Snow Miser

[pjoandco]

Siren: Hey, come over here for a good time ;)

Reyna: I’m asexual.

Siren: Oh.

Siren: Heard you wouldn’t fight a siren.

Reyna, immediately turning her ship to crash into the rocky cliffs: Who the fuck said that?

[thebootydiaries]

fav character: [kills someone]

me: aw

[todaysbird]

ATTENTION there are hummingbird species called pufflegs and they are all wearing very silly pants and that’s their defining trait

[velvet-winterglow]

How about no

[velvet-winterglow]

https://gofund.me/0ce0d64f

I need to go to the doctor., organized by R Formato

I'm scared and I'm hurting and I need desperately to go to the doctor to find out what's wrong w… R Formato needs your support for I need to

[arionaut]

Gaia

I want to be bigger than my bones

I am a dream still being dreamt

To be an autumn leaf dancing across the street

With all my pretty colors - red, orange, yellow

Rot. Like all things do.

I said to the moss at my feet,

'Consume me, for I am ephemeral,

Threatened with imminent disappearance.'

I said to Gaia,

'Devour me, for I am alone

And only have my heart to defend myself with.'

[hoodiemlm]

Not to sound too gay but if a guy called me a pretty boy I think I’d melt

[bigcatawareness]

i don't really understand why you would be pro-zoo. like i understand nature reserves and sanctuaries where people can observe from afar, but it doesn't seem right to me when they're locked up in generally small confined areas for people to watch them do nothing all day. idk maybe i'm getting this wrong, and i still really respect you, i just don't understand this. like i interned at a zoo and felt uncomfortable with how small their living areas were and how they had no stimulation

Zoos don’t look like this anymore.

They look like this:

Good zoos do not keep their animals in “tiny spaces” with no enrichment.  I’m not pro-roadside zoo.  I’m pro-accredited zoo.  Zoos are incredibly important for conservation and education.

Are Zoos Necessary?

The Importance of Zoos: Resource Post

Why Zoos and Aquariums Matter: Assessing the Impact of a Visit to a Zoo or Aquarium

Why I Want to be a Keeper

Why I Believe in Zoos

[useless-zoofacts]

There should be way more pictures of modern zoos so i just add some more

[merp-a-derp69-deactivated201808]

Seriously zoos do so much important conservation work as well I hate when people shit all over zoos as if the animals are locked up and not looked after

[nyxetoile]

The SF Zoo has two sea lions. Now, if you know SF, you know that sea lions are a Thing. They’re all over Pier 39 and various other beaches in N California. In fact, the zoo is near the ocean, so there are sea lions not 200 yards from the zoo entrance. So having sea lions in the zoo seems sort of superfluous.

Except the sea lions are blind. One was found as an adult after suffering a gun shot wound to the face that destroyed his eyes. The other was found as an adolescent, weak and starving because it had been blinded and unable to hunt. So they were rescued and introduced and the zoo built them a nice pool where they can swim and sunbathe and people toss them fish. It’s not the biggest exhibit, or the fanciest. But it’s a home for them, where they’re safe and well fed. Sea lions aren’t the most romantic of animals, but they’re a part of SF culture and a lot of us have a soft spot for the loud, bulbous things. And because of zoos, these two get to live long, happy lives.

Whenever anyone complains about zoos, I think about Silent Knight and Henry. 

[zoogeek327]

I think it’s St. Louis zoo that is saving big cats in Africa. Scientists couldn’t figure out what was killing off the local lion population. They were dying off from Canine Distemper. The local unvaccinated dogs of the towns would spread the disease to other animals or have it themselves. When the lions ate the infected animals they would catch it as well. You know what that Zoo is doing to stop this disease? They are going over to those towns and vaccinating the dogs for free. The community loves it and people from other villages comes for miles to get their dogs vaccinated as well.

They also do work with camel populations because the local human population use the camels for food sources the zoos help monitor the camels health.

Another zoo, I want to say it’s the Oregon zoo but don’t quote me on that, is helping female inmates. The zoo works with the female prisons by encouraging the inmates to assist in the breeding and raising of endangered species of butterflies. They plant the specific plants that the butterflies and catapillars need, raise them, and release them. These inmates get noted in any scientific journals that get published. They are giving these inmates a sense of accomplishment and validation.

Zoos not only save species but bring together and assist communities in an effort to save the environment. Zoos, good zoos, are essential to the future and I will fight anyone who tries to say otherwise.

PS you don’t see PETA doing any of this.

[oscarwetnwilde]

One of the local zoos in my area at one point rescued a bald eagle that had been shot and kept it in the zoo to let it recuperate until they freed it again. Some of the zoos in my state will keep injured animals there until they heal again.

[elenilote]

Helsinki Zoo is the world leader in snow leopard and Amur leopard conservation, in their care these endangered species have managed to breed more than anywhere else in captivity and this in turn has enabled the re-introduction of these animals back to their native habitats. https://www.korkeasaari.fi/helsinki-zoo/

[itsforexposure]

[katealot]

when your attorney is ace idk i’ve never played the game

[strawberry-crocodile]

I hate to break it to self-identified “radical feminists” but saying “men are inherently violent and predatory, women are inherently innocent and good, and which category you fall into is determined solely by your crotch” is not, in fact, a radical countercultural idea, that’s just patriarchy. Thats like a third of the Republican platform. You just added pure self interest (maybe I and people who look and act like me shouldnt be oppressed) and decided that you’re some kind of dangerous rebel. You’re not. You’re just regurgitating shitty old conservative ideology that you internalized.

[softieskywalker]

luke skywalker did nothing wrong, ever, in his entire life

[soccialcreature]

“he tried to kill his nephew” ok ur right. he shudve gone through w it. wudve saved everyone a lot of trouble

[velvet-winterglow]

How dare

[kirbyskisses-main-moved-deactiv]

I AM BEGGING YOU TO HELP SAVE DUSTIN HIGGS

Dustin Higgs is a Maryland based artist on Death Row for a crime he did not commit -

He was convicted and sentenced to the federal death penalty as an accomplice to the 1996 murders of Tanji Jackson, Tamika Black and Mishann Chinn. It was the first federal death sentence handed down in Maryland in the modern era.

Dustin was not the person who actually shot the three women. Nor was he an accomplice. In fact, it was Willis Haynes who pulled the trigger, and he was sentenced to life in prison plus 45 years after a separate jury spared him the death penalty for the crime. With the resumption of federal executions in 2020, Dustin's life is at serious risk.

He is sentenced to be excecuted on Jan 15. 2021. 3 days before MLK Day and just 5 DAYS BEFORE THE NEW FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS PUT IN PLACE

Please if you have just one second or one spec of human decency, click these links.

Help save an an innocent man.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[bitter1stuff]

Always crazy when you realize your grandparents were wilder than you.

[katal0gue]

Teenagers who feel like they are mature for their age: that is a totally valid feeling, but instead of dating adults, please date other teens who feel like they’re mature for their age. It’s possible you are more mature than your age and have a hard time connecting to your peers but a grown adult trying to date a teen is not mature or a good person and you will be much better off w someone your age who relates to how you feel, and I hope you find them.

[butchlinkle]

drawing kisses is the hardest thing on the planet not just because of the technical difficulty of it but moreso because i have to look away every 3 seconds to give them some privacy

[velvet-winterglow]

Renée Elise Goldsberry's voice, reblog if you agree