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[crazywolf828]

So. Got any facts about ravens? (◔◡◔)

Oh you know I do. And I'm sure you already know some of these, but for the people who don't I'll add them in.

First off, there's at least eight sub species of ravens, which show little variation across the board but genetically they have significant differences

The common raven is the second biggest species beside the thick-billed Raven which like. Look at this thing. It's ridiculous.

Of course I can't not mention the bond between wolves and ravens.

When wolves kill something up to 30 ravens will be at the kill site. They keep a lookout for other predators and in return they get to eat the leftovers, which the wolves have cracked open giving them easy access to.

But! It's not just that, ravens have been known to lead wolves to prey and wolves have even been known to respond to raven calls.

They even play together! The ravens will tug on the wolf pups tails and play with them and that's cute af.

Thanks to all of that ravens have been nicknamed "wolf birds"

Enough about wolves this is about ravens so let's get a few more rapid fire facts

They're the largest perch bird

They can memorize over 1,000 vocalizations

They're intelligence is on par with a chimpanzee, a dolphin, and even small children.

And lastly, my personal favorite, ravens have extremely good memory and facial recognition. Not only that they can teach their young these things too, which can go on for generations.

Basically never be mean to a raven or a whole group of birds called a murder are going to hate you, and they can be very petty

#im getting all my facts done finally #about time like damn #hope you didnt already know all of these or at least that you enjoyed them #don't mind me #answered #ask #speamyraven #ravens #birds #wolves #facts #my facts #animals

[kdinjenzen]

Filling your inbox with concrete. hope you dont mind

Nah go for it. Pave over the whole darn thing.

#speamyraven #ama #ask me anything #kdin #kdinjenzen #kdin jenzen

[critter-catcher]

Time for some critter facts! The Cachalot whale, normally referred to as the Sperm whale, is the largest, toothed whale in the ocean. It gets its name of 'Sperm' whale because of a wax like stuff in their head called spermaceti.

Speaking of their heads, they make up a third of their 60 foot body length. They're able to cool or heat up the spermaceti organ in their head, allowing them to surface or dive deeper more easily.

They also can dive much deeper than any other mammal, regularly descending 3000 feet to find squid to eat. Diving several times throughout the day, they consume as much as 2000 pounds (907kgs). After consuming so much, they would release a substance called ambergris, which has historically been used in perfumes and food. Although its not something they need to be hunted for like the oil in their heads, possession of ambergris has been made illegal in Australia, the United States, and India under wildlife protection laws.

Of course, I cant mention Sperm whales without talking about the most famous, or rather infamous whales of all time.

Moby Dick, written by Herman Melville, was inspired by the real sinking of the whaling ship Essex, which was sunk in 1820 by an abnormally large sperm whale. Given that whales are remarkably intelligent, some speculate this bull sperm whale was attacking the Essex out of revenge, but others think that the sounds of work being done on the ship sounded similar to the way Sperm whales use echolocation to communicate.

A more fun fact is that Pearl Krabs from Spongebob is also a Sperm whale!

#submission #oh hey it finally came through! #only took 10 years #speamyraven #animals #mammals #nature #critters #animal facts #facts #wild life #wildlife #whales #ocean facts #ocean

[whyarewewlwlikethat]

SURPRISE BEAM ATTACK

LMAO what is it going to do? turn me into a non-binary person? I already am!

#toni answers #speamyraven

[rockystar11]

SURPRISE BEAM ATTACK

can’t believe i’ve been beamed, thanks bisexual jolteon 😂

#this def was a surprise cuz i always forget to check my mentions 😅 #but lol thanks for the beam attack raven #speamyraven #rocky.txt

[rubyneo]

☕ Raven Branwen

oh she sucks SO bad i love her. only the strong survive + ruled by fear + KNOWING so much more than she lets on = i cant wait to see what she does later. i do believe she's our endgame spring maiden (soz yang truthers) so im excited to see how she reconciles her fear with her duty as the maiden of knowledge.

also she's gonna get the kids off the island

#speamyraven #💌.txt #send me a ☕ + a topic!

[flareonfloof]

tagged by @speamyraven

Favorite color: ourple

Currently reading: The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene

Last song: The Town Inside Me because bidget :)

Last movie: Everything Everywhere All At Once for the second time

Currently working on: gitting gud at guilty gear strive, testing a hypothesis about pulsar timing

tagging: @rolli-zolli @trans-venat @soupmode0 @amethystphoenix

#I like these :)

[fatefulfaerie]

I posted 739 times in 2022

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#not me adding drama to my own writing like robert pattinson riding the tram to the graveyard set in harry potter and making ghost sounds

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Botw AU where everything is the same except when this happens:

Link breathes out a very sincere, slightly heartbroken, and completely infatuated “You’re beautiful”

YES I JUST WATCHED PRINCESS MONONOKE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WHAT ABOUT IT?

Also yes he would have said that in canon if he wasn’t so exhausted change my mind

116 notes - Posted January 14, 2022

#4

Bargain

Direct continuation of this comic by @chimpukampu

“Now then, shall we strike a bargain?”

