Nifty Buckles Folklore
@niftybuckles.bsky.social
Valerie Hopkins (pen name Nifty Buckles). Author of myth & architect of The Darwind5 VAWT brand. Site: https://niftybucklesfolklore.fun
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"Granny Magic Chocolates," by Nifty Buckles
Millie Butterbloom mends hearts in quiet Brindle with her granny’s enchanted truffles.
When a flashy rival appears, quiet mountain magic wins the day!
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"Granny Magic Chocolates," by Nifty Buckles
Millie Butterbloom mends hearts in quiet Brindle with her granny’s enchanted truffles.
When a flashy rival appears, quiet mountain magic wins the day!
Website: www.niftybucklesfolklore.fun
Payhip:
payhip.com/b/qk7FL
#PhantomFriday 🐈⬛✨ #FridaytheThirteenth 🐈⬛
Happy Friday the 13th! 🐈⬛✨
The black cat was revered long before it was feared.
Friday the 13th merely inherited the myth.
Shadows don’t equal misfortune. 🐈⬛✨
Photo of the late horror actor, Vincent Price & Phantom.
The black cat was revered long before it was feared.
Friday the 13th merely inherited the myth.
Shadows don’t equal misfortune. 🐈⬛✨
Photo of the late horror actor, Vincent Price & Phantom.
February 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
#PhantomFriday 🐈⬛✨ #FridaytheThirteenth 🐈⬛
Happy Friday the 13th! 🐈⬛✨
The black cat was revered long before it was feared.
Friday the 13th merely inherited the myth.
Shadows don’t equal misfortune. 🐈⬛✨
Photo of the late horror actor, Vincent Price & Phantom.
The black cat was revered long before it was feared.
Friday the 13th merely inherited the myth.
Shadows don’t equal misfortune. 🐈⬛✨
Photo of the late horror actor, Vincent Price & Phantom.
February 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Happy Friday the 13th! 🐈⬛✨
The black cat was revered long before it was feared.
Friday the 13th merely inherited the myth.
Shadows don’t equal misfortune. 🐈⬛✨
Photo of the late horror actor, Vincent Price & Phantom.
The black cat was revered long before it was feared.
Friday the 13th merely inherited the myth.
Shadows don’t equal misfortune. 🐈⬛✨
Photo of the late horror actor, Vincent Price & Phantom.
#FairyTaleTuesday 💕 #ValentinesDay 💘
Before chocolate, there were roses. 🌹
Sacred to Venus. Crowned by Sappho.
Red whispers devotion.
Pink breathes tenderness.
White guards dreams.
From altar bloom to velvet box —
desire, still blooming. 💘🍫
Before chocolate, there were roses. 🌹
Sacred to Venus. Crowned by Sappho.
Red whispers devotion.
Pink breathes tenderness.
White guards dreams.
From altar bloom to velvet box —
desire, still blooming. 💘🍫
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
#FairyTaleTuesday 💕 #ValentinesDay 💘
Before chocolate, there were roses. 🌹
Sacred to Venus. Crowned by Sappho.
Red whispers devotion.
Pink breathes tenderness.
White guards dreams.
From altar bloom to velvet box —
desire, still blooming. 💘🍫
Before chocolate, there were roses. 🌹
Sacred to Venus. Crowned by Sappho.
Red whispers devotion.
Pink breathes tenderness.
White guards dreams.
From altar bloom to velvet box —
desire, still blooming. 💘🍫
#FairyTaleTuesday 💍🏺
February baby before the 19th?
You’re Aquarius ♒ — the rebel visionary of the zodiac.
Amethyst = clarity + calm + soulmate energy
Violet = loyalty
Iris = wisdom. Primrose = fresh starts
Pro tip: Slip a violet under your pillow & set your intention…
Happy Birthday! 🎉
February baby before the 19th?
You’re Aquarius ♒ — the rebel visionary of the zodiac.
Amethyst = clarity + calm + soulmate energy
Violet = loyalty
Iris = wisdom. Primrose = fresh starts
Pro tip: Slip a violet under your pillow & set your intention…
Happy Birthday! 🎉
February 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM
#FairyTaleTuesday 💍🏺
February baby before the 19th?
You’re Aquarius ♒ — the rebel visionary of the zodiac.
