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"animal sciences" is like a huge bullshit degree that only exists in the usa bc in real countries you would need to AT LEAST study veterinary medicine (maybe bio would work as well?) in some sense to be able to say u know what yr talking abt when it comes to animals.

also ppl need to stop using their single private experience with their own meat/dairy farm as a rule and ignoring the context of not only environmental exploitation but also capitalism when talking abt dairy nd meat industries.

scoutsmoocrew

LMAO guys look XD

champawattigress

UMMMM, Animal Sciences is a thing everywhere??????? They literally give out a degree in it in the same university I studied at? Like, sometimes the degree is called Agricultural science and incorporates more botany/plant ag modules, but the focus on animals is much the same.

And also, no, veterinary medicine is not the only effing career path that allows you to acquire a working knowledge of how animals function. Like, jfc, OP, but I love how you got through your entire rambling post without mentioning the word ZOOLOGY.

Most of my ethology knowledge came from my wildlife biology degree ffs, my veterinary training during my nursing qualification was almost entirely medicine and husbandry based, and gave out very little working knowledge of the theory behind animal behaviour and how to apply it to real life cases. Like, yeah, you can specialise in that stuff through veterinary, but even veterinary medicine courses often only provide a rudimentary understanding of ethology, especially when it comes to livestock.

champawattigress

Read it again and it’s just as stupid the second time. What now?

vet-and-wild

Hi I’m a vet and I also have an Animal Science degree. You are absolutely, 100% incorrect. My AnSci degree required me to study not only the husbandry of various farm species, but also nutrition, welfare, food science, genetics, anatomy, behavior, toxicology, ethics, biotechnology, microbiology, organic chemistry, physics, plus all of the general university requirements and major specific electives. And that was a pre-vet concentration, which focused far less on husbandry and production and more on general sciences and overview. But I still came out of undergrad (which was a full 4 year degree btw with 15-19 credits per semester) with experience on dozens of farms, case studies, literature reviews, and courses with the people who are writing the “Actual Papers”. And I wasn’t focusing on industry or production. The students that were getting their degrees to be involved in farming had to take far more husbandry classes and practical experiences. And even with my less focused degree I still had hundreds, if not more than a thousand hours of practical experience. I can’t even imagine how much practical experience someone actually focusing on a particular species would have. This is really fucking insulting for you to say that my degree is bullshit. That a degree that I worked my ass off for is bullshit. Just because you all have a weird hate boner for Dairyisntscary doesn’t mean that you get to decide an entire degree is useless.

Saying that you have to be a vet to know anything about animals is ridiculous. A food animal vet knows a lot about husbandry and general production but that’s such a load of bullshit to say that we’re the only ones who know anything about animal care. An AnSci degree is 4 years of hard work to prepare you to work in the food animal industry. Yeah we get to do some cool electives that are pretty chill but do you think we just pay tens of thousands of dollars to dick around for 4 years? No one’s saying a bachelor’s degree is the same as a PhD with decades of research and experience but jfc it’s just as legit as any other bachelor’s degree.

And for the record, I went to the same school as Dairyisntscary. It’s honestly really creepy and sad how obsessed y’all are with Dairyisntscary.

libraford

Last Brood X event for 15 states including New York, Ohio, Illinois and Georgia occurred in 2004 while insects to surface in mid-May

Hey, let's help out some scientists this summer! They developed an ap called Cicada Safari to help track the Brood X cicadas and if you're going to be out and about in nature this summer we might as well help out the bug people.

Romantic summer things to do with your partners: take a walk in the woods and catalogue things that are screaming. It's like a scavenger hunt, but loud.

crps-chronicpain-ptsd

Yes I’m exhausted, chronically.

Chronic pain problems •

fluffygif

An Iridescent Python with polka dots.

silent-spy

Hi all! If you look closely, you can see the label on this man’s shirt and hat: Reptile Zoo in Fountain Valley. The man is Jay Brewer, the owner of this business.

PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT JAY BREWER OR HIS COMPANIES! The enclosures at Reptile Zoo (as far as I can tell) are lovely, but Jay and his employees take huge risks and put their safety and their animals’ safety at risk to come up with dramatic share-worthy videos for facebook and instagram. INCLUDING free handling venomous snakes, cutting open snake eggs before the snakes hatch, and remember that video of the woman feeding those alligators that was so criticized earlier this year because of how unsafe she was being? Yeah, that’s Reptile Zoo.

An extremely quick scroll through their facebook showed me how absolutely deplorable their safety standards are. You should ALWAYS be wary of anyone posting dramatic videos/picture like this one, especially of exotic animals with rare color morphs. It seems like this particular color morph doesn’t necessarily have any bad genetics tied in, but it should raise a red flag in your mind whenever you see something like this.

I don’t know much about accreditation for places like these, I’ll admit, so I don’t know what to look for, but the website doesn’t offer any accreditations for me to look into.

@kaijutegu or someone who knows more about reptiles than me… is my read on this place correct?

edit: also this video was stolen from their facebook/instagram, the imgur this is linked to is not the original owner, so that also sucks

kedreeva

The comments section of the “source” link to the imgur post is FULL of people discussing The Reptile Zoo, and it’s abuse/mistreatment of their animals, particularly inbreeding bad genetics to get “cool” snakes.

meangirlnurse

people who really, really vocally hate chihuahuas are suspicious to me in a different way than people who really, really vocally hate cats, but it feels similar

meangirlnurse

we bred these animals to be tiny and helpless and easily disregarded, persistently refuse to take them seriously or give them autonomy, manhandle them at our will and then you hate them because….what, they get fed up and try to defend themselves? maybe you deserve to have your ankles bitten

ms-demeanor

People are really, really weird about my spouse (Large Bastard, 6'8" dude) and our dog (Tiny Bastard, 14lb chihuahua mutt).

He’s great with her. He puts her in her little sweaters in the winter to keep her warm, he helps her down off the couch so her little knees don’t get hurt, he trains her and plays with her and picks her up to comfort her when she’s scared (and there’s a lot to be scared of when you’re a tiny dog!)

On the same trip where I took that photo we went into a sporting goods store that allowed dogs. He wandered around in the ammo aisles and checked out the sleeping bags and looked at the clearance camo gear all with our little dog.

I wandered around separately, checking out the archery section and picking up a cast iron cleaning tool and I walked back to my husband and my dog behind an older couple. The man turned to his wife and said “what kind of fucking [f-slur] brings a dog like that to the gun store?”

We’ve got a couple of…friends? (I don’t consider them friends at this point but we were friends once) and every time the dog comes up they say “we can’t believe Large Bastard got a purse dog.” They’ve never met the dog, they’ve never seen her try to charge a coyote, they’ve never seen how athletic and energetic she is. But she’s a chihuahua, so she’s a purse dog. She’s not a “real” dog (these people have just gotten their first dog, a purebred golden retriever, and are having trouble potty training her and getting her to listen to commands. Large Bastard and I have a well-trained, polite, murderous chihuahua dachshund mix do not talk to me about what a real dog is if you can’t teach a retriever to play fetch) she’s a purse dog and all the more ridiculous for being his purse dog.

We don’t like going to the small dog side of the dog park.

The small dog owners are less attentive as a whole and allow a lot more aggressive behavior from their dogs than the big dog owners do. There are a few people (interestingly, mostly people with “challenging” breeds like shiba inus or jack russels) who are easy to get along with and whose dogs play well with Tiny Bastard, but they’re the same people who, like us, pack it in when the lady with three aggressive poodles arrives or the man with the Italian greyhound that tries to mount everything walks in or the family with the pug and the bulldog and the Boston terrier show up with their kids who chase and scream at all the small dogs in the park.

Having had dogs of various sizes, with Tiny Bastard being the smallest, I feel like she’s required more compassion and patience than my bigger dogs. She needs help, she needs accommodations, she needs climate control in a way that my larger dogs haven’t.

Chihuahuas are a companion dog. They’re meant to be around people. They can’t get by at all without people. They need gentle handing and patience and YES they also need respect and autonomy.

I didn’t have to be careful with Princess, my 40lb lab mutt, or Bart, my 100lb golden retriever, the same way I have to be careful with Tiny Bastard.

