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Hey there, I'm Meghan!

Hi! I'm a big wildlife nerd that takes photos of them now. I have a BS in environmental science and was originally in conservation- both wildlife and land. I also have a background in animal care and training, as I grew up on a farm and trained cats, dogs, and horses. I fell out of both it when I moved to Pittsburgh and due to the field being... messy, but I'm slowly getting back into it through volunteering with research projects. It's still a messy time to be in wildlife and conservation related fields, but that hasn't stopped my interest! I was thinking about making a different blog for my photos and wildlife content, but I've came to realize that I don't actually have that much fandom stuff that I talk about. So I'm just going to post it here instead! Here's my iNaturalist for anyone who wants to see all of my animal and plant photos! I have some landscape photos that aren't on there, but maybe I'll post them on here someday! I'm Megraptor on all other social media too (except Tik Tok, someone stole it from me before I could get it) so if you see me at other places, that's me too! I just don't use other places that much due to them being toxic. Tumblr being the least toxic place nowadays? Who knew!

Be warned, this wildlife stuff might be controversial at times, and even involve *shudder* politics. I'm always up for hearing respectful opinions from other people though, so feel free to send me a question! I'm also always looking for friends and colleagues in these and related fields, so feel free to say hi if you want to be friendly too! I also talk and post photos about ALL wildlife, that includes the creepy crawlies. I'll try and tag those with content warnings, but I'm sorry if I forget!

Right now for my photo projects, I'm trying to photo every salamander in my state of Pennsylvania. I'm also working on a photo of every snake, turtle, frog, and lizard too, but I'm not as far on those ones.

If you got this far, then have the first photo I took of two Eastern Red-backed Salamanders. Not a rare species at all, and not a great photo, but it's the first one I took back in 2019!

#Eastern Red-backed Salamander #Conservation #Ecology #Wildlife Photography #Animal Training #Environmental Science #Wildlife Biology #Animal Care #Tumblr becoming my main social media in 2026 was not something I planned but here we are #It's just so much more nuanced and chill than the other ones now

I have a whole house with various places for these cats to lay. Window sills, sun spots on the ground, cubbies, towel baskets, cat towers, a couch, a couple of chairs, a cardboard box, sinks, bathtubs, the rest of the bed...

And they still choose to lay on and next to me.

That is such a good feeling when a critter with many choices chooses to be next to you.

#it's great until you have to pee #animals #cats #dogs #pets #I have two cats sure but this post is pet agnostic #it's so awesome when any pet chooses to be next to you honestly

wutheringheightsfilm

every day it just concerns me how little compassion people have. no compassion for those living in the global south. no compassion for immigrants. no compassion for disabled ppl. no compassion for addicts. no compassion for prisoners. no compassion for children. like holy shit ...

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i made a separate post about this but actually there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people . not what i'm talking about make your own post

nourishedbytime

#ugh I see this kind of crap in conservation all the time #going to shoot poachers to save endangered animals?#have you considered that the poachers are poor people trying to make s living that are entirely replaceable?#and that the leaders will just grab another rural poor village person to do the poaching?#you can't help animals if you hate people.#people and animals are too connected #people hater animal lovers make socializing with people in animal related fields exhausting #and this is coming from someone who isn't all that social!#I like people I just get stressed out from a ton of socializing #this whole scenario is disgusting. ignoring the human to save a dog? come on why not save both. poor dog would probably miss their human...

hometoursandotherstuff

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Carnivorous plants doin this is so funny to me

They don't wanna eat their pollinators :(

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batsandboba

“scientists don’t want you know” is a phrase that always cracks me up because if you actually meet a scientist they will be shaking and crying like an overstimulated chihuahua with the need to let you know

#man I always want to talk about the complexities of conservation biology sustainability and environmental science #but to get people to listen for more than a 5 second tik tok length statement? impossible #someday I'll learn to be concise and hard hitting...

birdandmoon

Female birds with confusing names.

