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⌈ Secret Post #2028 ⌋

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Hello and good day! Today we take a lot at another book series that I'm sure many of us are also familiar with: Harry Potter. I'm sure you can tell what's coming- the Patronuses!

Stag

Otter

Jack Russell Terrier

Horse

Swan

Doe

Hare

Lynx

Cat

Fox

Weasel

Boar

And I have just one spider picture, today, along with a video! This one's tiny- and I mean it. If you're the type that normally scrolls past quickly or adblocks them, then I'd ask that if you take a look at just one spider pic, then give this one a go. I promise it's not really very scary at all.

source

Here we go! Now, I'm not too sure what species of jumping spider this is, exactly, but it's not very easy to see, is it? I know most of the pictures that I normally post are macro shots and offer good details on what spiders look like, but they also make the spiders look huge! The spider in this picture is much closer to how large the vast majority of jumping spiders that you might encounter in real life will look to you.

Just a note, though, if ever you intend on investigating them a little closer- jumping spiders are really, really curious. If you put a finger out to them, they will probably inspect it, take up a position like so. If you see a spider doing this and holding very still, it's preparing to jump onto you.

If you've ever wondered how a jumping spider judges the distance of its jumps so accurately, though, this video explains how! Here's an article on it. They're pretty unique in being the only known animals thus far to use a focusing/defocusing system (think of adjusting the lense in a camera to get things sharp at a particular distance and blury in the foreground and background) as their primary means of depth perception. I think it's pretty neat.

I think my patronus would be Ke$ha

LOL WIN

lol oh god

I am a little worried about you though if Ke$ha is the representation of your personality...

Re: So, what do you think your Patronus would be? Would anyone have a spider?

(Anonymous) - 2012-07-22 20:17 (UTC) - Expand

Re: So, what do you think your Patronus would be? Would anyone have a spider?

(Anonymous) - 2012-07-22 20:25 (UTC) - Expand

So what is the difference between patronus and a daemon?

because I thought my daemon would be a bower bird so I'm unimaginative in assuming so would my patronus.

but if it's something we think will protect us, idk, something big and scary with loads of teeth that every one else's patronus would run for.

...can my patronus be a dementor? Is that allowed?

A Patronus is the physical manifestation of your happiest thoughts and memories. For Harry, it's his parents (the knowledge that they died protecting him, the memories and moments they never got to share, knowing he was loved), and for Snape, it's Lily, one of the few people who ever truly cared for him.

So basically whatever makes you most happy will give your Patronus shape! It's impossible for a Dementor to be a Patronus's shape not only because they feed on despair, but because they are the natural antithesis of a Patronus in the first place. Nothing makes me happier than flying trapeze, for instance, so I feel like my Patronus would be a swallow or some other small kind of bird. Think of it that way and something might come to you.

A daemon is more like an Animagus form, which is effectively your personality but in animal representation.

Re: So, what do you think your Patronus would be? Would anyone have a spider?

(Anonymous) - 2012-07-23 07:14 (UTC) - Expand

Re: So, what do you think your Patronus would be? Would anyone have a spider?

(Anonymous) - 2012-07-23 07:15 (UTC) - Expand

I'd like to think my patronus would be an okapi. I've always loved them for their uniqueness and looking like they're kind of a mix of everything. I don't know but I think it would suit me.

I'd want my patronus to be Dinsey copyright lawyers. They're so protective.

Disney*

Because I can spell.

Or Monsanto.

My patronus would be one of the corvids. If you'd asked me several years ago, I'd've told you it would be a raven, but I'm getting more and more convinced that it would actually be a blue jay.

I would totally have a kitty!

I think mine would be an Arabian horse. Y'know, I bet that if the third book ever comes out on Pottermore there'll be a test to see what your Patronus is.

Mine would be an alligator.

I WANT MINE TO BE A SWARM OF BEES :O

Oh, good one! How come?

Re: So, what do you think your Patronus would be? Would anyone have a spider?

fickletastictot - 2012-07-23 06:47 (UTC) - Expand

Re: So, what do you think your Patronus would be? Would anyone have a spider?

agentcthulhu - 2012-07-24 15:11 (UTC) - Expand

Re: So, what do you think your Patronus would be? Would anyone have a spider?

fickletastictot - 2012-07-24 15:37 (UTC) - Expand

Re: So, what do you think your Patronus would be? Would anyone have a spider?

agentcthulhu - 2012-07-24 16:01 (UTC) - Expand

I've never seen a white stag before. Thank you! And thanks for the spiderly knowledge as well.

My Patronus and Daemon are quite obvious - Cthulhu and Cthulhu ;)