Animal Enthusiast

E | She/Her, They/Them | LVT | 20s

[plumbits]

For the tumblr veterinary and science communities:

I have a quick survey for you guys to take, if you wouldn’t mind!! It will give me a good idea of the direction to go when I make content later down the road. This would be a massive help because I really do want to try and be a good source and example for members of the general public and client education is really important to me. Thanks in advance!!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1ezmyaU8iCvVsPKltNcNVuIXuE6lTlhnK3edNpKqcfaQ6XA/viewform?usp=sf_link

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[sandersstudies]

More about Nora!

13-Year-Old Scientist's Research Shows Hand Dryers Can Hurt Kids' Ears

Research finds many hand dryers operate at noise levels that are harmful to children. Nora Keegan is the 13-year-old student who did the stu

[bransler]

I love it when a researcher from a marginalized group proves an important point.

[natalieironside]

Maybe I can convince y'all to act right by framing things in terms of social engineering. People will be a whole lot more likely to do whatever shit you're trying to hector them into doing if you're not constantly being a dick the whole time. Being niceys is a powerful social engineering tool such as all of the times I have maliciously manipulated people into fulfilling my whims using an evil sociopathic manipulation technique i like to call "asking nice and then saying thanks after"

[zooophagous]

I love people who say "don't even PIRATE the AI generated shows!" I won't lol I have no desire to watch it at all. Why would I pirate that. It's like pirating an ad.

[indolentjellyfish]

flat little sea slugs

[pangur-and-grim]

sometimes I get overwhelmed by how much I love him

[mika-miii]

i have so many pics of my awful son doing this exact thing while i feel this exact emotion. it's important 🥰

[followthebluebell]

[plumbits]

my evil daughter

[tsalala]

Inka’s facial markings.

Photographed by Ryan Stephens Big Cat Sanctuary, Kent, England

[mammalianmammals]

Darwin's Fox aka Zorro Chilote (Lycalopex fulvipes), family Canidae, Tepuhueico Park, Chiloé Island, Chile

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Rister Ojeda Vera

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Andreea Dumuta

[anasabdin]

Aquarium of Isolation

[fluoresensitives]

(smoking a cigarette) the average american is afraid of what is new and what is foreign, and especially of what is adult. they are trapped forever in daycares of their own design, reading books and watching shows made for children. And while there are interesting things made for children, by and large, they tend to stick to inoffensive, intensely juvenile things that won't challenge them much. And worst of all, if you suggest to your Average American that they should try to step outside of their narrow box, especially if they're trying to become artists, animators, film makers, novelists, etc, everyone acts as if you've just bombed the daycare. Wow.

[aplpaca]

big fan of when animals creche. Love to see so many fucking babies in one place

[aplpaca]

So a creche in ecology is a group of animals that take care of their offspring as a group. Grouping together like this can help with protection against predators, finding food, enduring the weather, and gives the parents time to "rest", as sometimes the parents will alternate who's being the primary watchers while others get to hunt by themselves for a bit, like a baby animal daycare.

But ye lions do this once cubs each a certain age. A decent amount of birds do it (for example: flamingos and a lot of penguin, duck, and goose species). Gharials (a type of South Asian crocodilian) form creches with hundreds of babies from multiple nests (they lay under 100 eggs each and sometimes as few as 20). Feral hogs tend to form groups of mothers and young like this, and I saw 3 sows and like 15+ tiny babies the other day and they were so cute

But ye that's how you get pictures like these

[tumorhead]

Rattlesnakes will creche!! In some species mature adult females will hang out together (they're friends!) in shared dens and even birth their clutches together. Then one will babysit while the others go get food. Adult females have been seeing caring for their young like shooing young back into the den when a predator approaches. You can watch LIVE rattlesnake den mothers and all their babies on Project Rattlecam!!!!

[supernini235]

Cows creche in ratios of roughly 1 cow to 5 napping calves. So the days old calves will nurse, get sleepy, and the adults will take turns watching the sleepy baby pile while the other mothers eat.

[earhartsease]

[tlirsgender]

My most diagnosable take is that honestly. As much as people in social justicey spaces talk about exercising your empathy ... there's also value in being able to turn it off so you're not extremely susceptible to emotional manipulation. Sometimes you have to be able to recognize "oh, this is bullshit propaganda trying to tug at my heartstrings" and stop giving a fuck about like. Colonizer feelings or whatever. Vibes can't override your principles

[tlirsgender]

Like idk being niceys is a good start but your politics can't begin and end with 🌈 kindness 🌈 or you're gonna get taken advantage of. The worst people on earth will be like "but what if........ I have a sob story about it 🥺" & you Need to be able to tell them to Fuck Completely Off

[tlirsgender]

There's a certain strain of ... Everyone Is Valid 🌸 style pseudo leftism that ime invariably caters to whoever throws the biggest tantrum. And this is a Problem interpersonally & it's especially bad if you let these people dictate your opinions. Not everyone is valid some of you are racist

[the-future-is-chrome]

repeat after me. humans are not inherently evil humans are not like a virus on this earth humans do not “deserve” to go extinct or anything like that. we are living breathing animals that deserve space just like every other creature on this planet. there’s just a tiny amount of us that have a fuck ton of money and power and they really suck

[faggotette]

ecofascist rhetoric getting popular again and i don’t like it one bit

[couriernewvegas]

trust that garlic and i are well acquainted

[amnhnyc]

Here’s a critter you might not recognize: the ring-tailed vontsira (Galidia elegans)! Found in the forests of Madagascar, this small carnivore weighs up to 2 lbs (0.91 kg) and has a varied diet that includes insects, eggs, fish, and small mammals. The ring-tailed vontsira is an agile critter, an excellent climber, and is known to be playful.

Photo: sympiotr, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist