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Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
(Polyplectron napoleonis)
is a pheasant of the family (phasianidae). they can be found on a single island in the Philippines, Palawan island (thus the name). they are a medium size bird growing up to 50cm long, their most distinguishing characteristic is their plumage, as they have highly iridescent blue feathers on their backs and with peacock like ocelli on their tail feathers (thus the name peacock pheasant. females are smaller than the male and are less colorful. (as the male uses his plumage for mating). due to habitat loss, hunting and limited habitat range they are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
Phylogeny
Animalia-Chordata-Aves-Galliformes-Phasianidae-Argusianinae-Polyplectron
I <3 convergent evolution
Behold: The Pink Dragon Millipede
“Able to shoot cyanide, this millipede is tough enough to wear pink.
First documented in 2007, the shocking pink dragon millipede—yes, that’s its real name—is among more than a thousand new species found in the Greater Mekong region in the last ten years, WWF announced on December 15, 2008.
Far from a fashion statement, the animal’s bright color probably warns predators of the millipede’s toxicity.”
Boxer of Quirinal - A Hellenistic Greek sculpture dated to around 330 b.c.
It’s a sculpture of a defeated boxer, complete with caestus, or leather handwraps, still wrapped around his fists. Look at the cauliflower ear, the cuts, and the swollen face. It’s straight out of the latest pay-per-view but this was created more than 2,300 years ago.
anne hathaway in drag
anne hathaway in drag
this is one of few things that I cannot look at without compulsively reblogging
I love this picture and I have no clue what the fuck is going on but oh my god
i don’t know what’s happening but it’s good
someday i’m gonna write a faux-historical queer drama and people will ask “what was ur inspiration” and i’ll be like that one picture of anne hathaway in drag kissing the pretty lady
For the record, this was Anne in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
she played Viola. Since a lot of people are like WHERE IS THIS FROM????
You might also know its adaption with Amanda Bynes: She’s the Man.
“Viola is shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria and she comes ashore with the help of a captain. She loses contact with her twin brother, Sebastian, whom she believes to be dead. Disguising herself as a young man under the name Cesario, she enters the service of Duke Orsino through the help of the sea captain who rescues her. Orsino has convinced himself that he is in love with Olivia, whose father and brother have recently died, and refuses to see any suitor until seven years have passed, the Duke included. Orsino then uses Cesario (Viola) as an intermediary to profess his passionate love before Olivia. Olivia however, believing Viola to be a man, falls in love with Cesario (Viola), while Viola has fallen in love with the Duke.”
so pictured is Olivia, Viola, and the Duke Orsino.
I think my favorite part of Twelfth Night is the fact that the Duke falls in love with Cesario the page boy and when it’s revealed that he’s actually a girl he’s like, “well I preferred you in boys’ clothes but I guess this is fine let’s get hitched.”
(Source: wuthering-heights)
It’s been kind of a rough day for Microsoft.
Regardless of how you felt about the presentation itself, I think we can all agree that the reveal of the Xbox One has been fraught with drama. From concerns about mandatory Kinect to used games and always-on internet, it’s been…
I’m a little bothered by the apparent inability to lend games to friends, personally - I don’t have a huge game budget, and I enjoy showing my friends what I’ve been playing. The new Xbox system just sounds kind of dickish.
AHAHAHA NOT QUITE, OP, NOT QUITE
FUCKING NAILED IT
A+ commentary!
THANK YOU
I had seen the original making the rounds. Glad to see it got a proper rebuttal.
WELL.
(Source: flowers-for-mr-ukki)
it is inevitable that people will demonstrate bias as is only human, but the quotes are given by real people and really do reflect their beliefs. for the sake of the project, it’s sort of inevitable to use the terms “appropriator” and “appropriated”, but biased or unbiased, i still think it’s an interesting project to embark on.
It’s not that I disagree with any of the above, but the person running the project describes themselves as “neutral”, and I think that implies a whole lot of things that are not conducive to an open discussion, especially when combined with the language and quotes used. It’s not too difficult to fix what I consider the problem - just don’t describe oneself as neutral. Bam.
so today i learned that in the late 1800s-early 1900s, the navy became concerned about possible homosexual activity among their sailors
so they sent in decoys, whose job was to pretend to want to engage in homosexual activity in order to find gay sailors
except then the job of the decoy got popular
like, really popular
like… worryingly popular?
reports said that the decoys were performing their jobs with “much enthusiasm and zeal”
eventually the navy decided. to. just stop.
(Source: swanjolras)