Link’s eyes burned like the blue flame atop the hill to the east as he clutched Zelda’s limp form. Hylia’s smile did not change, her soft smile that was menacing when coupled with horns and an ebbing purple energy.

“What deal did she make?” Link growled, his anger making his words slow and clear. He knew the boundaries of the evil spirit in this statue, knew it’s malice was limited to the rules of fair trade. His glare demanded an answer from the statue.

“A simple one,” the statue replied. “She asked that I leave her alone. I said I would, if I could take something precious from her. She agreed, thinking I wanted jewels or rupees.”

The statue paused.

“Such a precious, precious soul...”

Link seethed with anger, breaths heavy and furious.

“Her soul for mine!” Link exclaimed, without hesitation.

The statue stood silent, readily ignoring Link.

“Did you hear me?!” He asked loudly with a cry in his heart and an approaching soreness in his throat. “Her soul for mine!”

Tagging @embyrinitalics to continue. Hoping to get a string of people to participate. Yes, I did turn this into a tag game. I’m interested to see where it goes! If you’ve been tagged, write a couple lines (or paragraphs if it strikes your fancy) and then tag some one else to continue the story. 🤞🏻 this actually works.

Edit: If you don’t have the time to participate, embyr, just let me know and I’ll tag someone else. No worries!

119 notes - Posted March 16, 2022

#3

Poor Timing

Calamity drills.

She hated calamity drills

They happened at least once a month, but were never consistent. They had to be a surprise, to prepare the castle for the actual calamity, and they had to be when Zelda was in the castle, otherwise what was the point?

Zelda never knew whether to take that as her father’s lack of faith in her preparedness, or her father’s belief that she was an integral part of the equation. She didn’t like either.

Bronze bells with ropes hanging from their innards were installed throughout the castle years prior and after a couple squires got a seriously scary talking-to from the king about ringing the bells as a prank, their echoing chimes always meant some form of orderly chaos.

Knights and generals would hurry to their assigned positions throughout the stronghold, some hurried to castle town, some took stances upon watchtowers, most were strategically placed within the castle, and they all had to learn to do it as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Zelda and Link got to discover the millions of different ways to the sanctum, from the library if Zelda was reading when the bells rang, from Zelda’s chambers if Zelda was sleeping when the bells rang, all the way from the gardens if Zelda was trying to derive some peace from the daily promise of calamity when the bells rang. Even if Zelda was praying in the cathedral, Link would take her hand and run.

General Thorne was usually at the Sanctum waiting for them, ready to report to the king that yes, the maiden that bears the blood of the goddess and the knight with the sword that seals the darkness had made it in a timely manner. He didn’t seem to notice that the pair were always panting when they arrived, Zelda’s hands on her hips trying to take back control of her lungs with a bit of grace and dignity. Link, in contrast, would double over with hands on his thighs while he regained his composure. 

During the most recent drill, Zelda made a mental note to always carry a stamina elixir so that Link would be well-equipped to spring into action and defeat Calamity Ganon in a super-human manner.

She made the elixir the morning after that drill, yet the sweat from their run the day before still felt grimy upon her skin, so she elected to spend the rest of the morning in her private wash-basin, two doors down the hall from her chambers.

The surface of the water was laden with Warm Safflina and Hyrule Herb, the former to make the water warm and the latter to renew health. She tried to forget the calamity as she lay there, her head resting against the rim of the basin. Eyes closed, she could still feel the steam ebbing onto her face. She felt relaxed and content, and for brief minutes at a time, she could afford to not worry about her absent sealing power.

When the warm safflina wore off, she stepped from the basin with small splashes before crawling out unceremoniously. She wrapped a white towel around herself and reached a hand up to her hair. To no surprise, it was ridden with knots and unmanageable as she attempted to claw through it.

And then the bells rang.

Zelda froze, eyes wide and heart panicked. They just had a drill. This was not a drill. This was not a drill.

“Zelda!” She heard Link exclaim, he sounded panicked. He banged his fist on the door. He tried jiggling the knob “Zelda!”

The calamity was here, and she didn’t have her sealing power. A large, almost explosive thud shot her head to her right and out of her trance. Link had busted open the door by shoving his shoulder into it, but his eyes were closed and covered with one of his hands. The part of the face Zelda could see was red.

“Take my hand,” Link said, one of his hands extended to her. “We’ve gotta go.” Zelda nodded and did just that, running with him to the sanctum while furiously clamping at the towel to ensure it stayed closed. She could only assume that he had opened his eyes at some point, because he didn’t run into any walls.

She wasn’t sure whether she felt more ashamed about the fact that she didn’t have her sealing power, or about the fact that soldiers kept ogling at her in her condition, water still dripping from her.

