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#kodama — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Day 28 - Forest Spirits

    I've been intending to do Kodama. Did my own twist on them being spectral energy attached to the trees

    #digital #art #digitalart #yokai #Forest #Spirit #forestspirits #ghost #kodama #Japan #cute #October #drawtober #creatober #spooktober #anartaday #dailyart

  2. Discovered in the deep: tiny ‘sucker-bum #squid’ with martial arts moves theguardian.com/environment/20 by Helen Scales

    Two new pygmy #squids, #Idiosepius kijimuna and #Kodama jujutsu from the #Ryukyu Islands, #Japan link.springer.com/article/10.1 by Amanda Reid et al., 2023

    "The two species of #PygmySquid the size of a fingernail live on Japanese #CoralReefs. Spotting them is a sign of a healthy ecosystem"

  3. Two new pygmy #squids discovered among the #corals of #Japan phys.org/news/2023-10-pygmy-sq paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1

    "The scientific names take inspiration from #JapaneseFolklore. Idiosepius #kijimuna is named after the short, red-haired forest #fairies that live in the #banyan trees of #Okinawa... The #Kodama genus is named after the round-headed spirits that live in ancient #trees, whose presence indicate a healthy forest."