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Hobbies: photography, birdwatching (with Corvidae caching much attention), mycology, bone collecting, both urban and wilderness exploration, tracking, studying entheogenic plant use in shamanism, study of trickster archetypes, shapeshifting, and of course wolves and cultural perceptions of wolves. I ...

I've posted this to another thread where a dewclaw was shaped into a sculpted hind leg, but since the subject is present, and it was likely missed:

Wild wolves lack this toe.

According to this BBC article, a sure way to spot a wolf with dog in the mix, is to sight for a hind dewclaw. Not all of ...

I don't agree with keeping wolves as pets, or hybridizing wolves. Millions of fine dogs are killed every year in US shelters. Animals we troubled to domesticate. If you've done your research, taking in a rescue wolfdog, over a puppy from a breeder, would be another issue entirely.

Aside from this ...

Muninn

As a link to physical transformation, I'd have to agree.

If someone wanted to use it in a plot, however, the lunar orbit spiralling further out into space as time moves forward could be another idea to flush out. This is of course a very slow process in terms of human and wolf lifespans, so I don't ...

Sorry, Lupin, and thanks for catching that.

I meant system tray. I sometimes stick magpies where buttons should be.

Edit , so as not to clutter and derail further: The system tray would accompany the taskbar on Windows machines. This is generally located at the bottom of your screen. The updated ...

I am aware of the dominator culture paradigm. Cultural perceptions and memes don't make a thing so, but I suppose it would give something that wished to exploit such circles, a leg up (canine ref. intended. ponder dominance, or an easy stream of urine).

Excerpt from article "Fooled by the Full Moon" in Discover Magazine, dated Sept. 2003

"A study of 4,190 suicides over 58 years in Sacramento County, California, uncovered no ties with the moon, full or otherwise. Several studies likewise revealed no link between lunar phases and psychiatric ...

Well said.

So, in your mind, a 'Pure Evil' would be brought about by a curse(?) that overrides a persons self (thoughts, personality, etc). A true lack of choice that acts as an agent of harm against the will of others? It must be a form of possession.

"It's not her fault, she had no choice." is ...

'Evil' is a loaded label.

It senses to me as a justification, no matter which side of the coin one plays.

I don't think that 'evil' could ever be an intrinsic state of being, but a choice. Both internal and external perceptions would also carry much depth into this. Cultural taboos, self-interest ...

Shpongle - A New Way to Say 'Hooray!'

That it is - Armillaria ostoyae otherwise called the honey mushroom.