kedreeva:

keyboard-whore:

iamemeraldfox:

revretch:

revretch:

So a lot of moths have these big eyespots on their wings as a threat display. It looks like a big scary predator’s eyes are staring at you from the dark, you’ll back off. Makes sense, right?

Only peacocks also have eyespots, but in their case it’s primarily a mating display. So what’s up with peahens that they’re like “oh yeah, all those big scary predators staring me down is super hot”??

“You can’t pick another guy over me if you can’t see him”

Peahens are monsterfuckers ꙮ

@kedreeva this seems like something for you.

The answer is actually a little more boring and a lot more interesting than peahens being monsterfuckers.

They don’t actually care about the ocelli in the feathers. According to a study done to determine what, exactly, a peahen is looking at when she examines a male, she MOSTLY is looking at his sword feathers (the ones along the bottom edge of the frame). Since these are on the edges of their train when folded down, they’re the easiest to damage along with frame feathers (the Y shaped ones up top, the 2nd most viewed type), so a male that can keep them intact and in good condition must be doing something right

HOWEVER, the big fancy train (including the eyes) is not for naught. The males vibrate them at frequencies well-received by the crest of feathers on a peahen’s head. Science is uncertain what, exactly, she’s looking for in this vibration, but anecdotal evidence would suggest that a poorly maintained or poor quality train (like those of whites, whose feathers break down faster than any other mutation, and whom hens often outright reject even with no other choices) does not produce an enticing vibration.

Given that the hens barely look at the eyes, I doubt the ocelli markings really evolved for the hens.

But it sure would suck to be attacked by a tiger (their major predator in their homelands) in the middle of asking the ladies for a smash, and what do you do when trying to avoid getting attacked by tigers? You make it think you’re looking at it.

scotchiegirl:

Can you imagine how absolutely wild it must have been for Eliot’s students in The French Connection Job? Like, you come to this overpriced class that you don’t really care about and your teacher is a 5’5" angry wall of muscle who can spin a knife faster than you can see and tosses your phone in the water when you text during his class. But he only looks physically pained and moves on from the geek grinning over the laser so he’s probably not gonna kill you? Probably?

He’s a hardass, though, like the ultimate of hardasses and he has definitely killed before, so, you know, be careful.

But then you glue a unicorn horn ice cream cone to a plate and he physically crumbles like he cannot believe you are this stupid.

Oh and he and the geek definitely know each other. Only someone you care about could physically embarrass you that bad at your work. And the geek clearly knows something you don’t because he will propose the stupidest ideas just to get Chef Scary Guy to growl in his face with a knife and stay grinning the entire time like he knows he’s safe.

Okay, so maybe this chef’s actually a marshmallow? Like a crusty one, but sometimes you’ll do something right and his face will just light up with pride and you get this wave of relief. So maybe he’s gruff for show and wouldn’t actually hurt anyone.

Then opening night comes, and it’s chaos, and at one point a guy walks in and without looking up Chef Scary Guy tells him to leave if he isn’t gonna help. And almost faster than you can watch the guy is out cold on the ground and Chef is stepping over him shouting that he needs a medium steak and you don’t have the time to process this cause it’s the dinner rush. This happens two more times. There are three guys unconscious in the corner of the kitchen and the man who put them there is patting you on the shoulder and beaming with pride at how you roasted those veggies and just …

Wild. Absolutely wild.

narwhalsarefalling:

iamthecutestofborg:

theladyshenanigan:

nephrysai:

teroknortailor:

jeshala:

ears-and-eyebrows:

vulcannic:

Why don’t we ever talk about the fact that leonard nimoy had to walk off set because of tooth pain and show up at his dentist dressed as spock

Also Brent Spiner broke his mandible during the filming of ‘The Game’ and had to be taken to hospital dressed as Data

Jonathan Frakes got hit with a part of his quarterstaff when it was smacked with a sword and had to go to the hospital dressed in his Q-pid Robin Hood rags.

Tracy Scoggins didn’t have to go to the hospital, but while she was filming “Destiny” in full Cardassian makeup, she “took the opportunity to walk around the lot at Paramount and scare the schoolchildren on buses. Until finally Security called the stage at DS9 and said, ‘Could ya’ll do something about keeping your aliens contained over there?’”

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Robert Duncan McNeill had an episode of Voyager where his first major make-up day gave him the appearance of gnarly burns all over his face & hands and he said he then ‘gleefully skipped off to the nearest 7-11 to bask in the horrified looks as he casually shopped’. XD

I remember when Nana Visitor told us a story about going to the hospital in her Star Trek outfit (I cant remember what for) one of the interns there was freaking out until it was explained to him that it was just makeup and that her nose did not, in fact break and crumple like an accordion, and that she was there for something else.

I remember reading that Armin Shimmerman once had to race home to his family after an earthquake still in his quark makeup.

Andy Robinson also went home after that earthquake in full Garak makeup and the traffic lights weren’t working so people had to make eye contact at the intersections and he says everybody always let him go first