Month: June 2018

I typically have the belief that most animals do well above their minimum cage sizes so long as it’s properly furnished/ enriched and the animal is healthy, however when it comes to invertebrates I’m not sure if this still applies, for example I’m looking into millipedes as a pet and I personally would like to go over it and furnish it well but I worry if it’s alright for them to go over the recommended size? Sorry for the long ask, I love this blog!! It’s ok if you can’t answer, Thanks anyway!!

amazingpetenclosures:

That’s a great mindset to have! To my way of thinking, a millipede in the wild has a range far larger than any recommended enclosure size. As long as it’s properly furnished and its not having trouble finding the things it needs (like food, water, heat, etc) there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to provide a space that’s larger than minimum size requirements.

A 10 gallon tank is an excellent size for just about all millipedes. If you want a particularly small kind, you can split the tank in half and keep a different species on each side.  

But yeah, there’s no such thing as an oversized enclosure for most species. The few exceptions are small babies of some species (esp. tarantulas) that do best when in tiny spaces so they can easily find food, and some filter-feeders best kept in smaller enclosures so it’s easier to be sure the concentration of food is high enough for them. Pygmy seahorses, for example, are best kept in a tank under 10 gallons or it gets hard to keep them properly fed. Barring those, even extremely timid species can’t be kept in too large of an enclosure as long as they have enough hiding places.

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tilthat:

TIL the Han Dynasty was founded by a sheriff who was transporting convicts when several escaped. Knowing the punishment for this was death, he freed the rest and organized many into a rebel band, eventually going on to help overthrow the ruling Qin Dynasty and install himself as Emperor.

via reddit.com

Talk about rolling with it

You ever fuck up so bad you overthrow a Chinese emperor?

I know what the Han Dynasty is, I swear, but I’m so used to seeing Star Wars content on my dash that until I hit “Qin Dynasty” I literally thought this was a Star Wars novel about the one time Han Solo took a job for the Empire and I was thinking 1) this is definitely something Han Solo would do and 2) I need to find the title of that novel so I can read it. 

Oh. OH. (I am on mobile, apologies for the formatting and lack of readmore. But this story DEMANDED TELLING)

A brief account of the Glorious Ascension of Emperor Solo:

  • It was a job, and the Empire was paying.
  • Did he like using the Falcon for prisoner transport? No.
  • Did he like his continued existance, which he was NOT AT ALL sure would continue if he turned down the offer. Quite a bit, actually.
  • Still, how hard could it be, bunch of drugged and restrained people from one place to another?
  • One day, Han Solo would learn not to ask that question.
  • What do you mean my motivator stopped working?
  • At least we’re near a spaceport.
  • What do you mean the skinny little one woke up?
  • At least he’s still restrained. I’ll just drug him again.
  • WHY AM I UNDOING HIS RESTRAINTS?
  • Aaaand, he’s gone.
  • Kriffing *magic powers* kriffing *old religions* I am going to DIE.
  • Oh, inspection time…yes…of course…we still have all the prisoners? Why wouldn’t we?
  • Aaaand, now the inspection officer is dead.
  • I don’t need you laughing at me. Wait, why are you awake enough to laugh at me?
  • Oh, because you’re a Wookie. Damn it didn’t they drug anyone properly?
  • Yes I do see you are not restrained anym-
  • STOP CRUSHING MY WINDPIPE
  • Look, I enjoy being alive. I will die if I show up without the skinny little mindflayer. Maybe we can work something out.
  • Set everyone free? Sure. Already on it. And then me and my ship will just go…hide in the outer rim for all etern-
  • You want my ship. My life or my ship….
  • I AM THINKING ABOUT IT.
  • Alright, fine, I’ll go with you. Oh no, I am definitely invited along, none of you lot know how to treat my girl right.
  • Stop laughing. What’s your name, anyway?
  • Okay, Chewie, we need a plan. You have a plan?
  • Oh you were a General. I just…set a General free…no big. Nooooo big everything is fine.
  • thisplanhadbetterworkoriamgoingtodieslowlyandpublicly
  • Take over port control and contact the Rebellion. Yes, of course, all for it.
  • goingtodiegoingtodie
  • Hey, this is actually going pretty smoothly. Oops.
  • Yes this is…give me his I.D.! Commander Ravisk, we are undergoing an emergency drill and I just need…everyone to evacuate, please. Thank you. Have a nice day. Long live the Emperor.
  • That worked pretty well if I do say so myself…is that a Star Destroyer?
  • Kriff.
  • Yes, of course, Admiral Pohlash, I’d be happy to board and discuss the nature of the emergency.
  • I hate this collar, it’s too tight. You sure we can’t just leave? I can outrun a Star Destroyer.
  • Okay, fine, I can’t get everyone on board, warm the ship up, launch, and then outrun a Star Destroyer with all its cannons pointed at me.
  • Yes I am Commander Ravisk, this is my manservant Jimminy.
  • I really don’t care if you don’t like the name, sell the bit
  • Hello Admiral. Oh. We’ve met before…um…facial surgery is the new big fad?
  • Yeah, that was always a longshot.
  • A dead Admiral, not like this day can get any worse.
  • One day, Han would learn.
  • Quick, lets get out of here…what do you mean we are no longer over the same planet?
  • WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE’VE BEEN SUMMONED BY A MOFF?
  • Ah, yes, of course, good job…anticipating orders…Ensign. Admiral out.
  • This collar is even worse.
  • Yes, good point, it’s a nice cape.
  • Hello Moff…
  • Yeah, I really shouldn’t be surprised by this point.
  • Sure, whatever, this is Moff Ispsiallion, I’m pleased to announce the celebration of the Emperor’s Half-Birthday! Everyone gets a day off.
  • Maybe we can get out of here.
  • What do you mean we can access the Imperial palace?
  • Why would we want to access the Imperial palace??
  • I’m am *not* going to depose the Emp…
  • Yes, yes, big fan of breathing.
  • Even with Moff clearence codes we couldn’t just walk in there.
  • What if we…no, bad plan.
  • Really, it’s a bad plan, General. I’m sure you can think of a better one.
  • Well…we don’t need to walk in there, do we? We’ve got a Star Destroyer. We just need an excuse to get it close enough…
  • What do you mean GOOD PLAN?
  • ORBITAL BOMBARDMENT IS NOT A GOOD PLAN.
  • They did what to your planet?
  • Okay, I’m seeing the benefits of this plan.
  • We’re going to die. You know that, right buddy?
  • Yeah, sure, worthy cause. Never thought I’d get one of those.

