Moose and Wolves

Hey Jammers! It has been a busy and difficult couple of weeks for me, haha ^^;

My family and I might have to move this year, but it's from where I've lived all my life, and I already love it here... so I'm still coming to terms with that...

But moose are here!

As you might be able to tell, the outlines on this moose look a little glitchy. I don't think this happens to all AJ moose, I believe it's just a color thing.

I'd say these moose look pretty nice and close to reality! What do you think?

As you may have noticed, WildWorks chose to make the moose female without horns. It makes sense, considering that there are so many horned items to choose from! I wonder what would have happened if AJHQ had taken that same route when lions were released for the first time. Well... it makes sense that they didn't, cuz there was no Mane item back then ^_^;

Have any of you ever seen a moose in real life? :D

I'm rarely in places where moose live, but if I ever did see one I would probably cry tears of happiness XD
And keep a safe distance away, of course, cuz I wouldn't want to scare them... 

The Winter Small House has returned! In my opinion, it's one of the coolest dens around (haha see that pun... *cue laugh track*)

But nevertheless, I'm still in an Autumn-y mood. 

Speaking of which, notice how pixelated the Autumn Small House is in comparison to the normal one:

Eh. I still like both c:

Moving on...

It's the second year where Wolfenoot is being celebrated in Jamaa!

I like how the wolves in the image above look. I love the moons and stars and how they look interesting but with a simple design :)

Here's something I learned recently: wolves don't actually eat that often. They can go weeks without hunting, and when they do catch another animal, they eat as much of them as they can. 

However, sometimes wolf packs do leave some of their prey behind. They are thought to do this in times of plenty, and while humans have mischaracterized wolves as wasteful for this practice, it's been theorized that leaving food behind is actually a complicated strategy of wolves. By feeding local scavengers and decomposers when they can, they indirectly help the ecosystem around them.

Wolves are beautiful and extremely important for the Earth, so celebrate them today!

You may have noticed that I'm skipping some Jamaa Journal pages, and that's because not all of them are interesting XD

A little messed up that there's a turkey carcass on the table AND a pet turkey on Animal Jam. More than a little messed up, actually.

But is just viewing a turkey, a living being, as meat and nothing more any less messed up?

Hmm.

Just know that you don't have to eat other animals to be happy and healthy. That's all I'll say for now.

I'll leave you with another amazing Masterpiece I found on the Daily Explorer. This one is by Pearldragon76! <3
Shout out to the artist for drawing the snail's eyes in the correct place. AJHQ should have consulted them before designing the pet snails XD

That's all I got for today, Jammers. I've been looking out for any updates on Feral, and I will definitely post about it if I discover anything!

Until next time...

See you in Jamaa!!!

(And stay warm, too)

The Tale of a Snail

Hey Jammers! As promised, I'm back to talk about the Thursday update. This week's update came a day late, as having the Feast of Thanks update right on Halloween would be a little depressing, right? 

Well I'm still feeling Halloween-y. Who says it has to end for me until I feel like it? >:)

Moving on-- the first page of the Jamaa Journal says...

Pet Snails are here!!!

At first I was really excited about this– I had a pet garden snail in real life for 3 years. His name was Bob, and he was my pride and joy! I learned so much from him, and I drew him all the time. I kept him in a medium-sized terrarium, fed him cabbage, distilled water, and calcium from old shells to keep his own shell strong, and I even took him on the long trips to see my grandparents. He was a well-traveled snail. 

I'm just gonna keep talking about Bob XD

To give him water, I sprayed the walls of the terrarium with distilled water– that's water in its purest form, because fluoride and all the stuff in most tap water isn't good for snails. The droplets collected on the walls, and I would watch Bob's mouth open and drink the water! It was very interesting. I may have also put a half of a coconut shell in the terrarium for Bob to burrow under to hide during the day.

For a long period of time, though, Bob stayed burrowed under the soil of the terrarium and I was afraid he had passed away. However, he did come back up! I released him inside of a hollow log in the woods surrounding my grandparents' house.

Did you know that snails can sleep for three years straight, no problem? Snails hibernate all winter, too. Looking back, I realize that it was not the kindest thing to take Bob out of his natural habitat and keep him all alone for so long– it must have been confusing to not have to go through hibernation for 3 years, and snails like to be around other snails. 

I learned a lot from Bob, but I think it is a better idea to learn about animals on their own terms instead of taking them away from their homes.

ANYWAYS... back to Animal Jam XD

The main thing that bothers me about the AJ pet snail is that its eyes are in the wrong place!!! A snail's eyes are at the top of their eyestalks.

If only AJHQ modeled the pet snail after the Sarepia snail... then I'd be interested :P

Well, that was a long time to spend on one page of the Jamaa Journal. Moving on!!!

Peck's Den has returned! It's like the Bunnies Only Party, but a den.

