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One Nice Bug Per Day
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@creaturesftw
WATCH: The Oregon Zoo in Portland was closed to the public today due to heavy snow – but the zoo’s residents had a blast.
Oh my GODD THE POLAR BEAR GOT SOME SNOW HE MUST FEEL SO REFRESHED
relatable seals at the end there
“Hey Joe! Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe look!!! It’s snow!”
I need more of this shit!
Those happy elephant sounds cleared my skin and watered my crops.
The polar bear “hell nahhhh. This ain’t that fake shit ! THIS AINT THAT FAKE SHIT. THIS THAT REAL SHIT!!!”
Dogs getting to pick out their Christmas gifts
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Fun fact! Ravens and Wolves have a symbiotic relationship!
While the wolves feed, the ravens keep watch for and alert the wolves of incoming animals that might threaten them. In return, the wolves leave some food behind for the ravens. In between feedings they’re known to travel and play together.
I learned this a long time ago, sorry I don’t have any sources.
This is the coolest thing ever wow
@wolveswolves This sounds really cool. Is it true?
@veritasverbatim yes, this is true! To nuance this a tiny bit so that it doesn’t sound too much like wolves and ravens do these things with each other in mind:
Ravens alert each other of incoming animals - wolves just learned to use that in their advantage.
Also wolves don’t leave pieces of meat behind specially for their raven friends - ravens just learned that following wolves means finding left over cadaver to scavenge from (this works the other way around as well; ravens leading wolves to prey or cadavers by flying and the wolves following).
Not saying they’re unaware of how they affect each other or something, but what this primarily is, is two species who learned to take advantage of each other’s behaviors which are not behaviors that are motivated by helping each other. Dr. L. David Mech described this perfectly in ‘The Wolf: The Ecology and Behaviour of an Endangered Species’: “It appears that the wolf and the raven have reached an adjustment in their relationships such that each creature is rewarded in some way by the presence of the other and that each is fully aware of the other’s capabilities.”
But yes, they form social attachments with each other and play with each other too! Here’s a post I once made about the relationship between wolves and ravens.
Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
A picture of a cat in front of an Egyptian temple. Source: Boris740 on catpictures.
you’ll like this video better with sound on
you’re right, the sound improves it IMMENSELY
IT WAS THE EXACT SONG I WAS EXPECTING YEEEESSSSSS
Baby chameleons help eliminate fruit flies
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Why is he cute?
im 1 flower tall
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This was meant to be a quick warm up, but it turned into a comic that I’ve wanted to draw for a while. This is something that is extremely important to me, and I appreciate it if you read it.
A while ago, I heard a story that broke my heart. A family went a cat shelter to adopt. The daughter fell in love with a 3-legged cat. The father straight up said “absolutely not”. Because he was missing a leg. That cat was that close to having a family that loved him, but the missing leg held him back. Why?!
Many people have the initial instinct of “nope” when they see an imperfect animal. I get it, but less-adoptable does NOT mean less loveable. 9 out of 10 people will choose a kitten over an adult cat. And those 10% that would get an adult cat often overlook “different” animals.
All I want people to do is be open to the idea of having a “different” pet in their lives. Choose the pet that you fall in love with, but at least give all of them a fair shot at winning your heart.
Don’t dismiss them, they deserve a loving home just as much as any other cat. They still purr, they still love a warm lap, they still play, they still love you. Trust me, next time you are in the market for a new kitty, just go over to that one cat that’s missing an eye and see what he’s all about!
Let me tell to you a thing.
This is Lenore. I first saw her in a little cage at the Petco I frequent (I used to take my parents’ dog in for puppy play time), and she looked like the grouchiest, old, crotchety cat in the world, and I fell instantly in love. She was cranky, she was anti-social, hanging out at the back of her cage. Her fur was matted because she wouldn’t let the groomers near her.
She was perfect.
But I didn’t have a place for her. I wasn’t living in my own space yet, and where I was, I wasn’t allowed cats. So I pressed my face to the bars of her cage and I promised that if no one had adopted her by the time I’d bought a house, I would come back for her.
I visited her every week for over six months while I looked for a house. At one point, they had to just shave her entire rear-end because the mats of fur were so bad. They told me she clawed the heck outta the groomer that did it, screamed the entire time, and spent the next two days growling at anyone that came near the cage.
A couple of weeks later, I closed on my house. I went back and I got an employee, and I said: “That one. I need that cat.”
They got the paperwork and the lady who ran the rescue that was bringing the cats in told me that Lenore (at the time, Lila) was 8 years old, had been owned by an elderly lady who had died, and brought in to a different rescue, who’d had her for six months on top of the time I’d been seeing her at Petco.
This kitty had been living in a 3x3’ cube for over a YEAR because she was older and “less adoptable.”
I signed the paperwork, put her in a cat carrier, and drove her to my new home. I had pretty much nothing; a bed, an old couch, a couple of bookcases, and a tank of mice I called “Cat TV”. I let her out of the carrier and onto my bed, and I told her “I told you I would come back for you when I had a place. It’s not much, but it’s yours too now.”
Lenore spent the next three days straight purring non-stop. She followed me around the house purring. Sat next to me purring. Slept next to me purring. Leaning into every touch, purring, purring, always purring. She still purrs if you so much as think about petting her. She’s amazing, and I love her.
So, you know, if you’re thinking about adopting, and you see a beast that others consider “less adoptable,” think about Lenore.
Dangit I’m crying
Crying, too! I don’t care if this is off-topic; it’s too important not to share.
As a humane society volunteer I cannot scroll past this. Please, adopt our older animals!
I’m not crying I’m just allergic to love
So two of our cats came from a rescue. We got them as kittens, but this is still relevant—because people didn’t want them because they have active feline herpesvirus.
Sounds terrifying, right?
It’s actually just the cat version of the virus that gives humans cold sores. That’s it. They need regular vet care like any other cat, and outside that, we just clean their eyes every day (feline herpesvirus affects the eyes, not the mouth) and give them lysine treats to fend off incoming outbreaks. They’re absolute unholy terrors who enjoy stealing yarn, demanding attention, yelling about not being able to catch sunspots on the floor, and being adored as is, of course, their birthright.
They are cats. Not infections. The three-legged cat in this comic is a cat. Not an amputation. A cat’s personality doesn’t go away with a lack of sight or hearing.
Get to know the “less adoptable” cats. You’ll be surprised what you find.
Get to know the “less
adoptable” cats. You’ll be
surprised what you find.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
Mandatory reblog. Thanks, Haiku Bot.
This my senior foster kitten. She seems grumpy but is a real sweetheart.
@is-the-parrot-video-cute is this ok or is that parakeet getting territorial
Rating: cute
If this cockatiel was truly being territorial it would be trying to attack the other bird.
You may also notice that it is not hurting the person’s hand, and is certainly not trying to bite them, this is not aggressive behaviour. This behaviour is called beaking (using the beak to interact with another individual in a play/non-aggressive way). The yellow cockatiel is simply trying to get the person’s attention, kinda like poking someone repeatedly until they pay attention to you. It’s not aggressive, just a little bit demanding.
You might also notice that when the person takes their hand away from the white cockatiel, it bows its head and moves closer to their hand. Both of these birds want cuddles, they just have very different personalities and different ways of asking.
A tiger bursting to freedom after being rescued from a poacher’s snare in the Russian Far East.