I think that people who do the “ugh, I hate Chihuahuas” or “that’s not a dog that’s a rat” or “who would want to have a nasty little ankle biter” are saying “why would anyone love something that needs them so much to survive? why would anyone want a companion that requires that much accommodating? why would anyone adore a tiny, frightened creature that asserts itself even though it’s weak?”

And as a chronically ill person with a chronically ill partner who requires a great deal of assistance and a tiny dog whose knees dislocate in a strong breeze I am intensely suspicious of people who find needy, small, assertive things unlovable.

ms-demeanor

Friends, I’ve gotta say, if you don’t think that dogs, large or small, deserve and require some measure of autonomy to have healthy, happy lives, them maybe you shouldn’t have dogs.

Your pets should have some measure of control over the situations they experience. If your dog doesn’t want to interact with another animal or a human you shouldn’t force them to. You should pay them (with treats or playtime or petting or SOMETHING) for tolerating things they dislike (like getting their nails trimmed or teeth brushed or having a bath).

If a dog is backing away from you or baring its teeth at you or growling at you, you should listen to its clear demands for space and back off. If a dog has its tail tucked and is licking its lips and shivering you should figure out what’s frightening it and see if you can make the situation less scary or just stop doing the thing that’s scaring the dog. If a dog is struggling when you pick it up and there’s no reason to hold it except that you want to you should put the dog down and let it interact with you on its own terms.

You are this animal’s entire life. You have say over what it eats and where it sleeps and when it shits. You get to decide if your dog has a hundred toys or none. You get to decide if it goes for ten walks a day or gets left alone in the yard.

I’m not saying you should let your dog wander free in the world or that you should let you dog chase the neighbor’s cat because that’s what sparks joy for your dog, but you should make the effort to ensure that your dog is able to express its needs and reasonably expect to have them met.

Sometimes my dog wants to play when I just want to read and scroll Tumblr. I’m the human, I’m the one with the choices in life, I could just tell her no and put her in her crate and only take her for walks or play with her when I decided it was time for her to get some exercise and pretty soon I’d have a yappy, impatient, frustrated dog who was more prone to aggression and less manageable when we did go out on walks. And it would be shitty for both of us but more shitty for her and it would be my fault.

Let your pets make some choices. Let your pets ask you for things and learn how to understand what they’re saying with their behavior. Give your pets some autonomy.

happifying-things

is-the-owl-vid-cute

Is the owl video cute?

Rating: NOT CUTE

Cats have a very dangerous bacteria in their saliva that is fatal if introduced into the owl’s bloodstream

Cat saliva exposure will kill an owl this size if not treated within 24 hours, and survivors may still have complications limiting quality of life

Cats and owls should never be allowed access to each other, regardless of how well they seem to get along

is-the-owl-vid-cute

I think some people just like to hear themselves talk, and some like to see themselves type.

It is absolutely insane to watch someone just decide “healthy” birds are somehow immune to the known bacteria species that inhabits the saliva of most cats, and also decide that birds just naturally produce salmonella.

I don’t even know where to start on the idea that hygiene is unnecessary in home cooking. Yes, you may avoid getting liver flukes from your unwashed imported veggies if you’re lucky, but you may also avoid getting a beef tapeworm from an undercooked burger at a McDonald’s.

My point being, the precautions taken in the food industry should absolutely be taken when you cook at home. Cooks in chain restaurants don’t just secrete cholera from their sweat glands and grow pinworms in their hair, you have just as much a chance of getting a food borne illness at home as you do dining out. Just because you’ve never gotten salmonella despite never washing your hands after touching raw chicken or eggs doesn’t mean your home cooking experience is safer, the infectious agents just didn’t happen to be in that piece of chicken.

Similarly, there will be some rare birds to get bitten or scratched by a cat and survive without intensive care. That’s not because they’re “healthy” birds, that’s almost invariably because for whatever reason, the cat’s saliva wasn’t contaminated with the gram-negative bacteria responsible for killing birds. These are far outlier cases.

