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you toss the message in a bottle out to sea...

 

(asian-""american,"" plural, sleepy)

 



Ballance
@Ballance

So I just learned this today, but when small birds in the forest make an alarm call that they see a bird of prey, other animals nearby mimic that alarm call and spread the message around to warn each other.

It's not just birds that mimic the alarm call, squirrels and other small mammals do it too. Squirrels are apparently especially good at mimicing the alarm call. The alarm goes out and all the nearby animals, regardless of species contribute to it and benefit from it.

I just think it's wild that small forest animals developed what amounts to a rudimentary common language to deal with predators.


Ballance
@Ballance

I was thinking about animals sharing alarm calls and the thought "the animals have unionised" popped into my head. I kept playing with that idea and made this.



mrows
@mrows
Anonymous Guest asked:

does k0tya do anything to pass the time when she's bored? for example if both shura and the other doctor (who i believe is just sasha from k0tya's universe?) leave does she have anything she can do for fun or does she just sit there / start jorkin it

k0tya is allowed to go anywhere she wants in the confines of the research facility, but she generally prefers to stay on the upper floors (which is where the labs are), because first floor is offices, and she gets all shy and awkward around non scientist employees. meanwhile the scientists all like her very much and she is always welcome to poke around everyone's working stations to chat or offer any help.

after closing hours she either goes into sleep mode and charges in the staff room of the robotics lab (unofficially shura's office) or walks around the building looking for stuff to do. among her favorite activities are stargazing on the roof, scaring pigeons (also on the roof), reading the books in shura's "office" (sadly no romance novels, but maybe someday), and "talking" to the other machines at the labs (like laptops or centrifuges). but her number one favorite way to pass the time is the aquarium in the biochem lab's staff room. she can easily spend hours just watching the fish swim around


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