Copyright Symbols: All AJ Bloggers Need to Know

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a new post!

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In this post: 

Funny AJ Ally

Gabby's Animal Hospital is in the SS spotlight!

Copyright: What is it and how is it used?

Small-ish blog updates :)
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Hello, jammers! Happy Thursday ^.^ 

Sort of a long post, and not a very long intro, so let's just get started!

To start this post off right, here's an adorable and creative way to get the tiger animal... without getting the tiger animal! xd

Onto the one and only...

Shop Shoutout! YAY! This week's shop in the spotlight...

Gabby's Animal Hospital

Description: Gabby's Animal Hospital is a medical-themed building in Jamaa. It was formerly known as the Medical Center, but a small update replaced it with Gabby's Animal Hospital in September 2013. 

Location: Kimbara Outback

First Released: Although it was introduced when Kimbara Outback was first released (July 2013), it didn't actually open until September 2013. 

Fun Facts: 

• The letters on the eye chart by the door spell out several names of the alphas!
• There was a 2 year gap where the hospital had no watchable videos (2014-2016)
• The coloring table on the lower level of the building once could be clicked and opened to a Print and Play menu, but it is no longer a clickable object

Images: (not my images)

Moving on...

Welcome to the main portion of this post :) 

Now, copyright. It's a very interesting topic that a lot of people tend to get confused by. For instance, adding a copyright symbol doesn't mean that people will get in big trouble if they still your work. Obviously, no one should ever steal someone else's work; it's horrible and wrong. But they won't get extremely penalized. Continue reading to find out what these 3 copyright symbols mean!

© Copyright - Copyright is basically the right you have over the things you create. It's automatically yours when you create photos, drawings, writings, and videos; in other words, you don't need a copyright symbol to have copyright. In the case that someone does steal your work, copyright symbol or not, there's really not much you can do about it.       

™ Trademark - Trademark is basically copyright, but is more commonly used with a name or phrase. Similar to the copyright above, you can't really do much of anything if someone copies that name/phrase. The symbol is once again just a reminder; unless you have it registered. Read more below.    

® Registered - This symbol you absolutely cannot used unless you have it registered, meaning you paid money to some government agency to protect your personal work. Using this symbol without paying money is illegal. You can get in a lot of federal trouble, something you shouldn't have to worry about when you're on a free, blogging platform! If you do register a copyright, there are certain registered symbols that you can use on your blog (as mentioned above). 

In the end, you can use the copyright and trademark symbols for free, but you can't really do anything if someone steals your work. The only way to really get someone in trouble for stealing your work is if you have a paid, registered, trademark on your website/blog/work. 

I hope that made sense, and that you'll never have to get in trouble with any federal agency as someone under 18 xd

Finally...

Announcement - Yes, I do have an announcement (that Dogo and Doomy already know xp). I have joined the AJSASS (Animal Jam Special Agents Stopping Scammers), and I have been promoted to gamma! You may or may not see me post in a couple of weeks; my agent name is Blossom, if you ever see me write a post! :) For those wondering, no, I would never leave this blog, and will continue to regularly post on it on the days according to my Blog Schedule!

Popcorn's Art - A possibly temporary installment of mine; I made an "art blog" (completely inspired by Wild), where you can find some of my AJ drawings (like the one I showed you all yesterday :) 

Page in Progress! - The "Links" page I mentioned a couple of posts ago is in the works! I say it may come out in... 3-ish weeks? 

End of Daily News 

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And that will wrap up this post! I hope you enjoyed (and found it somewhat useful)! 

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

A Nightmarish Giraffe & Spring Layout Progress

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a new post! 

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In this post:

The Studio Corner is the SS today!

Scary giraffe O.o

Daily News

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Hello, jammers! 

Yes, it is Thursday, which, yes, means it's Shop Shoutout day! (Eesh, try reading that 5 times fast)

A long with the infamous SS, I will be talking about some blog updates (again) and a very disturbing giraffe found in the pillow room :) 

Not a very big intro today, so let's get started!

