Tiny Zoo

Animals in general and personal pet blog. Atlas the GSD. Jens the Chihuahua, a African Lungfish, Betta Fish, multiple parrots (Caique, GCC, and Quaker), Tarantula, Scorpion, and whatever garbage bug or animal I find in my yard. Animals, nature, homesteading, animal behavior and care, psychology, culture, and sometimes my military job. No politics. And shitblogging.

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[livestockguardiangod]

A Sloughi (Arabian greyhound) in the desert of Morocco. Photographed by Rosa Frei, source.

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This is probably the cutest

[betta-butch]

do I dare call my aquarium an aquatic paradise? yes, yes I do

[pet-of-subs]

It’s true and you should say it!

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Stinky man, ready to Yell at Birds

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[northofcorpis]

That fuckin smile at the end

[bettsplendens]

To the worried person in the comments: 

No, a hummingbird’s heart will not stop if it stops moving. You’re possibly thinking of Spoink, which is a Pokemon that supposedly powers its heart by bouncing, and as such can’t stop moving. Hummingbirds don’t sit often because they’re busy looking for food, but they can and do sit. The females sit on eggs in nests, after all, and they do have to sleep. 

[sindri42]

Fun fact: the leg muscles of a hummingbird are so stripped down to save on weight that they cannot walk. They can step sideways along a branch or other perch, but they cannot go forward without taking flight.

However they absolutely do stop moving. In fact, hummingbirds hibernate! Overnight. Instead of sleeping. Because if they tried to sleep like a normal animal their hyperactive metabolism would mean that they starve to death before breakfast.

Unrelated fun fact: the primary Aztec god of war would take on the form of a hummingbird, and the souls of the bravest warriors were said to turn into hummingbirds in order to join him after death, presumably because every hummingbird is approximately four grams of pure concentrated asskicking which fears no man nor beast and will gladly throw down with somebody seventeen thousand times their size if offended.

[ubercharge]

this is a really cool post and i love seeing such a small bird but reading “No, a hummingbird’s heart will not stop if it stops moving. You’re possibly thinking of Spoink” killed me 

[frogsrfriends]

if you take me into the woods i will be leaving with a large stick, several rocks and any bones or feathers i find, you cannot stop me 

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wildcatcentre on ig

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[jonphaedrus]

[caption: the world might be full of despair and broken promises, but it is also full of brightly colored, poisonous frogs.]/end id

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Redcliffe Village

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In Mama’s arms… ❤️

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Son I can see you

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The sky was a painting tonight.

[mixtape-melodies]

This is it. Sky pictures taken at gas stations are my aesthetic.

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This is like a dream I had but can’t quite remember

[greatfay]

That getting up super early to leave the motel by checkout time and grabbing gas before you hit the highway aesthetic.

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[tertwig]

This is the most punk rock thing I’ve ever seen

[defilerwyrm]

What gets me is that initial pause. The bird knows this song. He knows when the drum comes in. Being able to anticipate musical rhythm is a form of intelligence very few species have, and this is the most remarkable example of it I’ve ever seen in a bird. The cockatoo knew to wait for the drums.

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@lotsandlotsofbirds

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This is a Palm Cockatoo and they actually take sticks form trees and craft them into little drum sticks and drum their own unique beats to attract a mate.

[themoonrabbit-deactivated201802]

That is so fucking cute wtf

[teachimera]

So, Snakewife and I got married last October and it was an absolutely beautiful ceremony. 

I especially wanted to show off the amazing cake we had made by Pink Cake Box.  Not only was the cake delicious, but it looked fantastic. We gave them a number of skulls to use as templates and they literally carved each and every one of them out of edible molding chocolate (I think?  It might have been molding fondant). 

The skulls even had SINUS CAVITIES.  It was crazy.

Now that things have calmed down and we have our pictures back, I wanted to show it off.

This was our wedding cake. :) My favorites are the super tiny bat skulls.

[riley-coyotl]

Wow that is super neat!

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