chewin’, hummin’ and spinnin’! She’s having a great time!
I wish my name was Zoe so I could introduce myself like this
No one is doomed to abuse people. There isn't an "abuser gene" or "evil chromosome". There aren't "cursed bloodlines".
There's a culture that frequently enables, romanticizes and eroticizes abuse, and individual human beings who choose to take advantage of that, or not.
Even someone who has abused others in the past has a decision about whether or not to continue that harm. Further abuse isn't inevitable, it's a choice.
The idea that abusers can't help it just further enables abuse culture. If someone is abusive, they are making a choice.
Crab Day!!!
Where:
Here on Tumblr!!
What:
Buy crabs!
Why:
As we now know, Tumblr is $30 million dollars in debt. Oops. Tumblr has announced some major (and unpopular) changes to the site in their attempt to get back above water. The alternative is that Tumblr ceases to exist. But maybe we can change that...
How:
There are 327 million unique tumblr visits per month, and almost 500 million active accounts. If 10 million unique users (or less, if we bought more than one) bought or gifted Crabs from the Tumblr store, we could knock out Tumblr's debt easily. Buy crabs!
When:
July 29, 2023 is Crab Day, running through August 5 (for anyone who can't log on that day) as Crab Week!
Who:
Everyone!! If you truly can't afford to participate with a $3 crab, (or other item from the shop) post crab memes!
Time for Tumblr users to rise again and surprise everyone...
Please I need their next financial report to have a header that says 'Crab day'
i recently found out the funniest thing about big horses recently which is that for centuries humans have sworn that the feathering on big horse’s legs has been bred in there for a reason, and the reason given is usually something to do with how it helps keep the joints warm and safe when the big horse is doing hauling work in fields.
the thing is: it doesn’t appreciably do that, because the feathers wick up water and mud, which cancels out any insulation advantage they might hypothetically confer, and also it wasn’t even put there on purpose.
the Leg Get More Hair gene is just linked to the Bones Get More Big gene. when you breed any lineage of horses to have bigger bones–not just taller, but chunkier–the leg hair just happens anyway. so every single breed of draft horse has feathered legs, and even carriage horses like friesians get feathers once they hit a certain threshold of lorge.
when you supersize your horse, mother nature throws in a free pair of booties. how cool is that?
Ahhh, what a great example of linked traits! And also shows why evolution gets so complicated
requested by anonymous:
RATING: TBC
I have had difficulty in finding reliable sources on this, so I’m not giving it a definitive rating yet. Thank you to @starfieldcanvas for finding the last source in this list!
I have found some sources saying that feathering exists to protect horses in cold climates, some saying that it’s due to bone density, and some saying it’s due to selective breeding. I haven’t found any sources that say that the genes for feathering and bone size are linked, but I have found some saying that feathering and bone density are correlated.
Source: ‘When it comes to horse feathers (or feathering as some people call it) there are two main deciding factors, bone density, and native habitat, although in recent years selective breeding has also played a roll.’
Source: 'These horses have feathers because it protects them from the cold and shields them from muddy pastures, and rough brambles, nettles, and the like. Mostly all breeds that have an abundance of feathers originated from cold environments and that’s the reason why these horses have feathers in the first place.’
Source: 'All horses carry the gene necessary to produce furry feet. However, this gene reacts to a horse’s bone density. Horses with denser bones have long and thick feathers on their lower legs.’
Source: 'Most breeds that come with feathered hooves are draft breeds. Another interesting fact about these horses is that the genes that make them possible to grow thick feathers react to their bone density. So, in a way, horses with think denser structures mostly have thick feathers around their lower legs.’
Source: 'In addition to the set of quantitative body measures, we also collected factor scores for several traits, including the degree of feathering on the lower limbs and head profile (Fig. S2). Both of these traits are anecdotally correlated with body type in the horse; draft breeds often have ‘Roman’ nose profiles and copious feathering.’
'can i copy your homework?'
'yeah just don't make it obvious'
the like to reblog ratio being almost the same is so funny, people are NOT happy with at this update lmao