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The greatest thing about this trip so far has actually been the people we have met. I had imagined that I would spend most nights in my tent somewhere along the road, occasionally paying for a camping spot. And I had to get used to the idea that most of my toilet business would probably be outside.This has not been the case. Not even close.
I have always been bad at asking for help. I don’t mind helping others, but I prefer to “go it alone” when it comes to myself. Whether it be learning, paying for drinks, understanding foreign languages, working on a project, etc… Usually, when I finally ask for help, I am frustrated, defeated and completely boned.
So ever since my first experience of being invited into someone’s home (tak, Birgitte!), and mustering the courage to ask if I could pitch my tent in their garden (because the place I had planned to camp was closed) I have given myself the challenge of asking to sleep in people’s gardens most of the time. So far I have always had a place to sleep if I asked for it, and even better, I have made some fantastic new friends.
I especially have to thank Manuela, Stefan and Jonas, who let me crash at their place for three nights. And crashing is putting it lightly, since after the first night I was pretty much given my own room! We drank red wine and beer(Erdinger Weissbier!), we talked until late in the night, we ate the great food Stefan made and we played minecraft, Kinect games and dart. Even Chanel had a great time, despite the many courting attempts of the family's great black puppy, Bruno. He was constantly rejected, so after a while he contented himself to just sit and pine from afar.
I stayed quite a long time despite my schedule, because my blisters suddenly started to look really serious. I will spare you the graphic details, but suffice to say that I have to come up with a different method to preventing blisters than just plastering them in sports-tape and then walk on.
They're healed now, and I hope to keep them that way. Today I smothered them in a thick creme and no sports tape except for halfway through the hike, when one toe started hurting. Off with the sock, on with some tape to take the brunt of the friction, sock on, and forward. Looking at them now, it seems to have worked, but I will wait a few days before passing judgement. I have been burned before...
The pictures are of Chanel and Jonas playing football, the surrounding area, and a fortune cookie I got with a very accurate message. Also, a very sleepy Chanel.
So, I'm supposed to be working on this thing for a friend of mine...
Which I will be doing right after!
But first..
I got the fucking goat WITH the mountain!
I know it's just excess, but it's cool :3
Mini lino
redraws of some old friends, plus some new ones
i’m genuinely curious what the answers will be
please reblog this i want this to get as many answers as possible
Sweet baby Josie
please accept these pictures of the goats minus Henry and Thistle and plus Thora's big baby face
last year one of our goats, Eddie, died. This year my mum and I dug up his skull for fun :^)
Phew. This one took, uh… a bit longer than expected due to other projects both irl and art-wise, but it’s finally here. The long-awaited domestic animal infographic! Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough space to cover every single domestic animal (I’m so sorry, reindeer and koi, my beloveds) but I tried to include as many of the “major ones” as possible.
I made this chart in response to a lot of the misunderstandings I hear concerning domestic animals, so I hope it’s helpful!
Further information I didn’t have any room to add or expand on:
🐈 “Breed” and “species” are not synonyms! Breeds are specific to domesticated animals. A Bengal Tiger is a species of tiger. A Siamese is a breed of domestic cat.
🐀 Different colors are also not what makes a breed. A breed is determined by having genetics that are unique to that breed. So a “bluenose pitbull” is not a different breed from a “rednose pitbull”, but an American Pitbull Terrier is a different breed from an American Bully! Animals that have been domesticated for longer tend to have more seperate breeds as these differing genetics have had time to develop.
🐕 It takes hundreds of generations for an animal to become domesticated. While the “domesticated fox experiment” had interesting results, there were not enough generations involved for the foxes to become truly domesticated and their differences from wild foxes were more due to epigenetics (heritable traits that do not change the DNA sequence but rather activate or deactivate parts of it; owed to the specific circumstances of its parents’ behavior and environment.)
🐎 Wild animals that are raised in human care are not domesticated, but they can be considered “tamed.” This means that they still have all their wild instincts, but are less inclined to attack or be frightened of humans. A wild animal that lives in the wild but near human settlements and is less afraid of humans is considered “habituated.” Tamed and habituated animals are not any less dangerous than wild animals, and should still be treated with the same respect. Foxes, otters, raccoons, servals, caracals, bush babies, opossums, owls, monkeys, alligators, and other wild animals can be tamed or habituated, but they have not undergone hundreds of generations of domestication, so they are not domesticated animals.
🐄 Also, as seen above, these animals have all been domesticated for a reason, be it food, transport, pest control, or otherwise, at a time when less practical options existed. There is no benefit to domesticating other species in the modern day, so if you’ve got a hankering for keeping a wild animal as a pet, instead try to find the domestic equivalent of that wild animal! There are several dog breeds that look and behave like wolves or foxes, pigeons and chickens can make great pet birds and have hundreds of colorful fancy breeds, rats can be just as intelligent and social as a small monkey (and less expensive and dangerous to boot,) and ferrets are pretty darn close to minks and otters! There’s no need to keep a wolf in a house when our ancestors have already spent 20,000+ years to make them house-compatible.
🐖 This was stated in the infographic, but I feel like I must again reiterate that domestic animals do not belong in the wild, and often become invasive when feral. Their genetics have been specifically altered in such a way that they depend on humans for optimal health. We are their habitat. This is why you only really see feral pigeons in cities, and feral cats around settlements. They are specifically adapted to live with humans, so they stay even when unwanted. However, this does not mean they should live in a way that doesn’t put their health and comfort as a top priority! If we are their world, it is our duty to make it as good as possible. Please research any pet you get before bringing them home!
Inktober day 30
