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dbhfan28

Hi all, I'm new here to this community, I'm 22 and autistic and adhd (both diagnosed this year, though knew about autism for years before due to a while's waiting to be assessed) I was recommended to try this online forum in my feedback session for the autism diagnosis and I thought I'd give it a try and see if I can get involved and find community/connection. I've listed my main interests in my bio, though my most special interest is the video game Detroit: Become Human (alluded to in my username). Looking forwards to giving this a try! 

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  • Welcome!

    I have to say, in amongst your favourite animals, you just casually drop in 'hag fish'. I had to laugh! They are pretty cool though, aren't they the ones with the weird biology and the slime?

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Thank you! They're definitely a very different animal to all the others I have listed, well known as you mentionin, for their slime (which they use to combat predators and prey alike, though they can accidentally get it on themselves, which they fortunately have a mechanism for saving themselves from their own weapon) I first became interested in them after reading a marine life encyclopedia and when it described hagfish by talking about how different they are from other marine life and animals in general, I resonated with that and was instantly a fan.
    Your profile picture reminds me I completely forgot to mention my love of butterflies and moths! Too many cool animals out there to remember to mention them all.

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  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Thank you! They're definitely a very different animal to all the others I have listed, well known as you mentionin, for their slime (which they use to combat predators and prey alike, though they can accidentally get it on themselves, which they fortunately have a mechanism for saving themselves from their own weapon) I first became interested in them after reading a marine life encyclopedia and when it described hagfish by talking about how different they are from other marine life and animals in general, I resonated with that and was instantly a fan.
    Your profile picture reminds me I completely forgot to mention my love of butterflies and moths! Too many cool animals out there to remember to mention them all.

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  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    It was that video!

    I've also seen a hawkmoth, I think it was a bee hawkmoth so we thought it was a bee at first and not a moth, very clever disguise honestly, and they are very big moths. Garden tigers look lovely too, the markings do look like a tiger's! That sounds like an interesting piece to have on the windowsill, it would be very rare to see one so up close like that. I've never had a big one like that so close to me, but have often got those little brown house moths, they seem to love landing on me at night if they're about.

  • in reply to dbhfan28
    dbhfan28 said:
    a short one where the hagfish used this slime successfully against a shark

    Oh, is this where it tried to eat it then realised it was disgusting and spat it out? 

    dbhfan28 said:
    My favourites I see out and about have got to be the speckled woods and red admirals

    Oh, I love a speckled wood, they and ringlets are very pretty if you spot them! I do like a comma too for their wingshape! 6 spot burnets are a geat find too!

    All your other ones I had to go and look them up, and wow, they are stunning! I would love to see a clearwing like the greasy, you do get clearwing moths in the UK but they look so similar to wasps and hoverflies I think it would be tricky to tell. And the Sunset and Lunar are breathtaking, imagine seeing them in the wild, it would be spectacular!

    The biggest I've seen here is the popular Hawk Moths, we had a chrysallis of one in the garden at one point. And my daughter found a dead Garden Tiger. A little grim, but getting to see it up close was too good an opportunity to pass up! (it's sitting on the windowsill still)

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    They do! A very efficient method for getting past the seeming drawback of their slime, something other marine life can't do, I love wildlife documentaries too, I remember watching a short one where the hagfish used this slime successfully against a shark of all creatures and it worked.

    I do love identifying butterflies and moths, I've got a little handbook on some of the different species. My favourites I see out and about have got to be the speckled woods and red admirals, but from the book one I wouldn't see in my area that's pretty interesting is the Big Greasy Butterfly (interesting choice in name) named as such because their wing scales shed and give a "greasy" appearance. And the prettiest moth in the book has got to be the Madagascan Sunset Moth, the wings look just like a sunset which is wonderful. Lunar moths are a close second!

  • in reply to dbhfan28
    dbhfan28 said:
    have a mechanism for saving themselves from their own weapon

    Ohh yes, don't they tie themselves in a knot or something? I remember seeing them on a documentary (I love wildlife documentaries), and yeah it sticks in your mind as they are just so weird, so yeah I can see the appeal! 

    Moths and Butterflies are so fascinating aren't they! They are so varied and it's pretty astounding that some species migrate huge distances! I love moths too as they are so much harder to identify, but it's very satsitfying if you do. And the names are pure magic.