Ask the Beasts, and They Will Tell You

Cormorant fishing in Yangshuo near Guilin, Guangxi, China. Christian Vaisse

Bc so many ppl focus on the idea of telling A Trusted Adult, but even a well-meaning individual can fuck up and let abuse fall through the cracks or not know what to do

Whereas if a child tells LOADS of adults AND other kids, there's far less opportunity for an abuser to do damage control

Consistently telling their story and spreading it around disempowers the abuser to control and coerce the flow of information, or to utilise gaps and weaknesses in systems of reporting or welfare to isolate the child

Northern Sulawesi Echiothrix Echiothrix leucura

Also called the Sulawesi spiny rat. It is endemic to northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Colombian Forest Mouse Chilomys instans

It occurs in mountainous areas of Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, in humid forests. It seems to be nocturnal and lives on the ground where it creates runways among the mosses of the forest floor. Its diet includes insects, worms and plant material, and three new species of beetle have been identified from the stomach contents of this mouse in Colombia.

“You get used to it” true but misleading because someday your back problems are gonna inexplicably cause stomach problems. And then you get used to the stomach problems but your thumbs start hurting because you had to do so much work on your phone lying in weird positions while waiting for the stomach problems to go away. And there are way more distractions on your phone too so while you always had adhd this just makes it more annoying/prevalent-

"Desert & Kit Foxes, Compared"

Lives of Game Animals, Volume 1 - Part 2. 1925. Written and illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton.

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