Archer fish in action at the National Aquarium in Baltimore! Such a cool species of fish!
You can probably guess how they got the name archer fish – by spitting water with pinpoint accuracy at bugs on branches and leaves above the water, knocking them in for a meal. So cool!!!
AHHHH! Archer fish are my favorite đ I remember reading about them in a book as a kid and the first time I ever saw them in real life at an aquarium! I freaked! I was so excited đ
Right?? Theyâre the best! It was even more awesome cause I was JUST telling my nephew and my sister about them shooting water at bugs and we got to see it there! Such a cool experience!
This is such a cool species to do a demo with! I donât think Iâve seen any other facilities purposefully use that behavior for education.Â
Thereâs a real-life superhero in Virginia.
As a child, he was bullied for his ADHD
because he sometimes did random things
like crawling around on the floor. Now
heâs known as The Black Widow, a master
of martial arts who prowls the streets of
Norfolk practicing parkour and free
running. Despite his a multi-tool utility
belt, first aid kit, and retractable police
baton, he avoids violence because he
prefers to talk people out of a fight. Source
Hello yes! A Science Birb, here to explain the science!
Birb have VERY LARGE EYE in skull. Very good for seeing! But not space for muscle, birb cannot move eye. For mammal to make steady image, keep focus on single thing, always moving eye! Tiny movements, sometimes not even know. But birb cannot make tiny movements! So, birb must move whole head. And that is why the birb can keep steady the head when the body is amovering!
Thank you for listening to a science
Iâm crying
That was the greatest scientific explanation I have ever read
we made friends with the hanzo from the enemy team and he brought a ball from spawn so weâd play with him and it was the purest thing ive seen in a while
4 months ago now, SmashBits on Youtube started a series in order to cash in on the Undertale craze. If Undertale was Realistic. For a while, I saw it in my recommended, but paid it no mind.
It wasnât long after the video was booming that I got a message from my friend @pipann about how the series was using her Undertale Models.
Not only was this done without her permission, but they were monetizing on it through Patreon, and while they gave credit to their animators and voice actors, there wasnât a single line of credit to be found regarding the modelers and the models SmashBits ripped from the Steam Workshop.
Contact was made, disappointment was expressed, and at the end of the day, all that could be offered to Pip and the other model makers was that they would be publicly credited for their work. The project would continue to be funded through Patreon, so the animators and voice actors were still being paid. The modelers were not. This was ignored for the time being.
Recently, however, SmashBits got a sponsorship, and have injected a minute long product placement ad into their latest âIf Undertale was Realisticâ in order to earn even more money through their sponsors on top of revenue from clicks and their Patreon. They were continuing to make even more money off the backs of modelers whoâd done the time to sculpt, map, and rig these models that were meant to be used on terms of the modelers (whom mostly allowed these models to be used for fun, not for profit).
Through encouragement of myself and others, Pip issued a DMCA and marked all points in the offending videos of the series in which her model(s) were present. She got the attention of one of the partners of SmashBits and they had been in the middle of finding a solution that would make both parties happy. But the moment the head of Smashbits decided to Counter Claim the DMCA, any negotiation went out the window.
Pip has attempted to leave comments about the situation on SmashBitsâs page, both when the DMCA was first issued, and after the Counter Claim was made.
As of now, the comments have been deleted by someone at Smash Bits [Right click -> view image in new tab for full view]
This was to keep the now angry mob that is Smashbitâs fanbase informed as to what was going on in order to keep accusations from flying.
But with SmashBits having deleted the comment, their fanbase is left in the dark to continue being angry.
I, myself, have also left a comment.Â
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But lo and behold it is no longer there when I go into Incognito Mode
The comments still appear for both myself and Pip due to Youtubeâs cache being a bit slow to update for us. But itâs confirmed SmashBits is trying hardcore to cover their ass over the fact that they are making money using assets they have no right to, and even after several people have contacted them angrily about it when it all started, they doubled down to get even MORE money through the sponsorship without having consulted any of the artists.
I have even been outright muted to keep from posting any information on their discussion page. They themselves have not made any comment regarding the scenario other than âthe videos will be back soonâ.
I normally am against callout posts, but this is a case where the offending party (Or at least the head of the party) is very much in the wrong, and it needs to be known. The artists are not the bad guys for wanting to be properly respected and to not be seen as just a tool that gives people free assets to make money off of.
Smash Bits does not deserve to go unscathed from this. Spread the word. Inform the fanbase of the hacks they actually art.
At least until they either fully demonetize the projects in which they do not own all of the assets to, or they hire artists to make assets specifically for them to use.
These guys are hurting a friend of mine, please reblog
