PAWEⱢ Reblogs

it's called the lateral groove and is literally a sort of seam in it's body that's always present:

I /think/ what's going on is that these evolved from something like alligator lizards, which have very rigid, slippery underbellies next to soft, stretchy skin on their sides (where their legs are situated), but now that they've evolved to be a "snake" and don't have legs that need to move around, that soft skin has decreased and turned into a weird little seam so they can slither easier and don't have a big weak point in their sides. it's compensation to have nice smooth scales all over like a snake would, imperfectly using the lizard anatomy they're working with

Further, while some animals are key to the continued health of ecosystems, animals like pandas really aren’t. There simply are not enough of them left to make a huge difference in the global climate.

Conservationists, because they value each instance of life’s incredible diversity, will go to any length to keep these genera alive. Other people, who don’t really give a fuck and have work in the morning, are not convinced that they should burn millions of dollars and tank the lumber industry just so an ugly little bear who’s too dumb to eat/cum can be forced into continued existence.

But while Central America absolutely had conquering empires, particularly the Aztecs, North American tribes almost universally vehemently reject any notion that they have anything in common with Western imperialism, so seeing all sorts of "Empires" and "Supremacies" on this map ain't great.

Also a lot of the names on here were given by Europeans - "Iroquois" is a French name. The peoples who actually lived there called themselves Haudenosaunee. There's actually a really cool historical map showing how then modern New York would have been subdivided:

On top of that, the stark borders on the map are also a Western invention. Not only should there be more tribes represented, but there should be more blurring and fuzziness between them. Here's an example:

Fuck that first map. Have this one instead.