Zhaba v Chemodane

some evidence, at least, that the nothlit plan only applied to the Earth-based yeerks.

Various human governments: "Well we need SOMEONE capable of taking, abducting if you will, humans and returning them to Earth."

The Skrit Na, about to make the deal of a lifetime:

Homer, Iliad 5. 385 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) "[Zeus speaks :] ‘Many of us who have our homes on Olympos endure things from men, when ourselves we inflict hard pain on each other. Ares had to endure it when strong Ephialtes and Otos, sons of Aloeus, chained him in bonds that were too strong for him, and three months and ten he lay chained in the brazen cauldron; had not Eeriboia, their stepmother, the surpassingly lovely, brought word to Hermes, who stole Ares away out of it, as he was growing faint and the hard bondage was breaking him.’"

Andalites: Think human orifices are disgusting, and will almost certainly be distracted by the horror of such orifices rubbing together (if they’ve never morphed human themselves) or curiosity about whether the insides of others’ mouths actually taste that good (if they have morphed humans before).  Highly effective strategy, should be used on all occasions.

Human-Controllers: Slightly more likely to believe that these two are ordinary human teenagers who just happen to have wandered into a Secret Yeerk Base by accident, if they do happen to see said teenagers sucking face in a dark corner.  Might attempt to capture said teenagers anyway, so this strategy is a bit riskier in context.

Hork-Bajir-Controllers: May be momentarily distracted by the question of what the fuck they’re even witnessing, but will be otherwise unaffected.  Should probably consider alternative strategies.

Helmacrons: Probably won’t even notice.  Entirely ineffectual.

The Drode: May simply fuse your lips together and laugh. Do not attempt.

Father: Will take the two tentacles on which your two corpses are impaled, and with your dying consciousness, make you aware of the fact that he’s making you two smash your faces together like little dolls in the hands of a child. Do not attempt although it’s out of your control anyway.

The Nartec: May try to acquire your DNA from the back of your skull. Do not attempt.

That One Ant Who Acquired Cassie in Book #39 and Freaked Out And Tried To Eat Her Face: May go “when in Rome” and try to eat your face. Do not attempt.

From desert cliff and mountaintop we trace the wide design, Strike-slip fault and overthrust and syn and anticline. . . We gaze upon creation where erosion makes it known, And count the countless aeons in the banding of the stone. Odd, long-vanished creatures and their tracks & shells are found; Where truth has left its sketches on the slate below the ground. The patient stone can speak, if we but listen when it talks. Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote the rocks.

There are those who name the stars, who watch the sky by night, Seeking out the darkest place, to better see the light. Long ago, when torture broke the remnant of his will, Galileo recanted, but the Earth is moving still. High above the mountaintops, where only distance bars, The truth has left its footprints in the dust between the stars. We may watch and study or may shudder and deny, Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote the sky.

By stem and root and branch we trace, by feather, fang and fur, How the living things that are descend from things that were. The moss, the kelp, the zebrafish, the very mice and flies, These tiny, humble, wordless things---how shall they tell us lies? We are kin to beasts; no other answer can we bring. The truth has left its fingerprints on every living thing. Remember, should you have to choose between them in the strife, Humans wrote the Bible; God wrote life.

Fat tailed sheep is not a single specific breed of sheep. It’s a catchall word like “Health care worker”.

There’s tons and tons of different breeds. They all store fat in their tails, but fall into two main categories: WIDE tails and LONG tails

Wide tails store fat in the rump area and have no visible tails.

Long tails store fat in the tail itself, which vary in length in different breeds. In the olden days, people took pride in breeding sheep with the longest tail. They are not so popular today as it’s hard to find a decent tail cart on Amazon.

Speaking of Tail carts, they come in different styles and designs. We dont have any that are actually preserved, but old drawing of them show different wheels harnesses.

Some of them are literally just skateboards

Back in the day, breeding sheep with long dragging tails was all the rage. Nowadays different tails types have been developed to prevent them from dragging their tails on the ground. Such as the “folded tail” or the “Only fat at the base” Tail

Despite fat tail sheep being the most common sheep breeds in the world, most people in the west have never heard of them. The West likes Wool Sheep. Fat tails are strictly meat sheep and have little useful wool. They also do poorly in colder climates

There’s a huge community of shepherds on youtube that script, choreograph and shoot elaborate videos for their sheep complete uplifting music to highlight their best qualities (for sale and stud) It is fantastic. Such as this one:

People kept bringing up Fat Bottomed Girls. Ya’ll are wrong. These are fat bottomed BOYS. Sheep are often continuously bred, so the females are constantly getting pregnant, giving birth and nursing.

That’s very hard on the body, so they can’t build up as much fat as the boys.

The fattest sheep, the ones with the truly VAST tails, rocking them little carts are ALWAYS males.

This is why the Bible specifically states that ONLY the rumps of the Males are to fit to be offered to the lord……

Picture: God desiring the tail

“And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the WHOLE rump” -Leviticus 3:9

I mean… look.

Arguably these are just minor details and doesnt matter….

But beyond it’s teachings the bible is also a work of literature about life in the ancient world. And on some level these kinds of small details bring a sort of richness to these depictions of real…

Color plate of moths and butterflies drawn by Adolphe Millot, published in the French encyclopedia Larousse Pour Tous, ca. 1907-10.