Ah yes, the Capitalism Fantasy Bundle™

Twists and Turns has re-turned! The prizes are the same every year, but it's a fun adventure if you like to be challenged with mazes, or feel all Autumn-y inside c:

Again– Halloween can last as long as you want it to and AJHQ can't tell you otherwise XD

And last, but certainly not least...

Moose are coming soon!

We have too many hoofed mammals, and only one reptile. When will snakes finally arrive in desktop Jamaa? Komodo dragons? When will hippos? Hippos are a great idea. 

Moose are cool, though. I'm sure they'll end up looking great, even though we don't really need them in Jamaa right now

Before I go, here's a cute Masterpiece I found on the Daily Explorer that really makes me happy:

This is by galaxy18unicorn 

That is just my favorite shade of green right there, and the warm brown-red of the leaf pile just complements it so nicely. And that wolf is adorable! So happy :')

I hope this autumn is going well for everyone reading this. See you in Jamaa!!!

The Zios Flower Experiment + Jambassador Plushies PSA

Hey Jammers! Even though I've been really busy in my life this school year, I promise to all of you that I will not stop posting. I'm not losing interest in AJ or AJ blogging– I'm just going through some difficulties right now. Sorry for the lack of content– but it won't be forever!

That being said, I promise to post AT LEAST every biweekly update, even while I'm busy.

It's not the biweekly update today, but a small thing in The Lost Temple of Zios has been on my mind today:

The four flowers.

When you click them, they make a whimsical little sound and change colors, but did you know that they do something special when all four become the same color? (Other than white, that is)

I made a post about this in the early days of Animal Jam Stream, but I thought I'd revisit it with a little experiment:

How many clicks does it take to get all the flowers the same color?

How much time?

So I set a stopwatch and started clicking...

Halfway through, I noticed the four flowers did a little bit of the special thing when the top two and the bottom left one change to the same color. It happened pretty fast so I didn't get a screenshot, but I thought it was worth noting.

I counted each time I clicked on the flowers (though I may have skipped a number or two, you never know). 

And finally...

 

After 3 minutes, 39 seconds, and 97 clicks, all the flowers were blue! As you can see, when all the flowers are the same color, they send up sparkly dusty stars that may supposed to be pollen.

So does it take the same amount of clicks every time? Or is it randomly decided when the four flowers will match?

To get to the bottom of this mystery, and to add more content to this post, I repeated this experiment...

Same as last time, halfway through the top and bottom left flowers matched, BUT they didn't show any sparkles at all, so forget what I said up above lol

After 74 clicks exactly, the mystery is now solved:

The amount of clicks it takes to get the four flowers to match is completely random!

I hope this experiment was at least a little bit more interesting than showing you the new items ^^;

Speaking of new items, a little PSA about the Jambassador Plushies that are slowly being released:

Not only is the Chocolate4Froggy plushie available in the Flamingo Claw, ALL of the above plushies are going to be available in their respective Claws soon.

The CupcakeCeline one and the Pugfluff one already are in the bunny and otter claws, and the WisteriaMoon one will be in the Wolf Claw on November 1st.

So don't go trading all your favorite items for these yet! In fact, we don't know if more won't come out in the Claw, so to be safe, just don't trade for them for a while.

This has been a PSA~

Alright, Jammers. See you in Jamaa! 

More Phantoms + New Animal Hint

Hey Jammers! I logged in today and saw that AJ updated this Thursday, so I thought I'd go over it with ya :)

Coyotes and hyenas have returned! Aaaaannd, as always, I never noticed them leave in the first place... XD

The Epic Haunted Manor is back! It's like the Spooky Den, only it has a radioactive sludge pool and a spooky cliff. I wonder– did this den replace the Spooky Den, or was it just an addition? Hm...

Speaking of the Spooky Den, the Spooky Party is back!! Yay!!! I love this party a lot more than the Haunted Forest Party– the colors are more muted and spooky >:)

And next up, a little mystery...

I recommend that you click the image above so you can read the riddle and study the image up close!

Pay attention to the footprints... notice anything odd? Well, there is what looks to be a chunky moose antler in the way back, but I'm not sure what it is for certain.

Personally, I'm hoping that those frosting squiggles mean that snakes are finally coming to Jamaa, but what the riddle could also imply is that even though there are familiar footprints, they might be from a new animal anyway. Meaning, we might just get another animal similar to some we already have.

Still, I appreciate this little riddle! It really spices up an otherwise mundane Jamaa Journal :)

Cool costumes are here! I really love the tiger in phantom armor– bonus points for being nonmember ^-^

I wish the Wizard Hat was nonmember too, that would be so cool!!!

And if you look in Jam Mart Clothing we have a new nonmember item: the Bat Amulet! I'd model it but necklaces are always hard to see on pandas XD

Aaaaaand, a reminder about Desktop AJ! I personally prefer browser, but this is a good back-up option nonetheless.


In the spirit of the Night of the Phantoms, want me to show you what I think the spookiest den item is? Not the scariest den item, of course... in my opinion, the scariest den items are from that Cereal set that I really want to push out of my head o_o

But in my opinion, the spookiest item is...

