Mick | he/she | 24 | Therian/endel blog. I'm an african wild dog, dingo, domestic dog (silken windhound), chausie, kangaroo, serval, bat, burrowing owl, muttaburrasaurus, crocodile, cryptid, house centipede, and cowboy beetle. Dingo, kangaroo, & crocodile are the strongest ones I feel right now.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a unique amalgamation of identity that will forever exclude me from any sense of belonging or togetherness with others in the form of pack bonds, not with humans or with any members of my theriotypes
A radiocollar is a device placed around the animalās neck, like a real collar, and itās mostly used on wildlife.
Thanks to this device, the movements, migration routes, and habitat use of animals are monitored using the global positioning system.
The spatial and temporal resolutions provided by the GPS tracking method allow the identification of critical habitats, migration routes, and breeding grounds, which are essential for the survival of species.
The method has been found to be very useful in the conservation of endangered species, as it provides the opportunity for continuous tracking without invading the habitat of the species.
(from Wikipedia - GPS animal tracking)
WHY DO I FEEL CONNECTED TO ITā
Everytime I come across a picture of a wild canine or feline wearing one of these collars I immediately think āyup, thatās meā.
As a domestic dog, Iāve always felt very connected to dog collars, and this connection doesnāt end when Iām feeling more wild.
Iām a wild animal, but my life is constantly āmonitoredā by humans: I have to depend on them when it comes to friendships, relationships, food, house, school/work, public transport,ā¦ all of these things canāt miss in my life and, in order to have them, I have to be with humans and to depend on them.
Humans also take care of my wellbeing, like doctors and psychologists. And the humans I live with actually track me on a geo locator app to make sure they know where I am in case something happens and they need to reach me.
On this aspect, itās something kinda āphilosophicalā: this connection reflects how I feel in my life with humans. Wild animals normally shouldnāt wear collars, but these devices are necessary for their individual and specie wellbeing, and so humans are in my life.
But thereās another aspect: the more animalistic one.
The tought of being an animal with a radiocollar makes me really euphoric bc itās like being a registered wolf, an āofficialā wolf, if that makes sense (and a lioness aswell).
I would love to have a real radiocollar as gear, but it would be really expensive and I donāt know if you can just randomly buy one.
So, a few months ago Iāve decided to give myself an ID number like the ones radiocollared wolves are identified as (based on their birth date, etc.).
My ID number is 1309F.
HOW DID I CHOOSE THIS IDā
13 -> it would be 2013, when I started to experience my first animalistic experiences.
09 -> Iāve born in 2009.
F -> stands for āfemaleā, my gender.
I hope you liked this kind of post, lemme know if you relate in some way!
My cat therian whims are imagining how lovely and species euphoric having a little cat skull pendant like this would be... A reminder locked right around your throat of what you truly are. It's almost poetic.
So i may have cooked up a little something in relation to my last post
ORDOTHERIAN: A term for therians who identify as all animals belonging to a particular order (e.g. strigiformes)
The name comes from the Latin word for order (ordo) and the stripe pattern comes from this picture on the Wikipedia page for "Order (biology)" (and also because I didnt want it to look boring, which is also why I added the theta delta and the rings)
I initially made this term for myself since I couldn't find one that suits me but anyone can use it if they feel like it suits them !!
(if a flag for this term already exists, this can be considered an alternate flag)
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