Reptiles, Invertebrates, Aquatics & Stopping Idiot

I've come to see just how stupid some people are when it comes to proper care for animals, especially non-mammals. What you'll find here are examples of proper keeping and care.

[wheres-lostboy]

As baby animal season comes around the corner, may I please remind you all to not fuck with wildlife.

[ejacutastic]

if you’re concerned an animal may be in danger, contact your closest wildlife rehabilitator. you can usually find lists of licensed rehabilitators on your states parks and wildlife website. it is against the law to rehabilitate many species and is a bad idea for both your health and the health of the animal if you’re not a trained professional.

[huntress-skadi]

Don’t👏🏻pick👏🏻it👏🏻up👏🏻.

And certainly don’t pick it up and bring it to your nearest pet supply store and ask the people there how to take care of it.

Seriously don’t.

[fimbry]

Precious little Princess Muffin looking quite dignified after a meal.

Bothrochilus albertisii

[screwyouandrew]

dirt king dirt king dirt king

[screwyouandrew]

The dirt king appreciates this attention

[mydogisabutt]

things i’ve learned from nearly 2 years raising garden snails:

- they have best friends - they’ll go out of their way to sit on their best friends, kiss their best friends, and share lunch with them - lettuce is to snails what a favorite ball is to a dog - if ur tasty they’ll give u gentle scrapes - they are SOCIAL!!!!! - they all have very distinct personalities and quirks - they like comfort, they are affectionate - u can actually tell when a snail is sleepy because they’ll only stick their stalks halfway out and wiggle them gently - they’re very curious - they’re very clean and they love maintaining their shells - cuttlebone YUMMY, make shell BIG

[sunfish-exotics]

Why spend time in your beautifully decorated enclosure when you can wedge yourself between the substrate barrier and the glass???

………. 🤦‍♀️ as long as you’re happy Cinnabar

[rainbowsnakes]

mood

[lovingexotics]

Pangolin Source: Here

[lovingexotics]

So when I first posted this photo the link was broken. When I fixed it I went to check the source and upon looking closer found it was most likely incorrect. According to Huffington post a lady named Firdia Lisnawati took the photos. Does anyone have a link to her or her photos?

[varanusindicus]

These things are still just so weird. They’re also super dumb, it’s a wonder that they manage to hunt and survive in the wild.

Checkerboard Worm Lizard, Trogonophis wiegmanni

[horseoverheart]

Same

[abendinglinee]

what happened here?

[horseoverheart]

Jack (the horse) is 28 years old and instead of putting him in a turnout pen during the day we just let him roam the property. He usually sticks around the barn, grazing or just standing around. But his favorite thing to do is lay down in various random spots that he feels are comfortable. Every morning after they drag the arena footing he goes and flops down in the soft dirt. Whenever we get a new shipment of shavings you better believe Jack is right there rolling in them once the truck leaves.

This was one of his ground-softness-testings. The aisle is all rubber so it’s not hard but I doubt it was very comfortable. Jack would beg to differ.

[redheadedxqh]

this makes the picture 100x better. what a happy old man.

[horseoverheart]

This post has by far the highest amount of notes out of all my posts so I figured it would be something that I should post a follow up on. My trainer, Jack’s owner, posted this on Facebook today and I wanted to share it with you all.  

[for-the-love-of-a-snake]

i got a marimo ball! phanin had a good time squeezing the jar lol

[lizardsenjoyinglife]

Happy Halloween from Bruce

[fimbry]

Polly REFUSED to pose and instead just wanted to beg for food.

[ecuadorlife]

Spiny orb-weaver, Micrathena vigorsi by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: watch my VIDEO: rumble.com/v6ml8t from Ecuador: www.flickr.com/andreaskay/albums

[justnoodlefishthings]

SO

I DID A WATER CHANGE ON THE SHRIMP TANK

AND LIFTED UP A ROCK

AND LIKE FOUR CRABS CAME OUT??!?

[justnoodlefishthings]

SUDDENLY

CRAB?!

[adjee-baloo]

[paleoart]

Evolution Series: The Sea Dragons

Mosasaurs were a group of lizards that returned to the sea to become apex predators. They replaced many iconic sea monsters in their conquest of the Cretaceous oceans.

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition happened.*

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Adult, six month old, and one month old

[tokays]

The Great Hognose Introduction - This female jungle arctic is unreal.  Yes, she looks that way in person.  I’m simply in shock I managed to scoop her up before anyone else did.  I’ve decided to call her Bonfire.

[rainbowsnakes]

Wow she’s beautiful!

[seatrench]

Arowana red colour morphs

(source,  source)