A Santa Cruz island fox (Urocyon littoralis santacruzae) on Santa Cruz Island, California, USA

Island foxes (Urocyon littoralis) have six subspecies, each one unique to a Channel Island off the coast of California

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カヤクグリ（Japanese Accentor）

Gets to you, doesn't it?

ANDOR
1.03 | Reckoning

Some things about ghosts

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How English Changed Over The Last 1000 Years

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A hike in the Cheat River Canyon on a hazy, mid-summer day brings a great many rewards, both large and small.

From top: Fractured and pitted sandstone gives testimony to the canyon's ancient struggle with the elements; black cohosh (Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga racemosa), whose towering flower spikes stalk the old woods like magical beings; the colorful rock harlequin (Corydalis sempervirens), an endangered fumitory that haunts the canyon's rocky outcrops; pinesap (Monotropa hypopitys), a parasitic plant closely related to Indian pipe; spotted St. John's wort (Hypericum punctatum), which is distinguished from the invasive St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) by the numerous black dots on its flowers and leaves; downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens), a shade-tolerant terrestrial orchid that favors oak-hickory woods; shrubby St. John's wort (Hypericum prolificum), a mounding, deciduous shrub of open, sandy woods; orange-fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris), a stunning late summer beauty of Appalachia's moist meadows and open woods; a hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) visiting a late-blooming milkweed; a silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) drinking up the nectar of a butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa); an American green crab spider (Misumessus oblongus) stalking a black-eyed Susan for its next meal; a large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) being perfectly beautiful on a lazy summer day; and last but not least, a hulking patch of eastern Jack-0'-lanterns (Omphalotus illudens), which contrary to what field guides say have never glowed in the dark for me (I love the toxic little beauties nonetheless).

These are always so good and this one is actually a level up.

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Andor charcter names & Spanish!

so while watching Andor, Saw Gerrera's name popped out to me as obviously being based on the Spanish word guerrera (warrior), but once I noticed that a whole lot of other names presented themselves so I am compiling a list:

• Brasso — abrazo (hug) — this man is so friend-shaped
• Saw Gerrera — guerrera/o (warrior) — he sure fuckin is
• Taramyn Barcona — barracón (barracks) — he was a former Stormtrooper
• Dedra Meero— miro (I look/I watch) (pronounced the same as meero) — her meticulous observation is her key character trait
• maybe this is a reach but Kassa Andor— casa, andar (home, walk/go/travel), he's someone always running from or trying to return to his home
• Clem Andor— clemencia (clemency/mercy) — he was always shown trying to keep the peace and yet was shown no mercy himself
• Perrin — perra (bitch.)

also some that are probably just me making something out of nothing but are way too close to spanish words not to include:

• Cinta Kaz — cinta is just straight-up a spanish word, meaning tape/ribbon but can also be used to mean film in the movie sense. maybe trying to say she is the tape/ribbon tying this rebellion together? or if it's the film definition, invoking a meta sort of tragic inevitability? (I am reading too much into this and I am wrong here let's be clear)
• Vel — vela means candle— as in she is this small but burning flame of rebellion; velo means veil— as in her sight of some parts of this thing are clouded. (once again I am reading too much into this and I am wrong here please ignore me)

also not spanish but. luthen. luthien. an instrument crafter. the way he gradually builds tools to play the music of the rebellion. the NAMESSSS the names

please add on if you have more!

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