CompoundChem Always Puts Out Really Fun Infographics. Here’s One About Blood

What are your favorite Crocodiles?

Oh that's an easy one!

African Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis), family Crocodylidae, found in West-central Africa

This small crocodile species only grows to a length of up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft), on average.

photographs by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

caught her in perfect deviantart oc ref sheet pose

Hump-nosed lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus)

The hump-nosed lizard is a species of lizard within the agamid family, the only species in the genus Lyriocephalus. It is the largest agamid endemic to Sri Lanka and lives in dense wet zone forests. The hump-nosed lizard inhabits forests with high canopy and dense undergrowth, but it occasionally also enters home gardens. It is active during the day, when it dwells low on trees as well as on the ground. It goes higher up on trees to sleep at night. The typical threat posture is open-mouth gape, revealing the bright red lining of the oral cavity. This species is also known to feign death when picked up. Its diet comprises essentially of earthworms and also arthropods, including termites, butterflies, and moths. It is also known to feed on young shoots and buds.

photo credits: Kalyanvarma

I wonder if the role of those two is ever going to expand at some point.

Max's city friends trying to text him again: How was your first week in the new town?

Max: I solved at least 4 people's emotional issues and was rewarded by being trapped here forever. I'm also being stalked and blackmailed and a kid broke my scooter. On the bright side, I'm basically a superhero.

Damien and Sam: You know you don't have to make stuff up. It's only been 6 days, we didn't expect much of a report

How to Make Your Descriptions Less Boring

We’ve all been warned about the dangers of using too much description. Readers don’t want to read three paragraphs about a sunset, we’re told. Description slows down a story; it’s boring and self-indulgent. You should keep your description as short and simple as possible. For those who take a more scientific approach to writing fiction, arbitrary rules abound: One sentence per paragraph. One paragraph per page. And, for god’s sake, “Never open a book with weather” (Elmore Leonard).

But what this conventional wedding wisdom fails to take into account is the difference between static and dynamic description. Static description is usually boring. It exists almost like a painted backdrop to a play. As the name suggests, it doesn’t move, doesn’t interact or get interacted with.

There were clouds in the sky. Her hair was red with hints of orange. The house had brown carpeting and yellow countertops.

In moderation, there’s nothing wrong with static description. Sometimes, facts are facts, and you need to communicate them to the reader in a straightforward manner.

But too much static description, and readers will start to skim forward. They don’t want to read about what the house looks like or the stormy weather or the hair color of each of your protagonist’s seventeen cousins.

Why? Because they can tell it’s not important. They can afford to skip all of your description because their understanding of the story will not be impacted.

That’s where dynamic description comes in. Dynamic description is a living entity. It’s interactive, it’s relevant. It takes on the voices of your narrators and characters. In short, it gives us important information about the story, and it can’t be skimmed over.

So how do you make your description more dynamic so that it engages your readers and adds color and excitement to your story? Here are a few tips.

(I have a TON more tips about setting and description. These are just a few. But I’m trying to keep this short, so if you have any questions or want more advice about this, please feel free to ask me.)

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Visualizations like this are so cool! It's always a blast to see the inner workings of how things like this come to life.

The Structure

South Korean drawing teacher An Jae Hyun (안재현) will clearly show you how to feel and correctly depict the structure of an object. This will help you learn and improve your drawing skills.

Yooo this is so neat

Fossils of Large-Bodied Crocodile Found in Australia

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/paludirex-vincenti-09178.html

MAJOR NEWS FOR CROCODILE FANS In a newly published paper, Martin et al. describe a new genus of sebecid, Dentaneosuchus from the middle Eocene of France Whats cool about this animal is not just that its part of a group of terrestrial crocodylomorphs, i.e. croc relatives that lived and hunted on land But its also enormous The lower jaw was around 90cm long in the smaller specimen, which puts it in a similar size range as the enormous Barinasuchus from Miocene of South America pictured below (comparisson by Aledgn) this makes it perhaps the biggest land predator of Europe since the extinction of the dinosaurs.

PS: The paper doesn't go into it much, but among the lower estimates is a mere 3-4 meters. While the proportions are unknown, such a low body length seems rather unlikely given that this would mean the head was a whole third of the whole body. 5 to 6 meters seems a lot more reasonable.

this is fabulous!

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Feraligatr and totobabies

oh heyyy! It’s back baby!

Well, hello dearest Paranatural fandom! 

The Paranatural Secret Santa 2020 is finally open for applications!

A time for joy, the secret santa has run since 2015 (on two separate blogs), and this holiday season it comes with a new, fancy look. Sleeker, shinier, sexier, i-can’t-think-of-another-adjective—-!

I hope to welcome back some old participants again, it’s always a pleasure to work with y’all but for the uninitiated:  

What’s a secret santa?

A secret santa is a gift exchanging event where you’re assigned a person to make a gift for, and another assigned to make a gift for you. Art, fic, edits, videos, playlists, we’ve had some music composition, anything you can make goes!

Here’s our schedule:

November 1st - November 22nd: Applications are open

November 23rd - November 25th: Applications close, Secret Santas are assigned.

November 26th - December 24th: Make Your Gifts!!

December 25th - January 1st: Posting span.

Still having some doubts? You’re unsure of some things? Check out the FAQ for all of the common questions. Don’t see your particular question? The askbox is always open, I’ll answer as quickly as possible.

Lastly, if these ramblings have convinced to you participate, you can join by filling out this form or submitting the template to the blog.

I’ve gone on for long enough, so, have a nice day and stay safe!