This Thursday's very special Shop Shoutout is... 

The Studio Corner

Description: An artsy shop that sells a variety of paint-y items, as well as the 2 art easels you can use to paint and draw!

Location: Art Studio and the Masterpiece Gallery Party 

First Released: Art Studio - June 2016 & Masterpiece Gallery Party - Late 2016

Images: 

(There was another image but it "failed to upload")

I feel like this shop is pretty underrated. It's got some overall pretty cool items, and I feel like AJ should make it a little more noticeable or something :) 

Those are my opinions, anyways. 

Also! Do you know a pretty underrated shop in Jamaa? Want it to be featured in an edition of SS? Fill out the one-question survey to submit your answer :)

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Moving on...

You may or may not look at all giraffes in Animal Jam differently after you see this. 

What even... is this item?? I've never seen it before, but it could just be an older item that everyone forgot about or something. 

I tried searching it up, but all I got was a character page for "Buckteeth" from the Bambi Wiki xd

Question for the comments: Do you know what this item is? If so, what is it?!

Finally, onto...

The AJD has some pretty exciting updates planned, so keep reading to find out what they are XP

Spring layout update - I know, it's still February! But I'm kind of getting sick of my blue theme; so you may or may not see a new theme in the early days of March...

New header - Also part of the spring layout change above, I am currently working on (actually, just finished uwu) a spring-themed header for the layout stuff! I've always used Canva for my headers, but I actually experimented using Pixlr X*! *Big thank you to Wild and Dogo for showing me it! 

TMR website update - I stated in my "The Reason My Posts Have Gotten Shorter" post (which you can read here) that I was working on a complete, official website for TMR! I'm using Weebly, and still trying to figure out how to actually use it, but we're chillin xd I hope to get it out sometime in March, after Tkaranto releases their March issue of TMR :) 

"Links" page? - Finally, I'm thinking about adding a Links page. This page would be more like a resource for AJ players and bloggers. I would link the websites I use for my headers, graphics, fonts, etc. as well as AJ resources like The Daily Explorer, AJ's Terms of Service (just in case anyone wants to look at it), and AJHQ's help section at animaljam.com :) Let me know if this sounds like a pretty cool page; I'm on the fence about it...

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And that, will wrap up this Thursday's post! I hope you got some kind of use out of this post, and remember to submit your answers in the poll!

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

(Oh, new signature in the works as well :)

Donate Day #1

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a new post!

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In this post:

*new* Donate Day!

Shop Shoutout

AJ Ally
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Happy Thursday, jammers! This post (like many past ones) will be a more relaxed, talk-ish post as well as an introduction to a new exclusive! 

Let's start, shall we?

To start off this post, I though I'd introduce you to a new exclusive I will be adding! Let's welcome...

Donate Day was an idea I got from, well, the Conservation Museum! I've always tried to monthly donate 500-1000 gems to one of the 3 big cats. Since I've actually possessed a lot of unneeded gems from my "arcade phase" *shudders*, I decided to move it weekly and now donate 100-250 gems to one of the big cats (the amount depending on my gem level) We'll see how long it takes for me to go broke... 

Anyways, this week's Donate Day big cat was... the cheetah! 

Edit: Funny story, it actually took me about 3 tries to actually successfully get this recording uploaded and not accidentally trashed, so I ended up donating about 3000 gems to the cheetah off-camera :l 

Yay, cheetahs! Here's the recording :P

Next up...

Shop Shoutout! Today's Shop Shoutout is quite an interesting one if I'm completely honest, and seems to also get pretty overlooked. Introducing...

The Adventure Shop

Description: The Adventure Shop is the shop in Adventure Base Camp. Though not many people know much about it, it's overall a pretty great shop and sells a variety of phantom cages and enclosures. 

