A Trigun redraw cause I’m rewatchin again….
Two hundred years ago, the wetlands of Japan rustled with pink-tinged feathers. Tall, pale birds stepped carefully through reeds and iris, hunting small fish, crabs, and frogs.
Nipponia nippon, it would be dubbed by the national ornithological society, a bird emblematic of its country. The Crested Ibis. The Toki. The Peach Flower Bird.
Marshes slowly changed to rice fields, with farmers who resented the toki for ruining crops; to kill the birds was outlawed, so children chased them from the fields, singing warnings.
The doors of the country were pried open. Laws changed. Farmers bought their first guns, their sights set on birds who were no longer protected. The toki, the red-crowned crane, and many others began to suffer. But the worst was yet to come.
Pesticides are indiscriminate killers. The poison sprayed to kill a beetle can travel up the foodchain, toppling a cascade of larger animals, or affecting their ability to reproduce. It was reckless pesticide use that nearly wiped out the Bald Eagle. In the rice fields, the peach-flower-bird had little chance.
In 1981, Japan’s last five living toki were removed from a wild that had become too dangerous for them.
I tell a lot of sad stories here, about mistakes we’ve made and animals we’ve lost. This isn’t one of those. This is a story about one of those precious times when we were able to fix the things we’d broken.
A joint effort between Japan & China, and the discovery of seven more birds in that country, led to a successful breeding program, which in 2008 saw the first ibises fly free again in Japan. Today, at least 5000 toki exist in the world.
The last wild-born toki, one of those captured in 1981, lived almost long enough to see her species’ return. Reaching the equivalent age of a centenarian human, she died in 2003—not of old age, but injury after throwing herself against her cage door.
Her name was ‘Kin’. ‘Gold’.
Mended things can never be as whole as they once were. There will always be cracks that show, weak spots that remain vulnerable. Yet, like the shining seams of a kintsugi piece, these scars speak an important truth: here is a thing that someone chose to save; handle with care.
The title of this painting is ‘Restoration’. It is gouache on 22x30 inch watercolor paper
In 1981, Japan’s last five living toki were removed from a wild that had become too dangerous for them.
I tell a lot of sad stories here, about mistakes we’ve made and animals we’ve lost. This isn’t one of those. This is a story about one of those precious times when we were able to fix the things we’d broken.
A joint effort between Japan & China, and the discovery of seven more birds in that country, led to a successful breeding program, which in 2008 saw the first ibises fly free again in Japan. Today, at least 5000 toki exist in the world.
The last wild-born toki, one of those captured in 1981, lived almost long enough to see her species’ return. Reaching the equivalent age of a centenarian human, she died in 2003
reblog to give the person you reblogged this from a fucking break
Sorry for the wait. Thr assassin should be here to kill and murder you any time now
I'm sick of charizard
Does OP know that Charizard is the poster Pokemon for the newest Pokemon card set, Obsidian Flame (released on August 11th 2023)
He was also the featured Pokemon in the 3rd Sword and Shield set, Darkness Ablaze (released on August 14 2020)
The 10th set of Sun and Moon (May 5th 2019)
And the 2nd set of the XY series, Flashfire (May 7 2014)
There's several ultra rare Charizard throughout the history of the Pokemon card game that are usually the most expensive cards of those sets on the second hand market. The Pokemon Company knows their audience, collectors like Charizard. Now, we require a Charizard set every generation. Fuck this stupid lizard
i love that halo can die from the broken steam pipes at the start of the first game... uh oh earth is really in trouble now, halo went out broccoli style
nearly left one of my chielflings behind and had to go running back
The problem with working from home with a new kitten is that working is never more appealing than playing w a kitten. Can't get nothin done with this mf around
Clark Kent in My Adventures With Superman is just this
You CANNOT argue with me on this
ok it's time to jack off and play bloodborne at the same time
got to the first werewolf thing and cumpt immediately
Tumble user girlballs what other FromSoftware games do you recommend masturbating to?
demon's souls but only during the phalanx fight, then uninstall the game