Since most cats have this toxic bacteria, think of it the same as you’d think of a venomous snake. Would you think it was cute for a dog to be kissing a rattlesnake? Sure, the snake didn’t bite in the video, and of course the venom is only dangerous if the snake bites! So, that means the snake will never ever bite the dog, right? It’s totally safe for them to be in contact even though the snake’s instincts are to bite when it’s space is invaded? There’s no way an animal would just act on instinct in a seemingly unexpected incident, is there?

That may sound dramatic, but it’s exactly what’s happening here. Cats have an insanely high prey drive that humans more or less bred them for as they have been erroneously used as rodent control for thousands of years. Banking on the cat NEVER biting or scratching the owl is absolutely insane and irresponsible. Even if the cat just wants to play, they can very easily create a puncture wound too small to see under feathers. To be completely honest, the skin of a bird is so thin it’s very possible for a cat to break the skin by licking too roughly.

How about listening to people who actually know about this issue instead of making up a bunch of nonsense to keep the illusion of owls being uwu cute good pets.

raptorsandpoultry

Even in a small piece of raw chicken or a tiny drop of saliva, there are guaranteed to be thousands, if not millions of bacteria - it’s not going to be uncontaminated or sterile. With that being said, there’s a concept in epidemiology/medicine called the epidemiologic triad. Basically, whether or not a disease occurs in a certain individual depends not only on their own characteristics, or host factors (age, immune status, etc.), but also on characteristics of the agent (in this case, largely Pasteurella multocida which causes cat bite abscesses/fowl cholera) and their environment (this can be anything from the site of the bite wound itself, cleanliness of surroundings, etc.) So, while a given bird might not become ill from a cat bite one time because it had a healthy immune system (and was able to fight off an inapparent, or subclinical infection), that is nooot an acceptable reason to think that this is ever a safe situation because there are so many other factors to consider other than the bird looking “healthy”.

Also, a bird’s body temperature WILL NOT eliminate P. multocida or the other species commonly found in cat saliva. As for the whole salmonellosis thing, I did a big rant about that here. And finally, yes, stupidly irresponsible video for promoting the terrible and incorrect notion that owls are good household pets.

scoutsmoocrew

While we’re at it “indoor” cats are also abused, ever read warriors? Cats need to be free and to hunt and when you keep them inside you prevent them from living their lives

I see

pixeltheleopardgecko

This just in, Warriors is non-fiction.

larkstonguesinaspicpart1

the funniest thing i’ve ever heard on a multiplayer online game period was when I was playing competitive overwatch and this dude took THE LOUDEST AND LONGEST bong hit i have ever heard and then said completely without context “my mom’s boyfriend is pressing assault charges against me.” “why” “for assaulting him”

gahdamnpunk

PLUS!!:

Toxic for rabbits: Anise, Clove, Oregano, Tea Tree, Wintergreen Safe for rabbits: Lavender, lemon, orange, fennel, eucalyptus and peppermint, all should be diluted with water!

gifsboom

Owl love you. [video]

I WANT TO HUG AN OWL

@colonelowl

@icamon-chan

This is the cutest thing in the world.

I’ve seen some people complain about how the Owl is supposedly “not happy” or “warning the girl”. Those folks actually don’t know anything about birds, because birds including Owls communicate their unhappiness through Threat Displays. In other words, they puff their feathers out and make themselves look as larger and angry as possible.

I don’t know the term for it, but those “nibbles” are one way birds display affection. It’s a grooming behavior, and all kinds of birds do it. The parakeets I had as a child did it, and our Conure does it. He actually goes, “Kisses! Kisses!” when he wants us to get close so he can do it. You’ll also see wild birds, including Owls, do it with each other.

Owls are also a social species, and will often cuddle with each other. So in conclusion, Happy Owl is Happy and loves their little girl.

sushinfood

THAT OWL LOVES THAT KID

is-the-owl-vid-cute

Is the owl video gif set cute?

Rating: NOT CUTE

@harostar might know about some conure behavior, but that whole comment is VERY off-base in regards to owl behavior.

First things first: OWLS ARE NOT SOCIAL!!

Owls do NOT “often cuddle each other” in the wild, nor is it even common in captivity. The exceptions being baby owls or mates occasionally preening each other or perching by each other. They do NOT cuddle.