Location: The right corner of Adventure Base Camp (which is the first tab in the "Parties" category)

First Released: September 2013

Fun Facts: 

• There is a pattern where the iron items (Phantom Cage, Phantom Lockbox, etc.) are 400 gems less than their wood variants
• Before the shop was released, jammers thought that the shop would let them obtain phantoms and "adventure powerups". However, that was eventually proven wrong following the shop's release

Images: 

Finally onto AJ Ally :)

This AJ Ally was quite an interesting one. Not sure if this was coincidental or not, but I would say it's a mix of creepy and cool :')

*shudders*

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And that will wrap up this Thursday's post! Yes, I know, I know, my posts keep getting shorter and shorter. Don't worry, there is an explanation which will be coming shortly (once I actually work out the details and logistics of it)

But like always,

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

(new signature may be in the works X)

Unreleased Items + Shop Shoutout

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a new post!

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In this post: 

Announcement-ish - Just something I want to clarify :)

Shop Shoutout - Shoutout a shop in Jamaa

AJ Ally - We've got a funny and positive AJ Ally today CX

Unreleased Items - Let's take a look at a few unreleased items (that I honestly think are very fascinating)
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To start off today's post I just want to clarify a tiny little thing! 

So, recently something happened with my Google account which I use to run this blog. It was hacked, or glitched but nothing major and it didn't affect any personal account things. 

Fortunately, my dad has a Google account as well, so that's what I'm currently using. Unfortunately, whenever I try to follow a blog it publicly shows his name and email which is only used for his work. That means that I currently can't follow any blogs right now (but you all don't know how much I would like to xd). I do follow them privately, but they don't display so it doesn't look like I do! 

I just wanted to clear that up, in case you were wondering why I would always comment on your blogs but never follow or anything X) 

Anyways, moving on :)

Next up, we have Shop Shoutout! The special shop getting a shoutout today is... 

Temple of the Ancients

Basic Info

Description: The Temple of the Ancients is a shop in Balloosh that can be accessed through 2 temple doors. There is blue, glowing water running through it and a large Juno statue up 2 stairwells.

Location: Up the first set of stairs you see in Balloosh

First Released: March 2018

Fun Facts:

• There is a shop next to the Juno statue that sells Juno armor
• Little messages from the Alphas are scattered throughout the temple!

Images: 

Onto the AJ Ally!

Today's AJ Ally was actually one started by me! I decided to document it because it was the events after that deserved a spot onto the AJ Ally. 

Anyways, today while I was praising ol' hero Juno (read left to right) --->

After I "finished" xD, I saw a little fennec fox in the corner doing the little sad emote. I asked them why they were "crying", and they said it was because they didn't have any friends. A wolf (the one that said "bows" in the last picture) came over to them and said "I'll be your friend! Do you have a play wild account? We can buddy you there too!" The fennec fox then did the little smile emote. I actually ended up becoming friends with both of them :) 

That might've sounded kinda cringey, but it was the kindness from that wolf that sprouted a friendship between 2 jammers and made someone's day :') 

Go wolf! XP

Finally, onto

Some of my favorite Unreleased Items! I got this idea from Graciepopstar91 and her blog, The Animal Jam Friendship Community! Credit goes to her :)

(Images and information are from Animal Jam Wiki)

1. Ostrich

The first thing that caught my eye was the unreleased Ostrich animal. It was recorded in a poll for what jammers would like to see in Jamaa but lost. It was among 2 other options, the Falcon and the Sloth (both currently in the game)

This is a nice animal honestly! It may look a bit weird when players use it; it looks a bit clunky and tall. But I don't think this would've been a bad item, especially since the Falcon and Eagle look almost identical.

Rating: ★★★★☆

2. Speedo Sands 

Whoa. This looks like a pretty small version of Crystal Sands, don't you think? The things that really caught my eye here are probably the rope climb in the left corner and the cool little rocky pathway leading up to the top waterslide. It definitely would've been cool if there was an extra room beyond that little cave opening ^-^ For me, this land is bit too simple, even though the certain aspects in the land are pretty cool.