Amethyst = clarity + calm + soulmate energy
Violet = loyalty
Iris = wisdom. Primrose = fresh starts
Pro tip: Slip a violet under your pillow & set your intention…
Happy Birthday! 🎉
February baby before the 19th?
You’re Aquarius ♒ — the rebel visionary of the zodiac.
Amethyst = clarity + calm + soulmate energy
Violet = loyalty
Iris = wisdom. Primrose = fresh starts
Pro tip: Slip a violet under your pillow & set your intention…
Happy Birthday! 🎉
#MythologyMonday 🦉
The owl soars as a symbol of piercing wisdom and veiled secrets in Roman lore. Sacred to Minerva (Roman counterpart to Greek Athena), goddess of wisdom, strategy, justice, victory, commerce, weaving, and protector of artisans, the owl—known as the Owl of Minerva or Owl of Pallas.
The owl soars as a symbol of piercing wisdom and veiled secrets in Roman lore. Sacred to Minerva (Roman counterpart to Greek Athena), goddess of wisdom, strategy, justice, victory, commerce, weaving, and protector of artisans, the owl—known as the Owl of Minerva or Owl of Pallas.
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
#MythologyMonday 🦉
The owl soars as a symbol of piercing wisdom and veiled secrets in Roman lore. Sacred to Minerva (Roman counterpart to Greek Athena), goddess of wisdom, strategy, justice, victory, commerce, weaving, and protector of artisans, the owl—known as the Owl of Minerva or Owl of Pallas.
The owl soars as a symbol of piercing wisdom and veiled secrets in Roman lore. Sacred to Minerva (Roman counterpart to Greek Athena), goddess of wisdom, strategy, justice, victory, commerce, weaving, and protector of artisans, the owl—known as the Owl of Minerva or Owl of Pallas.
#MythologyMonday 🦉
The Meaning: The juxtaposition of the serious, devotional text about the necessity of God's involvement in human endeavors with the absurd, satirical image of animals in clerical roles is typical of medieval humor.
#OwlishMonday 🦉
The Meaning: The juxtaposition of the serious, devotional text about the necessity of God's involvement in human endeavors with the absurd, satirical image of animals in clerical roles is typical of medieval humor.
#OwlishMonday 🦉
February 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
#MythologyMonday 🦉
The Meaning: The juxtaposition of the serious, devotional text about the necessity of God's involvement in human endeavors with the absurd, satirical image of animals in clerical roles is typical of medieval humor.
#OwlishMonday 🦉
The Meaning: The juxtaposition of the serious, devotional text about the necessity of God's involvement in human endeavors with the absurd, satirical image of animals in clerical roles is typical of medieval humor.
#OwlishMonday 🦉
#Caturday 😺🌿
Old Polish legend: A mother cat wept as her kittens drowned chasing butterflies.
Kind willows dipped their branches, saving the tiny paws that clung tight.
Ever since, each spring pussy willows bloom with soft, fuzzy 'catkin' buds where those kittens gripped!
#PussyWillowLore 🌿🐈
Old Polish legend: A mother cat wept as her kittens drowned chasing butterflies.
Kind willows dipped their branches, saving the tiny paws that clung tight.
Ever since, each spring pussy willows bloom with soft, fuzzy 'catkin' buds where those kittens gripped!
#PussyWillowLore 🌿🐈
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
#Caturday 😺🌿
Old Polish legend: A mother cat wept as her kittens drowned chasing butterflies.
Kind willows dipped their branches, saving the tiny paws that clung tight.
Ever since, each spring pussy willows bloom with soft, fuzzy 'catkin' buds where those kittens gripped!
#PussyWillowLore 🌿🐈
Old Polish legend: A mother cat wept as her kittens drowned chasing butterflies.
Kind willows dipped their branches, saving the tiny paws that clung tight.
Ever since, each spring pussy willows bloom with soft, fuzzy 'catkin' buds where those kittens gripped!
#PussyWillowLore 🌿🐈
#BookWormSat Celebrating Dickens' birthday with The Old Curiosity Shop (1840–1841) a tale of gentle Little Nell & her grandfather fleeing debt through Victorian shadows.
“There are chords in the human heart, strange, varying strings which are only struck by accident." — Master Humphrey
“There are chords in the human heart, strange, varying strings which are only struck by accident." — Master Humphrey
February 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
#BookWormSat Celebrating Dickens' birthday with The Old Curiosity Shop (1840–1841) a tale of gentle Little Nell & her grandfather fleeing debt through Victorian shadows.
