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hyenor replied to your post:whining about BORING LIFE THINGS feel free to...

working at a vet sounds like a mix of awesome and horrible :

hyenor replied to your post:Question: Would it be better to move my patreon to...

'when darkeye is finished' hahaha haha ha

your art is always perfect you’re always this huge inspiration to me HOW ARE YOU YOUNGER THAN ME GOD DAMN THIS UNIVERSE

For those who don’t know, neoteny is a type of paedomorphosis where an animal retains certain juvenile physical or behavioral traits into adulthood. For example, dogs are considered neotonized wolves (their floppy ears and puppyish personalities, for example, make them resemble wolf pups more than adult wolves) and axolotls are neotonized salamanders because they resemble salamander larvae.

I'm not totally sure whether you're asking if there's a phenomenon that makes animals undergo old age (senescence) sooner in life or... well, I think the question was probably hard to phrase. But early onset of senescence is not the opposite of neoteny- in fact, it could be argued that some neotenic animals also undergo senescence earlier if they live shorter lives than their non-neotenic counterparts!

Senescence is not really an evolutionary advantage; rather, the prevailing theory is that the symptoms that plague us when we get close to the end of our lives are evolutionary baggage pushed there by selection for good health during our prime breeding years. I've talked about this a little before but I can't be arsed to dig up the post... In essence, selection for earlier old age is just selection for a shorter lifespan (which can happen!)

However! There is such a thing as the opposite of neoteny, though it may not look like what you think it does. Let’s peer into the world of developmental biology for a moment with a discussion of heterochrony.

have you tried a monoprice? you probably have since they’re cheap but it’s what i use and it’s really good!

I have not! I've been using wacom brand tablets. The three wacom tablets I've had that were under the $900 range have given me more trouble than they're worth - that could be bitterness from personal trial and error talking lol but I guess I get what I pay for. ^-^;