Rating: ★★★☆☆

3. Greely Plushie 

Ooh! Now this is a plushie I'm a fan of. The detail and resemblance of Greely himself looks really clean! This wasn't technically a released item, but was seen in one of AJHQ's Epic Dens. 

Rating: ★★★★★

Oop! What's that? Oh right! A 5 star rating! That means that the Greely Plushie gets a...

Coming soon!

4. Giraffe Coin

Next up is the Giraffe Coin! Now we've all maybe seen a couple of coins scattered through people's trade lists here and there. I think over my 5 1/2 years of playing AJ I've seen a coin on someone's trade twice. Twice. These coins are very hard to come across, and the obtainers of them really up the worth, as there is no official worth stated. I LOVE giraffes, but I do not like how they made it a coin. I literally hate the coins. 

So, unfortunately my rating is going to have to be a

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ 

(Sorry giraffe, it's nothing personal)

5. Gem Tree 

Ah, the Gem Tree. Whether or not you've seen it in a post quite like this one, or just simply heard of it, the Gem Tree has caused quite a discussion. What would it look like in-game? What would happen if you place it in your den? I think this has the potential to be a cool item, especially maybe if it's used similarly to the eco items? Instead of credits, you get gems maybe? I don't know, but that would be a really cool item.

Question for the comments: What would you want to happen if you inherited a Gem Tree?

Rating: ★★★★☆

6. Pet Donut Hut

The final item I found today that I thought was pretty interesting was none other than... a Pet Donut Hut! Similar to the Pet Smoothie Hut, the Pet Donut was likely redeemed from an upcoming Jazwares Toy (according to Animal Jam Wiki). This makes 5 of the unofficial Pet Hut Collection, and honestly? I'm here for it! This is a cool item that I definitely think should be released. You already have a Donut Tray den item! Why not continue the trend?

Rating: ★★★★☆

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And that will wrap up today's post! Let me know in the comments if you would like a part 2 to this! It was very fun to investigate the mysterious and unreleased items ovo 

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

Announcement! & Animal Jam Plants In Real Life!

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome back to a new post! 

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In this post: 

Shop Shoutout - Take a look at one of the shops in Jamaa!

Important TMR Announcement! - Stay tuned for this *very* important TMR announcement :)

Animal Jam Plants In Real Life - Journey with me through some of the Jamaa lands to find some plants in-game that are actually in real life!
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To start off this Thursday's post, here's...

This week:

The Wild Explorers Tent!

Basic Info

Description: The Wild Explorers Tent is a tent-like building in Coral Canyons where you can ask Cami questions and print science experiments

Location: The highest "canyon" in Coral Canyons; to the right of the stone bridge

First Released: June 2016

Fun Facts: 

• There's a caged phantom that sits in the corner of the tent
• On one of the pintables, there's a recipe for making your own ice cream!
• When the tent was first introduced, it did not have a sign on the entrance

Images: 

Onto the big announcement...

Alright jammers. I've got some very exciting news...

TMR will continue! 

Why, you may ask? Why the sudden change of mind? 

Well, it's because Tkaranto has decided to help! Tkaranto, the author of The Animal Jam Bubble, has agreed to help keep TMR up and running!

Basically, instead of me doing an issue every month, me and Tkaranto will switch. I will be doing February's Issue and March's Issue will be written by Tkaranto! Huge thanks to them for working to keep TMR alive!

I am currently working on Feb.'s Issue, so you should expect it (for real) by the 27-28th!

Finally, last topic!

Have you ever wandered through Jamaa, admiring the nature and plants in Sarepia Forest and Coral Canyons and turning on some ambient nature music? 

WELL I HAVE, DON'T JUDGE. 

