(Will be edited whenever)
Hi! Iām Dino (short for dinoflagellate, but if you like dinosaurs then that too!), and Iām a leopard seal. Or to be more specific, a Selkie. Iām a Selkie stuck in my human form, and Iām searching for my sealskin. Iām think Iām also every other pinniped species and everything to do with the ocean itself all at once, but itās all embodied into one tiny leopard seal-shaped vessel. I use any pronouns, and I donāt mind if you refer to me as human or not. Iāll occasionally use seal terms for myself (flipper, snout, whiskers, blubber, etc.) when I feel like it.
Iām a HUGE seal nerd. I love all pinniped species, but I'm biased towards true (earless) seals. I also really love anything marine/aquatic relatedāand Selkies of course, everything to do with them! Like I cannot overstate this enough I LOVE seals and Selkies.
This account is used for talking about my experiences and feelings as a leopard seal Selkie, posting and reposting seal/ocean related creations I like or that Iāve made, and general marine things. If your account is about that too, Iāll follow you, but please donāt take it personally if I unfollow. Itās just me curating what I want to see, which is stuff related to this account.
Being chronically ill, I will also sometimes post about that and how it affects my identity, but it wonāt be very often. It will however sometimes be very graphic, but itās not my job to sanitise my own suffering for you, so if you donāt want to see it, press not interested and move on.
I will block freely if anything about your account or your views make me uncomfortable. I wonāt interact with any drama because iām only here to talk about my feelings. Iām very fond of answering questions in as much detail as you ask for.
Listed below are resources for various seal/Selkie related things. The list will be edited and updated as I find more things/am bothered to make it neater, but for now itās just pretty basic.
RESOURCES: Selkie playlist on youtube music The Turning (Selkie book by Emily Whitman) Research article about ringed seals (with links to other research articles) Official info about the seals at Tokkari center (will need to translate) Plain Jane and the Mermaid comic (the website has a lot of ads, the comic features Selkies) Weddell seal science (so many research articles about them! Awesome!!) Some cool info about spotted seals Leopard seal sounds! Leopard seal study Differentiating various NZ pinniped species Leopard seals in NZ and everything to know about them How seals (and other marine mammals) sleep Basic leopard seal info Thesis about evaluating leopard seal body condition Link to many articles about leopard seals (you will have to access most/all with an organisation such as a university, or email the authors and ask for the full articles. It works!) Baltic ringed seal foundation A LOT of info for the ringed seal and itās sister species/subspecies How leopard seal bodies are adapted to their habitat Beautifully written short story about love and Selkies Some more stuff about weddell seals (funny little article, very endearing)
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