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A painting by the court artist depicting one of the great Chinese Muslim fleet admiral Zheng He’s giraffes in 1414. The painting was titled “Qilin Brings Serenity (rui) Ode”.

The Ming Dynasty bought Giraffes from the Somali merchants along with Zebras, incense and other various exotic animals. Zheng He’s fleet brought back two giraffes to Nanjing, and they were referred to as “Qilins”.The Emperor proclaimed the giraffes magical creatures, whose capture signalled the greatness of his power.

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Clown Knifefish (Chitala chitala)

….a species of freshwater knifefish that occurs in India, Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries. Significant populations have also been introduced to the United States. Clown knifefish typically inhabit large freshwater rivers and swamps. They are predators and will feed on small fish, shrimp, molluscs, and aquatic insects. Female C. chitala will lay their eggs against wood and males will fan them with their tail, keep them aerated and protect them from predators.

Due to their large (3 ft) size C. chitala is considered a delicacy and many countries. It is also fairly popular in the aquarium trade as well.

Classification

Animalia-Chordata-Actinopterygii-Osteoglossiformes-Notopteridae-Chitalta-C. chitala

Images: aquariumba and wetwebmedia

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^{"Do you have to be so vulgar about men, like they’re pieces of meat?"}

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I HAVE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS GIF SET

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Sisko punching things

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I’m sorry, I couldn’t find more scenes. If anybody knows of a moment I have missed, please let me know, and I’ll add them and reblog/repost the set. =3

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#WE HAVE CRIMES AND EACH OTHER WATSON #WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT #WE HAVE CLYDE #WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE NOT COMPLETELY FULFILLED WATSON #SOMETIMES I CLEAN THE FRIDGE (via oodlyenough)

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Degus (Octodon degus)!  Half-pound, strictly herbivorous fluffballs from South America! 

Thanks to them being adorable, sweet-tempered, and diurnal, these guys are actually popular enough in the pet trade that you could have one if you wanted.  The degu is a close relative of the chinchilla, viscacha, and guinea pig, in case you couldn’t tell that by looking at it.  They also do that adorable dust-bath thing, so there you go. 

They are highly social, like, to the point of building communal nests and nursing each other’s babies.  The altruism is strong with these ones.  They live in burrows, which they cooperate to dig, and forage in packs because there’s way less chance of something eating you that way.  They’re also very talky, as you typically see in highly social group-eaters. 

Babies are born pretty much good to go, and the males are active participants in raising them.  They pee on things to mark their territory, with the additional oddity that they have ridiculously good eyesight for a rodent, including into ranges that humans can’t see, which dovetails nicely with their little tummies and their urine reflecting UV like whoa.  Given their recorded tool use and puzzle-solving abilities, this is probably an excellent indication that they have tiny rodent raves when humans aren’t around.

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