“There are chords in the human heart, strange, varying strings which are only struck by accident." — Master Humphrey
“There are chords in the human heart, strange, varying strings which are only struck by accident." — Master Humphrey
#BookWormSat Celebrating Charles Dickens' birthday with his gripping 1837–1839 masterpiece, Oliver Twist—a timeless tale of poverty, resilience, and the dark underbelly of Victorian London. “There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
February 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
#BookWormSat Celebrating Charles Dickens' birthday with his gripping 1837–1839 masterpiece, Oliver Twist—a timeless tale of poverty, resilience, and the dark underbelly of Victorian London. “There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
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‘You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.’ ~
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. #BookwormSat
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. #BookwormSat
February 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM
‘You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.’ ~
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. #BookwormSat
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. #BookwormSat
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‘A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other’
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities📷 Cover of Serial Vol.5, 1859
#BookWormSat
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities📷 Cover of Serial Vol.5, 1859
#BookWormSat
February 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
‘A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other’
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities📷 Cover of Serial Vol.5, 1859
#BookWormSat
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities📷 Cover of Serial Vol.5, 1859
#BookWormSat
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Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.’ ~ Dickens, Great Expectations.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a Dickensian #BookWormSat
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a Dickensian #BookWormSat
February 7, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.’ ~ Dickens, Great Expectations.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a Dickensian #BookWormSat
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a Dickensian #BookWormSat
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“… a little straw hat trimmed with cherry-coloured ribbons, and worn the merest trifle on one side-just enough in short to make it the wickedest and most provoking head-dress that ever malicious milliner devised.”
(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 W.P. Frith “Dolly Varden” (1842)
#bookwormsat
(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 W.P. Frith “Dolly Varden” (1842)
#bookwormsat
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“… a little straw hat trimmed with cherry-coloured ribbons, and worn the merest trifle on one side-just enough in short to make it the wickedest and most provoking head-dress that ever malicious milliner devised.”
(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 W.P. Frith “Dolly Varden” (1842)
#bookwormsat
(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 W.P. Frith “Dolly Varden” (1842)
#bookwormsat
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Hearts confined with cobwebs would burst at last, and then Love was avenged.
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Anselm Feuerbach #BookWormSat
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Anselm Feuerbach #BookWormSat
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Hearts confined with cobwebs would burst at last, and then Love was avenged.
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Anselm Feuerbach #BookWormSat
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Anselm Feuerbach #BookWormSat
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“The bare idea!”, Mr. Camilla interposing, as Mrs. Camilla laid her hand upon her heaving bosom! ~ Great Expectations, Charles Dickens.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
February 7, 2026 at 2:23 PM
“The bare idea!”, Mr. Camilla interposing, as Mrs. Camilla laid her hand upon her heaving bosom! ~ Great Expectations, Charles Dickens.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
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‘I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.’ ~ Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of Charles Dickens with a day of wholly Dickens, more Dickens with a side of Dickens. Join us.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of Charles Dickens with a day of wholly Dickens, more Dickens with a side of Dickens. Join us.
February 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
‘I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.’ ~ Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of Charles Dickens with a day of wholly Dickens, more Dickens with a side of Dickens. Join us.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of Charles Dickens with a day of wholly Dickens, more Dickens with a side of Dickens. Join us.
#PhantomFriday 👻
On Valentine's Eve in old English folklore, run around a church 12x at midnight—if done right, the phantom of your future lover appears as a ghost.
Miss it, and who knows what spirit shows up instead?
#SuperstitionSat 🪦🐈⬛
#ValentinesFolklore 💕👻
Gif: #NiftyBucklesFolklore
On Valentine's Eve in old English folklore, run around a church 12x at midnight—if done right, the phantom of your future lover appears as a ghost.
Miss it, and who knows what spirit shows up instead?
#SuperstitionSat 🪦🐈⬛
#ValentinesFolklore 💕👻
Gif: #NiftyBucklesFolklore
February 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
#PhantomFriday 👻
On Valentine's Eve in old English folklore, run around a church 12x at midnight—if done right, the phantom of your future lover appears as a ghost.
Miss it, and who knows what spirit shows up instead?