This is a snowy owl. They’re one of the most high-strung species of the Bubo genus, and owls of this genus are known for three things:

Being ridiculously large.

Being ridiculously strong.

Being ridiculously aggressive as they age.

Snowy owls can exert over 400psi with each foot individually, and their tendons are jagged so they can lock in place while gripping at full strength without using any energy. In other words, they can hold that grip forever without getting tired. If this bird grabs your hand and starts breaking fingers, you have to just wait for it to stop.

Like all Bubo owls, the snowy owl has a very strong beak by raptor standards. I’ve been bitten by their similar-sized cousin, the great horned owl, many times. It hurts. That beak is designed to crush the bones of their prey and tear flesh.

All this to say, no. No that owl does not love that little girl. Those aren’t the affectionate nibbles you get from a parrot, those are the irritated nips of an owl warning you to leave it alone in the nicest way possible. It’s warning the kid that if she doesn’t stop, it fully intends to bite down hard or foot her, a bit of body language clearly lost on both the child and her guardians so I do hope she wasn’t seriously hurt by this bird.

To put this in perspective, a much smaller fully-wild owl attacked and permanently blinded a man in one eye. This owl is a pet so it’s imprinted on humans. Human imprints have NO fear of humans and treat them like other owls. Because of this, imprinted owls, especially those of the Bubo genus, become INCREDIBLY aggressive and dangerous upon reaching sexual maturity and wanting to establish territory. Snowy owls are no exception. This isn’t a cute little parrot the size of a small pigeon, this is a dangerous wild predator.

Don’t cuddle owls. Don’t spread misinformation. Don’t support the exotic pet trade that brings dangerous animals into conditions they cannot thrive in.

tanou123

☺

ryssa-aquicoine

Enjoys scritches then cries when he drops his stick!

HOW CAN YOU NOT

fred-erick-frankenstein

A d o r a b l e

greek-mythographer

@is-the-owl-vid-cute i know its not an owl but what do you think?

is-the-owl-vid-cute

This is another one of those tricky ones I’d need a lot more context for. The behavior and vocalizations seem positive, but it’s also acting like an imprint so if it’s not in the care of qualified people that’s a big problem.

ordinaryredtail

(Hope you dont mind me boredly scrolling through your blog early in the morning lol)

As someone who works with corvids, I can def say this is an imprint. I don’t know the specifics about this bird, but the person isn’t holding it (that we can see at least) in a way that the bird can’t leave the situation. Our ravens like their beaks scritched too, and are very vocal with us when they’re happy! Although, again, its impossible to know for sure without the full context, I would def lean towards the cute category here.

pixeltheleopardgecko

Does anyone know if this is Sophie the Magpie?

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fractiousrvt

This is a reminder. I am adamantly against allowing your cat to roam freely outside. I'm very for indoor only, leash trained, catios, or escape proofed back yards for cats. But if your cat is physically capable of leaving your property on its own where it will face predators, cars, poisons, people with pellet/bb guns, diseases, etc, you are an irresponsible owner of that cat.

I don't care what country you're from. No country is completely magically free of any danger to or from your cat. Indoor outdoor cats may be the norm there, but that doesn't mean it's safe. If your indoor outdoor cat made it to old age, congrats it's an outlier. As a vet tech both in general practice and in a shelter I see what happens to most indoor outdoor cats regularly. I have photos I can share, and stories.

You will not change my mind.

I will die on this hill.

If you are upset or angry about this, block me. If you send me messages to say your situation is different, I will block you. If you comment about how x country really is safe, I will block you. I'm sick of this shit.

talesfromtreatment

Since the free-roaming cat people have been crawling into my mutual’s posts, a reminder of where I stand. I’ve already blocked 6 people today.

thesassybunnies

A skater rescuing a wild bun from a pool

(Source)

momofthetrees

Oh, the little leap it does running off was for sure a BIG thank you! And I thank you for this beautiful moment, my heart is so happy.

bjornwilde

This is amazing cause you can tell the person spent enough time to earn the bunny’s trust instead of just grabbing it.

talesfromtreatment

Gonna be a bit of a downer. First, let me say very much kudos to that person for rescuing the rabbit. That was very kind and they deserve all the praise.

