Planterful Pieces

Tech/Nature combined BY planty people, FOR planty people at www.planterfulpieces.com. We have FREE US shipping. Also I just really like plants ok and use 3D printing to show it so please check us out. US-based and US-shipping only till we get bigger (sorry u internat'ls but duties and stuff are brutal).

[planterfulpieces]

I just. Holy moly.

HOLY FREAKING MOLY!

YOU SOLD ME OUT!

I can't believe it! My print queue is full of orders till next WEDNESDAY. Are you KIDDING ME?

I mean, obviously not considering the extreme LACK OF INVENTORY but honestly, thank you all so, so much!

Due to how I batch prints, I'm going to assess just where my inventory is at this coming Friday the 22nd and have an update for you then!

I also have another printer coming, hopefully soon, which will expand how much stock I can offer at once and also let me keep prototyping.

Because I love Easter Eggs, and Turtles, and Dragons, but jeez louise clearly you love them just as much, if not more, than me! There's so many cool collection and series ideas I want to share with you!

Truly, thank you again, and look out for a post from me next Friday!

#business #3dprinting #3dprint #shopping #smallbusiness #shopsmall

[thetursithan]

Even anteaters have fun...

[catasters]

[thecraftybear]

RIP AND TEAR as a family activity

[littleguysdaily]

[wholesome-animal-images]

@wholesome-animal-images

[groenendaze]

doggy doggy

[groenendaze]

you guys are not ready for this update

[doggosource]

[lordoftables]

[doggirl-girlcock]

I adore the one floppy ear and one pointy ear. So precious.

[only-cat-memes]

[forgwater]

[dogposts]

wake up wake up wake up wake up let's play

[kocalls]

[tiktokarchive]

[birdsareblooming]

[talesfromtreatment]

Foiled!

Today I got to go on one of our runs to more rural shelters to help relieve overcrowding there. We ended up bringing back 21 kittens and 10 dogs. So fun day. But this morning, while I was getting stuff together in preparation for the 90 minute drive…. This happened.

Excuse you Tiniest Opossum, but you are NOT allowed to escape through the front bars of the cat carrier we were housing you in. I’m going to put you back.

“NO!”

I am going to catch you and put you back and you have no say in this matter.

“NO!”

Catching you and putting you back now.

“NOOOOOO!”

Aaaand back you go. Let go of the purple towel and go in the cardboard box.

“Noooooooooooo!”

[talesfromtreatment]

Happy 9th Tiniest Opposumversary.

Hopefully, somewhere, this little one’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren are out in the world and screaming defiance at every inconvenience.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

13 generations in nine years?? How fast do these beasts breed??

[xanaxfarts]

[wildlifewednesdays]

The dangers and troubles of being a panda zookeeper.

[bace-jeleren]

LET! THEM! IN! THE! BASKET!!!!!

[tsix-xist]

This poor woman is just trying to clean the leaves. #allpandas.

[queen-mayhem]

if you’re having a rough night, watch this. trust me.

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[importantdogimages]

[rebeccathenaturalist]

The Guts of Predatory Cats Can Destroy CWD Prions

The prions that cause chronic wasting disease in deer are nearly indestructible. So it's good news to learn cat guts are their mortal enemy.

Okay. So. You know how some people want to finish exterminating all large predatory mammals so they have less competition for deer and so they don't occasionally lose livestock? And you know how native deer species in North America have been hit increasingly hard with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the past couple of decades due to overpopulation thanks to the eradication of large predatory mammals that normally keep them in check?

We already have evidence that reintroducing predatory mammals to their native ranges not only knocks deer populations back to a healthier level, and now we've discovered that apparently the digestive systems of cougars and bobcats are lethal to CWD prions. Prions are among the most difficult pathogens* to eliminate; you have to heat them up to about 1,800 degrees F in order to thoroughly destroy them. And prion diseases like CWD are almost universally fatal.

So to find that these wild cats can safely eat CWD-infected animals AND significantly reduce the chances that the prions will be spread to other deer is a pretty big deal, especially since some other animals like coyotes and crows do pass prions undamaged through their digestive systems. And it's just one more example of why an ecosystem needs all of the species that have evolved in it over thousands of years, not just those are convenient for humans to have around. The spread of CWD is directly related to the overpopulation of deer, and it's likely that continuing to reintroduce large predatory mammals to their native range will help quell this awful prion disease.

[rebeccathenaturalist]

The Guts of Predatory Cats Can Destroy CWD Prions

The prions that cause chronic wasting disease in deer are nearly indestructible. So it's good news to learn cat guts are their mortal enemy.

Okay. So. You know how some people want to finish exterminating all large predatory mammals so they have less competition for deer and so they don't occasionally lose livestock? And you know how native deer species in North America have been hit increasingly hard with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the past couple of decades due to overpopulation thanks to the eradication of large predatory mammals that normally keep them in check?

We already have evidence that reintroducing predatory mammals to their native ranges not only knocks deer populations back to a healthier level, and now we've discovered that apparently the digestive systems of cougars and bobcats are lethal to CWD prions. Prions are among the most difficult pathogens* to eliminate; you have to heat them up to about 1,800 degrees F in order to thoroughly destroy them. And prion diseases like CWD are almost universally fatal.

So to find that these wild cats can safely eat CWD-infected animals AND significantly reduce the chances that the prions will be spread to other deer is a pretty big deal, especially since some other animals like coyotes and crows do pass prions undamaged through their digestive systems. And it's just one more example of why an ecosystem needs all of the species that have evolved in it over thousands of years, not just those are convenient for humans to have around. The spread of CWD is directly related to the overpopulation of deer, and it's likely that continuing to reintroduce large predatory mammals to their native range will help quell this awful prion disease.