Bleeding Chocolate

Unrestrained summer fun.

Today in "Animals that it didn't occur to me might be able to go to the beach and enjoy it, but apparently do and now that I'm seeing it makes perfect sense": Camel!

I love how a good portion of animals (namely mammals) have a form of play that boils down SLAPS YOU WITH MY PAWS SLAPS YOU WITH MY PAWS SLAPS YOU WITH MY PAWS SLAPS YOU WITH MY-

man i had the BEST dream last night (political assassination), so u can imagine my soul-crushing disappointment upon waking

every time i see someone call kirk and spock the oldest ship, i'm filled with the urge to go "hmm actually the holmes and watson girlies have been here for a hundred years now", and i refrain because i know the natural conclusion of this game is gilgamesh and enkidu

my favorite fact to besmirch plato's name with is that he once participated full-throat in a debate over who tops in achilles/patroclus and his argument was based on their relative ages & beard sizes

enemies to friends to lovers, 67k, ghost au

Mules are like horses with the self destruct button removed

...do you mean the 'self preservation instinct' removed????

No, absolutely not. It’s the opposite. Mules will straight up refuse to do things if they don’t have the confidence that they can complete it. This is where the term “stubborn as a mule” comes from. A horse would attempt these feats and break its weak little ankles and roll over and kill its rider. Mules do this because they know they can. That’s also why mules and donkeys are used as mounts around the Grand Canyon, they’re both sure-footed and stubborn and will refuse to do things that put them and the rider in danger when a horse would listen to the call of the void and just do it. Donkeys are less domesticated than mules, less dependent on humans and more self-assured, this is why they can be harder to train but also why they have such great self-preservation skills. A mule inherits those traits from its father.