But that rabbit didn’t trust them. That rabbit was nearly catatonic with terror. The fast breathing and stiff, stretched out posture was an exhausted, scared rabbit. These little buns can become afraid enough they just up and die. A wild rabbit who is trapped is not going to develop trust for a human in the span of an hour or two, because that’s a great way to get eaten in the wild. I’m glad the rabbit was okay enough to actual run of at the end, and that it had enough strength to leap over that grating rather than get stuck in it and break a leg.

estebun

So I just got this message literally few minutes ago

And if YOU get this message in the future DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE CLINK ON THE LINK I FUCKING SWEAR TO GOD I WILL CUT YOUR HANDS OFF

A warning to all of my followers there no such a thing as @exposingthoselosers I just thought any form of information is good and can protect my followers from getting their phone or any other devices hacked if you’re connect to the wifi they might hack all of the devices connected.

DO NOT FUCKING CLICK ON ANU LINK YOU GET NOT EVEN FROM UR FRIENDS ON TUMBLR BECAUSE THEY COULD GET HACKED 👀

Pls share this awareness ⚠

izzyfandoms

Also blogs get hacked or something and send these without the blog owner’s consent. I got this message and then afterwards the person who sent it to me said they didn’t send that.

angelcatsiel

got a message from a mutual today similar to this and they later messaged me to say it wasn’t them so yeah be careful

djpaige13paige

Basically if you get this message, don’t click on it, instead tell the person that you received that message. That way they know that they were hacked.

If I ever send you any message, especially if it has a link, message me back about the message before you click on the link. I will understand because things like this^^ can happen.

liviastudiespsych

Guuuuys. I’ve received this

I’ve checked with the person running the account and it was a virus. Sooo… Be careful

a-shakespearean-in-paris

I just got a message like this and thought it sounded familiar. Be careful everyone!

hazel2468

Yeah hey followers I do NOT go around randomly sending links, so if you get something like this from me, let me know because I did NOT send it.

shallowspocketdimension

This sounds so similar to this other thing when people send you a link to a cursed eurovision fanfic but it turns out to be a virus.

Please stay safe darlings!

thatlesbiancrow

yeah i don’t send links without context.

jenny-jinya

TW: animal death / animal neglect

I wanted to draw this comic for a long time, but I never knew how to approach this issue. In my childhood all my friends had budgies, all of them were put aside somewhere and left alone. Treated like “annoying” decoration. Don’t get a bird if you can’t meet its needs.

bufovivarium

😢❤️

vashthestampede-deactivated2020

theres a big difference between going up to some horse in a field and snapping its legs off unprovoked and trying to defend yourself against a police horse about to trample you to death during a protest and i can guarantee if you had that fucker coming at you full speed you’d do anything to save your skin as well people on this site do not have priorities in order

vashthestampede-deactivated2020

exactly it’s not the animals fault and it is sad but theyre trained to hurt and maim and kill POC and vulnerable individuals. the horse is not thinking “oh i shouldnt be doing this its wrong” it is thinking “i will take down my target and get food / reward from my trainer” animals do not have morality to them. the police actually delibrately use shocking “Our Police Dog Got Injured :( By Mean People” when in reality the dog was probably about to fucking rip out someones throat and the person just defended themselves from it. they use your softness and fondness towards animals as a kind of cop propaganda because people generally hate seeing animals suffer / injured.

anarcho-gamerist

Police animals are enemy combatants

bunjywunjy

Yes, henlo Captain Bunjywunjy! I wish to submit a Blessed Animal Fact to your blog.

What, is the cutest, fluffiest, most totes adorbs of the various sheep breeds?

It’s the Valais Blacknose Sheep!

BEHOLD!

Not only are they heckin’ cute, but they are also very sturdy! Both the rams and ewes are horned, and they can stand on nearly-vertical cliff/mountain faces, in BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, to get their noms. They’ve been around the Valais region since at least the early 1400’s.

They also always look like their posing for a heavy metal album.

RIDE FORTH TO VALHALLA, CRYING YOUR VIC~TO~RYYYYYYY TO ODIN!

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