Over 90% are hybrids! 🦎
Japanese giant salamanders went from Near Threatened (2014) to Vulnerable. In Kyoto, 90%+ are hybrids.
"If they look the same, who cares?" It matters when island natives & tough mainlanders share a river. Brought by humans in the 60s... what the hell is wrong with humanity?
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one of the stories in KALEIDOSKOP is called SHADY SLOPE (schattenseite)
SHADY is japanese giant salamander (one of my favorite animals: they get up to 80 years and spend the most of their lifes resting in a clean cold riverbed)
SHADY thinks they would be happier with a blue skin ton so they try different methods to change their color, without success
in this story i try to visualize the challenges i had to face during an addictive disorder. to feel home in your body is precious. if we stop judging us or others for our/their appearance everyone will feel more relaxed and self confident.
this story was drawn for the issue FAILURE of the @springmagazin in 2022
the book KALEIDOSKOP is published by @reprodukt_berlin - translation by the one and only @andrly - for a signed & dedicated version with drawing please DM

#shadyslopes #Ōsanshōuo #großerpfefferfisch #comic #challenges #eatingdisorder #metaphor #giantsalamander #character #allegory #schattenseite #salamander #despair #addictivedisorder #selflove #salty #springcollective #moki #mioke #kaleidoskop #reprodukt #mariannaforpresident

pictoplasma invited us to take part in the open house character market on sunday 12-18h in berlin at silent green
we made this salamander sculptures for you - all unique (clay approx. 10cm) 35e

#Hanzaki #salamander #lurch #cryptobranchidae #character #pictoplasma #characterdesign #giantsalamander #sculpture #tinysculpture #clay #unique #crappy #moki #mioke

SHADY the giant salamander is looking for a place to stay! if you like xer company let me know!

upcoming: PICTOPLAMSA market sunday 12-18h silent green, gerichtstr 35, BERLIN 18.9 - come by!
@pictoplasma
infos: https://conference.pictoplasma.com/berlin2022/festival2022/#Character_Market

#lookingforahome #shady #Hanzaki #floating #giantsalamander #lurch #cryptobranchidae #character #giantsalamander #hidingplace #sculpture #moki #pictoplasma #characterdesign #mioke

imagine you lie on your sofa – a giant salamander floating weightlessly above you
SHADY is what you are looking for! 🪸 let me know if this creature could fit your habitat! in the wild it lives up to 80 years and reaches a length of 1,5m. it can go for weeks without eating due to its slow metabolism. it is entirely aquatic and almost entirely nocturnal.
#Hanzaki #meschenleerdielüfte #floating #giantsalamander #lurch #cryptobranchidae #shady #character #giantsalamander #hidingplace #sculpture #moki

friends of the night, this japanese giant salamander is looking for a new hiding place! if you can offer a leafy bower SHADY would love to meet you!
#shady #character #giantsalamander #salamanderlove #moki #leafybower #schattigesplätzchen #shadyslope #comiccharacter #becomealive #fiction #hidingplace
if you are in berlin tonight - visit the spring collective at sonnenallee 133 - issue 19 topic FAILURE will be released 18-21:30 open sa&so 15-18h @springmagazin