monster! parasites!
Jul. 23rd, 2020 04:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragonlady7nonsense, tw animal slaughter, the witcher
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laurelnose
<https://laurelnose.tumblr.com/post/624361027542417408/monster-parasites>:
you know how a few days ago i said we weren’t going to talk about monster
parasites? *that was a fucking lie*.
the basis of my monster parasite thoughts are: every organism comes with
its own internal ecosystem that goes with them everywhere. it’s like having
built-in friends! ergo, when monsters crossed over to the witcher dimension
during the Conjunction of Spheres they *must* have brought *many new and
delightful parasites* with them. you know what fiend manes are full of?
MITES. you know what drowners got on their skin? COPEPODS. what can we do
with this information? *anything we want.*
i promise there are no pictures below the cut. i have tried to put warnings
on all my sources but click any of the links below at your own risk.
warning for internal and external parasites of animals, monsters, humans,
and witchers; parasites altering the behavior of their hosts; and probably
general body horror. if you read the eating-liver-flukes post
<https://laurelnose.tumblr.com/post/623923316025065472/she-who-drank-vodka-with-cats-whatttt-i-just>
that’s
probably a decent baseline for how revolting you will find this post.
also, *super obvious* bias towards aquatic parasites as referents. my
degree is fisheries science not terrestrial ecology so that’s primarily
what i’m drawing on even though nearly all of the witcher monsters are
terrestrial. there is a TON i’m missing here bc of that bias! specifically
i really wish i could talk about how parasites of invasive species often
act as co-invaders with their hosts and monsters *definitely* count as
invasive species and would have majorly reshaped ecological interactions on
the Continent but i don’t know enough about terrestrial ecosystems to
speculate properly. hopefully you enjoy it anyways!
Keep reading
<https://laurelnose.tumblr.com/post/624361027542417408/monster-parasites>
ok I know my Personal Brand as a fic writer is Gross Dead Animal Nonsense
but this guy makes me look like a complete amateur. Nice to see someone who
has studied a science at least once come in on my side re:Witchers not
getting parasites, at least.
via https://ift.tt/39kBF1g
laurelnose
<https://laurelnose.tumblr.com/post/624361027542417408/monster-parasites>:
you know how a few days ago i said we weren’t going to talk about monster
parasites? *that was a fucking lie*.
the basis of my monster parasite thoughts are: every organism comes with
its own internal ecosystem that goes with them everywhere. it’s like having
built-in friends! ergo, when monsters crossed over to the witcher dimension
during the Conjunction of Spheres they *must* have brought *many new and
delightful parasites* with them. you know what fiend manes are full of?
MITES. you know what drowners got on their skin? COPEPODS. what can we do
with this information? *anything we want.*
i promise there are no pictures below the cut. i have tried to put warnings
on all my sources but click any of the links below at your own risk.
warning for internal and external parasites of animals, monsters, humans,
and witchers; parasites altering the behavior of their hosts; and probably
general body horror. if you read the eating-liver-flukes post
<https://laurelnose.tumblr.com/post/623923316025065472/she-who-drank-vodka-with-cats-whatttt-i-just>
that’s
probably a decent baseline for how revolting you will find this post.
also, *super obvious* bias towards aquatic parasites as referents. my
degree is fisheries science not terrestrial ecology so that’s primarily
what i’m drawing on even though nearly all of the witcher monsters are
terrestrial. there is a TON i’m missing here bc of that bias! specifically
i really wish i could talk about how parasites of invasive species often
act as co-invaders with their hosts and monsters *definitely* count as
invasive species and would have majorly reshaped ecological interactions on
the Continent but i don’t know enough about terrestrial ecosystems to
speculate properly. hopefully you enjoy it anyways!
Keep reading
<https://laurelnose.tumblr.com/post/624361027542417408/monster-parasites>
ok I know my Personal Brand as a fic writer is Gross Dead Animal Nonsense
but this guy makes me look like a complete amateur. Nice to see someone who
has studied a science at least once come in on my side re:Witchers not
getting parasites, at least.
