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I went to the store and decided to round out my purchases with some key chains. And here's the thing, I have a Cloudtail army. Every flipping figure 2 box I open is Cloudtail! It's totally frustrating!

But, this isn't the answer. I picked up the first Keychain box and someone had folded in the underside to look, and then put it back on the shelf. Initially, I too put it back without looking and grabbed an undamaged package, but went back and got the busted one for my wife since she is only JUST getting into a Warriors and I thought she'd not mind who she got. (She didn't!)

The busted package had Squirrelf. The non busted package had Jayfeather. She was elated because Squirrelf reminds her of our cat. I was elated because Jayfeather.

Anyway, I know its frustrating, but can we please discourage damaging packages? If worse comes to worst, perhaps set up or find a discord/reddit that allows trading. That will also hurt the scalpers market

Edit: also, I agree, exposing kids to gambling is super bad. But I do fret a little bit over how different this was compared to when Pokémon had to take out the Game Corner because of the EU and everyone was mad... or the general practice of ticket eating in arcades that nobody cares about. I feel like if this were actually about kids gambling, those would be heavily discussed in any space loot/blind boxes come up in conversation. Please, if you are actually against kids gambling, keep these topics in mind too.

But as a funfact to make up for all this soap boxing, one time in Vegas, my dad was hanging out with me in the hotel arcade and won the jackpot for one of those ball drop machines. I was 10 and I told him "of all the things to get a jackpot in Vegas for!"

Hi there!

Doodle is a 3.25 ft Corn Snake approximately 2.5-3 years old. He was purchased at a heavy discount from a box store-where he was growing too old. His sibling was the display pet, so Doodle lived in the store room with little human contact. Because of this he is quite anxious but not bitey around humans.

For the first year or so of his life he lived in a 20 gallon long tank. About 8 months ago I got him a 50 gallon snake enclosure with front-opening doors.

His enclosure has a mist system, a wet side and a dry basking side, four hides, and some pond lining he can hide under. The substrate is Cocochoir and repti-soil mix, and the wet side has some peat moss to maintain humidity. Recently only the plant light has been turned on as our house has been regularly in the 80s(f)

In the last three weeks he started this behavior and its loud. I hear him do it 10-20 times a night.

I've inspected for mites and I don't see any, though there are a couple of gnats I've been trying to rid his tank of. His scales look nice, so I don't think there is any rot going on. He's got climbing vines, but I was thinking about adding more foliage.

I have been trying to socialize him. I pick him up every few days and hold him. Sometimes he goes onto my arms and sometimes he's desperate to go back to the tank and is impossible to treadmill in the hands. I'm a little worried he associates his new tank with scary handling sessions and he doesn't feel safe.

He gets a large mouse every two weeks, and once in a while I try and simulate a nest raid with three pinkies or hoppers.

I thought maybe he was too hot so I took a cold pack and wrapped it in a ton of paper towel and placed it on the cold side of his habitat. He did touch it with the last 6" or so if his tail for a while.

Humidity reads around 60%. Heat is from sitting around 75-80 F.

Since its hot I haven't been turning on his basking light, but I have his plant light on.

ETA, he does look like he's starting to make his snout a little raw

What does he see

Hi! I know this rock looks boring, but I grabbed it because it had a natural fracture and I was curious.

I was fascinated because it seems like a hard stone, but likewise, it took the impacts of the direct hammer and sort of absorbed them to make these waves/rings? I think? Scratched by stainless steel(its what I have on hand). Feels a bit dense but not unusually so. Silver marks are from the vice.

Thank you!

I recently cracked my face open in a pretty bad way (6 stitches) and I've been cuddling with an old friend my dad gave me way back when I hurt myself as a child and busted my knee open.

Fox just really helps me feel... healthy again. Doesn't matter if I'm 9 or 33.

Hi! I have this 6 gallon tank, that is 11.5" in all dimensions. It was for my betta, but she's ended up in a different home.

