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Got Vanilla Dip all set up in his new 10 gallon home in the living room. The old 10 gallon is now a dedicated quarantine tank.

animalwoonz

aplpaca

That rabbit/hare post is messing me up. I’d thought they were synonyms. Their development and social behavior are all different. They can’t even interbreed. They don’t have the same number of chromosomes. Dogs, wolves, jackals, and coyotes can mate with each other and have fertile offspring but rabbits and hares cant even make infertile ones bc they just die in the womb. Wack.

aplpaca

These

are more genetically compatible than These

and that’s why morphology-based phylogeny has Issues

thellamamongler

@aviculor

aviculor

The problem is perspective. People always think dogs are the ‘standard’ animal, the metric to use for whether or not two organisms “look like” they’re related. When in fact they’re a massive outlier due to the fact that we fucked up this lineage of wolf beyond recognition with selective breeding. It’s why people always say “breed” when they mean “species”, especially when talking about groups like lizards which can’t even be defined cladistically since some of them are closer to snakes than each other. To say nothing of fish.

thetinybutimportantthings

I once read an article that emphasized there is no such thing as a fish. Sharks and rays, lamprey, lobe-finned fish like lungfish and coelacanth, bichir and sturgeon, and of course the multiple infraclasses of more “modern” fish groups are all only very distantly related to one another. They’ve maintained semi-similar body structures only because there are limited ways to efficiently move through water as a vertebrate.

This

And this

Are more distantly related from one another than you and I are from a lungfish

Which is absolutely fuckin wild.

bogleech

Not only that, but all of us air-breathing land vertebrates, all the lizards and chickens and people and frogs, are closer to one another than those three “fish” are to one another as well.

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these

are genetically closer than these

i-have-approximately-4-bones

and…

these

are genetically closer than these

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and my personal favorite, it really fucks with people…

these

are more genetically similar than these

makeitdewey

576 Genetics and evolution

softwaring

fuzzynecromancer

[video description: a lovely snake coiled around a wind chime as rainbow light dapples the wall and sweet tinkling sounds play]

dourtrent8144

Wtf this is so magical looking

antelopian

because it’s magic, silly

dourtrent8144

Wooow

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I need dis

darlingselfshipper

@nornscompanion

pet-of-subs

It’s 2019 We Seriously Need to Stop Using Fish as Party Decorations

I got texted by a friend late last night and they were super worried bc they went to a party where the host used feeder goldfish as decorations in little bowls! I felt so sad for those poor fish!

I offered to take them and they drove me 4 little goldfish to me late at night and I quickly set up my 36 for them to quarantine in for the time being!

(It’s not much but it’ll do for the time being, and I’ll deff be going out to buy them some silk plants today)

The poor things are so tiny I have to crush up pellets for them!

Unfortunately when I checked on them today one of them didn’t make it through the night, but the other three are still trucking along! I’m gonna give it some time before I try naming them haha.

But seriously it’s 2019. Why is it still seen as ok to use living animals as decorations? Especially if you don’t have any plans on what to do with them afterwards? Goldfish need a lot of space and heavy filtration and a bowl smaller than my hand is not fit for anything to live in. Idc if they cost a couple of cents each, they’re living animals that can hurt and suffer and need proper care. It boils my blood that people think it’s ok to do this

Cheers and hoping these three do well in the coming weeks!

pet-of-subs

Got them a few silk plants for the time being

hella-free-space

1. ABFJWODIWLAKD

2. The tea pots are FABULOUS

3. They must be so happy ;u;

thedormfish

Captain's "you already fed me but I want MORE" dance

hellenhighwater

If you’re trying to figure out if it’s a crow or a raven, remember that smaller bird=smaller word, so crows are the little guys. If you’re wondering, huh, is that big enough to be a raven? It’s a crow. Ravens are startlingly large if you’re used to crows. Ravens are real big. Ravens are hawk sized. Ravens are bigger than your head.

Here’s a size comparison.

and here is a crow with a human

versus a raven

So if there is any doubt that that croaky black bird is big enough to be a raven, it’s probably a crow.

adieu-mondieu

Both wonderful

1o9

pixelatedfrog-deactivated202009

Mother Fucker Unlimited

lesbofujo

BIG CHUNGUS

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It’s Meep! Meep is a bit of a celebrity in the axolotl world. She is believed to have a form of dwarfism and is not significantly overweight, although she looks it especially in this photo.

The owner is a well-known and experienced handler who has four other axolotls that are way more… axolotl shaped lol. But she is healthy, not being overfed or suffering due to poor husbandry.

Actually Cute!

pangur-and-grim

Meep!!! we stan a titan!

jactating

me if I were an axolotl

fishkeepingdemon-deactivated202

Peek-a-boo!

(The snoring is my elder dog sleeping)

vampiremasochist

The royal banquet

dragon-in-a-fez

hey fishblr friends I made a facebook group called Wholesome Fishkeeping Memes, y'all should join here’s some sample content

astronomy-to-zoology

Emerald Green Snail (Papustyla pulcherrima)

Also known as the Green Tree Snail or Manus Green Tree Snail, the emerald green snail is a species of terrestrial camaenid gastropod that is endemic to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Emerald green snails typically inhabit rain forests and are usually found in trees.

Although Papustyla pulcherrima is listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN it faces severe threats due to overharvesting for commercial purposes and habitat loss.

Classification

Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-Heterobranchia-Euthyneura-Panpulmonata-Eupulmonata-Stylommatophora-Sigmurethra-Helicoidea-Camaenidae-Papustyla-P. pulcherrima

Images: Dennis Hill and Tim Ross

countrytoads

catfish simultaneously look like they possess infinite knowledge of the universe and like they just have the mii theme playing in their head nonstop

countrytoads

you see what i mean

creepsandcrawlers

they know everything but it all cancels out

platypusinplaid

Everyone please look at this snapping turtle, walking to the pond outside my house, still groggy from a 6-month nap.

saint-batrick

the music made this one of the most hilarious things i have ever seen, thank you so much.

pet-of-subs

How do I tell between if a betta fish biting their fins or if they hurt their tail on a plant or something?

Fin biting tends to look like chunks are missing from your fish’s tail. When they tear them on something there tends to be splits and it looks like ribbons if that makes sense?