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meltknuckles

@meltknuckles / meltknuckles.tumblr.com

gamedev 🌐 lowpoly lifeform ✦ 3d tinkerer 🪼 gif peddler ✦ hobby naturalist 🐛 they/it

hi there, i'm mel 🐛

💚✨ i make games, 3d art, pixel art, websites (and more!) 🕷️🌊 i love creatures, especially of the bug and sea variety 🏳️‍🌈🌴 i'm a us-based queer nonbinary middle eastern pacific islander

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a lil springtime newt dedicated to CNY Hiking 🌈, a group that I've been so lucky to be a part of for the past few years 💚 i've met so many incredible people and seen so many beautiful places, and it's really helped me realize that you can go out and create the community you want to see in the world. plus i touched so much grass 🌱👈

shoutout to my pal ryan for being the one who started it all (go check out his art!!)

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hii, just wanted to let folks know i opened up an inprnt shop! featuring fresh higher-resolution renders, so that the prints don't look as lo-res as the gifs i'm able to upload here.

feel free to use the coupon code "I9MRZY" for 20% off any purchase for the first week 👍

and pls let me know if you'd really like to see any other animations as a print! i just started with some of my favs 💚

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This is what a deep-sea piggyback ride actually looks like 🐽🦀

During ROV dives in the Monterey Bay, MBARI researchers have often observed small crabs riding on the backs or clinging to the bellies of Scotoplanes sea cucumbers, commonly known as sea pigs.⠀⁠ ⠀⁠ Flat, muddy plains cover much of the deep seafloor. In such areas, animals that can’t burrow into the mud have nowhere to hide. Some juvenile king crabs have evolved a unique solution to this problem—they hitch rides on wandering sea cucumbers. Researchers speculate that this may help young crabs evade predators.