#SuperstitionSat 🪦🐈⬛
#ValentinesFolklore 💕👻
Gif: #NiftyBucklesFolklore
On Valentine's Eve in old English folklore, run around a church 12x at midnight—if done right, the phantom of your future lover appears as a ghost.
Miss it, and who knows what spirit shows up instead?
#SuperstitionSat 🪦🐈⬛
#ValentinesFolklore 💕👻
Gif: #NiftyBucklesFolklore
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“7,500-year-old deer skull headdress discovered in Germany indicates hunter-gatherers shared sacred items and ideas with region's first farmers”
Tom Metcalfe
Live Science. apple.news/AaM4xDInWSNS...
Tom Metcalfe
Live Science. apple.news/AaM4xDInWSNS...
7,500-year-old deer skull headdress discovered in Germany indicates hunter-gatherers shared sacred items and ideas with region's first farmers — Live Science
The discovery of a deer skull headdress and tools made from antlers at the site of a New Stone Age farming village suggests that hunter-gathers were sharing ideas with the newcomers.
apple.news
February 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
“7,500-year-old deer skull headdress discovered in Germany indicates hunter-gatherers shared sacred items and ideas with region's first farmers”
Tom Metcalfe
Live Science. apple.news/AaM4xDInWSNS...
Tom Metcalfe
Live Science. apple.news/AaM4xDInWSNS...
The Fairy Butterfly's Flight
There once was a fairy so spry,
With wings like a butterfly high.
She flitted through glades,
In flower-strewn shades,
Carrying souls to the sky.
In meadows where moonlight would gleam,
She'd whisper of transformation's dream.
A flutter bug supreme!
©2026 Nifty Buckles
There once was a fairy so spry,
With wings like a butterfly high.
She flitted through glades,
In flower-strewn shades,
Carrying souls to the sky.
In meadows where moonlight would gleam,
She'd whisper of transformation's dream.
A flutter bug supreme!
©2026 Nifty Buckles
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The Fairy Butterfly's Flight
There once was a fairy so spry,
With wings like a butterfly high.
She flitted through glades,
In flower-strewn shades,
Carrying souls to the sky.
In meadows where moonlight would gleam,
She'd whisper of transformation's dream.
A flutter bug supreme!
©2026 Nifty Buckles
There once was a fairy so spry,
With wings like a butterfly high.
She flitted through glades,
In flower-strewn shades,
Carrying souls to the sky.
In meadows where moonlight would gleam,
She'd whisper of transformation's dream.
A flutter bug supreme!
©2026 Nifty Buckles
#FolkloreThursday 🌼🫖
Primroses, those gentle golden heralds of #Spring, spin a luminous web of lore around rebirth & regrowth. In British tradition, the pale "first roses" unlock fairy realms. 🧚♀️
Welsh healers steeped petals into warming teas to chase away chills and restore vigor. #PrimroseTea 🌼
Primroses, those gentle golden heralds of #Spring, spin a luminous web of lore around rebirth & regrowth. In British tradition, the pale "first roses" unlock fairy realms. 🧚♀️
Welsh healers steeped petals into warming teas to chase away chills and restore vigor. #PrimroseTea 🌼
February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
#FolkloreThursday 🌼🫖
Primroses, those gentle golden heralds of #Spring, spin a luminous web of lore around rebirth & regrowth. In British tradition, the pale "first roses" unlock fairy realms. 🧚♀️
Welsh healers steeped petals into warming teas to chase away chills and restore vigor. #PrimroseTea 🌼
Primroses, those gentle golden heralds of #Spring, spin a luminous web of lore around rebirth & regrowth. In British tradition, the pale "first roses" unlock fairy realms. 🧚♀️
Welsh healers steeped petals into warming teas to chase away chills and restore vigor. #PrimroseTea 🌼
Today is #WesternMonarchDay 🦋
These incredible butterflies have plummeted by over 90% since the 1990s. They’re not just beautiful—they’re vital pollinators making an epic 3,000-mile journey each year.
Let’s act:
✅ Plant native milkweed
✅ Avoid pesticides
✅ Support conservation
Every garden helps!
These incredible butterflies have plummeted by over 90% since the 1990s. They’re not just beautiful—they’re vital pollinators making an epic 3,000-mile journey each year.
