Salamander - Blog Posts
Silly couple
comic for class about contemplating the meanings of love. featuring my characters porcupine boy and salamander girl.
if you like this work, reblogs are greatly appreciated :)
SALAMANDER GIRL ft. PORCUPINE BOY
(salamander girl uses she/they/it)
(porcupine boy uses he/it/they/she)
salamander girl oc that was revealed to me in a dream
in the canon i came up with for her she is a human but she draws herself as a salamander anthro because she is a furry so thats how she appears in most of the comic idea i came up with
she's a socially awkward blasian transfem college student who likes writing, filmmaking, monster movies, and sleeping
first slide is art, second slide is references and drawing practice, third slide is the note i made in my notes app on december 10 2022 when i remembered the dream i had
Drew them new Pokemons >:D
More animal pics from the Toledo Zoo and Aquarium! Also, more than 10! 😆
So, I went to the Toledo Zoo and Aquarium yesterday! I got a bunch of cute pics! These are 10 of like...17? 20? Dunno, lol, cause ANIMALS!!!
Salamander
Art fight revenge for Dogerok of their cool fakemon! This started off as just an image but I loved the little guy’s design so much and couldn’t get the imagine of them stepping on the evo’s face… so I made it a reality haha
Inktober day 1, poisonous
Colored this drawing on my phone between classes, hoping for this to be a good first inktober! Thinking of trying to design a new witch and familiar for each day :)
Gils moving up in life! Set up his new tank and introduced him to it! He seems to like it so far, its about 3x the size of his last home.
Gilgamesh in his post swim glory ⭐
This is my son Gilgamesh right after he bit my finger. I love this little demon ridiculously so ❤❤❤
Amhibian Pride 2023!
Big thank you to everyone who joined!
Higher resolution images
Credits below!
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Hey, guess what? There's this really cool type of wetland. Like, really cool. It's called a vernal pool. You know what makes them different from other wetlands? They'll DRY UP during the summer and fill up again with snow melt and spring rains. A lot of really cool species of animals, like frogs, salamanders, and shrimp, need this type of wetland to survive and reproduce as they need waters that don't have fish in them. We call them obligate species. You know what vernal pools don't have? Fish. You know why? Because they dry up! Ain't that cool?
But you wanna know the sad thing about vernal pools? Some of them are big, but most of them are really small. Some of them can be so small that you can't even tell if they're a vernal pool or just a really big puddle. So they end up getting destroyed really easily. You know why else they get destroyed easily? Even if they are big, if they're not in a database as a vernal pool and they're all dried up, it's really hard to tell that there's a vernal pool right there. California's already lost 90% of it's vernal pools. Not sure about New England and the Midwest, but those three areas are the only places you'll find them in the US. At least in large quantities.
Did you know those obligate species, the amphibians, anyway, have to return to their original pool to reproduce? A lot of them will hazard any trouble just to get back, including roads. Did you know that the destruction of vernal pools not only destroys the pool but also the biodiversity and food source of the surrounding terrestrial habitat?
Just some cool things to think about! If you know of a vernal pool in your area, maybe try and make sure it has its proper protections? Your state's DEP should have a list, hopefully. Your local biodiversity and amphibian friends will thank you!
What on earth is going on in the Star Trek fandom today, it's like my dash exploded
lol 28 years ago today, the Star Trek Voyager episode "Threshold" aired. The premise of the episode was that humans cannot travel at or faster than warp 10, because if they do, they would be traveling at "infinite velocity" and would exist in all points of space time simultaneously. Tom Paris found a way to travel at this speed, and doing so accidentally hyper-evolved him and his captain (Janeway) into giant salamanders, whereupon they immediately reproduced and created 3 baby salamanders. They were then turned back into normal humans, and forced to leave their salamander babies on the planet they had escaped to.
The episode was long held as the worst star trek episode. Not just the worst Star Trek Voyager episode, but the worst episode, period, because it was extremely weird and people turning into salamanders greatly annoyed a lot of people who don't know what fun is. Tumblr, having discovered this episode like excavating an exciting fossil, has taken a shine to this episode and many people now produce art and memes and eat pepperoni pizza in celebration of its air date, mostly to annoy the episode's creator, as in a very Arthur Conan Doyle way, he hates this episode and wants it de-canonized.
Anyway, happy Threshold Day!
Japanese Giant Salamanders (Andrias japonicus), family Cryptobranchidae, found in SW Japan
One of the largest amphibians in the world, this huge salamander grows up to a length of 4.46 ft.
Photographs by https://indopacificimages.com/
Cousins came to help!
Priority Target
For all your eye-of-newt needs! Cruelty-free!
Salamanders actually really like Communism fun fact
I was skiing the other day and I found this salamander.
Its name is Edward.
Animals are not a gift or a toy. They are a responsibility that can last for years. If you want to give your family or friends an animal, make sure they are prepared for all the implicit care and emotional attachment.
As someone who loves critters, and who takes care of two aquariums, I have been given animals as presents before. This is Zillo, the only survivor of a group of five juvenile salamanders I was given this last Christmas. I love him to death, and I was thrilled when my brother gave them to me. But I have never cared for a salamander before. It is a completely different kind of care and attention then what I give my fish. As a result, four other perfectly healthy salamanders lost their lives.
If you want to give your friends/family an animal, please consider wether they are prepared to take care of it, or even have the financial and mental bandwidth for it. A much more appreciated way to give a pet to someone is to give them the supplies they will need, rather than the animal itself. A pet owner will love this so much more because often the supplies to care for the pet are more difficult to procure than the animal itself. Not only that, but it shows that you were thinking of the person and the animal when you were buying the gift. I guarantee a pet owner will recognize that and be so much happier
And that’s why we give them flowers 🌸🌻🌹 Have a nice and colorful Easter 😊 (But please don’t gift any live animals, thank you) WEBTOON ~ INSTAGRAM
Spotted Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus conanti), taken September 10, 2024, in Georgia, US
Enjoying the sun! It's pretty unusual to see salamanders sitting out in the open like this, so I initially thought this guy was dead. I ended up freaking him out when i put my hand near him to see, and I feel kind of bad about it, but I also really needed to know if he was alive lol... He was in close proximity to a large banded fishing spider that was also enjoying the sunshine, so I think this was just a nice spot! I hope he came back later and caught some more rays!
More of Patrick Troughton cuz i love this ol man..
(Well i make this at school...)