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“A phenomenally enameled silver Swept-hilt Rapier, Germany, ca. 1606, housed at the Staaliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden [960 x 860]
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A phenomenally enameled silver Swept-hilt Rapier, Germany, ca. 1606, housed at the Staaliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden [960 x 860]
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Zoomorphic vessel (fallow deer)
Terracotta, brown burnished ware
Northern Iran, Amlash region, ca. 1350-1000 BCE
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.76.174.189
https://collections.lacma.org/node/173546
Enya, as intended. (via lilmissshitpaws)
If cats featured in “2001: A Space Odyssey” it would look something like this.
Though “open the pod bay door, Hal” would be a bit different, because as soon as the cat was inside, it would want to be outside again…
Question- DID HE FOLD THIS WITH NO UNDERWEAR ON IN PUBLIC?
Real Scotsman doesn't wear any pants. People around are also without pants, so everyone understands, everything is fine
there is absolutely no way i could’ve prepared myself to see the animal that showed up begging for scraps.
Thought this could fit in well here
Ok I don’t mean to be doing this too often but I literally just wrote a paper about this so I thought I would comment! The English translation is The Cursed Woman but the original French is La Femme Damnée. “Femmes Damnées” was the title of a Baudelaire poem from his acclaimed 1857 book Fleurs du mal, which was known, among other things, to be a collection that famously dealt with the subject of lesbians. The poem tells the story of the desires and passionate love between two lesbians: Delphine and Hippolyte. As a result of this poem and of the book as a whole, the terms “fleurs du mal” and “femme damnée” became lesbian monikers of the turn of the century. Though some have deemed the term “damned women” to be accusatory of some moral dissonance, the poem it is derived from is actually quite sympathetic to the condition of lesbian love as it is a love which is unable to fully flourish in that time. Regardless, the translated title of Tassaert’s painting is misleading, as the original French is less accusatory and more identifying. The title is more accurately “the lesbian.”
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Who else really wants to know why that turned into a fight
pretty sure they’re both males trying to sing to attract a lady frog. they got mad bc they’re right on top of each other and fight to get one to leave the territory
Ahhhh that makes sense. Thanks!
But why did it take that long to notice each other then? They seemed to be chill with each other at first?
Hey I'm writing my thesis on Behavioural Ecology and have an answer for you! Tbh I work w bugs but I'm a big fan of amphibians so I dabble ;)
Before fighting, these frogs tried to resolve their differences peacefully with shouting. Usually, you can tell from the sound of the call which frog is bigger (and thus presumably stronger). Bigger frogs generally have deeper, louder calls, and if the other frog is significantly smaller, they'll often just give up and leave without a fight on the basis of a rival's call alone. It's kind of hilarious, actually: if you take 2 fairly even frogs, and modulate one of their calls to make them sound bigger, the other one will often just dip. Like "no, that guy sounds like he could kick my ass, I'm not touching that!"
So the first bit, they're calling close to each other, simultaneously to attract a female and to size each other up, but after a while they realise that they're pretty evenly matched. If a lady shows up, she might pick either one! Can't have that. Plus, maybe this is a great spot! The acoustics are EXCELLENT, and the call reflecting off this concrete wall makes me sound even BIGGER and STRONGER, but this other dude is RUINING it. Only solution is to declare this territory as my own and kick out the other guy!
Basically, there comes a point where yelling isn't enough and the frogs need to fight it out to determine who's the strongest. Even then, it tends to be a strength test more than a trying-to-hurt-you fight (think arm wrestle vs fist fight in humans). The stronger one pushes the weaker one, the weaker one realises he's outmatched, and he leaves with no one sporting any significant injuries other than on their frog-pride (which may or may not exist, idk if frogs feel thinks like "pride" or "envy." P sure they experience "avarice" tho).
You see similar things in lots of animal species. It's called "Ritualised Aggression" if you want to google it more! Honestly there are some EXCELLENT examples out there.
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