Let’s act:
✅ Plant native milkweed
✅ Avoid pesticides
✅ Support conservation
Every garden helps!
a butterfly is sitting on a sunflower in a field
ALT: a butterfly is sitting on a sunflower in a field
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February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Today is #WesternMonarchDay 🦋
These incredible butterflies have plummeted by over 90% since the 1990s. They’re not just beautiful—they’re vital pollinators making an epic 3,000-mile journey each year.
Let’s act:
✅ Plant native milkweed
✅ Avoid pesticides
✅ Support conservation
Every garden helps!
These incredible butterflies have plummeted by over 90% since the 1990s. They’re not just beautiful—they’re vital pollinators making an epic 3,000-mile journey each year.
Let’s act:
✅ Plant native milkweed
✅ Avoid pesticides
✅ Support conservation
Every garden helps!
#WyrdWednesday 🐉🔥
The Muckle Mester Stoorworm, darkest dragon in all folklore — yawns the Baltic Sea into being, scatters teeth as Orkney & Faroe isles. Its liver crashes as burning Héla volcano; one breath poisons half Scotland. Once slain, its blood clots into peat that still burns today
#Dragons
The Muckle Mester Stoorworm, darkest dragon in all folklore — yawns the Baltic Sea into being, scatters teeth as Orkney & Faroe isles. Its liver crashes as burning Héla volcano; one breath poisons half Scotland. Once slain, its blood clots into peat that still burns today
#Dragons
February 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
#WyrdWednesday 🐉🔥
The Muckle Mester Stoorworm, darkest dragon in all folklore — yawns the Baltic Sea into being, scatters teeth as Orkney & Faroe isles. Its liver crashes as burning Héla volcano; one breath poisons half Scotland. Once slain, its blood clots into peat that still burns today
#Dragons
The Muckle Mester Stoorworm, darkest dragon in all folklore — yawns the Baltic Sea into being, scatters teeth as Orkney & Faroe isles. Its liver crashes as burning Héla volcano; one breath poisons half Scotland. Once slain, its blood clots into peat that still burns today
#Dragons
#WyrdWednesday 🏴📖
Across Welsh hills and Germanic forests, the European dragon takes wing: fire-breathing, treasure-hoarding sentinel of chaos. 🔥🐲 #Dragons
Winged terror, emblem of primordial fury—yet its legend still scorches our tales today. E. Nesbit’s The Book of Dragons (1900).
Across Welsh hills and Germanic forests, the European dragon takes wing: fire-breathing, treasure-hoarding sentinel of chaos. 🔥🐲 #Dragons
Winged terror, emblem of primordial fury—yet its legend still scorches our tales today. E. Nesbit’s The Book of Dragons (1900).
February 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
#WyrdWednesday 🏴📖
Across Welsh hills and Germanic forests, the European dragon takes wing: fire-breathing, treasure-hoarding sentinel of chaos. 🔥🐲 #Dragons
Winged terror, emblem of primordial fury—yet its legend still scorches our tales today. E. Nesbit’s The Book of Dragons (1900).
Across Welsh hills and Germanic forests, the European dragon takes wing: fire-breathing, treasure-hoarding sentinel of chaos. 🔥🐲 #Dragons
Winged terror, emblem of primordial fury—yet its legend still scorches our tales today. E. Nesbit’s The Book of Dragons (1900).
#WyrdWednesday 🦕🦘
In Bedrock, prehistory never quite ends—dinosaurs linger as loyal pets, tails wagging like dogs across the aeons.
Dino the Snorkasaurus bounds with pure joyful chaos, while Hoppy the Hopparoo (kangaroo-dino hybrid?) leaps in to save the day.
In Bedrock, prehistory never quite ends—dinosaurs linger as loyal pets, tails wagging like dogs across the aeons.
Dino the Snorkasaurus bounds with pure joyful chaos, while Hoppy the Hopparoo (kangaroo-dino hybrid?) leaps in to save the day.
February 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
#WyrdWednesday 🦕🦘
In Bedrock, prehistory never quite ends—dinosaurs linger as loyal pets, tails wagging like dogs across the aeons.
Dino the Snorkasaurus bounds with pure joyful chaos, while Hoppy the Hopparoo (kangaroo-dino hybrid?) leaps in to save the day.
In Bedrock, prehistory never quite ends—dinosaurs linger as loyal pets, tails wagging like dogs across the aeons.
Dino the Snorkasaurus bounds with pure joyful chaos, while Hoppy the Hopparoo (kangaroo-dino hybrid?) leaps in to save the day.