Nemona has always been the best in the school. Despite his anger, he’s a sensitive soul deep down as he isn’t afraid to shed tears and such. Meowscarada is the deuteragonist of this episode. It has a lot of personality despite being unable to speak words. The way it wanted Aliquis to buy candy and how it got mad after hearing its trainer’s hurtful words really showed how lively it is. It’s very different from Fuecoco for sure.
Speaking of which, Nemona is shown using Pokemon that’s different from the team she uses in the game. I don't remember seeing a Kilowattrel and a Paldean Tauros in her game team. Maybe this team is the one she had before meeting the protagonist. Regardless, it’s nice to see Nemona with more Pokemon given how much of a battling prodigy she is. It’s also nice to see that Aliquis has more Pokemon than just Meowscarada as he has a Garganacl and Flamigo.
Other than that, Ohara and Hohma are used as characters that rub salt into Aliquis’s wounds, hence his lashing out towards Meowscarada. The video project is mentioned but not the main focus for now. I do wonder what the video will be like at the end of the series. In the previous episode, Aliquis said Iono’s catchphrase, and this episode confirms he’s a fan as he watches her streams. Speaking of Iono, her voice actress happens to be the same as the Iono TV trailer where she had introduced Bellibolt—Fairouz Ai. It’s nice that they kept her game voice for this show as they normally have different voice actresses for every anime iteration of a human Pokemon character.
The candy Aliquis always eat represents luck in a way. He’s always eating spicy Scovillain candies as they are “duds” but after finding star candy inside one of them, he feels as if luck is on his side now. I like that the episode ends open-ended because it’s impossible for Nemona to lose, but at the same time, you don’t want Aliquis to lose after all that has happened. What are your thoughts about this episode? Who do you think won?
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ptgigi · 1 year
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Glofro/Faupurr [PBFP]
Glofro [Normal] > Faupurr [Normal]
#105 – Glofro are curious Pokemon that can sense small changes in their air with their hair. They are fickle however, so trainers have a hard time keeping them focused. #106 – Faupurr run at high speeds, purposefully crashing into anything that gets in their way. They fluff up their hair and fur to intimidate foes.
Pokemon Bracket Fusion Project Info: Generation: 2 Parents: Boufantler (T,CF) + Glamgoon (T,CF) See more: PTGigi, Spreadsheet, Tumblr, ComicFury Design notes: The green turned out okay here. I can imagine they have that color to blend into dry tall grass
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