Pastelbat @pastelbat@awoo.space

Beluga whales can change the shape of their melon at will, and chitter and tweet so much that they were called "sea canaries" by early sailors, because their calls could be heard through the hulls of ships

No one knows how baleen whales (humpbacks, blues, etc) even communicate because they don't have melons or vocal chords. (there's some theories, but nothing conclusive)

Also baleen whales have two seperate jawbones, one on either side

Cetaceans are so weirddd <3

*starts on long-winded rant about how the "cool, spiky, aggressive-lookin' " factor relates to the lack of soft bodyparts in 90% of paleoart, and the subsequent cultural depictions of dinosaurs- gets dragged offstage by a crooked staff*

..Probably for the best

Like, False Killer Whale face: (●⌒w⌒●)

False Killer Whale Skull:
\m/ {◣www◢} \m/

(images: One live, happy-looking animal in the wild, one clean illustration of a skull)

When you look at the skulls of predatory cetaceans they basically look like really Metal birds

Long snoot, full o' sharp pointy teefs

Working on one of our oldest animations; Pmuch our first after "I can make a flappy thing". It's been.. Gosh, at least 18 months, and the change in our skillset is kinda gratifying to see, while also admiring how much we did back then to work with now.

Scientists Find Out What Happens When Rats Do That Ojou-Sama Laugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-84UJpYFRM the science of rats giggling when they get tickles

Lots of people are posting Bios so I figured it'd be best to post a short summary of me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVz8rvIl_vY

[Video Description: Baby australian fruit bat squeaking happily at getting pettings]

Awoooo. I am a little bat in need of much sleep.

Hi Awoo

I'm sad but getting by. How're you?

Morning Awoo

I got 4 hours sleep

There are JCBs making mating calls in my back yard

Insert 'this is fine' mlem or something here to own tastes

Trying to remind myself that my needs are not unreasonable because they don't fit abled expectations, that I'm not 'overreacting' to stimuli when I get sensory overloads, that I can't just brute-force through it. -.-

I wish I could, but.. It doesn't work that way. I wish I could convince anyone in abled society to actually help me or believe me. But.. The ones with power all act like I'm just overreacting.. Others seem to genuinely empathise but can't help.

I want the scene of MGR where Monsoon is doing his Selfish Gene Cliff Notes speech and mispronouncing 'memes' over & over

And that's what finally tips Raiden over the edge into full-on-rage

M: "Don't you see, Jack? It's all about the meh-mays. Our behavior, our wants, our desires.. Our civilisation. All meh-mays."
R: 😕​
M: "We're all just carriers of a virus, spreading the meh-mays, Jack."
R: 😠​
M: "So what drives you? What meh-mays are you fighting for?"
R: ...
😑
😈​