At a previous job (removing invasive carp from the Mississippi river) we would get lots of bycatch. While most native species could just be tossed back in the water and do just fine, paddlefish are a lot more Fragile and really don’t do good when out of the water. To help them, we would pull them through the water to force it over their gills and give them a jump start. The best place to grab them is by the rostrum. It’s all very scientific, but I couldn’t help but feel funny grabbing these goobers by the schnozz taking them for a ride
the main problem i have with america is that nothings old as hell there. i cant be so far away from a castle it damages my aura
man people really just say stuff on here huh
Noooo haha don’t spread racist ideals and colonizer propaganda by idolizing white european aesthetics above all else and denying the life and accomplishments of native peoples on their own lands
People have been living in the downtown area of Tucson, Arizona for at least 4,500 years. The greaterSanta Cruz river valley has been occupied by humans for 12,000 years.
You see this?
That’s not a river. That’s the South Canal in Mesa, Arizona (Phoenix metro area).
This is a view of the East and South canals. At least half of all the Phoenix metro canals were originally built by the Hohokam (from roughly 200-1400 CE), and are still in use (restored) today.
Phoenix, Arizona actually has more miles (kilometers) of Canals total than both Venice and Amsterdam. No, really. Phoenix has about 180 miles of canals, many of which are built on ancient canal foundations.
below is an aerial view photo taken in the late 1930’s of one branch of Phoenix’s canal systems:
Also have the “Montezuma Castle,” if you need a castle:
I don’t need to look at some 12th century European castle to see age.
the widespread practice of body piercing before the invention of antibiotics is genuinely so bizarre to me like. surely it wasnt THAT uncommon for someone to die from a piercing infection. or at least get a really bad one.
Many of the typically pierced areas (face, ears, nipples) have *excellent* immune surveillance! The human body is specifically meant to fight pathogens intruding on those areas. Even piercing today is a substerile procedure- they may use alcohol on your skin beforehand, but even the action of wiggling your new piercing back and forth can drag bacteria in to the wound.
Also historically- people in many cultures *did* try to clean wounds with clean water even before the germ theory of disease.
That being said- the chance of infection before the germ theory of disease was still decently high. For young healthy individuals would have probably been restricted to a mild cellulitis that the body just dealt with. I’m having trouble digging up any anecdotes of severe infections and death from a piercing but realistically they certainly happened on occasion.
There’s just a lot more redundancy these days even if the infection takes off.
IIRC, dying while getting the moko facial tatoo was considered an honourable way for a Maori person to die.
They also fed the recipient through a funnel called a kōrere (the moko being tapu (sacred) and food noa (profane)). This would help minimise the chances of infection.
And bear in mind this wasn’t like a modern tatoo, it was a long process where they would make cuts with an albatross bone chisel and rub a mix of fat and charcoal into the open wound.
I really genuinely like this site and it’s original layout and premise. I like custom themes. I like mobile themes. I like how posting works. I like how tag search works. I like sending and receiving asks. I like how you can make your blog whatever the hell you want. I like this fucking platform and for some reason staff is vigorously sawing their limbs off like they have to but they’re in the middle of a grocery store and everyone there is going “why the hell are you doing that?” and staff cries “you all want me to”
what is it that makes siblings so good at insulting your fashion?
one time my brother looked at me and said “Hold on. I need to cook up an insult about your outfit.” and after two and a half minutes of silence said “You’ve got the perfect cammo to sneak through a grandmother’s house undetected” and he was fucking right
i don’t usually post my edits on tumblr, it’s only on ig and twitter but i thought i’d put this in here for just this once since i specifically saw @lorelaileighh talking about how this song is sooo literati-coded and i 100% agree!!
Ok but for real- if yo have this problem get the stainless steel ball chain from Home Depot or something (this stuff)
And sew it into the hem of your skirts. It’s a haute couture sewing trick to keep jackets and skirts hanging right and looking crisp, Coco Chanel’s high end stuff all has it in there. It’s also a very easy aftermarket hack and since it’s stainless steel it’s machine washable.
I live near Chicago and the Windy City thing is no joke. A little bit of chain hidden in the hem and no one gets to know for sure what color my underwear is that day.
ATLA fandom: Aang tried to force his ideals on Katara and stop her from confronting her mother’s killer.
ATLA episode transcript:
Katara: Don’t try to stop us. Aang: I wasn’t planning to. This is a journey you need to take. You need to face this man. But when you do, please don’t choose revenge. Let your anger out, and then let it go. Forgive him.
What’s funny is that Katara said herself she will never forgive him and that’s okay. Aang was fine with that and he accepted that. The whole thing was that Katara was not gonna let anger get the best of her. She didn’t need someones life on her conscience at such a young age too. Bryke pretty much explains this but fandom likes to be that dramatic.
I would argue that Aang did get it. He found out his entire culture and everyone he knew and loved - except Appa - had been murdered by the Fire Nation. Including Monk Gyatso - the closest thing to a father he would ever have. Aang understood.
