Whys he on a treadmill tho
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Monstrosities of Evolution
These bizarre illustrations are from Ulisse Aldrovandi’s 1642 book, History of Monsters (Monstrorum Historia). Although the illustrations are extremely bizarre, they depict Aldrovandi’s vivid imagination and vast education in natural history, science and the diversity of life, including monsters.
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) is considered the founder of modern Natural History. The Ulisse Aldrovandi Museum is housed in the Museo di Palazzo Poggi di Scienza e Arte and is located in his hometown of Bologna, Italy. His Storia Naturale, a 13 volume printed work, was conceived as the most complete description of the three kingdoms of nature - mineral, vegetable and animal - available at that time.
Aldrovandi was an extremely educated man. Born to a noble family, he obtained degrees in medicine and philosophy, with further interests in botany, zoology and geology. He became the first professor of natural sciences at the University of Bologna. Of the hundred of books and essays he wrote, only a handful were published during his lifetime.
Nearing the time of his death, he proudly stated that his home held a collection of 18,000 “different natural things,” and 7,000 dried plants displayed in fifteen volumes. The seventeen volumes with drawings of animals, plants, minerals and monstrosities are an integral part of the museum.
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terriblebuttsex replied to your post: pro tip: take a pit stop when you get to
wow ur really going full superwholock huh. never thought id see the day. /chews stalk of wheat pensively, gazing out over the wide prairire from my humble rocking chair
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im in it for the snazzy…
i’m only in it for someone to complain about dr. who with. if you’re interested in that /strokes shotgun casually
i’ll be your sounding board if you like
keep in mind tho I’m a very patient person who doesn’t know where irony ends and sincere appreciation starts dry-humping everything in sight
its mostly just like… the lack of effort the writers put into creating believable and/or imaginative science fiction. i’ve mostly only seen the david tennant episodes but i’d love to meet a non-shitty robot or a villain that doesn’t announce their intentions loudly and repeatedly
point.
it really isn’t particularly innovative in it’s storytelling. dw is different from the stuff i usually watch i guess - usually i like stuff that’s quite unusual and trope-defying, neither of which dw is really.
and the DRAMATIC GESTURESS or CATCH PHRASES of the villains. THE FREAKING SLITHEENS AND THEIR HEAD-ZIPPING.
i guess what it lacks utterly in subtlety it makes up for in a classic sense of genre? like, it’s in the same bucket as star wars or star trek. hm idnno
then again it does have its moments, so. i’m still withholding full judgement
even though I’ve watched through nine and am chugging steadily through ten. like despite the absurdity and meh costuming there’s still…
idk cass back me up
yeah i mean the dialogue between humans is usually pretty good and david tennant is wonderful but other than that i don’t understand why its so popular? i mean there’s only really two characters (up through season 10 anyways) plus rose’s mom. and that super bland annoying boyfriend they finally got rid of
so yes cassidy please help so many people i love love doctor who and i don’t understand why
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