I already keep shrimp and isopods in different tanks, so I am not super interested in setting up another shrimp or isopod tank. Admittedly, I know most reptiles and amphibians are out (which is a shame as I'd love something that can population control my isopods when they are at excess)

I know this is the reptile sub, but I know you guys often overlap the invertebrate enthusiasts so I thought I'd ask.

After my Last post in which I shared some artwork I had redone involving the Jayfeather and Flametail drowning scene, I thought I'd put myself out there and ask which I should redraw next, since its been a while since I've reimagined any of the scenes from the books

We have

Bluefur saying goodbye to Mosskit

Stonefur triumphantly handing Darkstripe his tail

The off screen confrontation between Tugerclaw and Runningwind

Bluefur interrupting Thistleclaw and Tigerpaw when they harass Tiny

Berrynose distraught over the loss of Honeyfern to a snake bite

I bought this brookstone scooter and I believe its a blueglide (max 8?). I bought it used for $100 off a local market place app.

It caps off at 15 mph, but I find I'm usually maxing at 10. It has about an hour of battery life. It gets me to and from work (about 2 miles). She doesn't strike me as the nicest scooter in the world but she is good!

Question: the tires are no flat honeycomb. While no flats are good, I find that my brain rattles in my skull on anything that isn't baby smooth pavements. Is there a way to get more shock absorption or is that just kinda the way these go?

Just what the title says! I got these little free-hang adhesive hooks on stand by from Amazon and these dollar tree macrame plant pot holder. (As you can guess, yes those two purchases related, and no, the weight limit was vastly understated)

I realized it kinda looks like a plant pet harness. I had this guy in a box, waiting for where his home will eventually be. One light bulb moment later, he lurks over my computer. His name is Monty x)

So I've been prepping my 10'ers to a 20 gallon long and I was leak proofing my old snake tank. I finally decided to fill it more than 2 gallons, and within the last day I see this glass sitting around the stand.

I loose my mind, thinking it's from the tank, examining ing for almost 2 hours before I spot it. (2nd pic)

A ove the aquarium is a shelter and the cats must of got there because I found my oil suspended artpiece busted.

I'm bummed (only because it survived 4 years with these miscreants) but so much more relieved that the tank was, in fact, ok.

Hi there, local Cascadia resident here. I've taken some Geology and Oceanography classes and naturally the subject of the subduction zone is something we're well invested in.

From my understanding, the simplified model of a subduction quake presents that the subducting plate (the pacific) presses under the north American plate, making the North American plate bundle like a compressed spring. Eventually that tension overcomes the physical friction locking the two together and all that energy is released, correct?

So here are my questions:

1. Does the density of the North American plate change in a detectable way? Ground lift? Rock density? The squishing of lava chambers? Anything like that?

2. Does the Juan De Fuca plate also act like a spring? Or will it drop under NA plate dramatically?

3. The models and mock ups I seen suggest that there should be some smaller releases of tension once in a while. As we know, Cascadia actually isn't that prone to small earthquakes. Is it likely or even possible that we'll have some foreshocks before "the big one"?

4. About what depth will this occur at? Will the megathrust be a "shallow" Earthquake since the top plate is what's springing forward?

Thanks for answering any one of these questions and satisfying my curiosity. I've been interested in tracking landfills that have been built over because I believe the jostling may end up creating pockets for sinkhole to form as decayed trash is shaken down into place.

Sake and Tanuki took refuge in the box Udon evades us to this day and remains at large.

I used to be worried Doodle was undersized, he's probably about 2 years old at this point and this is the first year that he's been on the hunt for a lady--and its been very entertaining to watch! I bought a few more sticks and climbing rods for him to keep him entertained.

My wife and I took pictures of Tanuki at the same time--only I was laying next to him and she was sitting at the foot of the bed. So majestic. So... not. He a lil high from getting some teefies out.