I was ranting at my partner about my complex feelings about people having children, how that plays into gender roles of women, and the whole hierarchy going on among women and he summed it up with

"So what you're saying is no ethical childbirth under the patriarchy."

And yeah... That's a good way of summing it up.

#feminism #this doesn't even touch on my complex feelings about having kids in such a volatile climate #I don't want to leave the children being born now with all this shit to clean up #but I guess that's what we're doing... still #childfree #yeah I'm not having children shock to anyone who has know me longer than 2 seconds... not

I'm so glad more people are caring about the environment and wildlife but I wish there was more nuance in online environmental discussions instead of "sound bite social media reblogging" going on.

#honestly this is probably the case for any complex topic #but I guess I'm just most familiar with environmental stuff #this brought to you by a discussion about recycling and the whiplash that topic caused once other countries closed off imports #seemed like people went from thinking all plastic was recyclable to no plastic was recyclable over night #instead of the nuance that the topic deserved which was some of the plastics are highly recyclable but some are not at all #environmental discussion #environmental science #conservation #wildlife #environment

petewentz-

It's fun being queer and weird and unconventional until you remember you live in a society

#caring about the environment is apparently weird #cause it certainly seems pretty unpopular these days #or at least having nuanced takes about it instead of the sound bites social media feeds to people...

mawofthemagnetar

What do you mean “chat” is now referring to ChatGPT and not twitch chat? What? What? What the fuck? No?

When I address chat I am speaking to a presumed Greek chorus of real human people shitposting on their lunch break, not a machine that devours lakes to covert electricity into slop.

megraptor

Oh I thought it meant a Yellow-breasted Chat...

#birding jokes #birding #birds #I swear I'm more than a birder I like all nature things!#it's just... May.#May means birds

queer-as-city-folk

She doesn't even comprehend the idea of credit card debt

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FUCK FUCK FUCK

WHO GAVE HER A CREDIT CARD

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NO!!! GAME STOP IS OVER PRICED!!! GO TO A LOCAL RETAILER!! PLEASE!

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John Brosio - Dinosaurs Eating CEO (2013) [2000 x 1833]

#art #dinosaurs #brutal #metal #I would buy this and hang it in my house #dromeosaur #What species of dromeosaur do we think these guys are?#They look a bit big for Velociraptor #They look Deinonychus sized to me

Hehehehehehehe she's pooping. And peeing. Cause she's a bird and that's what they do.

Fun fact: Birds poop and pee at the same time! The white goop is their pee and the black specks in the white goop is their poop. Because they only have one hole back there, it all comes out at once!

The white goop is actually uric acid, which comes out as a solid. Mammals, on the other hand, turn their nitrogenous waste into ammonia and dilute it with a bunch of water cause it's toxic.

The uric acid method is more water efficient than what mammals and helps keep birds lighter since they don't need to carry extra water around to dilute ammonia. Which means they have to expand less energy for flight!

Reptiles also do this to help conserve water in dry environments. Dinosaurs also did this, and then birds just held onto it cause it was useful for them!

#this is a blog that talks about poop #yellow rumped warbler #warbler #birds #sometimes I get goofy animal photos like this #when I get a house I'll decorate it with the photos I've taken #this one is going in the bathroom #animals #wildlife photography #YES I know “birds are dinosaurs” but so have weird opinions about this statement. that's another post though.

Birding is fun, but have you tried birdering? That's where you see some real interesting things.

#birders man #they are weird #I am also a birder but like #yeah I'm weird #birders #birding #birds #I swear I'm a herper more than a birder #herpers are even weird and I love them for that #birders just ooze privilege and it can be hard for me is all #especially the young white guys #I can say that here this is Tumblr

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#I do really like nuclear from an environmental standpoint #and it's frustrating how the fossil fuel industry has astroturfed it to death #so much so that's it's regulated to all get out #which means it's so so slow to build any new reactors #and thus that means it isn't great for rapid climate action #and that pains me to day that #perhaps there's a solution here that isn't just “don't use it”

great-and-small

Don’t mind me just thinking about the hole in the middle of the United States where Chipping sparrows refuse to fuck

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