Made in 1629, Koishikawa Botanical Gardens is a traditional Japanese garden located near Tokyo Dome. Quite a few of the scenes in the garden are inspired by famous Chinese landscapes. The garden is loved by locals for its cherry blossoms in the spring and its fall foliage.

A captivating fantasy castle made of white stone, adorned with numerous towers and turrets. Surrounded by billowing clouds against a dreamy pink sky backdrop. The castle evokes a sense of enchantment but shows signs of neglect with broken windows and cracked walls.

Dark fantasy castle on a floating island in a lake AI generated wallpaper at full moon day

I have written about character building before, but this time, I want to have a particular focus on character building for the fantasy genre. My books are more than often, character driven and art of characterisation can be powerful, turning plots into amazing and awesome stories.

Disney is a cornerstone of the American childhood. Even for someone like myself who was raised in an environment where most Disney movies were banned because of the witchcraft, sorcery, or overt references to Satan (The cat in Cinderella is named Lucifer, for example), I was still influenced via friends or the occasional contraband storybook found in a dentist’s or doctor’s waiting room that I would sneak into a corner or playhouse and read. I didn’t see most Disney movies until I was a babysitting teenager. To this day I have never seen Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or 101 Dalmatians, yet I could tell you the stories and even sing nearly all the songs. With such a pervasive influence, it was impossible to escape the clutch of Disney.

Five Shocking Animal Hybrids That Truly Exist in Nature, From Narlugas to Grolar Bears to Coywolves
The now-famous “virgin” stingray Charlotte is not having hybrid babies, scientists say. But in nature, distinct species sometimes interbreed to produce surprising offspring

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I had long assumed that the God of Crossroads was some lesser, unknown deity within the pantheon of Greek or Nordic mythologies, but that was before I delved deep into the world of black fantasy art.

We took a road trip from our apartment in Baumholder along Germany’s Fairytale Road. Germany is where the Brothers Grimm wrote famous tales like Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty. There are so many amazing road trips in Germany, but this one allows you to relive those childhood stories. It’s also one of the prettiest drives in the country. The route offers beautiful views and a deep dive into the Brothers Grimm’s tales. Be ready for an experience that might surprise you.

Die Harnischwelse (Loricariidae) sind eine in Mittel- und Südamerika vorkommende Familie  der Ordnung der Welsartigen. Mit mehr als 80 Gattungen, über 820 beschriebenen und geschätzt 700 bis heute unbeschriebenen Arten sind sie die artenreichste Familie der Welsartigen und eine der artenreichsten Fischfamilien überhaupt.

Les Loricariidés (Loricariidae) sont la plus grande famille de poissons-chats (ordre des Siluriformes), avec 1 000[1] espèces connues et de nouvelles espèces décrites chaque année. Les Loricariidés proviennent des eaux douces du Costa Rica, du Panama, et des zones tropicales et subtropicales d'Amérique du Sud. On connaît des Loricariidés dans toutes les eaux douces du Panama à l'Argentine. Ces poissons sont connus pour leur ventouse buccale, et les plaques osseuses couvrant leur corps. Plusieurs genres sont vendus sous le nom de plécos, notamment le Pléco commun, et sont très populaires en aquariophilie. Plusieurs espèces sont connues pour produire des sons de stridulation grâce à leurs épines pectorales[2].

The L-number system is a semi-scientific classification system of catfish based on photographs of shipments of tropical catfish of the family Loricariidae published by the German aquarium magazine DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (The Aquarium and Terrarium Magazine)). The first L-number was published in 1988.

Baryancistrus xanthellus (L018, L081, L085, L177, LDA060) er en art av harniskmaller i gruppen Ancistrini. Det er en bunnlevende ferskvannsfisk som finnes i Rio Xingu i Amazonas-vassdraget. Den blir opptil 29,7 cm lang SL[1]. Baryancistrus xanthellus er på grunn av sitt spesielle utseende en populær akvariefisk, og har fram til arten ble beskrevet  i 2011 gått under forskjellige L-numre, samt det engelske populærnavnet «gold nugget» eller «golden nugget» i akvariehandelen.

Odontodes, or dermal teeth, are hard structures found on the external surfaces of animals or near internal openings. They consist of a soft pulp cavity surrounded by dentine and covered by a mineralised substance such as enamel, a structure similar to that of teeth.[1] They generally do not have the same function as teeth, and are not replaced the same way teeth are in most fish.[2] In some animals (notably catfish), the presence or size of odontodes can be used in determining the sex.[3]

Hypostomus asperatus[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Tocantins River basin. The species reaches 22.9 cm (9 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[2]

English: Panaque armbrusteri, Brazil, Altamira, Para

Hypostomus subcarinatus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the coastal drainage basins of eastern Brazil, including the São Francisco River basin. The species reaches 31 cm (12.2 inches) in total length  and is believed to be a facultative air-breather.[1] Although originally described in 1855, no verifiable scientific record of the species was made until a 2014 survey of an urban lake in downtown Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais collected seven specimens that were later recognized as Hypostomus subcarinatus, leading to a redescription of the species in 2019.[2]

A zebra loach (Botia striata), size about 7cm.

Hypostomus commersoni[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Paraná River drainage, including the Iguazu River, the Paraguay River, the Río de la Plata, and the Dulce River. It is typically found in rivers with muddy substrates and moderate currents. The water that H. commersoni inhabits usually has a temperature of 16.8 to 27.8 °C (62.2 to 82.0 °F), a pH of 7.2 to 9.2, a turbidity of 23.7 to 442 NTU, an oxygen concentration of 6.1 to 9.1 mg/L, and a conductivity of 1.087 to 2.654 μS/cm.[2]