Everything was a blur until they stopped at the sanctum. Yet, General Thorne was nowhere in sight, which would have confirmed that the Calamity had come if it weren’t for the fact that the calamity was also nowhere in sight. Zelda clutched her towel tight as she panted, staring at the empty sanctum and relieved for the moment. She leaned against a pillar as she caught her breath, and her gaze slowly drifted to Link. Zelda kicked herself that the thought didn’t cross her mind to grab the elixir. Then again, she didn’t even have time to get dressed.

“False alarm!” They heard someone yell from down below, and Zelda breathed an even deeper sigh of relief, closing and opening her eyes. “False alarm!”

The announcement was repeated at various volumes throughout the castle, and Zelda swore she heard a couple groans from nearby soldiers.

But not from Link. In fact, she’d never heard him complain in the slightest, he never even looked annoyed, it was either neutral or–and this was much more prominent recently–worried.

“How…covered are you?” Link finally asked when he caught his breath, refusing to face her and leaning against a column himself. Zelda blushed, did he think she had nothing at all?

“I have a towel,” Zelda explained, treading forward. “Down to my calves.”

Link still didn’t move, his arm against a column and his forehead against the arm. Zelda only really saw his back. His head shook.

“I can’t look,” he said.

“Link, really it’s okay,” Zelda started with a slight giggle. “I’m showing just as much skin as I do in my prayer dress.”

But he refused to open his eyes around her, even going so far as to ask her to walk behind him on their way back to her chambers. It was probably the proper thing to do, but Link seemed far more embarrassed than the other soldiers, who seemed to enjoy the sight until Link’s glare scared them away.

Zelda dismissed Link for the rest of the day once she arrived safely at her chambers.

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#2

Cosplay Pics!

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231 notes - Posted October 30, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Y’all

Skyward Sword Link CANONICALLY OWNS A PAIR OF SANDALS WHERE IS THE FANART??

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[foxgirltail]

Hm. Ok. So it looks like you can tap the meatball menu on any post other than yours and say "this is missing a community tag" and it'll get put under review? I'm not sure how that all works

I thought for sure it'd bring me to a second page where I could pick some options or something but it just did the thing...

Anyway @speamyraven if you're reading this I'm sorry for potentially flagging a completely innocuous post of yours as mature

[crazywolf828]

Im here to tempt you to give us more animal facts

I'm here to give you a single one.

Remember Coelacanth? That funky fish known as a living fossil because it was thought to be extinct but was rediscovered in 1938, but for some reason people thought it was more recent? Anyway, these guys hold the title for the longest pregnancy in the ocean. They live for over a century, the females don't become sexually mature until they're fifty, and their pregnancies last up to five years. I could never.

#they look very cool tho #love these bois #don't mind me #answered #ask #speamyraven #coelacanth #fish #ocean #facts #ocean facts #why do i keep doing ocean facts?

[the-magpieprince]

I just think that Wilbur Soot

(thank you @speamyraven for making this)

#wilbur soot #lovejoy #sorry boys #mcyt #rwby #raven special

[critter-catcher]

*slams 100 gold pieces on the table* Fact seller, give me your strongest fact

Yeah okay, this one's for my bug lovers. We know of over one million insects, that represents half of all living organisms. We discover roughly 15,000-18,000 new species of insects each year. Because of this scientists estimate there's 6-10 million insects in total, making bugs 90% of all animal life forms.

Oh, also there's an estimated 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) insects alive at any given time. That averages out to about 200 million bugs per human.

#i love bugs so much #youll find them almost anywhere #look under a rock and you too can find a friend! #animals #bugs #insects #animal facts #facts #fact post #answered #ask #speamyraven

[whyarewewlwlikethat]

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#5

actually First Kill is a masterpiece because the moment Juliette learns who her dead classmate is she says "Smashley's dead?"

222 notes - Posted June 13, 2022

#4

I'll be honest with yall... You need to deal with your internalized homophobia before you start bashing First Kill because it's showing. A lot.

240 notes - Posted June 15, 2022

#3

"heartstopper" having two very different meanings depending on whether or not it is in a mlm or a wlw show is amazing lmao

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#2

674 notes - Posted June 17, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

LET'S GO LESBIANS

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[rubyneo]

Happy Birthing! Mine is in 14 days!

FUCK YES!!! MAY BABY WIN!!!!!

#speamyraven #💌.txt #birthday tag

[flareonfloof]

hey @speamyraven i gotta question, does july have a pokemon with a meal or are we freewheeling

[somethingintheforest]

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#5

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#4

i cannot in my right mind refer to sherlock as ‘holmes’

‘watson’? sure! my dear watson, my beloved watson, wonderful watson, watson, watson, watson

but sherlock will always be sherlock to me. i know him personally, your honour. 

52 notes - Posted November 13, 2022

#3

RIP Sherlock Holmes, you would have loved spreadsheets 

122 notes - Posted October 9, 2022

#2

Listen. I just think if mouse Doctor Watson can go to mouse war in mouse Afghanistan, then mouse Sherlock Holmes can do mouse cocaine.

310 notes - Posted December 2, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The raw, chaotic power this image emits. These two together are a force against nature. No one will get out alive.

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