And I found out that Google Lens + some extra research actually make a great pair for a post! Here are some of my discoveries:

The first plant I wanted to try was this one. I thought the little tentacle-like leaves of the plant were fascinating :)

Apparently, this plant is either an agave (a-gaa-vay) plant or a close relative to it. It likes warm and dry environments, and is mostly found in hot regions of Mexico and the Southwestern United States! I'm honestly a big fan of this plant! 

The next plant I found while browsing Sarepia Forest. It was a little patch of leaves hidden behind a couple of trees. I highly suspected it was a fern from the way the leaves were shaped and the texture was on the outline of them. 

Sure enough, it was a fern (did not specify the type of fern, though :l) Ferns can live in a wide variety of environments, from remote elevations, to dry desert plains. This is a pretty neat plant, to be honest! 

The next plant was one I found in the Lost Temple of Zios! It looked like a patch of long, tall grass and I was curious what it would come up as. 

Well, according to Google Lens, it's a type of Wheatgrass! Surprisingly, it's not only just some wild grass. There are organic Wheatgrass powders, too, which are packed with nutrients and vitamins! Whadaya know? A plant that can be wild and edible :P

The final plant I investigated in today was a little patch of yellow flowers (ignore the horrific amount of space between the pictures and text; layout probs) I had no clue what kind they were, so into Google they went! 

Whoa. Get ready for this one. According to Google, we are looking at Oenothera pilosella, an ornamental garden plant that is native to the United States and Canada! I'm not sure Google's one hundred percent correct; it could just be a random yellow flower that AJ just added for decoration xD But I think it's the closest real species :)

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Aaaaandd that will wrap up today's post!

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

Bakery Items??

 Hey jammers! Popcorn here, and welcome to a new post! Before we get into the post, my apologies for skipping the RIM post this week! The day blew by, and I just lost track of time :) Well, here we are!

In this post: 

Shop Shoutout - Showcase a shop in Jamaa!

"Daily" News - (Replacement of "Blog Updates) Give you a hint at what's new and upcoming on the AJD! 

New Items - Take a look at some of the new items in Jamaa!

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Yay! Today we received a pretty little update, but honestly? I'll take it. It looks like a new bakery set in Jamaa has arrived? Or has it?! 

It seems like a lot of other jammers are asking the same question xD The Jamaa Journal said that it would be located in the Diamond Shop. Where is it, AJ?? I guess we'll see later in the day. 

We also received some things that actually appeared in the Diamond Shop including: the new Deep Freeze armor set,

and some new Model Minitares! I love these new models AJ is adding! It kind of reminds me of the little pet houses. 

Onto...

This week: 

The Chamber of Secrets! (jk, jk, Chamber of Knowledge. Harry Potter, we stan)

Basic Info

Description: The Chamber of Knowledge is a stone building in the Lost Temple of Zios. It holds 3 floors filled with books, candles, and alpha statues throughout the building

Location: The northern part of the Lost Temple of Zios

First Released: Sometime 2010 (during Beta testing)

Fun Facts: 

• The Chamber of Knowledge was originally called The Chamber of Mysteries
• You can take the Online Safety Quiz here, too (Other location in the Conservation Museum) 
• There are 3 floors in the Chamber of Knowledge

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-Kitten the Kangaroo: Chapter 2 is out now! That's right! Go ahead and sit down while you read about my favorite plushie over in Kitten's blog! Access her post here. 

-New Exclusives! You all know Shop Shoutout, and RIM Monday. But let's welcome to the gang: 

Black Friyay and Movie Monday! 

"Um, who are they?" -Kitten

 

I'm glad you asked, Kitten! Let's take a look! X)

• Black Friyay - Every Friday, I'll post about a couple of items either on clearance or leaving their shop in a couple of days!
  
  
• Movie Monday - Every Monday, we'll take a look into the movie(s) playing that day! 

Stay tuned for these upcoming weekly exclusives!

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And that will wrap up this Thursday's post! 

Thanks for reading and happy jamming!

(new signature!! shoutout to Rainbow000Pegasus for this background on her resources page :')