This version of Scary Eyes! It looks even creepier (in a cool way) if you see it actually animated

I haven't seen it rereleased in recent years– maybe because it's just that spooky :0

Alright, that's all the news-worthy stuff I have for today.

See you in Jamaa, and happy Night of the Phantoms!

~DoomyPanda

Rare Jambassador Plushies + Feral Guesses + Phantom Night

Hey Jammers! Forgot to post on the Thursday update, but Jamaa is all spooky now!!!

Phantoms, Jack-o-Lanterns, and the eerie dark night that blankets Jamaa Township every October, leaving all the Jammers in a spooky fog for the duration of this very spooky season...

And like every Night of the Phantoms, there's candy!

And even better– bat facts!!!

Difficult commented in my last post that he thought these might be new facts. At first I thought they might just be reused from last year, but maybe they ARE new! I'm glad they're writing the sources in the bottom corners now, too.

But who could forget one of the main events of the Night of the Phantoms? It is during this holiday that the veil between our world and the phantom world is the thinnest, giving those of us brave enough a chance to sneak a peek inside...

T̘̘̞ͫͣ̎̉̆ͦ̓̽͞͞͡H̜͓̼̦̺ͤ͗ͭ̅Ė̞̘͚̜̊ͦ͒͞͝ ̸̦̖̼͉̯͖̼̍͆͢͡P͚ͨ̀̀͟H̛͈̭̯̪̱̱͎̺͆͂͆̋ͭ̔̽ͩ̔ͅA̔̑̈ͭ̃͏͏̙N̶͎̦̙̦̪͎̹ͧͣͬͦT̗͔͉͚̹͔͇̠͑̎̀̃͒̂̀̾ͦ͠͝O̐͆ͮͨͭͦ̽͏͖̼̘̳̻M̶̝͖̰̮͈̔͗ͩ̊̾̔ͤ̍͝ͅ ̶͉̻̭̦̣͎̝̦ͬ̅̓̈́͟V͔̍͆͑O͉̼̩̼͓̾̋Ŗ͔ͮͦ̒ͬ̈̉̈̀̚̕ͅŢ̦̝͕̊̄́͂̆͡E̴̛̱͖͋̈́ͯ͛̈́̇̇͢X̵̹̯̳̗̽̊͒̏̀͌̂́͠ͅ!!!!!!!



Come one, come all, to the Phantom Vortex! Home to what arguably is Jamaa's most stressful game:

Can you keep your sanity as you desperately try to defend your precious sweets by the light of a single, shivering torch? Can you hold onto hope when inevitably, the darkness will swoop in and steal your candy before you even get the chance to reach the last level?

So you don't have to find out for yourself, I decided to play to see what this year's spooky prize is:

Aaaand, after completing level 5, you get a Chained Zombie Door! 

Fits perfectly in a Small House den :D

Originally, I think you had to complete up to 10 levels to get the prize, but they've been making it easier so now it only takes 5 levels.

However... finishing the game is the hard part. Last year, the prize was won so easily, that I had a theory that completely finishing the game 100% gave you a different prize, because defending your candy is so stressful that I'm sure most people would drop the game once they get their prize.

I never tested this theory, because I never ended up beating the game fully... but last year, I figured out that there are at least 13 levels. How far does the Vortex game go? What if it just went on forever because no one could be expected to play beyond level 5 XD 
Now THAT would be spooky

Moving on from spooky things... here's a new thing I learned:

These aren't edits, they're real items that came out maybe only a week ago!!!

According to the AJ Wiki, each plushie (with the exception of the chocolate4froggy one, I'll get into that soon) is very very VERY rare. They can only be acquired through a unique code given out by each Jambassador, and each can only give out a plushie code 100 times. Basically, a maximum of 100 of each plushie can exist, which is a very small number. 

Chocolate4froggy's plushie, on the other hand, can be won randomly in the Flamingo Claw without limit! So don't go over-trading for one without knowledge or you may regret it. 

I'm not too familiar with Jambassadors, but I'm really happy Snowyclaw got a plushie too, even though she doesn't make much content anymore– though she DOES maintain the Animal Jam Archives, which is an awesome resource, and who could forget the wonderful impact the Animal Jam Spirit blog had when it was active?

This plushie series is giving me ideas for Jammer plushie edits... like what would DoomyPanda look like as a plushie? Probably pretty basic because I don't wear cool items lol

Before I go, I wanna leave you with a thought I had earlier:

So over the years, there have been a couple leaks and unreleased items that seem "too violent" for AJ– mostly the above images. The image to the left was thought to be a potential weapons inventory for adventures, and the image to the right was an unreleased item that was turned into a display of flowers for obvious reasons. 

Fer.al is going to be rated 13+. Maybe it will be an outlet for some of the """edgier""" ideas AJHQ has had over the years that just aren't right for Animal Jam. Just a little, kinda obvious thought 

Alright Jammers, see you in Jamaa!!!!!!!