systlin:

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A Dark Souls-like game where the lore for a weapon gets less vague the more you upgrade it.

Broken Blade: A brittle sword. You can’t seem to let it go.
Unpolished Blade: A cherished weapon from ages past.
Polished Blade: You remember something.
Bride’s Blade: Your wife’s sword.

at first i wanted to make this funny but it just made me sad

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Wife, actively forging a new sword for herself; “I got into blacksmithing and gave him my old sword stop acting like I’m dead.” 

Dallas Zoo sets 46 horned lizards loose with its first-ever wildlife release

typhlonectes:

At Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a total of 139 hatchlings
were released, including 93 from the Fort Worth Zoo, which pioneered
breeding programs for Texas horned lizards.

For decades, the
reptile has been vanishing from Texas landscapes. About 10 years ago,
Texas zoos, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials and Texas
Christian University researchers partnered to try to learn how to bring
the critter back to certain pockets of the state…

Also:
Click here to read more about that project and how Texans are working to protect the Texas horned lizard.

release

THE CRUMBS

Dallas Zoo sets 46 horned lizards loose with its first-ever wildlife release

why-animals-do-the-thing:

the-c4ts-pajamas:

timboallthetime:

that is hilarious!

@why-animals-do-the-thing is this owl actually happy?

Multiple people with professional bird experience that I’ve spoken with believe so! One noted that a some birds get so “into the scritch” that at times they will lose their balance or cease being aware of their surroundings (as you can see in this video) but that we don’t really know why. It looks like this owl was having a super good scratch, ended up leaning a little farther back that the human was in a good position to support, lost his balance, and recovered. It’s all good and yes, actually cute. 

(It’s worth noting, of course, that this is an interaction that can only occur because the person has a strong history with the owl and a lot of previously developed trust. This isn’t something you should ever consider doing with an owl you don’t know and haven’t been trained to work with.)