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Meet the Sulawesi bear cuscus (Ailurops ursinus)! Despite its name, this critter isn’t actually a bear. It’s an arboreal marsupial that lives in tropical forests throughout parts of Indonesia. It uses its long claws and prehensile tail to aid it in cruising between branches in the canopy. What’s daily life like for this animal? It moves slowly and spends a good deal of its time resting and digesting all of the fruits, flowers, and leaves that it eats. Photo: Zweer de Bruin, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr https://www.instagram.com/p/CU8_K7AAQxH/?utm_medium=tumblr

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birlinterrupted

I am abt to lose my fuckin mind because I happened upon this gender reveal party. and like it’s soo over the top expensive

And like I’m like. Oh great, a horse themed gender reveal party.

complete with like … just truly excessive foods and of course, themed cocktails

and this sign which like… the fragility of like *not* italicizing the word ‘colt’. Like imagine being this weird abt gender

with like, a bucket that eventually ‘revealed’ the gender

But like… the picture that really just completely undid me, for this party which surely was more money than many weddings -

it’s not a horse themed gender reveal party. It’s a gender reveal party FOR A HORSE. I can’t even like imagine the life that would lead to hosting a gender reveal party for a not-yet-born horse. Think abt getting an invitation to this. the cis are at it again.

poppy-glitters

This horse is having her own special day and you treat her like this

marilavet

As it should be for the horse . Why not?

vet-and-wild

Hi!!!

I was wondering if you have any body condition score charts on hand for snakes and lizards? Particularly: ball pythons, leopard geckos and (juvenile) bearded dragons. Also how to check for dehydration? I've noticed that I'm not very good at spotting these things on reptiles and am a bit worried that I might end up missing a problem.

These are my favorites from groups I'm in, but I don't know of a bearded dragon one unfortunately. They've been shared so much in groups I'm in I honestly have no idea who originally make them so I do apologize to the creators for lack of credit.

Dehydration in reptiles manifests as wrinkly skin that wont sit smoothly, sunken eyes, thick and stringy saliva, and shedding issues. Snakes that don't shed in one piece are poorly hydrated, and lizards missing toes or that have dry, stuck patches of shed are poorly hydrated. Snakes should not have patches of shed on them. And lizards do shed in pieces but it should not be super dry. Dehydrated snakes may also have dented eye caps and for ball pythons I've noticed that they lack an iridescent shine that the healthy ones have.

This is a very dehydrated snake.

And a leopard gecko with stuck shed. notice how it's really flat to the head and looks like you'd have to basically scrape it off to remove it.

Compare to a healthy shed that peels right off, even if it is in pieces.

I feel like sunken eyes are easier to see in person but this is a really sick beardie with obviously sunken eyes

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Dreaming of bigger and better digs? If so, maybe you can relate to the hermit crab. Unlike some of its crustacean relatives, it only has armor to cover the front half of its body—leaving its soft hind-parts bare. This is why a hermit crab is often seen sporting a range of gastropod shells. And since it grows, it’s always searching the market for a larger space. If one hermit crab likes another’s shell, it will even start a fight in the hopes of stealing the shell for itself! Photo: USFWS, CC BY 2.0, flickr https://www.instagram.com/p/CTKbtssrTVq/?utm_medium=tumblr

marilavet

Relatable