A Little Later:

  • Wow, bright eyes, no, I’m not Moff Ispsiallion. Was my youthful good looks or my regicide that tipped you off? I’m Han Solo, and I just killed the Emp-
  • Why are you kneeling?
  • EMPEROR SOLO!?
  • What do you mean forty percent of the fleet has sworn allegiance to me?
  • Orders?
  • Um…I’m going to defer to Grand Moff Chewbacca over here. He’s in charge of your ships, got that?
  • Good…good. I’m just going to go into this little room and lock the door.
  • *muffled screaming*

*STANDING OVATION*

(You can always count on Star Wars fandom to really take something and run with it.)

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Time to start new food discourse!

Reblog if you put mayo on hotdogs.

God no. I put a lot of weird condiments on, but I draw the line at mayo. Unless it’s in fry sauce.

I’m gonna need you to define “weird condiments” for me Jesse.

Nacho cheese sauce, sriracha, apparently ketchup is weird and Not Allowed, blackberry jam is good, remoulade, tartar sauce, shrimp cocktail sauce, guacamole… 

Not all of this together, mind you, but it’s all good.

mayo on hot dogs is chill, but I also put nacho cheese on it, and ketchup

I don’t like mayo on anything, but I put cheddar-flavored chips on hot dogs. Yum.

Ketchup is definitely not a weird thing to put on hot dogs. Most cartoon hot dogs I’ve seen have ketchup drawn on them.

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fisnikjasharii:

Naturally Erupted Elephant Rock in Heimaey in Iceland

I’ve often seen pictures of the elephant’s head, and have been amazed by it every time. But I’d never seen the picture from above, showing the whole body/tail and trunk. It’s incredible from this angle, and am convinced it is a real ancient mega elephant turned to stone by a dark or benevolent force long forgotten.

AKA this fucks me up

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tilthat:

TIL one of Frank Abagnale’s first cons included, disguising as a security guard, hanging a sign above a bank drop box that read, “Out of service, leave deposit with security guard”. Later he commented how he could not believe it worked, “How can a drop box be out of service?”

via reddit.com

Apparently Catch Me If You Can was going to include this con but they had to cancel the scene because when they tried to film it people kept walking up and trying to give Leo their money.

So a professor of mine used to work at a bank back in the day. She says one day a guy in professional attire and a clipboard shows up in a big moving truck. He says he’s from the home office and they’re changing all the chairs. He’s needs them to just load all their old chairs into his truck and later he’d be back with the replacements.

And that’s how they gave away their office furniture to a conman whose master plan was “Wear a tie and carry a clipboard.”

Looking professional is just a pass to do whatever the hell you want.

Put a suit on and you can get almost anywhere.

there’s more to it, look nice and ACT LIKE YOU BELONG. If you don’t look like you belong there, people will stop you.

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If you would report an undocumented immigrant to ICE you would have reported me to the Nazis and I don’t fucking trust you

A note:

I live in a state where you “have to” report anyone you suspect of being undocumented (that wonderful hellhole of Arizona). Now in practice this law has fallen far short, thank goodness. But if you live in such a place and they start enforcing it, here is how you get around it:

Assume everyone who doesn’t speak English is visiting.

Never ask about their job, because if they tell you they work here then you know they’re not visiting. You see them a lot for several weeks or months? Hm. Someone in the family must be ill. That’s terribly tough. They always dress in old, ratty laborers’ clothes? I feel you, my dude, I can’t afford new clothes either, and my dad has the fashion sense of an aardvark, so sometimes it’s not even about “affording” them. They say they’ve been here for years? You must have misunderstood. Spanish isn’t your first language, after all. First and last name? It never came up, or you don’t recall–you meet a lot of people.

And then, if you’re asked: no, you haven’t seen anyone residing illegally in the United States. Just people visiting.

Very good very important addition