if u ever wonder how europeans can rely on trains so much to travel thru entire countries
this is why
(312km/h is about 194mph)
? Yea is this not the same everywhere??
doesnt seem to be
Also, most areas in America don’t even HAVE passenger rail anymore
The automotive industry purposely tried to kill off trains here in America
Public transit in general if we’re being honest.
As an europeean, what the fuck america?
if you ever see something weird about america chances are it’s because some powerful industry decided to kill something that would have worked towards the public good for profit
“if you ever see something weird about america chances are it’s because some powerful industry decided to kill something that would have worked towards the public good for profit”
This is humanity put to good use. Screw all the stuff that’s happening these days, this is basically the only reason I like us stupid ape people. Little things like this, designed to keep us all happy and busy
heathen! it’s a pika! they’re not mice (rodents), they’re lagomorphs (bunnies). they live on top of mountains, because they’re from back in the ice age, and only mountain tops have the appropriate climate anymore.
they don’t hibernate in the winter, so they spend the summer gathering flowers and hay they dry their crops in the sun and then store them in underground burrows to eat all winter.
they also hop around and shout “meep meep meep” at you
A pika? wait, as in…? Are you fuckers telling me that Pikachu was a god damn RABBIT this entire time!?!?!?!?!?
Actually, probably!
I can’t speak to the intentions of the original creator but there are several species of Pika (Pronounced ‘Pike-ah’ jsyk) the one pictured above is the American Pika, native to my elevated back yard of the Colorado Rockies.
The Northern Pika (Ochotona hyperborea) is native to Northern Asia and has a swath of it’s range in the mountains of Northern Japan, where it has been nicknamed The Japanese Guinea Pig, which is about as taxonomically incorrect as calling it a mouse- they’re closest to rabbits.
Another fun fact: Pika call to each other (really, yell at each other to STAY OUTTA MY YARD) with a high-pitched call that…
…Really does sound like it’s saying “Pi! Pi!” doesn’t it?
